REBA JOYCE MEMORIAL TOUR ITINERARY July 14 to July 28, 2025

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Day 1    

14 July

Departure from JFK to Cairo

Day 2      

15 July

Arrival to Cairo international airport

Meet and assist at the airport

Transfer to your hotel.

Dinner outside the hotel

Accommodation: Overnight in  

Cairo Egypt Hotels - Hilton Pyramids Golf Hotel, 

Day 3 

16 July Giza & Cairo  Day Tour 

 Giza Pyramids & Sphinx, Egyptian Museum and khan El Khalili

The Sphinx, Ra-horakhty (an andromorphic figure) is the largest monolith sculpture on our planet. With the

body of a lion and the head of a human being, the Sphinx has come to symbolize strength and wisdom. The

lion’s torso is 241 feet/73.5 meters in length and the head reaches 65 feet/20 meters in height. The Sphinx

was carved from the existing limestone in its natural surroundings. Today there is controversy about whose

image the facial features belong to as well as the time of its construction. (Khafre; c.2555-2532 BCE?)

Nothing can prepare the visitor the first time he or she sees this magnificent wonder of the world. 

The Giza Plateau is part of the necropolis of ancient Memphis. It is the most famous landscape in the

world. 

Afternoon leisure.

Visit the Egyptian Museum, the Old Coptic area, and shop at the Khan Khalili Bazaar.

The Egyptian Museum of Art is home to millions of objects from Egypt's glorious past. A tour through this

museum takes one back in time to help one understand the life of royalty as well as the life of everyday

people.

After being immersed in Egypt for two weeks, a final journey through the maze of the largest open air market

in Africa, the Khan Khalili Bazaar, is most welcoming.

Accommodation: Overnight Cairo Egypt Hotels - Hilton Pyramids Golf Hotel B/D 

Day 4 

17 July : Giza Tour

Step Pyramid at Saqqara: Visit Saqqara, the ancient Necropolis, Djoser's Step Pyramid and temple

complex, mastaba of Ptah-hotep and Dahshur

The Step Pyramid (located at Saqqara, the earliest necropolis of Memphis) is the first known monumental

building made of stone anywhere on our planet. It was the bold thinking of the great multi genius, Imhotep,

who designed it for his pharaoh and friend Djoser (Dynasty III). It is composed of a series of six stone

mastabas of decreasing in size as they ascend to about 200 feet/60 meters in height. A mastaba (Arabic for

"bench") is a low, slanted-walled rectangular structure which was built over a shaft. The shaft descended into

the burial chamber, the final resting place of the deceased mortal remains. We will also visit Dahshur to see

the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid.

•Accommodation: Overnight Cairo Egypt Hotels - Hilton Pyramids Golf Hotel, 

B/D

Day 5 

18 July optional Alexandria

Optional one-day tour to Alexandria.

Alexandria is Egypt's second largest modern city which is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It was the site

on which Alexander of Macedonia established his capital after invading the dying Egyptian civilization. It is

important to see the beginnings of what would later develop into Greco-Roman society, appropriated from

Egypt. The Catacombs, the Old Library at Alexandria, the modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Pompey's Needle,

the Roman Amphitheater, the Citadel, lunch overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, and more are some of the

sites of this one-day tour of Alexandria.

DINNER (this should be a group activity). A sumptuous Egyptian dinner is the best way to say goodbye to

Cairo. B/D

Accommodation: overnight Cairo Egypt Hotels - Hilton Pyramids Golf Hotel,

Day 6 

19 July fly to Aswan 

Early morning take your flight to Aswan

Arrive at Aswan airport meet and assist

Tour Isis Temple,Visit Nubian Village and Nubian Museum and fellowship with our brothers and sisters

Accommodation: overnight in  

Aswan: Movenpick Aswan

Mövenpick Resort Aswan | 5 Star Resort in Aswan 

B/D

Day 7 

20 July Aswan )

Early morning drive to Abu Simbel.

Ramesses II Rock cut temple, Abu Simbel

The temple at Abu Simbel is a rock cut edifice built by Ramesses II (c.1279-1213 B.C.E.) in ancient lower

Nubia. This magnificent edifice was one of seven rock-cut temples built by Ramesses the Great. Four colossi

(65 feet/20 meters high) statues of him sit in pairs flanking the entrance over which one can find the solar

deity Ra-horakhty (Horus of the rising sun).

