2027 Solar Eclipse by Fun For Less Tours

Longest Total Eclipse in this Century!

Luxor

Longest Total Full Eclipse of the Sun in this Century

One of our great educators, Michael Wilcox, witnessed a total eclipse of the Sun in April of 2024. It had such a pronominal impact on him, he immediately called our Fun For Less Tours owners. Michael told them he was so moved witnessing a full solar eclipse, he wanted to do it again in 2027. He asked if Fun For Less Tours could put together a tour that would include the Solar Eclipse in 2027 AND he wanted to be the educator. The 2027 Solar Eclipse will be the longest total Eclipse in this Century. It will be 84 years before there is another one that will be as long as the total Solar Eclipse in 2027.

Why Egypt is the BEST Place to Experience the 2027 Solar Eclipse

• The longest duration of the eclipse on August 2 will take place over Luxor Egypt.

• You need clear skies to witness a Solar Eclipse. When Michael went to Texas to experience the 2024 Solar Eclipse, he was met with rain and clouds. They drove several hours before finding an area clear enough to witness the eclipse. Because of the clouds and rain, most of those that went to Texas never had a chance to experience the solar eclipse. In July and August, Luxor, Egypt, receives virtually no rain, with average precipitation being 0 inches. Nothing is for sure, but at this time of year it would be EXTREMELY RARE to have clouds and rain in Luxor, Egypt.

Why Fun For Less Tours will deliver the BEST Solar Eclipse Experience

• Our owners have a very close friendship with one of the most powerful influential families in Egypt. Through them they were able to make special arrangements not given to others.

• There have been more requests for hotel rooms that coincide with the solar eclipse than there are hotel rooms in Luxor! The same for the Nile cruise ships, there have been more requests for reservations than there are cabins on all the Nile cruise ships put together. With our connections we were able to move up the list of requests and secure the space we needed for our passengers.

• We had choices: We could buy a 3 or 4-night Luxor hotel package OR we could buy a 3 or 4-night cruise on the Nile that would have the ship in Luxor the day of the Solar Eclipse. We chose a three night cruise down stream from Aswan to Luxor for group 1 and a 4 night cruise upstream from Luxor to Aswan for group 2. Both will be in Luxor on August 2 for the Solar Eclipse. Here is why we chose a cruise package instead of a hotel package.

• We decided the most important thing to consider: Where are our passengers going to stand to watch this special total eclipse. The location could make or break their experience.

• Staying in a Hotel:

• If you are staying in a hotel you will have to join the tens of thousands of others in the CROWDED streets of Luxor trying to find where you can have an unobstructed view between the tall hotels and buildings to witness the eclipse.

• Staying 3 to 4 days in Luxor, after visiting the luxor sites and witnessing the eclipse, you will run out of things to do during the additional days you are in Luxor. Because you are on a 3 to 4 night package, staying in a hotel gives you little to do after you have seen the local sites in Luxor.

• Sailing on a Nile Cruise:

• No crowded streets or buildings to look throug. You can experience the total ellipse from the spacious top deck of your cruise ship out away from the tall buildings and huge crowds.

• You are not going to run out of things to do. In addition to the tours in Luxor and the solar ellipse, you will be sailing the nile with new ports of call to explore.

• Getting Airfare is going to be a logistical nightmare!!

• With tens of thousands trying to get airfare between Cairo and Luxor, all near the same dates and times, it is going to be logistically impossible to fill the needs. The airlines are suggesting they won’t take groups but rather sell on a first come first served basis, at much higher rates around these dates.. With so many needing seats, the second they are open the flights will sell out. Few groups will be able to get all their passengers on the same flights, ending up instead having to drive the 10 hours each way between Cairo and Luxor.

• THAT WONT BE US: As far as we know at this time, we are the only ones that have contracts in hand with deposits paid for our private chartered flights. We have chartered a full jet to fly both of our groups into the Luxor area and back to Cairo. The jets are only for our group, there will only be our passengers on board.

• Educator: Dr. S. Michael Wilcox will spend time with both of our two groups.

• Group 1 will cruise with the Luxury AmaWaterways River Cruise in Europe before going to Egypt to experience the Solar Eclipse. Michael will be with Group 1 on the River cruise in Europe and with them in Egypt through to the end of the Nile Cruise. Group 2 will join group 1 on the ship in time to experience the Solar Eclipse. Then after the eclipse they will fly to Cairo and back home. Michael will stay on the ship to join group 2 after the solar eclipse.

