Sand & Sea, Pyramids, Nile Cruise & Red Sea Live-aboard October 18-31, 2024

Cairo and Giza

Day 1 Memphis Tours Dedicated Private Guides will be there to meet you at Cairo International Airport and escort you for your 3 Nights stay including Breakfasts at Steigenberger Hotel. Day 2, welcome to Ancient Egypt visiting Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx and included Camel Ride, for your Lawrence of Arabia photo op. Day 3, visit National museum of the Egyptian civilization.That Evening return to Dinner at the Pyramids and spectacular Laser Light show.

Aswan and Nile Cruise

Day 4 our Private Guides meet us at Hotel and escort us back to Airport for included Domestic Flight to Aswan, local Private Guides take us to Aswan Dam, Granite Quarries and  Temple of Philae that was moved stone by stone to its new location as the Nile was redirected by the Dam. Listen to your guide immerse you in the Legend of Horus, before boarding the Luxury Minerva Nile Cruise vessel for 3 Nights including Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Spend magical evenings sipping cool refreshments as our vessel slips through the waters of the Nile northward evoking scenes from Agatha Christie and Poirot’s adventures on the Nile.  Day 5 our Cruise vessel will make stops at Temple Kom Ombo and Edfu to visit Temple of Horus. Day 6 we continue Northward Down the Nile to Luxor visiting Valley of Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and Membon. Day 7 disembark from our Nile Cruise to visit Karnak and Luxor Temples before we travel overland to Marsa Alam.

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Red Sea Diving Live aboard

Day 7, we arrive at Marsa Alam and board Emperor Elite Dive Live aboard for the next 7 Nights and 6 Days of Diving, Nitrox included. Our itinerary is planned to complete some 21 Dives on St Johns Reef Systems and Fury Shoals. Some of the best Diving in the Red Sea. On the way to Fury shoals, dive Sha'ab Sharm with its wall dives and white tip reef sharks. Oceanic whitetips and silky sharks can sometimes be found in the blue and turtles often visit the south side before heading further south. At Fury Shoals, dive Sha'ab Claude with its famous swim-throughs and huge porite corals. Whitetip reef sharks and an anemone and clownfish settlement can be seen a little off the reef to the South. Abu Galawa Soraya has a fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat populated with glassfish. St Johns is a vast collection of small reefs offering some of the most remote and rewarding diving in the Red Sea. Habili Ali offers giant gorgonians and black corals whilst grey reef, silvertip, and schools of hammerhead sharks might be found on the west side. Habili Gafaar is a mass of soft corals teaming with shoals of snappers, butterflyfish, and barracudas. Mantas, grey reef, and silvertip sharks can often be seen in the blue.

Gota Kebir is a massive reef, famous for its tunnels and south plateau, where jacks and barracudas can be seen and the occasional manta. The tunnels are ideal for novice cave divers. Gota Soraya is rated as possibly one of the best wall dives in the Red Sea, with overhangs and cracks in the reef wall full of glassfish and sweepers and an abundance of corals, Grey Reef, Silvertips, and Hammerhead sharks. On the last day as we head back to port, we will try to take in a dive or two on the world famous Elphinstone Reef if weather and diver experience permits us, or we will finish in the Abu Dabab area perhaps with another dive or two closer to Port Ghalib to relax and unwind before your final night in port.

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Arrange Flights To:

Outbound

Depart Miami late PM Oct 17, 2024

To Arrive Cairo late Oct 18, 2024

Inbound

Depart Cairo late PM Oct 31, 2024

Arrive Miami Oct 31, 2024

Recommend Flight options (not included):

Qatar Miami-Doha-Cairo ~ $1,500 per person round trip Economy AA Partner

Turkish Miami-Istanbul-Cairo ~$1,000 per person round trip Economy United Partner

Qatar option is longer flight times but better Economy Seating and Service

Turkish option shorter flight time

Included Activities

All Ground Transportation, Flight to Aswan, Minerva Nile Cruise, Temple Visits, Tour Guides, Camel Ride, Laser Light Show, Breakfast, Lunches and Dinners*, Live aboard, Nitrox, Beverages Non Alcohol and Red Wine at Dinner.

What's Included

• 13 Nights Total
• 3 Meals per day*
• Domestic Flight Cairo-Aswan
• 3 Nights Hotel Cairo, 3 Nights Nile Cruise
• Private Egyptologists Tour Guides and Ground Transportation
• 7 Nights Emperor Elite Live aboard with Red Wine at Dinner
• 6 Days ~21 Dives Nitrox Included

Cost and Payment Schedule

• $3,950 per person double occupancy inc Tax & Fees
• $1,500 non refundable initial deposit per person on booking
• $750 non refundable payment per person by Jan 17, 2024
• $750 non refundable payment per person by Apr 17, 2024
• $950 Balance non refundable per person by Jul 17, 2024

Not Included (Extra)

• International Airfare to/from Cairo
• Return flight from Marsa Alam to Cairo for your International flight home
• *Oct 19, 2024 Day 2 Dinner, not included for those jet lagged & need an early night.
• Alcohol Drinks not included above
• Tips and Gratuities
• Valley of Kings additional Tombs
• Training and Rental Gear (other than Tanks and Weights)
• Travel and Dive Insurance

https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/insurance/dive/

Stuart Scuba has put together this group trip for a maximum number of 7 Double Occupancy rooms and cabins for $3,950 which, if purchased individually would cost over $5,000 so don’t miss out, book today.

Options

Due to the schedule/negotiated rates we cannot offer non diver or single occupancy rates, but we will make every effort to find travel buddies to share accommodations.

Questions??

Any questions, contact Donna Barrett at 703 431 4000 washdclady@mac.com or Nick Barrett at 571 438 7588 washdcguy@mac.com

https://www.stuartscuba.com/trips