Nile Egypt Solar Eclipse Tour and Cruise for August 2, 2027 Total Solar Eclipse. Observe a six minute plus total solar eclipse near its' maximum duration in Luxor, Egypt. Five star hotel on the Nile preceded by a Nile Cruise for Aswan on a 5-star ship by Egyptian standards and time in Giza, Cairo.  The tour is July 23-Aug 3, 2027 and the total solar eclipse in on Monday August 2, 2027.  

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Luxury Accommodation:

• Jul 23 - 28: Grand Nile Tower - Nile View Room – on bed and breakfast
• Jul 28 - 31: Royal Beaurivage Nile Cruise– Nile View Room – on full board
• Jul 31 - Aug 03: Jolie Ville - Deluxe Room  – on bed and breakfast

Transfers:

• Jul 23: Arrival transfer to your Hotel from Cairo Airport
• Jul 28: Transfer from your hotel to Cairo airport to fly to Aswan
• Jul 28: Transfer from Aswan Airport to Your Nile Cruise
• Jul 31: Transfer from your Cruise to Luxor Hotel
• Aug 03: Transfer from your Hotel to Luxor Airport to fly to Cairo

Sightseeing:

• Jul 24: Full-day pyramids, Sphinx, and Grand Egyptian Museum includes Guiding, Lunch, Entrance  fees, and A/C Bus model 2022: 
• Jul 25: Full-day Memphis,  Sakkara, and old Cairo tours include Guiding, Lunch, Entrance  fees, and A/C Bus model 2022
• Jul 26: Full-day Alxendira, including Guiding, Lunch, Entrance fees, and A/C Bus model 2022.
• Jul 27: Full-day Cairo National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Citadel of Salah Eldeen, Alabaster Mosque, and Khan Al-Khalili Market, including Guiding, Lunch, Entrance  fees, and A/C Bus model 2022
• Jul 28 - 31: 4 Days cruise Sightseeing as per program includes Guiding, Entrance  fees, and A/C Bus model 2022
• Aug 01: Luxor West bank

Free Items:

• Camel ride on the second day.

Domestic flights  Included.  

• LXR - CAI

Not included:

• Visa $25
• Tipping
• International flights
• any option tours 
• some dinners

Cancellation Policy:

• Once the trip is paid in full, it is non-refundable.
• If cancellation occurs:
  • Before December 31, 2024: A $300 cancellation penalty will be deducted from the commitment deposit per person.
  • Once paid, the commitment deposit of $750 is non-refundable.
  • Any processing fees, ticketed air are automatic non-refundable. 
• Purchase Travel, Accident and Cancellation Insurance.  TSC and Condor are not responsible for events covered under these insurance policies.

1. Commitment Deposit:
   • A commitment deposit of $750 is due by December 31, 2024, to secure your reservation.
   • A cancellation penalty of $300 applies if the reservation is canceled on or before March 24, 2027.
2. Second Payment:
   • A payment of $1000 is due by December 31, 2025.
3. Third Payment:
   • An additional payment of $1000 is due by December 31, 2026.
4. Final Payment:
   • The final payment is due by March 25, 2027, which is 120 days prior to the date of travel.

Transfer to Hotel.  Day at leisure.

 Our day starts with a visit to the largest archaeological museum in the world, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).  The new structure houses 100,000 masterpieces from several periods of Egypt's glorious history, 20,000 objects of which will be displayed for the first time such as King Tutankhamun's complete collection.

• After touring the GEM, we will stop at a nice cozy restaurant to have lunch.
•  We will, then, proceed to the one and only standing monument among the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, followed by The Pyramids of Khafra & Menkaura, the well-preserved valley temple of Khafra, and the Great Sphinx.

     We will experience the Spiritual Cairo tour and explore some of the early religious monuments of Cairo. You`ll visit the El Muallaqa Church, dating to the late fourth and early fifth century. This basilica was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon. Muallaqa means "suspended or hanging." Destroyed in a ninth-century earthquake, the church became the center of the Coptic (or Christian) Church of Egypt from the time it was rebuilt in the eleventh century until the 14th century.

• Make a stop at the Ben Ezra Synagogue, built sometime between the sixth and ninth centuries AD. The temple contains a Jewish Heritage Library, containing documents found here in 1896 that describe the economic and social conditions of Jews under Arab rule as well as descriptions of relations between various Jewish sects.
• After lunch at a local restaurant (Abu Shakra), continue to Memphis, founded around 3,100 BC, which is the legendary city of Menes, the King who united Upper and Lower Egypt. Early on, Memphis was more likely a fortress from which Menes controlled the land and water routes between Upper Egypt and the Delta. Having probably originated in Upper Egypt, from Memphis, he could control the conquered people of Lower Egypt. However, by the Third Dynasty, the building at Saqqara suggests that Memphis had become a sizable city.
• Proceed to the Sakkara site, Sakkara is one section of the great necropolis of Memphis, the Old Kingdom capital, and the kings of the 1st Dynasty as well as of the 2nd Dynasty. are mostly buried in this section of the Memphis necropolis. It has been of constant interest to Egyptologists. Three major discoveries have recently been made at Sakkara, including a prime minister's tomb, a queen pyramid, and the tomb of the son of a dynasty-founding king. Each discovery has a fascinating story, with many adventures for the archaeologists as they reveal the secrets of the past.