• Group 2 will go first to Egypt. They will join group 1 on the ship for the Total Solar Eclipse. After the Eclipse, group 1 will leave and group 2 will continue with their Nile cruise with Michael. Afterwards, they will head to Europe with Michael for their Amawaterways Cruise.

Abu Simbel - Egypt

Because of its location, Abu Simbel is rarely part of tours in Egypt. There are few flights that take passengers to Abu Simbel and it takes many hours of driving by bus to get into and back out of Abu Simbel. The few who get the opportunity to explore Abu Simbel always rate it at the top of the experiences they have had in Egypt. Both of our groups will be able to visit Abu Simbel. Group 1 will fly from Cairo on our private jet to Abu Simbel and then, after the tour, fly to their cruise ship on the Nile. Group 2 will fly to Abu Simbel after their Nile cruise. Their private jet will wait for them while they tour and then the jet will take them back to Cairo. A GIGANTIC BONUS because we have our own private jets.

With our chartered jets, we have arranged for them to fly our group into Abu Simbel and then wait on the runway while we tour. before flying us to our Nile cruise ship. It takes too many hours on a slow bus through the desert to those who are lucky enough to visit Abu Simbel. They rate their experience at the top or near the top of all the places they were able to visit. Abu Simbel is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Nile Cruise - Luxor to Aswan

The Grand Egyptian Museum nicknamed the GEM really is a GEM!! With over 5 million square feet, it has twice the area of the Louver Museum and two and half times the size of the British Museum. It houses an unparalleled collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts, including the complete treasures of King Tutankhamun. It is poised to become one of the world’s largest and most prominent museums. It will house over 100,000 artifacts including 5,340 of King Tutankhamun’s treasures. It is scheduled to fully open later this year. This will be a gigantic highlight and a huge part of our Solar Eclipse Egypt portion.

We have two groups doing the Longest Total Solar Eclipse in this century tour and cruise. In addition to Egypt and the Eclipse, both groups will be doing a land tour combined with a luxury Amawaterways cruise in Europe. AmaWaterways year after year after year has won the award as being the BEST cruise line in Europe, even surpassing Viking! Michael Wilcox will not only be in Egypt with both groups, he will also be with both groups during their AmaWaterways Cruise.

CASTLE & RIVERS Cruise

with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise (after tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 14, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Bavaria, Germany

Here are a Few of the Highlights:

• Your Luxury AmaWaterways ship travels on four different rivers and waterways. Nuremberg to Bamberg is on the Main-Danube Canal. From Bamberg to Rudesheim is on the Main River. From Rudesheim to Lehnstein is on the Rhine River and then from Lahnstein to Luxembourg you will be on the Moselle River.

• Ancient Walled Cities and Medieval Villages include: Nuremberg Old town, Medieval Bamberg, a UNESCO World Heritage site; rothenburg ob der tauber, Germany’s best preserved walled town. Wertheim, the old town still features ½ timbered houses. Oberammergau, home of the Passion Play since the mid 1600’s. Fairytell Cochem and Tier, Germany’s oldest Town.

• Majestic Castles: Where possible, we plan to visit the follow castles and Palaces inside: Neuschwanstein Castle, Disney’s inspiration for Cinderella’s Castle - The stunning Linderhof Palace - The Imperial Castle of Nuremberg - The Lahneck Castle - The Cochem Castle - The Eltze Castle AND the view of 40 castles in 40 miles as we sail through the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage area.

“We Don’t Send You, We Take You!”

CASTLE & RIVERS Cruise

with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise (after tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 14, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Neuschwanstein Castle

Bavarian Alps, Germany

CASTLE & RIVERS Cruise

with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise (after tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 14, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Rhine Gorge, Germany

CASTLE & RIVERS Cruise

with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise (after tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 14, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

A few highlights of our 23 Day Castles & Rivers Cruise and tour, combined Egypt’s Total Solar Eclipse:

• In Europe: Sailing on 4 different rivers, exploring many of the best of Europe’s Medieval villages and old towns, along with visiting inside of many of Europe’s most stunning castles.

• In Egypt: The NEW Grand Museum in Cairo - Abu Simbel that few have the opportunity to see - Fly on our own chartered flights just for our group - Enjoy a 3 night luxury cruise on the Nile River AND most important - witness the longest full Solar Eclipse in this Century from the top of your Nile Cruise ship.

Note: Our Castle & Rivers Cruise and Tour combined with our Egypt Total Solar Eclipse with a Nile Cruise - 3 separate experience Packages: Together they create an experience of a lifetime. make one complete package. Here are the three different packages, what they include along with the total price that includes all three packages:

• Egypt Solar Eclipse Portion of our Package Includes:

• 3 Nights 5-Star Luxury Hotel Cairo Egypt

• 3 Night 5-Star Luxury Cruise on the Nile

• All of the Nile Cruise shore excursions.

