Best of Egypt and Israel
3 nights Cairo - 4 nights Nile Cruise - 5 nights Jerusalem - 2 nights Tel Aviv
Includes Masada Fortress & Dead sea
Best of Egypt and Israel Tour
What's included
Best of Egypt and Israel Tour Flights  Flights
Egypt and Israel Tours Flights  Flights
  • International flights, we offer departures from most major cities in the USA and Canada.
  • Required Canadian or American passport with blank pages, valid for six months past your return date.
Best of Egypt and Israel Tour Accommodations  Accommodations
Egypt and Israel Tours Accommodations  Accommodations
  • Three nights Cairo Swiss Inn Pyramids Golf Resort or similar.
  • Four nights aboard the MS Semiramis Nile River cruise, or similar. Featuring on average sixty + comfortable modern cabins, with panoramic windows. Includes all meals & daily off-shore excursions.
  • Five nights Jerusalem St. George Hotel or similar.
  • Two nights Tel Aviv Grand Beach Hotel or similar.
Best of Egypt and Israel Tour Meals  Meals
Egypt and Israel Tours Meals  Meals
  • Breakfast daily.
  • Lunch during your Cairo day tour.
  • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner aboard your Nile River Cruise.
Sightseeing in Egypt and Israel  Sightseeing Egypt
Egypt and Israel Sightseeing  Sightseeing Egypt
  • Grand Pyramids of Cairo & Sphinx + Valley Temple of Khafre.
  • Short Camel ride for a photo opportunity.
  • Step Pyramid of Djoser in Sakkara.
  • Karnak and Luxor Temples.
  • Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut Temple.
  • Colossi of Memnon and Edfu Temple.
  • Kom Ombo Temple & Museum.
  • Aswan's High Dam.
  • Enjoy a tranquil Felucca Ride (Traditional Egyptian Sailboat).
  • Philae Temple.
  • Cruise Galabeya Party Night; dress up in traditional Egyptian attire.
  • Mount of Olives enjoy the panoramic view over the Old City and learn about other sites located here such as the Chapel of Dominus Flevit, and the Church of All Nations.
  • Garden of Gethsemane.
  • Enter the Old City and follow the Via Dolorosa.
  • Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
  • The Western Wall.
  • Mount Zion with the Room of the Last Supper, Church of the Dormition Tomb of King David.
  • Israel’s Museum - Shrine of the book.
  • Yad Vashem.
  • Village of Ein Karem.
  • Bethlehem - Basilica of the Nativity.
  • Masada Fortress.
  • Dead Sea, experience a float in its salty waters.
  • Tel Aviv City tour includes Old Jaffa, and Tel Aviv’s White City and more.
  • Free days in Jerusalem & Tel Aviv to explore these cities at your own pace.
Israel small group guided sightseeing. Up to six passengers.
Egypt tours guided by a licensed Egyptologist average 15 passengers.
Best of Egypt and Israel Tour Services & Fees  Services & Fees
Egypt and Israel Tours Services & Fees  Services & Fees
  • Meet and assist representative services.
  • Airport/port-hotel-airport transfers.
  • Tourist sites entrance fees and taxes.
Not included:
  • Tourist visa fee paid on arrival at Cairo airport: USD 25 per person.
  • Customary tips.
  • Advance airline seat selection and check-in luggage fees when applicable.

