8 Days - Cairo, Aswan & Luxor with Nile Cruise

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Cairo
1 stop
1
Up on Arriving to Cairo International Airport our Tour Manager meets you and provide assistance through Entry Visa Formalities, and then transfer in private Vehicle to your already booked Hotel. Check-in at your hotel and setting up in your reserved room. Time of tomorrow pick up for you tour will be arranged with the tour Manager. Overnight at your Hotel in Cairo
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Tour Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara
2 stops
2
Pyramids of Giza
Next visit will be the most famous monument in the world, the Great three Pyramids of Cheops, Kephren and Mikerinus on the plateau of Giza, Admire the Sphinx statue from the back-end of the Valley temple of Kephren, Optional visit to the Museum of Solar Boat is available coordinating timing with your tour guide.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
3
Grand Egyptian Museum
Guided Tour of the Grand Egyptian Museum – The Heart of Pharaonic Civilization At the core of the museum lies the legendary collection of Tutankhamun, with over 5,000 artifacts from his tomb. Galleries of the New Kingdom The main halls narrate the evolution of Egyptian art and religion, from the earliest dynasties to the Greco-Roman era. Statues of Ramses II, temple reliefs, and refined artifacts testify to the greatness of an immortal civilization. Khufu’s Solar Boats A unique experience awaits: the reconstructed funerary boats of Pharaoh Khufu, symbols of the soul’s eternal voyage into the afterlife.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Luxor Temples
3 stops
4
Luxor
After Breakfast our tour manager will accompany you to Cairo Airport and assist you getting regular flight from Cairo to Luxor where our tour guide will be waiting
50 minutes • Admission ticket free
5
Al Karnak
From the Luxor Airport you will depart to with your private tour guide to Karnak Complex of Temples, to visit that great open Museum dedicated to the temples, chapels, obelisks, statues and pylons of different historical times and bearing the names of many famous pharaohs including but not limited to Ahmos, Tutmothes, Amenophis, Ramsess, Seti and Hatshepsut, Will have a stop at the Great Hypostile Hall of Seti I and Ramsess II, admire th Obelisks of Amenophis II and Queen Hatshepsut, pass beside the Sacred Lake of Amon and many other attraction you will see with your guide
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
6
Luxor Temple
Leave the Karnak Complex to Luxor temple across the Sphinx avenue, long 2.5 KM, on both sides of the road Ram headed statue in the form of a Lino with the head of a Ram to honor the main god of the new kingdom: Amon Raa. After the visit your guide will continue with you to the Nile Cruise ship where you will stay for the next four nights. Check-in and accommodate at your cebine. Arriving to Luxor temple you will face the first pylon (Great Gate of the Egyptian Temple) with four statues of the great Ramsess II and one of two Obelisks still standing in front of the temple's entrance, see the hypostyle hall of Amenphis III and the Sanctuary of the same in the deepest part of the temple.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Valley of the Kings and then Sailing on the Nile
3 stops
7
Colossi of Memnon
After getting your breakfast you tour guide will take to the Necropolis of Thebes, first monument you will meet arriving there will be the two colossal statues of Amenophis III known as Memnon in the Greek literature. These two statues high 18 m are all what remain from the Great Funerary temple of King Amenhotep III, New Kingdom - 1570 to 1070 BCE
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
8
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Second stop will be at the Funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, That particular temple was constructed by the Queen's lover engineer SEN-MUT, the project was composed of two sections the first cut inside the rocks of the mountains whilst the second section was constructed on three stories, Queen Hatshepsut left all news about her deeds figured on the walls of that temple.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
9
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the kings in Thebes of Luxor contains 63 tombs so far discovered, you will visit three tombs with your guide to see the afterlife world according to the believes of ancient Egyptians. every inch of the Pharaoh's tomb must to be covered with scenes inspired from the book of the Afterlife to instruct the king during his journey through that dark world to help him rising with Ra (SUN God) in the celestial world of deities where he belongs.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Visit of Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples
2 stops
10
Temple of Horus
The Nile Cruise Ship will leave Luxor after visiting the Valley of the kings, Edfu City is located at a distance of 100 KM you will reach it at evening and the visit will be at the morning, This temple is pretty distant from the Nile River so that you will have the opportunity to enjoy a horse Cart riding from th ship to the temple and back, the temple of Horus is the most perfect one in Egypt from the time of Ptolemies 223 - 30 BCE. It gives you a complete idea about how the temples of ancient Egypt were huge and magnificent. Return on board and continue in navigation southward to reach Kom Ombo.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
11
Temple of Kom Ombo
We will reach Kom Ombo temple late Afternoon, This temple is divided between two gods the right half is dedicated to the cult of Haroeris Human body with the head of a falcon, whilst the left side is dedicated to Sobek; man's body with the head of a Crocodile. Inside the temple you should see three interesting scenes; the Surgical Instruments, the Calendar and the Figure of Cleopatra VII, in addition to the Nilometer and the Mummified Sacred Crocodiles.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Aswan
2 stops
12
Temple of Philae
Island of Philae is known as the last fort of Paganism in Egypt, till the 4th. century the cult of Goddess Isis continued at her temple constructed on that remote Island. The temple was threatened to be sunk under the rising waters behind the Aswan Dam, After a great collaboration between Egypt and UNESCO the temple was dismantled, transferred and reconstructed on the current Agilikia Island distances some 300 hundred meters from the original Philae Island, more than three temple remains you will see and visit on the island before leaving it by a motor boat heading to the High Dam of Aswan.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
13
Aswan High Dam
High Dam of Aswan was build after the willing of Nasser Ex President of Egypt (1954 - 1970) it was projected by European Engineering House but after the triple aggression Nasser decided to entrust all the project to the Russian, Once it was the largest Dam in Africa and supposed to guarantee continuing irrigation to the Egyptian Agriculture plus the Electric Energy necessary for the Egyptian Industry.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Abu Simbel - Flight to Cairo
2 stops
14
Abu Simbel Temple Complex
Disembarkation & Abu Simbel Tour by Car After breakfast on board, guests will disembark in Aswan and begin a memorable overland journey to one of Egypt’s most iconic sites: Abu Simbel. Journey to Abu Simbel • Travel by private, air-conditioned vehicle across the desert landscapes of Nubia. • The drive takes approximately 3.5 hours each way, offering glimpses of the Nile Valley and the shifting sands of southern Egypt. Visit to Abu Simbel Temples • Upon arrival, marvel at the colossal temples of Abu Simbel, carved directly into the sandstone cliffs overlooking Lake Nasser. • The Great Temple of Ramses II features four towering statues of the pharaoh, each over 20 meters high, guarding the entrance. Inside, reliefs depict his military victories and divine status. • The Temple of Hathor and Nefertari, dedicated to the queen, stands nearby, remarkable for its rare depiction of a royal consort on equal scale with the king. Enjoy time for photography before return drive to Aswan.
8 hours • Admission ticket not included
15
Aswan
Upon arrival in Aswan, transfer directly to Aswan Airport for your evening flight back to Cairo. • Assistance will be provided with check-in and boarding procedures. • Arrival in Cairo marks the conclusion of your Nubian adventure, with overnight stay arranged at your hotel.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Wheelchair accessible
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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