• Total Solar Eclipse viewing from top of you Nile Cruise in Luxor

• 3 Nights 5-Star Luxury Hotel in Cairo

• 3 special PRIVATE Charter flights for only our group

• Cairo to Abu Simbel

• Abu Simbel to Aswan

• Luxor to Cairo

• Solar Eclipse viewing from the top of the Nile cruise ship.

• Abu Simbel Temples

• The Massive Grand Museum with all of King Tut’s treasures

• All buses, Guides & Entrance fees in the Valley of the King, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Aswan and Cairo.

• Educator on your Nile Cruise: Michael Wilcox

• Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout your time in Egypt.

• Egypt Solar Eclipse Package price: ???????

• AmaWaterways Luxury Castle & River Cruise Package includes:

• 8 day 7 Night Cruise on 5-Star Luxury River Cruise ship

• Cat D Cabin with large porthole window

• NOTE: AmaWaterways gave us charter pricing for this sailing which saves $1,000 per person over what the ship charges for the same cabin. We were also able to get additional discounts when you upgrade to balcony cabins. The savings have been figured into our total package price.

• $280 in ship Taxes

• All Shore Excursions

• Castles Visited from the ship: Lahneck Castle, Cochem Castle and 40 castles seen from the ship during the Rhine Gorge sailing.

• Three quality meals each day while on the ship

• Free internet and free movies

• All bicycles on board are free to use

• Use of quality headset receivers

• Unlimited bottle water

• Michael Wilcox will be your educator on your River Cruise

• Fun For Less Tours Staff

• Option to upgrade to French sliding glass door balcony or double balcony

• Our special land Package Includes:

• 1 Nights 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Munich

• 2 Nights 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Oberammergau

• 2 Nights 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Rothenburg Ob der Taubor

• 1 Night 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Nuremburg

• 1 Night 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Frankfurt

• Castles visited: Neuschwinstine Castle, Linderhof Palace, Imperial Castle of Nuremberg and the Eltze Castle.

• The BEST Medieval walled city in Europe: Rothenburg Ob der Taubor

• All buses, guides and entrance fees throughout your land tour.

• Fun For Less Tours staff throughout

• Michael will meet the group in Rothenburg and stay with you through the three rivers cruise along with Egypt the Nile Cruise and the Solar Eclipse for a total of 15 days

• Option to purchase international group airfare

23 Day Combined total Package Price: $10,895*

* Price Includes Egypt Package, AmaWaterways Cruise Package and Land Package

* Price does not include International airfare into Europe and home from Egypt

• * Price does not include airfare between Frankfurt and Cairo

• * Price is per person cash discount price

See Pages 30-31 for River Cruise Cabin Categories

RHONE RIVER Cruise with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise

(before tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 29, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Walled City of Carcassonne, France

Here are a Few of the Highlights:

• Two nights inside Carcassonne, the best medieval walled fortress in Europe

• The Loire Valley, with its hundreds of stunning châteaux.

• Aries is often listed as the most beautiful city in France

• Avignon: the “City of Popes”. In the 1300s, the headquarters for the Catholic Church was in Avignon, France. The massive, well-preserved Papal Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is where the Popes lived.

• Enjoy an old-fashioned steam train through the lovely gorges of the Ardèche mountains

• Lyon, with its old city and Roman Ruins, will be a highlight day.

• Barcelona with everything Gaudí

• The Montserrat Monastery and cog wheel train will be another highlight.

RHONE RIVER Cruise

with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise (before tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 29, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

RHONE RIVER Cruise

with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise (before tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 29, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Château d’Ussé - Loire Valley, France

RHONE RIVER Cruise

with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise (before tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 29, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Palace of the Popes - Avignon, France

“We Don’t Send You, We Take You!”

RHONE RIVER Cruise

with Nile Solar Eclipse Cruise (before tour & cruise portion)

23 day tour/cruise July 29, 2027 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

A few highlights of our 23 Day Rhone River Cruise and Tour, combined with Egypt’s Total Solar Eclipse:

• In Europe: Sailing in 5-star luxury on the Rhone River - staying inside the picturesque walled city of Carcassonne, exploring the stunning Chateaux of the Loire Valley - the Pope’s Palace in Avignon - Barcelona and so much more.

