Walk in the path of the ancients,

and discover our ancient past….

presents…..

Ancient Discovery Tour Egypt

April 7th to April 20th , 2018

www.mimotours.com Tour hosted & organised by Mimo Tours Tours

Watcher’s Talk would like toinvite you on a journeythrough Ancient Egypt, todiscover some of the mostamazing archaeological sitesin the world!

Experience a unique andextraordinary holiday as youjourney through AncientEgypt and marvel at themagnificent architecture fromancient times, as well as learnabout its rich ancient history.

This 14 day tour will cover allthe main ancient and historicareas of Egypt and offers acomplete tour package.

Hosted by Watcher’s Talk andMimo Tours, you will not onlyhave the opportunity to havean amazing vacation in Egypt,but you will get to spend timewith the Watcher’s team andother like minded people.

DAY

1DAY

2Guests Arrive

Guests arrive from their internationalflights into Cairo Airport in Egypt. Oneof our staff will greet guests at theairport and transfer them to their hotel.

We give our guests the opportunity torest from their long journey to Egypt,and to soak up the local atmosphere.

We will host a welcome dinner for ourguests in the evening, to introduce theWatcher’s team and our the tour teamto all guests.

Our first day takes us to some amazingsites near Giza. We depart early forSaqqara, where you will get to see theStep Pyramid, the Pyramid of Teti, theSerapeum, the Mastabas of Ti andMereruka, and the recently re-openedPyramid of Unas!

After lunch we will proceed to Dahshurwhere we will see the Bent Pyramid andthe Red Pyramid, followed by Memphis -the former capital of Egypt, where youwill find the colossal reclining statue ofRamses II, and the alabaster sphinx.

Memphis, Saqqara & Dahshur

Dinner included, overnight in Giza

Breakfast & Lunch included, overnight in Giza

DAY

3

We will have an early morningdeparture from the hotel for Cairoairport (around 4 AM), to fly toLuxor in Upper Egypt. Upon arrivalin Luxor, we will check into our Nilecruise ship for our 7-night sail downthe Nile on a 5 star cruise ship.Lunch will be served on the cruiseship.

After lunch, we will visit KarnakTemple complex, which is over 100hectares of temples, statues andmonuments left by manygenerations of pharaohs.

At dusk, we will visit Luxor Templeand marvel at the grand and colossalstatues of Ramesses II at the gatesof the temple, as well as the giantintact pillars, and statues of othergreat rulers such as Tutankhamun.

Karnak Temple & Luxor Temple

Lunch and dinner included, overnight stay in Luxor

DAY

4

After breakfast, we will visit the WestBank, where the Valley of the Kings andHatshepsut’s temple are located. We willalso visit the less visited, but impressiveRamesseum, and Colossi of Memnon; twomassive stone statues of the PharaohAmenhotep III, who reigned in Egyptduring the Dynasty XVIII.

Valley of the Kings, Hatsheput’s Temple, Ramesseum Mortuary Temple A sunrise you will never forget…..

For an unbeatable view of Luxor and theNile, why not take a flight in a Hot AirBalloon over the West Bank? Enjoy thesites of the West Bank from above, awayfrom the daytime crowds, and in thepeaceful glow of dawn.

As you gently rise into the dawn sky,witness the sun rise over the East Bankand the Nile, illuminating the city, theancient monuments and mountains.

Please note, the admission ticket to theValley of the Kings gives you access tothree tombs, however, Tutankhamen’stomb is an additional 120 LE andRameses IV’s tomb is 60 LE.Photography tickets are 300 LE and arerequired if you wish to take photosinside the tombs. Up until recently, nophotos were permitted inside the tombs.

Additional admission tickets can bepurchased by guests when we arrive atthe Valley of the Kings. These are atyour own cost.

The afternoon will be spent relaxing onthe cruise ship.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Additional activities

Available at an additional cost..

We will return to the cruise ship for lunch,and the cruise ship will set sail for Edfu.

DAY

5

Early in the morning we will take ahorse drawn carriage to visit EdfuTemple – the temple dedicated toHorus, and considered one of thebest-preserved temples in Egypt.

The inscriptions on its walls provideimportant information on language,myth and religion during the Greco-Roman period in ancient Egypt, thecurrent temple was built on the siteof an earlier, smaller temple alsodedicated to Horus.

The afternoon will be free as we sailto Aswan.

Edfu Temple

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.Overnight in Aswan

DAY

6

Our morning starts with a short tripon a small boat to the temple ofPhilae, located on an island in LakeNasser. The temple is dedicated tothe Goddess Isis, and is a beautifultemple in picturesque surroundings.

