12 Days / 11 Nights Program

The tour will take you to the Nile Valley where you learn about the Ancient Egyptians and get a good understanding about the conditions of the Exodus, and then you will start walking in the Foot Steps of Moses, starting from the land of Goshen, crossing the Red Sea, hike Mt` Sinai and then you will have the full experience of God`s people in the wilderness of Sinai`

Duration:
12 Days / 11 Nights

Countries:
Egypt

Day 01
Arrive at Cairo airport, where Biblical vacation Tours representative will meet you and take you by mini-van or bus to your hotel` After you check in, our staff will take you through a brief orientation meeting` In the evening you’ll enjoy a traditional Egyptian dinner`(D)

Day 02
After breakfast and hotel check-out, your day begins with a visit to some of the oldest structures on Earth at the Sakkara complex, where Egyptians first began building pyramids` The first of the pyramids was the Step Pyramid of King Djoser` Then visit Memphis the oldest capital of Egypt, where Moses comforted the pharoah then continue to the Great Pyramids in Giza, including Cheops Pyramid, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world` Here you will also see the Sphinx, a large statue of a lion with a human head` You will have lunch during the tour`
In the evening we will leave Giza Station by overnight train to Luxor` We will have dinner on the train`(B,L,D)

Day 03
After breakfast on the train, we arrive in Luxor and check in to our Nile cruise boat` After lunch, we will visit the east bank of the Nile to tour Karnak Temple, the biggest open-air museum in the world and one of Egypt s most sacred ancient places` Then we will visit LuxorTemple to learn about the daily rituals of the ancient Egyptian religion` looking to these massive buildings that will help you to understand the verse that says : “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of pharaoh s daughter; choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin; Considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt`” [Hebrews 11:24-26] Dinner and overnight stay aboard the Nile cruise boat`(B,L,D)

Day 04
Breakfast on the boat, then cross to the west bank of the Nile to visit the Valley of the Kings` Observe the brightly colored scenery and the well-preserved tombs that demonstrate the Pharaohs  strong beliefs in the afterlife` Next visit the magnificent Temple of Hatshepsut, built by one of three powerful queens of Egypt, and the Colossi of Memnon` You will have lunch and dinner are aboard the cruise boat as it sails towards Esna` We’ll dock overnight at Edfu`(B,L,D)

Day 05
Breakfast on the boat` Visit Edfu Temple, the cult center of Horus, also known as the Falcon god` This temple shows the evolution of the ancient Egyptian religion as the Greco-Roman series of temples emerges` Proceed south and tour Kom Ombo temple, a double temple dedicated to the Crocodile god, Sobek, and to Horus` Lunch and dinner aboard the boat as we sail and dock overnight at Aswan`(B,L,D)

Day 06
Breakfast on the cruise boat` In Aswan, we will visit the island that is home to Philae Temple, where paganism ended in Egypt and Christianity was introduced, eventually spreading to the southern borders of Egypt`
Later we will see the Aswan High Dam and Lake Nasser, the largest man-made lake in the world` We will go by felucca boat around Elephantine Island, and also see the Aga Khan Mausoleum` Lunch and dinner on the boat` Overnight aboard the boat in aboard the boat in Aswan`(B,L,D)

Day 07
After breakfast, we will check out of the cruise boat, fly back to Cairo and check into our hotel` You will enjoy an afternoon and evening of free time` Dinner and overnight in Cairo`(B,D)

Day 08
After breakfast, you will drive through modern Cairo and visit the Egyptian Museum, known for its Pharaonic antiquities` Visit Coptic Cairo and see the Hanging Church, which was built in the 4th century, and St` Sergius  church, where it is believed that the Holy Family stayed for two weeks after their flight to Egypt` The Coptic quarter also has Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo s oldest Jewish synagogue, built on the place where Jeremiah is said to have stayed after fleeing to Egypt` It was here that the Genizah documents, which included manuscripts of interpretations of the Old Testament that have shed light on many biblical issues, were discovered`
After lunch, we will drive to old Islamic Cairo` We will visit the Citadel, where Egypt was ruled from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and see the Muhammad Ali mosque` Dinner and overnight in Cairo`(B,L,D)

Day 09
After breakfast, we will leave Cairo and visit Sa el-Hagar, east of the Nile Delta, the site Goshen, the land granted to Joseph by Pharaoh:
“Pharaoh said to Joseph,  Your father and your brothers have come to you, and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land` Let them live in Goshen`’” [Genesis 47:5-6]
Goshen is also believed to be the starting point of the Exodus`
Later we will travel to Ismailia city and check in to the Mercure hotel, overlooking Lake El Timsah along the Suez Canal` This is believed to be the site where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea with Moses` Dinner and overnight in Ismailia`(B,D)

Day 10
After breakfast, we will drive south and cross the Suez Canal by tunnel towards Mt` Sinai, stopping at Moses Springs, traditionally thought to be the site where the bitter waters of Marah became sweet` We will also stop at Wadi Feran, or Elim:
“Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water`” [Exodus 15:27]
We will reach Mt` Sinai before sunset and check in at our hotel` We will need to rest up for the next day s early morning hike up Mt` Sinai` Dinner and overnight at St` Catherine`(B,D)

Day 11
Hike up Mt` Sinai` After watching the sunrise, visit St` Catherine s Monastery` Many monks and scholars believe that the monastery s spiritual heart, the Chapel of the Burning Bush, was built on the exact spot where God appeared to Moses in the burning bush`
Then we will drive back to Cairo and on to the airport, to catch your flight home`(B)