• In Egypt: The NEW Grand Museum in Cairo - Abu Simbel that few have the opportunity to see - Fly on our own chartered flights just for our group - Enjoy a 3 night luxury cruise on the Nile River AND most importantly - witness the longest full Solar Eclipse in this Century from the top of your Nile Cruise ship.

Note: Our Rhone River Cruise and Tour, combined with our Egypt Total Solar Eclipse with a Nile Cruise, are 3 separate packages: Together they become one package that creates a fantastic experience of a lifetime. Here are the three different packages and what they include, along with the total price that includes all three packages:

• Egypt Solar Eclipse Portion of our Package Includes:

• 3 Nights 5-Star Luxury Hotel Cairo Egypt

• 3 Night 5-Star Luxury Cruise on the Nile

• All of the Nile Cruise shore excursions.

• Total Solar Eclipse viewing from top of you Nile Cruise in Luxor

• 3 Nights 5-Star Luxury Hotel in Cairo

• 3 special PRIVATE Charter flights for only our group

• Cairo to Abu Simbel

• Abu Simbel to Aswan

• Luxor to Cairo

• Solar Eclipse viewing from the top of the Nile cruise ship.

• Abu Simbel Temples

• The Massive Grand Museum with all of King Tut’s treasures

• All buses, Guides & Entrance fees in the Valley of the King, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Aswan and Cairo.

• Educator on your Nile Cruise: Michael Wilcox

• Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout your time in Egypt.

• Egypt Solar Eclipse Package price: ???????

• AmaWaterways Luxury Rhone River Cruise Package includes:

• 8 day 7 Night Cruise on 5-Star Luxury River Cruise ship

• Cat D Cabin with large porthole window

• $280 in ship Taxes

• All Shore Excursions

• Three quality meals each day while on the ship

• Free internet and free movies

• All bicycles on board are free to use

• Use of quality headset receivers

• Unlimited bottle water

• Michael Wilcox will be your educator on your River Cruise

• Fun For Less Tours Staff

• Option to upgrade to French sliding glass door balcony or double balcony

• Our special land Package Includes:

• 3 Nights 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Loire Valley, France

• 1 Night 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Lyon, France

• 2 Nights 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Walled City of Carcassonne, France

• 2 Nights 4-Star Deluxe Hotel Barcelona, Spain

• Many stunning Chateaux in the Loire Valley

• Our favorite Medieval walled City to stay inside - Carcassonne

• All buses, guides and entrance fees throughout your land tour.

• Fun For Less Tours staff throughout

• Michael will meet the group on the Nile Cruise at the start of the Solar Eclipse and will stay with the group through the Nile, Loire Valley, Rhone cruise, Carcassonne, and continuing on until you reach Barcelona. A total of 20 Days.

• Option to purchase international group airfare

23 Day Combined total Package Price: $10,895*

* Price Includes Egypt Package, AmaWaterways Cruise Package and Land Package

* Price does not include International airfare into Europe and home from Egypt

• * Price does not include airfare between Cairo and Paris.

• * Price is per person cash discount price

AMAWATERWAYS CRUISE CABIN IMAGES AND UPGRADES:

Below are categories of cabins. Category D is included in your cruise package. ALL OTHER CABINS ARE AN UPGRADE. EXAMPLE OF DECK PLAN BELOW: all ships are similar.

AmaWaterways Option Upgrades to Balcony Cabins

Note: You have already saved $1,000 per person off of AmaWaterways Cat D large porthole cabin. Save additional money when upgrading to a French Balcony sliding glass door cabin OR any of the Double Balcony Cabins. For example, the ship charges $1,549 to upgrade from a D cabin to a French Balcony Cabin. We can upgrade you to the French Balcony for $1349 - saving an additional $200 per person. The list below is a list of the additional money needed to upgrade from a D to the Balcony cabin desired.

• Cat D Large Porthole Window 170 Sq. Ft. cabins Included in price

• Upgrade to Cat CA 170 Sq. ft. cabin w/ French Balcony - Sliding Glass Doors $1,349

• Upgrade to Cat BB 210 sq. ft. cabin w/ both French and Outside Balcony $1,949

• Upgrade to Cat BA 210 sq. ft. cabin w/both French and Outside Balcony $2,149

• Upgrade to Cat AB 235 sq. ft. cabin w/ both French and Outside Balcony $2,349

• Upgrade to Cat AA 235 Sq. ft. cabin w/ both French and Outside Balcony $2,549

• Upgrade to Cat AB 235 sq. ft. Double Balcony – Both French and Outside $2,349

• Upgrade to Cat AA 235 sq. ft. Double Balcony – Both French and Outside $2,549