 Start your over-day excursion to Alexandria by private car & accompanied by an English-speaking Egyptologist. The first stop will be at the Alexandria National Museum, one of our new master sites nowadays. It was inaugurated by the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, on the 31st of December 2003. The national museum located in a restored palace contains about 1,800 artifacts pieces of antiquities that narrate the history of Alexandria throughout the ages, Pharaonic, Roman, Coptic, and Islamic eras, and some modern pieces, Mummies are shown in a special underground chamber (basement). Some of the items found during the archaeological underwater excavations in Alexandria are now on the same floor as the Greco-Roman artifacts.

• Next, we will visit the Catacomb of Alexandria which is really one of the master sites here in Alexandria. Kom el-Shouqafa lies in the district of Karmouz to the east of Alexandria the area was called Kom El Shouqafa or a pile of shards, Catacombs in Alexandria are called the catacomb as well because of their design, which was very similar to the Roman Christian Catacombs. Most likely it was a private tomb and later converted into a public cemetery. It consists of 3 levels cut into the rock, a staircase, a rotunda, the triclinium or banquette hall, a vestibule, an antechamber, and the burial chamber with three recesses, wherein each recess there is a sarcophagus. The Catacomb also contains a large number of Luculi or grooves cut into the rock.
• Proceed to the Roman Amphitheater. It a modest in size and most of the part of the structure is in ruined condition but still, it is an excellent ancient structure of the Roman period of Egypt. The theatre also consists of numerous galleries erected crudely. These galleries contain rooms for more spectators along with the arrangement of 700-800 marble seats around the stage. The Roman Amphitheatre was discovered in the excavations done for the site of Paneion or "Park of Pan" in Kom el-Dikkah also known by the name of Hill of Rubble. In the layers above the Roman street, two other archaeological sites were found. These were a Muslim Cemetery and slums.
• Stop for lunch then continue to our last stop at the Alexandria Library. The modern Alexandria Library or the Bibliotheca Alexandrina as once called in Ancient Egypt is located on a magnificent site in the Eastern Harbor, facing the sea on the north, and Alexandria University Complex on its southern side. It is very close to the location of the Ancient Library in the Brucheion (the Ancient Royal Quarter), as verified by the 1993 archeological survey. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina was inaugurated in 2003 near the site of the old library. The building consists of 11 levels with a total level area of 85,405 m2. The library's main reading area which can accommodate 2000 users occupies 7 levels with a total area of 13,625 m2. The Library has 2 main museums (the manuscript museum and the Antiquities museum) and a Science center in the shape of a sphere and called the Planetarium. Return to Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch 

• Start the day with a visit to the first authentic museum of civilization in Egypt.  The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) with 50,000 artifacts from the dawn of civilization to the present day.
• Then, we will stop to have lunch in one of Cairo's best restaurants.
• Stop for lunch, Continue the Cairo tour with a visit to The Citadel of Mohamed Ali (the Fortress of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi), built in 1183 and overlooking the city from the Muqattam Hills. The structure, with its domes and minarets, looks over a number of important buildings, including the Alabaster Mosque. Its domed interior, used by Moslems for daily prayers, is a spectacular sight of twinkling lights and beautiful mosaics.
• A free tour in Khan Al-Khalili Market, which is one of the oldest and oldest Egyptian markets, where it is fun to shop and enjoy watching various Egyptian antiques and gifts throughout historical times, where you can buy souvenirs for you and your friends to remind you of your trip in Egypt

Jul 28 - Travel to Aswan, Nile Cruise Sightseeing

• Early morning, you will arrive at Cairo International Airport to catch the flight to Aswan.
• Upon arrival, you will then reach the luxuries Nile Cruise, where you will spend the next three nights, to start your relaxing tour sailing from Aswan to Luxor.
• After having lunch, the Nile Cruise excursion will start by visiting The Aswan High Dam followed by Philae Temple.
• At night you may choose the Optional breathtaking Sound and Light show at Philae Temple.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Royal Beaurivage 

Optional Abu Simple Tour by bus 

• We will sail to Kom Ombo in the early morning and visit the Temple of Kom Ombo.
• Sail to Edfu for having dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 

• Arrive at Edfu and visit the Temple of Edfu.  We will then return to the Nile Cruise for lunch while heading to Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 

• We will visit Luxor East Bank in the afternoon, beginning with the outstanding Karnak Temple.  Afterward, the Temple of Luxor will be our next stop.
• Transfer to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast 

 Early morning, visit Luxor West Bank necropolis including the Valley of the Kings, Including the unique two tombs of Rameses V & VI,  King Tut's Tomb the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and Colossi of Memnon.

Meals: Breakfast      

Jolie Ville Luxor hotel pool

Aug 02 - Watch the Moon eclipse,

• Begins: Mon, 2 Aug 2027, 11:33
• Maximum: Mon, 2 Aug 2027, 12:55 0.947 Magnitude
• Ends: Mon, 2 Aug 2027, 14:16
• The rest of the day free

Meals: Breakfast 

Full Tour Bonus:  Evening Gala Dinner (must have 38 rooms booked)

In the event flights are improbable, we will add a day and adjust the itinerary accordingly.

• Transfer to Cairo International Airport for Departure after having an early breakfast