$1,350.00
Egypt

9 Days in Cairo, Luxor & Aswan Nile Cruise (Optional Alexandria)

$1,350.00

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 Friday: Arrive Cairo - Welcome to land of the Pharaohs
Day 1 Friday: Arrive Cairo - Welcome to land of the Pharaohs

You’re in Egypt! As the Egyptians say, ahlan wa sahlan. Step off the plane, take a short walk, and you will see your tour manager holding up a signboard with your name written on it. From now onwards you will be in the careful hands of our company. Your tour manager will direct you through customs and immigrations then assist you with your luggage, after collecting your baggage transfer to your hotel. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Have a great night rest, and the adventure begins when you wake up. Overnight: Cairo | No Meals included. Optional: Sound and Light at the Pyramids.

Day 2 Saturday: Giza Pyramids - Sphinx - Egyptian Museum
Day 2 Saturday: Giza  Pyramids - Sphinx - Egyptian Museum

After breakfast, your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up and start your tour. Drive to Giza and visit the Pyramids. See the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. Lunch en route at local Restaurant. Visit the Egyptian Museum; which houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun. Return to your hotel. Overnight: Cairo | Meals included. Breakfast & Lunch. Optional: Dinner cruise with Belly dancing show.

Day 3 Sunday: Alexandria round trip
Day 3 Sunday: Alexandria round trip

Breakfast at the hotel, We’re going to be travelling from Cairo to Alexandria, it’s a truly beautiful city. Upon arrival, start exploring Alexandria with Pompey’s Pillar, this is the biggest memorial column in Egypt. You’ll also have a chance to explore the Catacombs. Continue to the well-preserved Roman-Greco Theatre where decades of excavation efforts have led to the discovery of evidence of Roman lifestyle and culture, with marble seats for up to 800 spectators, galleries, and sections of mosaic flooring. Finally, we finish up at Alexandria’s Great Library, a newly completed structure built after the old Alexandria library fires. Overnight: Cairo | Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 4 Monday: Cairo - Luxor - Karnak Temple (Nile Cruise Start)
Day 4 Monday: Cairo - Luxor - Karnak Temple (Nile Cruise Start)

After breakfast, our representative will pick you up and transfer you to Cairo airport for flight to Luxor, upon arrival at Luxor airport, our representative will pick up you for embarkation on your Nile Cruise. In the afternoon, you will visit the great Luxor Temple and the magnificent Karnak Temple of Amun with its famous Hypostyle Hall and the 134 huge columns, the Statue of Ramses II, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and the Sacred Lake. Overnight: Onboard Nile Cruise | Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner. Optional : Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temples.

Day 5 Tuesday: Luxor - Valley of the Kings - Hatshepsut Temple
Day 5 Tuesday: Luxor - Valley of the Kings - Hatshepsut Temple

After breakfast you will visit the West Bank (Thebes) where some of the richest treasures in the world exist, including the Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun (optional) and other royal tombs including Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings (3 tombs), you will be able to visit some of these tombs, Visit the Hatshepsut funerary temple at Dier El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon, Then transfer back to your Cruise for lunch. In the afternoon, you will sail through the locks of Esna to Edfu. Overnight: Onboard Nile Cruise | Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner. Optional: Hot air Balloon.

Day 6 Wednesday: Edfu - Kom Ombo Temple
Day 6 Wednesday:  Edfu - Kom Ombo Temple

After breakfast visit the Horus Temple of Edfu, one of the three beautiful temples of the Ptolemaic Period. Sail to Kom Ombo, where you will visit the Sobek Temple, dedicated to the two gods, which offers beautiful murals and reliefs. Sail to Aswan. Overnight: Onboard Nile Cruise | Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner.

Day 7 Thursday: Aswan - High Dam - Philae Temple
Day 7 Thursday: Aswan - High Dam - Philae Temple

After breakfast, you will visit the High Dam, and the Granite Quarries and the Philae Temple. In the afternoon you will sail on an Egyptian felucca around Elephantine Island and the Botanical Gardens on Kitchener Island and the Agha Khan Mausoleum. Overnight: Onboard Nile Cruise | Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. Optional: Nubian Villages & Sound and Light Philae Temple.

Day 8 Friday: Aswan - Cairo (Nile Cruise Ends)
Day 8 Friday: Aswan - Cairo (Nile Cruise Ends)

After breakfast, disembark from the ship, and you will be transferred to Aswan airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival, you will be met by your tour Manager and transferred to your hotel. Overnight: Cairo | Meals included: Breakfast. Optional: Abu Simble by bus.

Day 9 Saturday: Departure
Day 9 Saturday: Departure

Your trip ends today!! For those of you heading home today, you will be collected from the hotel this morning after breakfast and transferred to Cairo airport for your flight home. Overnight: Onboard flight.

Tour Highlights

  • Cairo
  • Giza
  • Luxor
  • Karnak
  • Edfu
  • Aswan
  • Nile River
  • Alexandria
  • Pompey’s Pillar

Frequently Asked Questions

Sounds and Lights (S & L) at the Pyramids

It will give you an idea of the history and legends of the Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza. Sounds And Lights also depict the famous theory that explains how and why pyramids were built and tells the story of the great and famous pharaohs and queens of Ancient Egypt, such as Thutmosis IV, Akhen-Aton, Queen Nefertiti, and the child king Tut-ankh-Amon.

