Cairo Trip Overview
Enjoy a full week seeing the best of Egypt including the Pyramids, Khan Khalili, the Egyptian Museum, and more. Enjoy a 3-night stay at a 5-star hotel with bed and breakfast in Cairo before taking a flight to Luxor where you will enjoy 4 nights of accommodation on board a 5-star Nile cruise – flight tickets included! Visit 9 sights between Luxor and Aswan complete with guided commentary, entrance fees to each sight, and air-conditioned transportation to each sight as well.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Enjoy a full week seeing the best of Egypt including the Pyramids, Khan Khalili, the Egyptian Museum, and more. Enjoy a 3-night stay at a 5-star hotel with bed and breakfast in Cairo before taking a flight to Luxor where you will enjoy 4 nights of accommodation on board a 5-star Nile cruise – flight tickets included! Visit 9 sights between Luxor and Aswan complete with guided commentary, entrance fees to each sight, and air-conditioned transportation to each sight as well.
Itinerary
Day 1: Cairo
Pass By: Cairo Governorate, Cairo Governorate
Upon arrival to Cairo airport you will be met and assets by our Representative to finalize your arrival procedure, then you will be escorted to your hotel by deluxe air-conditioned van to stay 2 nights on Bed & Breakfast basis
Upon arrival to the hotel our Representative will help you for smooth check-in procedure, he will also review your tour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation at 5 Stars hotel
Day 2: Cairo
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, after breakfast your tour manager will pick you up from the hotel to start your tour in Cairo, Experience three of Cairo’s most atmospheric attractions on this private full-day tour with an Egyptologist guide. Make tracks for the Giza Plateau and take in the Great Pyramids and Sphinx as your guide recounts their secrets and how they were built some 4,500 years ago
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
isit to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. With over 120,000 artefacts, the museum houses an unbelievable exhibit depicting ancient Egypt’s glorious reign. Mummies, sarcophagi, pottery, jewellery and of course King Tutankhamen’s treasures, it’s all there. The boy-king’s death-mask – discovered in its tomb
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
After lunch, stop at the Khan El-Khalili bazaar, where you will be transported back in time to an old Arab souk. Shop owners calling you to their stalls, the scent of spices, the hustle and bustle of trade, and the many beautiful objects that can purchased will have you lost among alleys for hours. Put your haggling skills to the test when buying statuettes, spices, souvenirs, silver jewellery, t-shirts, galabiyyas, belly dancing costumes, or anything for that matter.
Duration: 2 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Accommodation at 5 stars Hotel
Day 3: Cairo
Pass By: Cairo Governorate, Cairo Governorate
Breakfast at the hotel
Enjoy this tour, which includes The Egyptian Museum entry ticket, The Citadel of Saladin, The Mosque of Mohamed Ali and the Churches of Old Cairo & the Synagogue of Ben Ezra. The tour includes lunch. (Optional tour) or you might like to have trip to Alexandria
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation at 5* Hotel
Day 4: Luxor
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Breakfast in The hotel, transfer to Cairo airport to fly to Luxor, upon arrival to Luxor your will be Met and escorted to your cruise by our representative ,
Afternoon , visit The Karnak Temple Complex is home to three main temples, several smaller enclosed temples, and a number of outer temples – combining the achievements of many generations of ancient builders over a period of 1500 years. Around thirty different pharaohs contributed to the building process of this site, enabling it to reach a size, complexity and diversity not seen elsewhere.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Temple of Luxor is a must see site on any trip to Egypt; it is a testimony to the history of the continuous history of Egypt, beginning from the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egyptian rule to the 14th century AD when a mosque was built in the complex to commemorate Abu Al-Haggag, who is responsible for bringing Islam to Luxor. Many pharaohs played a part in building this temple over the years including Tutankhamen, Hatshepsut, Ramses II, and Amenhotep III; as you walk through the temple you can see the contributions of each one usually where you find…
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation at 5 stars cruise
Day 5: Luxor
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Enjoy your early sunrise, followed by a visit to the West Bank the Valley of Kings is the ancient burial ground of many of Egypt’s New Kingdom rulers. A truly impressive site! There, you will find Tutankhamen’s tomb which was discovered almost intact in 1922 and the tomb of Ramses IV, among others. A ticket will allow you visiting 3 of the 63 tombs on site, except Tutankhamen’s tomb, which requires an additional ticket.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Valley of the Queens, Luxor Egypt
the Valley of the Queens is the place where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times as well as princes, princesses and various members of the nobility. Nefertari’s tomb, Ramses II favourite wife, is the most famous attraction. The tomb is said to be one of the most beautiful in Egypt: it is completely painted with scenes depicting Nefertari being guided by gods
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
On your way to visit the West Bank of Luxor, you will come across the two gigantic statues known as the Colossi of Memnon. These two gigantic figures of Amenhotep III were originally situated in front of his Mortuary temple, which seems to have been destroyed for unknown reasons. Each colossus is about 21 metres tall and represents King Amenhotep III seated on his throne. Legend has it that after an earthquake damaged it in 27 BC, one of the statues emitted strange sounds in the morning-perhaps due to the heat of the sun
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accomodation at 5 stars cruise
Day 6: Edfu
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Morning departure to Edfu where you will visit the extraordinary Temple of Horus, the mythical son of Isis and Osiris. Here, according to myth, Horus avenged the murder of his father Osiris by defeating his father’s brother Seth in combat.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
Sail on to Kom Ombu to visit the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris and then onto Aswan for the night.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation at 5 stars cruise
Day 7: Aswan
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
the Aswan High Dam is truly impressive. The Dam is 3600 metres long, 980 metres thick at base and 111 metres tall (at its highest point). The waters of Lake Nasser, the world’s largest man-made lake, have amassed behind it. It provides irrigation water and electricity for the whole of Egypt. Located 13 km south of Aswan,
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Obelisco Vaticano, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City Italy
he unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt .
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Dedicated to the goddess Isis, the Temple of Philae is located in a beautiful setting, landscaped to match the original site of the temple when it was relocated by UNESCO after the building of the Aswan Dam threatened the site. The temple has several shrines and sanctuaries such as Trajan’s Kiosk or Pharaoh’s Bed.
Duration: 20 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation at 5 stars cruise
Day 8: Aswan
Stop At: Aswan Botanical Garden, Sheyakhah Oula, Aswan Egypt
Relax and enjoy a trip in a traditional felucca around Elephantine Island which will lead you to the Botanical Gardens on General Kitchener Island given as a gift in 1890. Here, visitors enjoy the beautiful flowers imported from Africa, India and the Far East, with an optional excursion to the ancient wonder of Abu Simbel. Sail and overnight to Aswan.
04:00 – Abu Simbel (Optional)
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
