B= Breakfast
L= Lunch
D= Dinner
October 26: Depart from JFK via Egypt Air MS flight 986 at 6:00 p.m. ET.
October 27: Arrive
at noon; transport to
the Mena House Hotel in Giza. Snack on the bus, dinner together, then rest
from the long flight. (D)
October 28:
Tour the Giza Plateau, with its three great pyramids, queen's pyramids, Isis Temple, Sphinx, Valley Temple, and panorama view, including private meditation time in the Great Pyramid. Enjoy a camel ride on the plateau and visit a papyrus shop (Optional visit to perfume factory). Dine at Le Meridien Hotel and overnight at the Mena House. (BLD)
October 29: Tour
Sakkara, including Mere Ruka's tomb, with its beautiful painted walls; Teti's Pyramid, with its ancient text and starry ceiling; the Jubilee Temple of Pharaoh Djoser; then on to Dahsfur, with its three amazing pyramids: the Red, "Bent," and Black Pyramid and visit a carpet factory and a jewelry shop. Breakfast at hotel, lunch in Sakkara. Dinner in Le Meridien. Overnight at the Mena House. (BLD)
October 30: Tour
the magnificent Egyptian Museum in Cairo, have lunch on the Nile, and visit the Zeitoun Church. Fly to Luxor in the evening. (BLD)
October 31: Enjoy a day at leisure in Luxor. In the evening, watch the Karnack sound-and-light show. (BLD)
November 1: Visit
the mammoth Karnak temple (over 60 acres, largest temple in ancient Egypt). Lunch along the Nile. Visit
the beautiful Luxor temple, laid out in the pattern of the human body. Visit
a T-shirt shop for embroidered, personalized cartouches, and a bookshop. (BLD)
November 2: Visit
the Valley of the Kings, Queens, and Artisans. Here you will visit the beautifully painted tombs, the temple of Hatshepsut (the famous female pharaoh), the large Habu temple of Ramases III, and a statue shop. Free late afternoon and evening. (BLD)
November 3: Fly
from Luxor to Cairo (unless you continue your tour down the Nile.) (BLD)
November 4:
Fly from Cairo to JFK, Egypt Air MS 985. Arrive at JFK 3:30p.m.
Note: John Van Auken will depart at this point in the tour. Sidney Kirkpatrick and Peter Woodbury will continue the tour with you.
Nile River Cruise Extension
November 3: Continue
your tour of Egypt as you visit Luxor Museum; check in for our Nile Cruise in the afternoon. (BLD)
November 4: Free
day enjoying cruise on the lovely Nile River. (BLD)
November 6: Arrive
in beautiful Aswan. Visit Phalie temple in the morning, and in the afternoon we will visit Elephantine Island, museum, and Khunom Temple via felucca boats (native sailboats). (BLD)
November 7: Fly
from Aswan to Abu Simbel in the morning. Visit the magnificent temple on Lake Nasser. Return to Cairo around 5p.m. and check in to the Jolie Ville Airport hotel. (BLD)
November 8: Fly
to JFK, departing from Cairo, Egypt; flight Egypt Air 985. Arrive at JFK 3:30p.m.
Note:
Prices include accommodation, all tips, meals where indicated, tours, airport taxes, and all transfers and entrance fees.
John Van Auken
is an international speaker, tour leader, and author of numerous Cayce-related
books. He is a popular resource on the Bible, Christian and ancient mysticism,
and spiritual enlightenment.
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and bestselling author. His book Edgar
Cayce, An American Prophet - described by the New Yorker magazine as "a codex for the New Age" - is the definitive biography of Edgar Cayce. Sidney currently lives in Stony Brook, New York, with his wife Nancy Thurlbeck, a professional writer and long-time student of Edgar Cayce, who will also join this tour to Egypt.
Peter Woodbury has a long history both in this and other lives, with Egypt. In this life, his great grandfather was Egyptian and he first came to Egypt when he was six years old, camping with his family on the Giza Plateau, next to the pyramids! Peter is an expert on the Edgar Cayce's Egyptology. He looks forward to sharing his knowledge of the pyramids, the 10,500 BC history of Egypt, the planetary influences & the hieroglyphics, among many other topics.
