• Depart U.S. gateway
  

• Upon arrival you will be required to clear Immigration and Customs; after you clear Customs you will be met by a Vantage Representative who will assist you with your transfer to the hotel
• Transfer to the hotel
• Check in to hotel
• Lunch on your own
• Welcome Dinner at the hotel

• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
• Excursion to the Giza Plateau to view the Pyramids and Sphinx
• Lunch at a local restaurant
• Visit to a carpet-making school
• Guided tour of the Egyptian Museum featuring the golden treasures of King Tutankhamun
• Dinner on your own

• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
• Half-day tour of Old Cairo
  
• Visit to the Mamlouk Jewelry Bazaar
  
• Afternoon at leisure — or — optional Saladin Citadel and Mohammed Ali mosque tour
  
• Dinner on your own — or — optional dinner cruise on the Nile with entertainment

• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
  
• Depart hotel for coach transfer to Alexandria
  
• Arrive Alexandria
  
• Lunch at a local restaurant
  
• Free time in the Royal Gardens of Montaza
  
• Guided tour of the Alexandria Library
  
• Transfer to hotel
  
• Check in to hotel
  
• Dinner on your own
  
• Evening at leisure

• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
  
• Half day panoramic city tour and tour of Fort Qaitbey and the National Museum
  
• Guided tour of the citadel
  
• Return to hotel
  
• Lunch on your own
  
• Afternoon at leisure — or — optional Roman Amphitheatre and catacombs tour
  
• Dinner included at the hotel

• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
  
• Depart Alexandria for coach transfer to Suez via Cairo pyramids
  
• Arrive Suez
  
• Embark ship
  
• Dinner on board
  
• Evening at leisure

• Sail to Ain Sukhna
  
• Buffet breakfast on board
  
• Included tour of Red Sea monasteries
  
• Lunch and dinner on board
  
• Overnight sailing to Gubal Islands

• Buffet breakfast on board
  
• Arrive Gubal Islands
  
• Morning at leisure
  
• Lunch on board
  
• Depart Gubal Islands and sail to Hurghada
  
• Arrive Hurghada
  
• Evening at leisure and dinner on board —or — optional overnight excursion to Luxor, Egypt with dinner

• Buffet breakfast on board
  
• Morning at leisure — or — optional city tour of Hurghada
  
• Lunch on board
  
• Afternoon at leisure (Luxor passengers return this afternoon)
  
• Dinner on board
  
• Evening at leisure
  
• Ship sails for Duba

• Buffet breakfast on board
  
• Ship arrives Duba
  
• City tour of Duba
  
• Lunch with a nomadic tribe
  
• Walking tour of Duba to see sun setting over the Red Sea (weather permitting)
  
• Dinner on board
  
• Ship depart for Sharm El-Sheikh
  

• Buffet breakfast on board
  
• Ship arrives Sharm El-Sheikh
  
• Full day tour to St. Catherine’s Monastery and Mt. Sinai with lunch included at a local restaurant
  
• Greek dinner evening onboard ship
  
• Ship departs for Taba

• Buffet breakfast on board
• Ship arrives Taba
• Included excursion to Pharaoh’s Island
• Lunch on board
• Afternoon at leisure
• Dinner on board

• Buffet breakfast on board
  
• Disembark ship
  
• Transfer to Petra, Jordan
  
• Walking tour of Petra with visit to village to meet locals
  
• Lunch at local restaurant
  
• Transfer to hotel
  
• Check in to hotel
  
• Dinner included at the hotel
  
• Evening at leisure

• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
  
• Transfer to Amman on the King’s highway
  
• Lunch included in Madaba
  
• Arrive Amman
  
• Check in to hotel
  
• Dinner on your own

• Buffet breakfast at the hotel
  
• Full day city tour of Amman with lunch at a local restaurant
  
• Return to hotel
  
• Farewell Dinner at the hotel
  
• Transfer to airport

• Depart Amman for flight to U.S. gateway city

This itinerary also operates in reverse, in which case the Israel extension will be post-trip. For those on the Cairo to Amman (U.S. departure date 10/31), Day 16 in Amman will include a full day sightseeing tour of Amman and a Farewell Dinner. Your transfer to the airport will be at midnight. You will depart Amman to the U.S. on Day 17 at 3:00 a.m. This means you will depart from your hotel at approximately midnight. You will have your room right up until departure on that evening.

PLEASE NOTE: In general, wind and weather conditions may alter your cruise itinerary, and alternate stops will be made if a particular port cannot be reached.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The above day-by-day itineraries are preliminary and therefore subject to change. If any major changes occur in advance of your departure, you will be notified in writing by Vantage Deluxe World Travel. If changes occur while on board ship or on tour, you will be notified by your Vantage Program Manager. Also, pending weather conditions, your cruise itinerary is subject to changes, and Vantage cannot be held responsible for missed ports.