Off to the Land of the Pharoahs!

Egypt beckons again 2 years after we had to cancel our plans to visit there! (thanks Ben!)

We plan to spend 24 glorious days travelling the highways and byways of this ancient land and hopefully getting very lost sometimes!

Here is our rough itinerary:

Day 1 (Tuesday 28^th Dec) - Land in Cairo 2pm. - spend 4 nights there
Day 2 – Wed 29th Dec) - Sightseeing - Islamic Cairo, Egyptian Museum etc.Whirling Dervish show in the evening

Day 3 – (Thurs 30th Dec) - Day spent visiting all the pyramids at Giza, Saqqara and Dashur

Day 4 - (Fri 31st Dec) - Sightsee – Coptic Cairo etc..

Day 5 - (Sat 1st Jan) - shopping, catch night train to Aswan

Day 6 - (Sun 2nd Jan) - arrive Aswan approx  8am. - spend 3 nights there. sightsee Nubian museum etc.
Day 7 - (Mon 3rd Jan) - Tour to Abu Simbel. Sightsee in Aswan - tombs etc.
Day 8 - (Tues 4th Jan) - Felucca to Elephantine Island, shopping etc.

Day 9 - Day 11 - (Wed 5th - Fri 7th Jan) - Felucca trip over 2 days and 2 nights

Day 11 - (Fri 7th Jan) - Reach Kom Ombo, catch bus to Luxor - spend 4 nights there

Day 11 - 14 – (Fri 7th - 10th Jan) - Luxor - sightseeing, hot air balloon
Day 15 – (Tue 11th Jan) - fly to Sharm and bus/car/taxi to Dahab – spend 4 nights there - climb Mt Sinai, snorkel (boys and I), dive (Ben), camel ride in the desert with the Bedouins etc.
Day 19 – (Sat 15th Jan) - take 8:30am bus to Taba then overland via Eilat (Israel), to Aqaba (Jordan) and bus to Petra. Spend 3 nights there

Day 22 – (Tue 18th Jan) - car to Amman along Kings Highway, stopping for a dip at the Dead Sea! Reach airport and fly to Cairo. Spend 2 nights in Cairo.

Day 23 – (Wed 19th Jan) - souq/sightseeing/Birquash Camel market (if we can handle the smell)

Day 24 – (Thurs 20th Jan) - last minute shopping and chilling before flying out.

Day 25 - Day 27 - KL visiting friends

Arrive Perth January 24th.

We are beyond excited! :o)