Itinerary
Day 1: Aswan
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan 1, Aswan 1240271 Egypt
You will be picked up at any port in Aswan and you will be taken to enjoy a guided tour of Philae Temple and the Aswan high dam. After your tour you check into your 5-star Nile cruise, where you can enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. You spend your first night on board in Aswan. (Meals included: LD
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
The Aswan high dam.
Stop At: Luxor Travels, 3 Al Qarna Rd 3, Al Qarna Rd, Luxor 85951 Egypt
Day 1: You will be picked up at any port in Aswan and you will be taken to enjoy a guided tour of Philae Temple and the Aswan high dam. After your tour you check into your 5-star Nile cruise, where you can enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. You spend your first night on board in Aswan. (Meals included: LD)
Day 2: Early in the morning you will be transferred to Abu Simbel by car. After arrival you visit the Temples of Abu Simbel. Then you will be taken back to your cruise ship, while it starts sailing to Kom Ombo. Upon arrival you will visit Kom Ombo Temple with your tour guide. You spend the night aboard in Edfu. (Meals included: BLD)
Day 3: After breakfast in the morning you will enjoy a guided visit to Horus Temple in Edfu. The rest of the day you can spend at leisure on board, while the ship sails to Luxor. (Meals included: BLD)
Day 4: As an optional tour, you can take a hot-air balloon flight early in the morning to see the sun rise over the ancient West Bank monuments (weather permitted and additional costs apply). After breakfast on board, you will check out at 8am to start your guided day tour to the West Bank of Luxor. Here you visit Valley of the Kings, Tomb of King Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut Temple (Deir al-Bahari), the Colossi of Memnon, Karnak and Luxor Temple. In the evening you take the sleeping train to Cairo. (Meals included: BLD)
Day 5: Upon arrival in Cairo in the morning, your guided day tour of Cairo and Giza begins. You visit the Pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza, the Egyptian Museum and Khan el-Khalili Bazaar. Overnight in your 5-star hotel in Cairo. (Meals included: BL)
Day 6: In the morning you will be transferred to Alexandria by car for a guided day excursion. There you visit the Library of Alexandria, the Qaitbey Citadel, the Roman Catacombs of Kom el-Shofaqa, Pompey's Pillar and the Roman amphitheater. After your visits you will be taken back to your hotel in Cairo, where you spend the night. (Meals included: BL)
Day 7: After breakfast in your hotel you will be taken to Cairo Airport for your departure. (Meals included: B
Duration: 1 minute
Meals included:
• Lunch: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
• Dinner: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
Accommodation included: swimming pool bar,discotheque.cabin offers panoramic views, an en-suite shower room, individually controlled air-con
Day 2: Abu Simbel
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
Day 2: Early in the morning you will be transferred to Abu Simbel by car. After arrival you visit the Temples of Abu Simbel. Then you will be taken back to your cruise ship, while it starts sailing to Kom Ombo. Upon arrival you will visit Kom Ombo Temple with your tour guide. You spend the night aboard in Edfu. (Meals included: BLD)
Duration: 8 hours
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
Kom Ombo. Upon arrival you will visit Kom Ombo Temple with your tour guide. You spend the night aboard in Edfu. (Meals included: BLD
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
• Lunch: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
• Dinner: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
Accommodation included: swimming pool bar,discotheque.cabin offers panoramic views, an en-suite shower room, individually controlled air-con
Day 3: Horus Temple Edfu
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Day 3: After breakfast in the morning you will enjoy a guided visit to Horus Temple in Edfu. The rest of the day you can spend at leisure on board, while the ship sails to Luxor. (Meals included: BLD)
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
• Lunch: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
• Dinner: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
Accommodation included: swimming pool bar,discotheque.cabin offers panoramic views, an en-suite shower room, individually controlled air-con
Day 4: Luxor optional hot-air balloon flight early (additional costs ). After breakfast on board, you will check out at 8am
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
As an optional tour, you can take a hot-air balloon flight early in the morning to see the sun rise over the ancient West Bank monuments (weather permitted and additional costs apply). After breakfast on board, you will check out at 8am to start your guided day tour to the West Bank of Luxor. Here you visit Valley of the Kings,In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel in central Luxor or harbor by an air-conditioned vehicle for a full guided trip of about 8 hours. First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. There you visit four royal tombs, including the Tomb of Ramses,lV the Tomb of Ramseslll, the Tomb of Merenptah .Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor.. In the evening you take the sleeping train to Cairo. (Meals included: BLD)
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Ramses III, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Luxor Egypt
The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers’
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Ramses IV, Valle de Los Reyes, Luxor Egypt
The tomb of Ramses IV (KV 2) in the Valley of the Kings is rather different than most other tombs built here. This tomb is by far the most spectacular of the other tombs you will see. The hieroglyphics on the wall depict scenes from the Litany of Ra, Book of the Dead, Book of Caverns, the Book of the Heavens, Book of Amduat, and the Book of the Night. The blue and white colors on the walls inside the burial chamber are very vibrant and you can see the king's sarcophagus made of rose-colored granite. There is also a beautiful scene of goddess Nut on the ceiling, where she is depicted swallowing the sun, and it traveling through her stomach, for Nut to give birth to it.