Itinerary

Board your International flight to Cairo; we offer departures from most major Cities in the USA and Canada.
You need a valid Canadian or American Passport to enter Egypt; it must be valid for six to eight months from your exact return date. A tourist visa is also required and is easily obtained upon arrival in Egypt.
For information on entry requirements for Passports holders of different nationalities, please contact your local Egyptian Consulate.
Upon landing in Egypt, purchase your visa by filling out an application form provided at the airport and submit applicable fee paid in USD cash per person.
Meet our Representative who will assist you and also transfer to your Cairo Hotel.
Overnight in Cairo.
Egypt Accommodations
Swiss Inn Pyramids Golf Resort Cairo or Similar
Egypt Meals
No Meals
After breakfast at your Hotel join your guide for a tour of:
  • The Grand Pyramids of Cairo & Sphinx + Valley Temple of Khafre.
  • Short Camel ride for a photo opportunity.
  • The Step Pyramid of Djoser in Sakkara.
Egypt Accommodations
Swiss Inn Pyramids Golf Resort Cairo or Similar
Egypt Meals
Breakfast & lunch at a local restaurant
After breakfast at your hotel:
  • You will be transferred to Cairo airport for your flight to Luxor.
  • Upon arrival in Luxor you will be transferred to your Nile River Cruise.
Later join your guide for sightseeing tours of:
  • Luxor Temple.
  • Karnak Temple.
Nile river cruise features, on average, sixty cabins with panoramic windows, a private bathroom with hairdryer, and a shower. There is also a swimming pool, and a sun deck with bar. Your Cruise includes all meals + daily offshore guided sightseeing tours.
Egypt Accommodations
MS Semiramis Nile River Cruise or similar
Egypt Meals
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
After breakfast on board depart with your guide to tour:
  • Nile West Bank of Luxor to the Valley of the Kings.
  • Queen Hatshepsut Temple.
  • Colossi of Memnon.
Egypt Accommodations
MS Semiramis Nile River Cruise or similar
Egypt Meals
Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea & dinner
After breakfast on board join your guide for today’s sightseeing tours:
  • Temple of Edfu.
  • Temple of Kom Ombo.
  • Tonight enjoy a traditional Galabeya cruise dinner party night.
Egypt Accommodations
MS Semiramis Nile River Cruise or similar
Egypt Meals
Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea & dinner
After breakfast on board join your guide for sightseeing tours:
  • The High Dam.
  • Temple of Philae.
  • Felucca ride (a felucca is a traditional Egyptian sailing boat).
Egypt Accommodations
MS Semiramis Nile River Cruise or similar
Egypt Meals
Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea & dinner
Breakfast on board.
Disembark. Our representative will transfer you to the Aswan’s airport for your flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival transfer to your Cairo Hotel.
Optional tour: Depart early morning to visit the famous Abu Simbel Temples. Moved from their original sacred place to save them from flooding. This project is considered one of the most outstanding achievements in modern engineering.
Egypt Accommodations
Cairo Swiss Inn Pyramids Golf Resort or similar
Egypt Meals
Breakfast
Arrive at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport, after clearing customs and immigration meet our Representative who will assist you with transfer to your Jerusalem Hotel.
Jordan Accommodations
St. George Hotel Jerusalem or Similar
Jordan Meals
No Meals
After breakfast, the day will be spent visiting holy Jerusalem, at the crossroads of different civilizations, where you will come across remains of ancient mosaics and treasures from the Roman and Byzantine period, the Crusaders, and the Ottoman Empire, to name but a few. Start at the Mount of Olives, which offers a beautiful panoramic view over the Old City and houses places of high importance such as the Chapel of Dominus Flevit, the Ascension Shrine, the Virgin Tomb, the Church of All Nations, and the Church of Pater Noster. Visit the Garden of Gethsemane; walk amongst the ancient olive trees of this Garden.
Continue to the old city and walk through the souk. You will follow the last steps of Christ along the Via Dolorosa and the Holy Sepulchre, which houses both the place of Calvary and the tomb of Christ. After this, you will visit the Wailing Wall. From there, the Dome of the Rock, the gem symbolic of the Holy Land, its golden dome shining brilliantly on the Jerusalem skyline. Visit Mt Zion, and discover other places of significance: The monastery of the Dormition, the cave of the Last Supper, and the Tomb of King David.
Overnight Jerusalem.
Jordan Accommodations
St. George Hotel Jerusalem or Similar
Jordan Meals
Breakfast