Sounds and Lights (S & L) at Philae Temple

See the majestic Philae Temple lit up against the night sky by pre-booking this convenient private package to the Sound and Light Show Philae. Guarantee access to Aswan's most in-demand show and watch the love story of the ancient deities Isis and Osiris in a spectacular island setting. Besides tickets, your evening includes private door-to-door & round-trip transfers in a modern air-conditioned vehicle.

Sounds and Lights (S & L) at Karnak Temples

Spend an evening at the Karnak Temples, watching the popular Karnak Sound and Light Show. With light illusions and the sound of a pharaoh’s voice to narrate the history of Upper Egypt, the show is sure to captivate you as the night sky darkens. You’ll discover stories about rulers such as King Tutankhamun, then head to a sacred lake where the show concludes. Pickup and drop-off from Luxor hotels is included.

Dinner cruise with Belly dancing show

Float around the best of Cairo night sights in a Nile cruise and enjoy a buffet dinner while watching a full show including Belly dancing and Whirling dervish. Don’t forget to go up to the sun deck and enjoy the night breath while sailing.

Abu Simbel by Bus

Simbel Temples was carved in the mountains and dates back to the reign of King Ramses II in the 13th century BC. The temple resembles a memorial of King Ramses II and Queen Nefertari and it commemorates the king's victory in the battle of Kadesh. site consists of two temples; the largest is dedicated to three deities of Egypt at that time, Re-Hor-achti, Ptah, and Amun. Four large statues of Ramses II are featured on the façade, and the smaller temple is dedicated to the Godess Hathor.

Hot Air Balloon

Early morning, Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor to the West Bank to enjoy Egypt's Hot Air Balloon. Transfer to the marine, enjoy soft drinks before you take the motor boat to the west bank, then you will be transferred to the take off area where you are going to start your balloon ride in the sky of the biggest open-air museum in Luxor. The "Balloon Ride" trip departs everyday, however confirmation in advance is still highly recommended. The balloon ride takes 45 minutes then you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Nubian Village Aswan

The best way to spend the afternoon in Aswan city is to sail on the Nile by a motor boat to the Nubian Village to enjoy the scenery on the Nile and get a closer look at Nubian Village life. This trip allows you to meet and impact with a Nubian family and to learn about their simple lifestyle, culture and traditions. Nubia is the area between Aswan in Egypt and Khartoum in Sudan.

Full day Cairo

You’ll get a chance to checkout Old Cairo. Our guide will help you to ensure you’re respectful of the religious gatherings and ceremonies going on as you visit the beautiful Muhammed Ali mosque, as well as the breathtaking Hanging Church of the Virgin Mary. The ancient necropolis, Saqqara, we’ll visit one of the oldest stone structures in the world "The Step Pyramid", You’ll get to learn that the secrets of this desert world have been forgotten over the years, buried in the expansive sands.

Deluxe Hotel & cruise upgrade

Please select that option to upgrade into our collection of 5-star deluxe hotels and cruise ships, please make sure to upgrade enough travelers to be accommodated in double or triple rooms otherwise any single traveler left will need an additional “room/cabin supplement”. Also, the “additional room/cabin supplement” doesn’t include the “Deluxe Hotel & cruise upgrade” which is added separately.

Solo Traveler in a Single room/cabin supplement

Please select that option in case you were a solo traveler who prefers to have his own single room/cabin for the entire period of the trip. Also, choosing that option doesn’t mean that it’s a private trip because you will be joining other travelers from all over the world in the entire itinerary and any additional optional activities/tours.

Accommodation style options

Please provide us with your preferred accommodation style (single large bed, 2 beds or 3 beds per room/cabin) at the checkout page. Also, while we make our best to provide you with your requested accommodation style, be noted that these requests aren’t always guaranteed according to availability.

Luxury 5 stars Hotels & Cruise ships (included package)

This package includes: M/S chateau Lafayette or similar (4 nights) & Ramses Hilton Cairo or similar (4 nights)

Deluxe 5 stars Hotels & Cruise ships (available upgrade)

This package includes: M/S Esmeralda or similar (4 nights) & Sofitel Gezirah Cairo or similar (4 nights)

Upgrade room view

Please select this option to upgrade both your room & cabin view from the basic regular view into a more luxurious view for the entire trip. For hotel rooms the upgrade switches from garden view into pool or beach view up to availability. For cruise cabins the upgrade switches from the lower deck into the upper deck for better Nile view. This upgrade applies for both the room and the cabin of your stay.

Upgrade room view deluxe (DLX)

Please select this option to upgrade both of your "DELUXE" room & cabin view(s) from the basic regular view into a more luxurious view for the entire trip. For hotel rooms the upgrade switches from garden view into pool or beach view up to availability. For cruise cabins the upgrade switches from the lower deck into the upper deck for better Nile view. This upgrade applies for both the room and the cabin of your stay.

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