The tomb has so much colour and detail even the ceiling above the sarcophagi with its goddess Nut stretching across the space. The sarcophagus is one of the largest in the valley, even though some of the paintings have deteriorated this is one of the most decorated.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Merenptah, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut), Valley of the Kings, Luxor Egypt
Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun (300.00 EGP) (optional)
King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh. This queen was an ancestor of King Tutankhamun and belonged to the same dynasty.Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh .
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Karnak Temple , you visit what is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Amun, Temple of Karnak complex, Luxor Egypt
Temple of Amun, also known as Karnak Temples. You visit what is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Ramesses III, Karnak, Karnak,, Luxor Egypt
Karnak you visit what is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Obelisk of Queen Hapshetsut,, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
The Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs,
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Obelisk of Thutmoses I, Luxor Egypt
Obelisk of Thutmoses I
The Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs,
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes, Al Asasif Egypt
Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes, Al Asasif Egypt
Pass By: Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II), West Bank, Luxor Egypt
Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II), West Bank, Luxor Egypt
Pass By: Mummification Museum, Corniche El Nil St. Opposite Mina Palace Hotel, Luxor Egypt
Mummification Museum, Corniche El Nil St. Opposite Mina Palace Hotel, Luxor Egypt
Meals included:
• Breakfast: The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine.
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No accommodation included on this day.
Day 5: Cairo in the morning, your guided day tour of Cairo and Giza
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
In the morning you will be picked up from your accommodation for a guided tour of Giza. Your first stop will be at Giza Plateau, where one of the remaining wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramids of Giza, still stands. You visit the Pyramids and enjoy panoramic views from the western plateau, then continue down the valley where the guardian of this Mortuary complex, the mighty Sphinx, stands with great pride.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Great Sphinx, Al-Haram, Giza Egypt
In the morning you will be picked up from your accommodation for a guided tour of Giza. Your first stop will be at Giza Plateau, where one of the remaining wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramids of Giza, still stands. You visit the Pyramids and enjoy panoramic views from the western plateau, then continue down the valley where the guardian of this Mortuary complex, the mighty Sphinx, stands with great pride.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Your guide will take you to Tahrir Square, the heart of downtown Cairo. You visit the National Archaeological Museum and acquaint yourself with Egypt’s ancient history, spanning a period of over 50 centuries. The Museum has the world’s largest and richest collection of Egyptian Antiquities, among them the priceless collection of King Tut
Duration: 2 minutes
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in your 4-star hotel in Cairo
Day 6: Alexandria
Stop At: Fort Qaitbey, 29 88545 N 31. 21372 E, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
The Qaitbey Citadel, the Roman Catacombs of Kom el-Shofaqa, Pompey's Pillar and the Roman amphitheater. After your visits you will be taken back to your hotel in Cairo, where you spend the night.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, Kom Al Shokafa, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
Catacombs of Kom el-Shofaqa,
Duration: 35 minutes
Stop At: Pompey's Pillar, Al Karah WA at Toubageyah WA Kafr Al Ghates, Alexandria 21599 Egypt
Pompey's Pillar
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, El Shatby, Alexandria 30100 Egypt
Library of Alexandria
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, El Shatby, Alexandria 30100 Egypt
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 4-star hotel in Cairo.
Day 7: Departure Day After breakfast in your hotel you will be taken to Cairo Airport for your departure. (Meals included: B
Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.