Explore Giza Pyramids, sail, and experience the Nile in elegance onboard a luxurious cruise boat. Your Egypt Luxury Tour Packages 14 days in 2023.

1. Best Egypt Luxury Tour Packages 14 days in
2023/2024
A Nile cruise is an essential part of any Egypt luxury vacation, and so important, in fact, that the
cruise should comprise the entire vacation. Booking Tour Egypt 2023 is nothing without the Nile,
and the ancient Egyptians even had a god devoted only to the Nile: Hapi.
Until the Aswan high dam was completed in July, 1970, the Egyptians depended on the annual
'inundation' for the water to irrigate their fields and provide them with the vital crops needed
for survival in a country that was all desert other than the occasional oasis, and the fertile land
each side of the Nile. The inundation occurred from June to September and came from summer
floods in the highlands of Ethiopia Flight And Hotel To Egypt. The Nile would break its banks and
flood, leaving behind a rich dark silt essential for agriculture.
The inundation was a sign that Hapi had come, and the ancient Egyptians were very happy to
see Hapi (sorry!). During the inundation the farmers All Inclusive Egypt Vacation had nothing to
do, and in order to avoid paying taxes when they had no income they would work for the
pharaohs by building pyramids: they were not built by slaves as popularly believed.
The whole of Egypt's civilization was developed along the Nile, and a good Nile cruise should
enable you to get a perspective on how the ancient Egyptians lived, in addition to how today's
population of this part of Egypt still rely on this vast river - the longest in the world, greater
even than the mighty Amazon.
You should start at Cairo, not only the capital city of Egypt, but also one of the most populated
in the world. This was not the important city it now is in the ancient days, but is a magnet for
Egyptologists from all over the world. The pyramids of Giza are close by, and this is the
permanent site of the Tutankhamun exhibition Hurghada Holiday Packages. However, there is
more to modern Cairo than just ancient Egypt, and five thousand years of culture can be seen
and visited here, including the great Mohammed Mosque and the Citadel of Sala Al-Din,
commonly known as Saladin. The citadel dates from the time of the crusades, when Europe
fought the Muslims to reclaim Jerusalem and the Holy Land for the Christians.
As mentioned above, Cairo was not the capital of ancient Egypt - that was Memphis, and not
the Memphis that you know. This Memphis beat a different tune, and ruled the world as the
Egyptians knew it for almost 600 years. You must visit the Saqqara, where the royals were laid
to rest for the last time throughout the eras of the ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman periods.
The Egyptian Pharonic dynasties lasted much longer than either of these other two, largely due
to its means of succession although the Egyptians were not without their scheming and
murdering for power.

2. 'Must visits' are the Great Pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx lying beside them, and also St.
Sergius church where Jesus and his parents stayed after leaving Jerusalem. The you should head
off for Luxor(ancient Thebes) where the pharaohs stayed during the winter months. Try to book
into the Winter Palace Hotel Egypt Vacation Family Tours, and check up on the guest book. Here
you will find Howard Carter, who discovered Tutenkhamun's tomb, Agatha Christie while she
was researching 'Death on the Nile', Henry Kissinger, Sir Winston Churchill, King Farouk, George
Clemenceau and many, many more.
No Egyptian vacations are complete without a visit to the Valley of the Kings, just over the river
from Luxor, or Thebes as the pharaohs knew it. It was here that the kings and nobles of the
18th through 20th dynasties were buried, from the 16th to the 11th centuries BC; a thousand
years after the pyramids were built. The most famous temple here is the Temple of Karnak,
built over many generations and that must be visited during your Nile cruise. The same is true
of the Temple of the Goddess Hathor at Luxor. Hathor was depicted with a cow's head, and was
the goddess of family love, pleasure and beauty, sometimes associated with the Greek
Aphrodite.