We will then visit the UnfinishedObelisk, the quarry which was usedto quarry red, grey and black graniteto construct ancient monuments andstatues across Egypt. At this stopyou can get up close and see thelargest obelisk that was everyquarried - albeit unfinished as theobelisk cracked during the quarryingprocess.

We will return to the cruise ship forlunch, then sail on a boat toElephantine Island. The island has arich history dating back to the 1st

Dynasty!

Temple of Isis,Unfinished Obeliskand Elephantine Island

Breakfast , lunch & dinner included, overnight in Aswan

DAY

7

We will return to the cruise ship for a late lunch.The afternoon is free.

Abu Simbel

We leave for iconic Abu

It is a lasting monument to Rameses II and his

Abu Simbel has two temples - for

Breakfast , lunch & dinner included, overnight sail to Kom Ombo

Simbel at 4am, to join

the convoy of tourist buses

on the 300km journey south.

Rameses II and his beautiful wife Nefertari.

Queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory at

the Battle of Kadesh.

We stop in Kom Ombo to visit Kom Ombo Temple, dedicated to Sobek and Horus. Thisis the only temple dedicated to two main gods.

We will also visit the Crocodile Museum and see some mummified crocodiles that werefound at the temple.

We sail for most of the day and guests can relax onboard and enjoy the ships facilities.

Kom Ombo & the Crocodile Museum

Breakfast , lunch & dinner included, overnight sail to Luxor

DAY

9We depart early for Dendera Temple, located 60km north of Luxor. Dendera was a site for chapels or shrines from the beginning ofancient Egypt’s history, and the beautiful main temple is dedicated to Hathor. Dendera is where the famous “light bulbs” can befound.

We then continue onto Abydos, which is famous for the kings list, the hieroglyphs of Abydos and the Osirion at the rear of thetemple. We will have a long journey back to Luxor in the afternoon.

Lunch boxes will be provided by the cruise ship.

Abydos & Dendara

Breakfast, lunch & dinner included, overnight in Luxor

DAY

10

After breakfast, we will disembark our cruise ship andreturn to Cairo, flying back early in the morning.

We will arrive at the Giza hotel around lunch time, andafter checking in all our guests, the group will meet forlunch.

The afternoon is free for guests to relax or partake inany additional activities we offer. These activities areoptional and at an additional cost.

Fly back to Cairo

Breakfast & Lunch included, overnight in Giza

DAY

11In the morning, we visit the Giza Plateau,- home of three of the most majesticpyramids in the world! You will have theopportunity to take some breathtakingphotos of the pyramids, the Sphinx, andthe Valley Temple, whilst our guideexplains the history of this ancient andmysterious site. You will have theopportunity to go inside the GreatPyramid, but the Pyramid of Menkaureand the Solar boat museum are optionaland at an additional cost.

We then make a quick stop at a Papyrusshop, where they will demonstrate howpapyrus has been made for manymillennia.

After lunch, we will visit the EgyptianMuseum, where our guide will explainsome of the 160,000 objects that arehoused there, covering 5,000 years ofEgypt’s history.

You will have the opportunity to visit theMummy exhibit which is an additionalticket costing about 120 LE. Photographywithin the museum is allowed, thoughyou will need to purchase your own ticketfor photography.

The Giza Plateau & Cairo Museum

Breakfast & Lunch included, overnight in Giza

DAY

12

We depart early for the Fayoumregion to visit the Hawarapyramid and the Meidumpyramid - a unique structurebuilt at the end of the thirddynasty.

Hawara Pyramid is a mud brickpyramid which was constructedby Amenemhat III in the 12th

Dynasty. This pyramid was stillutilised in the Roman-Grecoperiod, with papyri from the 1st

and 2nd century AD being foundhere by William Flinders Petriewho excavated the site back in1888.

Hawara & MeidumPyramids

Breakfast & Lunch included, overnight in Giza

The Meidum pyramid is though to be the second constructed pyramidafter Djoser’s, and was constructed by Huni, the last pharaoh of the 3rd

Dynasty. There are also some mud brick mastabas next to the Meidumpyramid which we will have the opportunity to visit.

DAY

13

We have saved something truly specialfor our final day of the tour. We willtravel 188km north east the city ofTanis. Tanis is a relatively unknownarchaeological site and is seldom visitedby tour groups, however, it is amongEgypt's greatest archaeological sites.Once the capital of all Egypt, thetreasures found in Tanis's royal tombshave yielded artefacts on par with thetreasures of Tutankhamun.

