Egypt Highlights 5 Days Cairo Giza Nile Cruise with Domestic flight to Aswan

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Cairo (Meals included: L)
4 stops
1
Luxor Travels
Day 1: Cairo (Meals included: L) Today you enjoy a guided tour of Cairo. Your first stop will be at Giza Plateau where you visit the Pyramids and see the mighty Sphinx. Then you will visit the Egyptian Museum, after which you will be transferred to your accommodation for an overnight in Cairo. Day 2: Aswan (Meals included: BLD) In the morning your friendly driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to Cairo Airport for a flight to Aswan. Upon arrival in Aswan you begin a guided tour to visit Philae Temple and the two Aswan dams. After your tour you will be transferred to your cruise ship where you check in to your 3-nights Nile cruise. Rest of the day will be free at leisure on your cruise ship.
Admission ticket free
2
Pyramids of Giza
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
3
Great Sphinx
the guardian of this Mortuary complex, the mighty Sphinx, stands with great pride
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo
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
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Aswan (Meals included: BLD)
3 stops
5
Temple of Philae
Upon your arrival at Aswan Airport (your Aswan hotel or port) you will be transferred to your luxurious cruise ship for a 3 night Nile cruise. After check-in, you will begin a guided day tour, starting with a boat trip to the Temple of Philae, which was built in honour of goddess Isis. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
6
Aswan High Dam
. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
7
Nile River
After your tour you will be transferred to your cruise ship where you check in to your 3-nights Nile cruise. Rest of the day will be free at leisure on your cruise ship.
Admission ticket free
Day 3
Kom Ombo and Edfu (Meals included: BLD)
3 stops
8
Temple of Kom Ombo
After coming back from Abu Simbel, the ship will sail to Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Kom Ombo you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, which is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. After this visit you will sail toward Edfu. in the evening you will have dinner on board and spend the night at Edfu.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
9
Temple of Horus
the Temple of Horus in Edfu, which is dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god. This relatively young pharaonic temple is well-preserved and therefore very impressive
2 hours • Admission ticket included
10
Nile River
You can spend the rest of the day free at leisure on your cruise ship.
Admission ticket free
Day 4
Luxor (Meals included: BLD)
1 stop
11
Nile River
As the ship sails on, you can enjoy the view while relaxing and watching the local life on the river and its banks from the sun-deck. On the way to Luxor you will pass the city of Esna. After arrival in Luxor you will start a guided tour of the East Bank with a visit of Karnak Temples
Admission ticket free
Day 5
Luxor West Bank (Meals included: B)
7 stops
12
Valley of the Kings
After breakfast on board, you will check out at 8:00 AM to start your day tour of the West Bank of Luxor. 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. It consists of tombs embedded in the mountain Thebes. Here, you visit 3 tombs of various dynasties. Your Egyptologist tour guide will be on hand to recommend and advise you as to which tombs to visit. After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Hatshipsut
2 minutes • Admission ticket included
13
Tomb of Ramses III
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’
25 minutes • Admission ticket included
14
Tomb of Ramases IX
Tomb of King Ramesses lX was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father's reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince .
25 minutes • Admission ticket included
15
Tomb of Merenptah
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 .
25 minutes • Admission ticket included
16
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
fter 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 .
1 hour • Admission ticket included
17
Colossi of Memnon
the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
18
Nile River
After concluding your itinerary in Luxor, you can be dropped off at any Luxor hotel or port. This tour includes domestic flight ticket from Cairo to Aswan, qualified Egyptologist tour guide, transport by air-conditioned vehicle, all entrance fees for the mentioned sites, port pick up and drop off, and meals as per itinerary
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Passport name, number, and country is required at time of booking for all participants
• Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required

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