JtE-3 Cairo & Giza, Egypt
December 1 (Saturday) Arrival in Cairo, meet and assist in the Cairo airport,
Saturday is a relaxed and open day at the Sphinx Guesthouse.
December 2 (Sunday) 9am - Breakfast,
10am-12noon JtE-3 - classroom and orientation.
12:30 - Transport to Old Cairo; view Harem street of Nightclubs, Tahrir square, historical location of
Casino Badia, Nile bridges;
2 pm - orientation at Khan al Khalili, shopping
3 pm - visit costumer Mahmoud Abdel Ghaffar (optional: order and
measure for Nubian Dress), shopping
6 pm - Dinner at Naguib Mahfouz Restaurant
7 pm - Sahlib & Karkaday at Fishowy's Kahwah.
8 pm - Return Sphinx Guesthouse
9 pm - Notes and Comments
December 3 (Monday)
9 am - Breakfast
10 am - JtE-3 Classroom
11 am - Transport to Old City, "Baladi Walk" (including Mohamed Ali street & Henkesh, old al-Kahira,
Khyameyya street of tent makers, Tarboosh and Shamaa El Zeffah makers, Al-Ghouria street, Bab
Zuwaila)
6:30 pm - Dinner on Al Ahzar street.
8 pm - Tanoura show at the stately Wikalet Al Ghouri open-air theater.
December 4 (Tuesday)
9 am - Breakfast
10 am - JtE-3 Classroom, Interview/visit, student paper presentations,
3 pm - Dance Lesson to our own private Live Music Takht, Optional performance with Live Music
6:30 pm - Dinner at Sphinx Guesthouse
8 pm - Notes and Comments
December 5 (Wednesday)
9 am - Breakfast
10 am - Agriculural (Cultural) Museum, Umm Kulsum museum, JtE-3 Classroom,
Dinner in Downtown Cairo
evening - Zar Musicians
December 6 (Thursday)
9 am - Breakfast
10 am - JtE Classroom, Interview/visit, Costume fitting,
6 pm - Dinner at Sphinx Guesthouse
9 pm - live show at El Mastaba; El Dammah Theater
night - Zeffah-hunt
December 7 (Friday)
9 am - Breakfast
Open day (often JtE members opt to explore the Great Pyramid, ride horses or camels,
the Pharonic Museum, AUC Bookstore, shopping downtown... etc... to name a few)
4 pm - transfer for JtE-4 Sleeper Train (or transport to Cairo airport) say goodbye to
Sphinx Guesthouse.
Dinner on train.
JtE-4 Upper Egypt; Luxor, Esna, Kom Ombo, Aswan
December 7 (Friday) Giza Train Station board 1st class sleeper train, into the Saidi night.
December 8 (Saturday)
Breakfast on Train
Arrive in Luxor, check into Sheraton Luxor, JtE-4 Classroom and Orientation,
Dinner at Sheraton Luxor
evening horse carts to Luxor Temple Sound and Light show
December 9 (Sunday) Morning visit to Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut Temple, madinet Hapu temple,
and "Deir el Madina" ancient artisan village, Dance class with Khyriyya Mazin, student paper
presentations
Breakfast & Dinner at Sheraton Luxor
December 10 (Monday) JtE Classroom, Saidi dance class, Evening show
Breakfast & Dinner at Sheraton Luxor
December 11 (Tuesday) Private bus and guide through Saidi countryside, tours of Edfu and Kom Ombo,
check into Basma hotel, Aswan
Breakfast at Sheraton Luxor, Dinner at Basma, Aswan
December 12 (Wednesday) Philae Island and tour, Nubian Dance class, JtE Classroom, boat on
the beautiful Nile to Nubian Village, shai and Nubian cultural interview
December 13 (Thursday) Felucca ride, lunch with an Aswani family on Plantation Island,
Nubian dance class, show or wedding
December 14 (Friday) Nubian Museum, Graduation Show and Certificates.
Congratulations, Graduates!
December 15 (Saturday) Free morning for Souk and shopping. Afternoon pick-up for train station.
Sleeper train overnight to Cairo.
December 16 (Sunday) Arrive to Cairo, transfer to airport.
JtE-3 December 24-29 Only for those experienced researchers returning to Egypt
Follows much of the above itinerary - more flexable schedule with interview opportunities.
JtE-4 December 29 - January 7 Only for those experienced researchers returning to Egypt
Follows much of the above itinerary - more flexable schedule with interview opportunities.
JtE-5 Postponed - TBA
Suez Canal & Sinai Desert Original itinerary was:
June 1 (Friday) Arrival in Cairo, meet and assist in the Cairo airport, night in Cairo 4-star hotel
June 2 (Saturday) Tour Cairo historic sights, night 2 in the Cairo 4-star hotel
June 3 (Sunday) Drive across the Sinai desert to Dahab, night in Dahab beach hotel
June 4 (Monday) Sun & Red Sea beach, JtE Classroom, Bedouin dance class, Evening dinner & Bedouin Show,
night 2 in the Dahab beach hotel
June 5 (Tuesday) Travel to St Catherine's Village, Tour of St Catherine's monastery, oldest working
Christian monasteries in the world, holder of the best collection of early icons in the world. Sleep early, since we will wake in the night (full moon) and climb Mt Sinai in the light of a
full moon, following the pilgrims' path of those honoring the burning bush and
Ten Commandments. View the sunrise at the top.
June 6 (Wednesday) Desert road to Ismailayya, Dance class in Ismailayya. Night in Ismailayya
June 7 (Thursday) Tour of Ismailayya, Dance class. Night 2 in Ismailayya
June 8 (Friday) Drive to Port Said, night in Port Said
June 9 (Saturday) Dance lessons to the Semsemiyya, Port Said guided tour. Show and graduation.
Night 2 in Port Said.
June 10 (Sunday) Drive back to Cairo, transfer to airport.
All JtE Egypt Travel/Study tours begin and end in Cairo.