After breakfast, start the day at the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls; then a visit to the beautifully renovated Model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Visit Yad Vashem, the official Memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953, is located at the foot of Mt. Hertzl.
Continue to Ein Karem, a picturesque village on the southwestern outskirts of Jerusalem. Ein Karem is significant in Christian tradition as the birthplace of John the Baptist and is a true joy to visit with its cobbled alleys and historic stone houses.
Tour continues to Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus. Visit the Basilica of the Nativity, the oldest church in the world, built over the cave that housed Christ at his birth.
Return to Jerusalem for overnight.
Jordan Accommodations
St. George Hotel Jerusalem or Similar
Jordan Meals
Breakfast
After breakfast at your hotel, depart for a tour of the ancient Masada Fortress. Cross the desert and pass by the Inn of the Good Samaritan on your way to the Masada Fortress.
Located on top of a rocky plateau in the Judaean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea, it is a symbol of the ancient kingdom of Israel and one of the most visited sites in Israel. Ascend the Fortress by cable car and enjoy the majestic views of the valley.
After you tour the Fortress, visit the Qumran caves Museum and learn about the famous dead sea scrolls. There is also a visit to the shores of the dead sea to enjoy a float on its hypersaline waters.
Return to Jerusalem overnight.
Jordan Accommodations
St. George Hotel Jerusalem or Similar
Jordan Meals
Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.
Day at leisure. A day to explore on your own, we suggest making your way to Jerusalem’s famous Shuk: The Mahane Yehuda Market.
This market is one of the most famous in the Middle East; great for shopping and sampling authentic food.
Overnight Jerusalem.
Jordan Accommodations
St. George Hotel Jerusalem or Similar
Jordan Meals
Breakfast
After breakfast, transfer to Tel Aviv.
Upon arrival enjoy a city tour. Start in Old Jaffa, an 8000-year-old port city. Visit the ancient ruins and walk along the restored artists' quarter. Continue to Tel Aviv to the historic train station complex, where the former Ottoman Station and other buildings have been transformed into shops, restaurants, and cafés. From there, you will walk through the neighborhood of Neve Tzedek, the first area settled by a Jewish community outside Jaffa. Continue through Rothschild Boulevard, at the heart of Tel Aviv and known as the 'White City.' Drive to see Rabin Square. The whole area is now a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site, continuing to the Hall of Independence, where the Israeli prime minister Ben Gurion declared the state of Israel in May 1948.
Overnight Tel Aviv.
Jordan Accommodations
Grand Beach Tel Aviv Hotel or similar
Jordan Meals
Breakfast
Breakfast at your hotel.
Free day at leisure. A day to explore one of the most vibrant cities in the world at your own pace.
Make your way to Tel Aviv’s esplanade ( known as Tayalet to the locals ), walk along this famous shoreline and perhaps have lunch at one of its many restaurants.
Explore Jaffa, the Carmel Market, or visit one of the city’s museums, such as the Bauhaus Museum or Tel Aviv’s Museum of Art.
Overnight Tel Aviv.
Jordan Accommodations
Grand Beach Tel Aviv Hotel or similar
Jordan Meals
Breakfast
Breakfast at you hotel.
Private transfer to Tel Aviv’s airport for your return flight.
Tour ends.
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1-800-842-6943
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This tour delivered far more than I expected, right from the minute we stepped off of the plane!

Right from the minute we stepped off the plane we were greeted by an exceptional BlueSky representative. Hotel and Cruise were excellent. Daily agendas were well planned. The staff on the cruise went above and beyond to ensure we were comfortable and our needs met.

- Barbara

I just wanted to tell you how fabulous our trip to India was and thanks again for your help!

We really enjoyed having our own little car with a driver and guide for the week. It was a wonderful glimpse of this part of India, our recollections of the elephants, the cows, the camels, the traffic and the forts and antiquities will remain near the top of our experiences.

- Roland & Brenda

All in all it was a very memorable nature & cultural experience!

We had a great time. Very scenic area. Weather was sunny & nice & wildlife sightings were great.....we even saw the white spirit bear. It was the lodge's first sighting of the year & Kathy was the first to spot it from the boat. The staff was very friendly, welcoming & accommodating.

- Rob & Kathy
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