2016 EPIC Trip of A Lifetime - Egypt

My EPIC Trip of a Lifetime this year [2016] was to Egypt with the group Up in the Air Life.  I am normally not a group traveler but I tried it this time to see Egypt.  It was worth it and I would definitely travel with them again.  Everything is included in the price [airfare, hotel, river cruise, meals except one, transfers]; all you have to do is pack and show up with your passport.  They provide a payment plan for the trip, and Facebook closed group to get to know the travelers, discuss travel tips; and if you are single traveler, they will pair you with a roommate.  This trip included 70 people.

It was 8 days, 7 nights in Cairo, Luxor, Edfu, Aswan, Kom Ombo.  Upscale hotels in Cairo and on board the Sanctuary Sunboat IV River Cruise; an Egyptologist along the way to detail all the sites.  The tours included the Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum, Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Treasures of Tutankhamun, Papyrus Institute, Temple of Karnak, Valley of the Kings, Valley of Queens, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon, Ptolemaic Temple of Goddess Hathor in Denderah, Temple of Luxor, Temple of Horus, Egyptian Cooking Lesson, Temple of Kom Ombo, Philae Temple, Granite Quaries, Sailing on Felucca, Carriage ride through Luxor.  I also added extra trips to the Essential Oils Perfumery with Shiek Abdullah, Saqqara & Memphis, The Step Pyramid by Imhotep, and a visit to the Oriental Carpet School. 

The following daily entries will give a pictorial view of our travels.