Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Cairo
Stop At: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Your representative will meet & greet you at Cairo International Airport. Transfer by air-conditioned car to your hotel. Upon arrival at the hotel, he will do your check-in and give you detailed information concerning your excursion of tomorrow.
Duration: 12 hours
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Accommodation included: 5 Stars Hotel in Cairo
Day 2: Giza Pyramids / Egyptian Museum Tours
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
After breakfast, enjoy a unique excursion to the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus & to the oldest known monumental sculpture and the largest monolith statue in the world, the Great Sphinx. Visit also the Valley Temple, which was attributed to king Chefren and had been used for the mummification process.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Then pay a visit to the Egyptian Museum where you can see the collection of Tutankhamen among other splendid pharaonic artifacts.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary), Shar'a Mari Girgis St., Cairo 11511 Egypt
Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
Shopping in the lively Khan El Khalili Bazaar. Back to hotel, night in Cairo.
Duration: 2 hours
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Accommodation included: 5 Stars Hotel in Cairo
Day 3: Cruise from Luxor
Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Check out from hotel in the morning then transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight to Luxor where you will be met and assisted, then taken by an air-conditioned car to board your 5 star Egypt Nile cruise.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
After lunch on board, visit the impressive Karnak Temples.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
and visit the Luxor Temple: The enormous Luxor Temple was one of the great constructions of the New Kingdom (dating from the 14th century BC) dedicated to the god Amun. It was known as the “Southern Sanctuary” and was the site of ceremonies aimed at encouraging the life-giving Nile floods.
Dinner and night on board.
Duration: 2 hours
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Accommodation included: 5 Stars Nile Cruise
Day 4: Sailing to Edfu
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
After breakfast, an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, the Valley of the Kings: Considered among the most significant archaeological destinations on earth, the Valley of the Kings was the burial place for many of Egypt’s New Kingdom pharaohs—the most famous of which is the tomb of Tutankhamun, aka King Tut. The remaining tombs are divided into three sections; those of Ramses VI and Ay rank among the most beautiful, thanks to their intricate detail.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
then to the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom in the 15th century BC: This impressive mortuary temple, built by Queen Hatshepsut, seems to blend in with the limestone cliffs from which it was cut. The meticulously restored complex happens to sit on one of the hottest places on the planet, so most visitors come in the cooler morning hours.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Visit the Colossi of Memnon: Standing nearly 60 feet (18 meters) above the desert plain, the two faceless statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III are often the first monuments you’ll see when visiting Luxor’s West Bank. Each of the two Colossi was cut from a single block of stone.
After lunch, sailing to Edfu.
Dinner on board.
Duration: 1 hour
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Accommodation included: 5 stars Nile Cruise
Day 5: Edfu/ Kom Ombo temples
Stop At: Aswan, Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
Edfu/Kom Ombo temples: After breakfast, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. Lunch on board. Continue sailing to Aswan. Dinner on board.
Duration: 5 hours
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Accommodation included: 5 Stars Nile Cruise
Day 6: Aswan Sightseeing tours
Stop At: Aswan, Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
After breakfast, enjoy a day’s sightseeing in Aswan. Start with the High Dam and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk, then on to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor. Sail and move around Elephantine Island by a local felucca boat.
Dinner on board.
Night in Aswan.
Duration: 8 hours
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Accommodation included: 5 Stars Nile Cruise
Day 7: Back to Cairo
Stop At: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
After breakfast, transfer to Aswan Airport for your return to Cairo where you will be met and assisted at the airport then taken to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo.
Duration: 12 hours
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Accommodation included: 5 Stars Hotel in Cairo
Day 8: Departure
Stop At: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Breakfast and transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.
Duration: 3 hours
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No accommodation included on this day.