Itinerary
Welcome to the land of the Pharaohs, welcome to Cairo, Egypt
Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport and then will escort you to the hotel by an exclusive air-conditioned, deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in, review your holiday itinerary with you, and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo. Welcome Drinks.
After breakfast, you will be accompanied by your personal guide to the Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus – the Famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue; an additional visit to the Solar Boat in front of Cheops Pyramid (extra ticket on spot). Lunch will be served at a local, favorite restaurant, then you’ll proceed to the Sakkara area to visit the Sakkara Complex and the first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid).
Move to Memphis; the Old Kingdom’s capital and famous Necropolis.
Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then you will be escorted by your private guide to visit: the Egyptian Museum, the Treasures room for the child King Tutankhamen, alongside many other fascinating artifacts, an additional visit to the mummies room at the museum (extra ticket purchased there), lunch during the tour at local restaurant, then a visit to the Saladin Citadel including the Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside. Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue, a drive to Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s oldest bazaar.
Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, then transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight to Aswan. Optional Tour (not included) to enjoy one of Egypt’s top tourist attractions, Abu Simbel temple, which was originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II approximately in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari.
Overnight in Aswan.
Note: In case you would like to do the Abu Simbel Tour, you will do it on day 05 and the Aswan sightseeing tours will be on day 4.
Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast at your hotel in Aswan. Then transfer to embark on your Nile River Cruise before Lunch, then enjoy visiting the world-famous High Dam, the awesome Philae temple, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor, and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk.
Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Sail to Kom Ombo, have breakfast on board, and Visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu, and lunch on board after that Visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Sail to Luxor, have breakfast on board then Visit the West Bank, take an excursion to the royal cemetery of 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to the mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut approximately in the 15th century BC, at El-Deir El-Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch on board. Enjoy afternoon tea during sailing.
Dinner on board Overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Breakfast on board, disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast then transfer to visit Karnak and Luxor temples. In the afternoon transfer to Hurghada on the Red Sea. From Luxor to Hurghada is about a 3.5-hour drive.
Overnight in Hurghada.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Optional tours are available to experience the exquisite diving and snorkeling among the Red Sea coral reefs to see many exotic and beautiful species of fish. Or choose one of the many other activities such as windsurfing, sailing, and deep-sea fishing.
Overnight in Hurghada.
Meals: Breakfast
Optional tours are available to experience the exquisite diving and snorkeling among the Red Sea coral reefs and see some amazing rare fish. Or choose one of the many other activities such as windsurfing, sailing, and deep-sea fishing.
Overnight in Hurghada.
Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast at your hotel in Hurghada with time for leisure and then a transfer to Hurghada Airport for a flight to Cairo.
Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel in Cairo – leisure time before your flight – check out and then travel to Cairo International Airport for final departure.
Meals: Breakfast