The other rock-cut white sandstone temple at Abu Simbel was dedicated to his beloved, deified queen and

wife Nefertari and the goddess of love, music and the protector of Ra, Hathor/Het Heru. It was built by

Ramesses II (c.1279-1213 B.C.E.). The facade, resembling a pylon, has six standing colossal statues (over 33

feet/10 meters high). On each side of the entrance, two statues of Ramesses flank one of Nefertari dressed

as Hathor. Smaller statues of their children in turn, flank the colossal statues. 

B/D

Accommodation: overnight in  

Aswan: Movenpick Aswan

Mövenpick Resort Aswan | 5 Star Resort in Aswan

Day 8 

21 July Aswan cruise embarkation

Cruise begins: tour the Unfinished Obelisk, and the beautiful Sobek Temple at Kom Ombo.

A cruise up the Nile is very reminiscent of the way the pharaohs, royalty, and ordinary people transported

themselves in ancient times .B/L/D

Accommodation: overnight on Nile cruise 

Nile Cruise: Kleos or equivalent

Day 9 

22 July cruise begins 

At Edfu, visit the Temple of Horus and sail via Esna toward Luxor in the evening.

The Temple of Horus/Heru at Edfu has a massive entrance pylon covered with sunken relief carvings. This

Ptolemaic temple was constructed between 237 and 57 B.C.E. The signature piece of this temple are the pair

of Horus sculptures standing in its open court. Once a year for the "Feast of the Beautiful Meeting,"

Hathor/Het Heru traveled from Dendera to Edfu to visit her husband/consort, Horus/Heru. Her arrival was

scheduled for the afternoon of the new moon. The statues of the deities remained in the mammisi or birth

house until the end of the festival at the full moon. The result of their union was their son Ihy or Horus-

Sematawy

Accommodation: overnight in Nile cruise

Day 10: 23 July Nile Cruise / Luxor B/L/D

Valley of the Kings

In Luxor, we visit the Valley of the Kings (West Bank) the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri,

Ramesses III Temple (Medinet Habu) and Colossi of Amenhotep III ("Memnon") Free afternoon.

The Valley of the Kings is the world's most spectacular burial ground. It was home to more than 65

pharaohs from the Middle Kingdom onwards into the New Kingdom. Some notables unearthed from their

sepulchers include: Thutmosis III, King Tut, Ramesses the Great, Ramesess III, among others. The colorful

burial chambers with their brilliant illustrations of the worldview of the Nile Valley African is unparalleled

anywhere else in the world. B/L/D

Day 11: 

24 July Nile Cruise / disembarkation

Visit Abydos and Dendera. Facade of Seti I Temple at Abydos

In the 19th Dynasty, Seti I began an ambitious project to restore Abydos to its former status as the holiest of

all the holy cities in Egypt. He began the construction of one of Egypt’s unique temples with the

configuration of an L-shaped floor plan and seven entrances. Each entrance lead to a sanctuary dedicated to

Ra-horakhty, Heru, Asaru, Aset, Amun, Seti I, Ptah and Het Heru, respectively. Ramesses II continued this

project after the death of his father, Seti I, and closed all but one entrance to this temple. In this temple one

can find the King's List, the resurrection of Asaru, the Djed column, and some of the best executed bas-reliefs

one can find anywhere in Egypt.

Cruise ends.

Accommodation: Overnight Luxor Hotel  

Steinberger Nile Palace

Day 12: 

25 July  Luxor hotel 

Steinberger Nile Palace

Visit the Temple of Karnak, Amen Ra and Hypostyle Hall, Avenue of the Ram-headed Sphinxes.

The Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the god Amon-Re, is the largest temple complex anywhere on the planet.

It was 2,000 years in the making during which time many pharaohs contributed to the complex. There are

seven pylons, but the most notable one is that which greets the visitors as he or she travels down the

avenue of the ram-headed sphinxes. Seti I started the construction of the 134 columned hypostyle hall which

was completed by his son, Ramesses II. Notably, Ramesses the Great was also responsible for the installation

of the ram-headed sphinxes.

Visit the Grand Lodge of Luxor with the Avenue of the Human-headed Sphinxes (East Bank).