Thought to date from the 21st to 22nd

Dynasties and the vast amount of silverand gold artefacts discovered thereshows that the pharaohs of that timewere regarded as highly important.

Whilst the journey here is long, this istruly an important historical site to visit,which is why we have added this to ourtour!

Upon our return to Giza, we will host aspecial farewell dinner for our guests,where we can all reflect on all theamazing places we visited on tour.

Tanis

Breakfast, lunch and dinner included, overnight in Giza

DAY

14

As our tour concludes, we farewellall our guests and transfer themfrom the hotel to Cairo Internationalairport for their flights home.

Please note, guests need to be at theairport three hours before theirdeparture.

Guests return home

Breakfast included, depending on your departure time

The standard tour pricing includes 4star accommodation in Giza and 7nights accommodation on a 5 starNile cruise – shared double rooms.If you do not wish to share a roomwith anyone, we can arrange aprivate room, but a singlesupplement charge of US$600applies.

Tour Pricing

US$3,600

We also offer an upgrade to a 5 starhotel in Giza, for guests who wouldprefer a little more luxury on theirholiday!

Price is based on shared doublerooms. If you do not wish to share aroom with anyone, we can arrange aprivate room, but a singlesupplement charge of US$600applies.

US$4,000

Standard Price 5 Star Upgrade

Tour Inclusions

Return flights from Cairo to Luxor

All airport transfers

Accommodation at a 4 star hotel

Egyptologist tour guide

All transfers to sites by coach bus

All breakfasts; lunch and dinner as indicated in the itinerary

Main admission tickets

7 Night Nile Cruise

Not included in tour price…

Any additional activities that guests may like to do

Ticket for photography at certain sites

The international flights to Egypt are to be organised by the guest

Additional admission tickets not included in the main admission price

Some meals – as indicated in the itinerary

Single room supplement, for guests wishing to have their own room

Personal costs

Travel insurance is to be arranged by the guest

Any Visa obligations must be arranged and paid for by the guest, prior to arrival into Egypt

SOUND & LIGHT SHOW – GIZA

PLATEAU

1.5 HOURS

HORSE RIDE IN THE DESERT

2 HOURS

TOMBS OF THE GIZA PLATEAU

2.5 HOURS

We understand that whilst in Egypt, you might want to make the most of your trip by experiencing asmuch as possible. Whilst some guests may wish to rest from some of the long daily journeys, others mightlike to experience more! For this reason, we are happy to offer the following additional tours for ourguests.

As these are additional activities, the cost of each of these activities is not included in the main tourpackage.

Most of these activities can be arranged last minute, and payment can be made on the day, with exceptionto the hot air balloon ride over Luxor, which needs to be pre-arranged and payment will need to be madeon the first day of the tour in cash.

US$25

US$25

US$20

Additional Activities Available

QUAD BIKING

2 HOURS

CAMEL RIDE

2 HOURS

SUNRISE HOT AIR

BALLOON RIDE

2 HOURS

SETI I & NEFERTARI’S

TOMBS

KHAN EL KHALILI & DINNER

4 HOURS

SUNSET FELUCCA RIDE

1 HOUR

US$135

US$25

US$40

US$75

US$40

US$15

Terms & Conditions

Guests are responsible forarranging their own visa’s forEgypt. Please contact yourlocal Egyptian Consulate inyour country or apply for anonline visa here:https://www.egyptvisa.com/

Guests are responsible forarranging their internationalflights to Egypt.

Tour requires a minimum of10 people to run.

In the regrettable case thatthe tour is cancelled, we willgive our quests an alternativeoption or issue a full refund ifthe alternative offer is notsuitable for the guest.

If you would like furtherinformation on this tour or wouldlike to register for this tour, pleasecontact us by email:mimocenter@gmail.com or visitour website: www.mimotours.com

All prices are in US dollars, andpayment for the tour is required tobe made in US dollars.

A US$600 deposit is payable atregistration to secure your place onthe tour. If you cancel yourreservation at anytime, your depositwill not be refunded. Deposits areonly refunded in the regrettable andrare case, where Mimo Tours can’trun the tour due to lack of interestor unforeseen, and out of ourcontrol circumstances, such asnatural disasters etc.

Full payment for the tour is due 6weeks prior to departure date: 23rd

February, 2018. If you are unable topay prior to this date, please get intouch with us in advance and let usknow.

If you cancel after you have madefull or partial payment of the tour,we will refund you what you havepaid, less the US$600 deposit, asoutlined above.

Terms & Conditions

We hope you can join us on this wonderful

adventure!

For further information, please contact us at:mimocenter@gmail.com or call or WhatsApp on +20 111 443 0842