Private 7-Night Cairo, Aswan, and Nile Cruise with Flights

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival Day - Cairo
1 stop
1
Cairo Governorate
Today, your driver will pick you up at Cairo International Airport. A welcome drink is included to mark your arrival.
12 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Cairo and Giza Pyramids
2 stops
2
Pyramids of Giza
After hotel pickup at 9 am, set off with your guide for Giza and the UNESCO-listed pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. Afterward, view the Great Sphinx, dating to the time of Chephren, and visit the Valley Temple, used in part as a pharaonic mortuary.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
3
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Next, continue to the Egyptian Museum, home to thousands of ancient Egyptian artifacts, including Tutankhamun’s treasures and gold funerary mask.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Aswan Tours
3 stops
4
Aswan
Today, transfer from Cairo airport for your flight to Aswan. On arrival, transfer to and board your Nile cruise ship in time for lunch on board. Later.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
5
Aswan High Dam
enjoy guided tours to see the Aswan High Dam and Old Dam.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
6
Unfinished Obelisk
Visit the Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan, Egypt.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Aswan – Kom Ombo - Edfu
2 stops
7
Aswan
Enjoy breakfast on board, and if you wish, take an optional tour to Abu Simbel temple, and its neighbor, the Nefertari Temple.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
8
Kom Ombo
After lunch on your ship, sail to Kom Ombo and stop to visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the gods Sobek and Horus. This evening, cruise to Edfu with dinner on board.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Edfu – Essna – Luxor
1 stop
9
Luxor
After breakfast, visit the Temple of Edfu, dedicated to the god Horus. Then, sail to Esna Lock over an onboard lunch, and continue sailing to Luxor. Tonight, dinner is served on your ship
12 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Luxor - West Bank
4 stops
10
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
11
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
12
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.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
13
Cairo
Afterward, transfer to Luxor airport and fly to Cairo.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Alexandria "optional tour"
1 stop
14
Alexandria
Following a hotel breakfast, perhaps choose to use your remaining time in Cairo on an optional tour. Perhaps take a 12-hour trip to Alexandria (additional cost) to discover this seaside city, seeing its 15th-century Qaitbay Citadel, spectacular new Alexandria Library, and Roman catacombs.
12 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 8
Cairo
1 stop
15
Cairo
Depending on your flight departure time, enjoy breakfast at your Cairo hotel before a driver transports you to the airport for your flight.
5 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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