In ancient Egypt, the temple area now known as Luxor was called Ipt rsyt, the "southern sanctuary," referring

to the holy of holies at the temple’s southern end, wherein the principal god, Amun "preeminent in his

sanctuary", dwelt. Another ancient name given to the temple was Waset. This general area was the capital

of Egypt from the 12th dynasty (1991 B.C.) and reached its zenith during the New Kingdom. Notables like

Thotmosis III, Amenhotep III, Akhenaton and Ramesses II are associated with Waset.

The major festival celebrated at this site each year was the Opet, a celebration which brought the god Amun

from the great temple at Karnak to be united with his wife Mut and son Khonsu. This renewal festival drew

thousands of devotees for an extended celebration which was known for its offerings of flowers, fruit, cattle,

bread, wine, beer, and other agricultural products from the harvest.

Also noteworthy is the fact that Luxor was the site of a great school of learning where students came from

far and wide to learn at the feet of the master teachers from this lodge B

Transfer to Hurghada by bus

Accommodation: Overnight at your hotel in  Sunrise Mamlouk /equivalent 

Day 13: 

26 July  

Sunrise Mamlouk or equivalent 

Free leisure in Hurhgada to relax, dive, swim or snorkel and enjoy the food and drinks at the hotel or choose

one of our optional tours (safari – parceling – snorkeling & diving boat trips). B/L/D

Day 14 : 

27 July:  Sunrise Mamlouk /equivalent 

Free leisure in Hurhgada to relax, dive, swim or snorkel and enjoy the food and drinks at the hotel or choose

one of our optional tours (safari – parceling – snorkeling & diving boat trips). B/L?D

Day 15: 28 July fly back to Cairo / final departure

After breakfast Take your domestic flight back to Cairo

Arrive Cairo at 12:05

Head to have your lunch outside the airport

Back to airport at 16:30 for your international flight at 20:30

We will do our best to match tour members with roommates, however, we cannot promise a share. Tour members must pay the single rate if no roommate is available or if your roommate cancels.

 B = Breakfast , L = Lunch, D = Dinner 

1. (B & D are full meals served buffet-style) 

Dr. Crawford’s 15-Day Tour 2025 

INCLUDES:

•  Round trip International air fare: New York/Cairo/New York     
•  Double (2 adults per room) Deluxe, 5-Star hotel accommodations based on twin bedded rooms with bath
•   Single (1 adult per room) accommodations.  Single supplement extra 
•  2 meals daily throughout (starting day 3 of the tour)
•  All transfers with assistance and portage
•  Sightseeing as per itinerary including entrance fees
•  Domestic air fare: Cairo-Aswan /Hurghada/Cairo
•  4-Day, 5-Star Deluxe Cruise from Aswan to Luxor (3 meals daily)
• 3 days on the Red Sea : Hurghada 
•  All services charges, hotel taxes, and tips
•  English-speaking guides
•  Prof. Crawford's explanations on some sites

PLEASE NOTE :

TRAVEL VISA

A Visa is mandatory for travel to Egypt. Egypt's Visa is TBA  for US citizens (if obtained in the US)

and $25-$30 USD on arrival in Egypt. 

Non-US citizens should contact the nearest Egyptian Embassy or Consulate for Visa fees. 

Please secure visas prior to travel and make sure that passport name 

and visa name correspond. Passports should be 6 months or more on arrival [Egypt USA]

INSURANCE  

 WE STRONGLY SUGGEST TRAVEL INSURANCE to safeguard your trip against severe penalties and cancellations.

You will receive insurance information once you submit your deposit. 

NOT INCLUDED IN TOUR COST:

AIRPORT EXIT TAXES

 BEVERAGES WITH MEALS / LUNCH

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS / BEVERAGES

PERSONAL SERVICES AND EXPENSES

TRAVEL INSURANCE

TRAVEL VISA

OPTIONAL NON-REFUNDABLE TOURS / EXCURSIONS

CANCELLATION POLICY

Deposit of $300.00 paid by April 30, 2024 or later is non-refundable. From May 30, 2024 to August  2024, $1,000.00 is deducted from monies paid. Up to September 30, 2024, $1,500.00 is deducted. After September  30, 2024 all monies paid on trip are non-refundable. All cancellations are subject to a $100 per person administrative fee. No refunds for any unused services while on tour. No refunds can be made for intangible items such as hardship, unpleasantness or the like. All cancellations must be received in writing. No exceptions to cancellation policy. Persons joining the group late may be subject to a late fee. 

CONDITIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

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