Round Trip Nile Cruise & Pyramids
Day 1: Arrival.
Your tour manager will greet and help you at Cairo International Airport (arrival formalities), and then transport you to your hotel in an exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, the tour manager will help you check in and go over your vacation itinerary with you to determine and confirm pick-up times for each tour.
- Stay overnight in Cairo.
Day 2: Pyramid and GEM.
After a wonderful and nutritious breakfast at your hotel, your personal guide will transport you to the Giza Plateau to begin your tour by admiring one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramids of Giza. Explore the renowned Sphinx and Valley Temple. After your pyramid visit, you'll have lunch at an authentic Egyptian restaurant before heading to the New Grand Egyptian Museum—Egypt's newest landmark, just two kilometers from the pyramids, and one of the world's largest and most advanced archaeological museums, housing over 100,000 artifacts spanning 5,000 years, including the complete Tutankhamun collection, which will be displayed together for the first time. Return to your hotel.
- Overnight in Cairo.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
- Visits: Great Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Day 3: Fly to Luxor - Nile Cruise Round Trip.
Check out of your accommodation early in the morning and transfer to Cairo Airport for your trip to Luxor, where you will be received and assisted before being driven to your Nile Cruise aboard an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. Eat your lunch on board while sailing. On board the cruise ship, there is free time for leisure activities, including afternoon tea.
- Dinner onboard.
- Overnight aboard your cruise in Esna.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 4: Visit Edfu Temple and sail to Kom Ombo.
Breakfast on board while sailing to Edfu in the morning, followed by a visit to Horus Temple, Egypt's best-preserved religious temple. Return to the Nile cruise boat and continue traveling to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board, followed by afternoon tea and free time for leisure. Dinner on board while enjoying an Egyptian Galabeya party.
- Overnight on your cruise in Kom Ombo.
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- Visits: Horus Temple and Kom Ombo.
Day 5: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours.
Sail early to Aswan while eating breakfast on board. Then you'll be picked up for a day tour of the Granite Quarries and the Temple of Philae. Return to your cruise, where lunch will be served on board. End the night with a sumptuous meal on board, followed by a belly dance and Egyptian folkloric performance.
- Overnight on your Aswan cruise.
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- Visits: Granite Quarries and Temple of Philae.
Day 6: Aswan-Abu Simbel Optional Tour
Breakfast on board your Nile cruise with free time at Aswan, or take an optional visit to the Abu Simbel Temples. It takes roughly 3 hours to go from Aswan to Abu Simbel in a luxury air-conditioned vehicle. Arrive in Abu Simbel and visit the spectacular Temples of Ramses II, which are devoted to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, and Ramesses II. Then return to Aswan for your Nile cruise. Free time at leisure, followed by dinner on board and a Nubian show.
- Overnight on your Aswan cruise.
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- Visits: Aswan, Optional tour to Abu Simbel Temple.
* Optional Group tour by Coach to Abu Simbel Temples for an extra $120
Day 7: Sail to the Kom Ombo Temple and then to Esna.
Sail to Kom Ombo while enjoying breakfast on board, followed by a guided tour of the Temple of the Two Gods Sobek and Haeroris at Kom Ombo. Return aboard the Nile Cruise and set sail for Edfu with lunch on board. Continue sailing to Esna, enjoying afternoon tea on board.
- Dinner on board the Esna.
- Stay overnight on your cruise ship in Esna.
-Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- Visit: Kom Ombo Temple.
Day 8: Luxor Nile Cruise Excursions.
After breakfast on board your Nile Cruise, embark on a guided tour of Luxor's West Bank to see the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, the mighty Egyptian queen, and the Colossi of Memnon.
- Return to the cruise with lunch and dinner on board.
- Overnight on your Luxor cruise.
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- Visit the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple, and the Colossi of Memnon.
Day 9: Luxor Nile Cruise – Return to Cairo
Breakfast on board, then disembark from your Nile cruise in Luxor for a guided tour of the East Bank, including visits to the famous Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. Lunch will be served in a reputable restaurant in Luxor. Later, you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for your return trip to Cairo, where you will be received and assisted before being escorted to your accommodation near Cairo International Airport.
- Overnight in Cairo.
- Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.
- Visits: Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.
Day 10: Cairo - Fly Home
Breakfast at the hotel, followed by free time before being transferred to Cairo International Airport for your last departure.
- Meals: Breakfast
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Included:
- Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports.
- Assistance for our guest relations during your stay.
- All transfers to/from the airport & hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
- Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo, including daily breakfast.
- Accommodation for 6 nights onboard the Nile Cruise on a full board basis.
- Domestic flight Cairo/Luxor – Luxor/Cairo.
- All sightseeing tours in Cairo are private guided tours.
- All sightseeing tours on the cruise sharing cruise group.
- Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
- English-speaking tour guide during your tours.
- Meals at the hotel, cruise, and during tours as mentioned in the itinerary.
- Bottled water during outings outside of the hotel or cruise ship.
- All service charges and taxes.
Excluded:
- International Airfare.
- Entry visa to Egypt.
- Any optional tours.
- Personal expenses.
- Tipping.