Cairo Trip Overview
Amazing New Year Holiday to Egypt for 8 days to explore Cairo major sights, cruise the Nile River between Aswan and Luxor and enjoy a fantastic New Year party aboard your Nile cruise ship.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Amazing New Year Holiday to Egypt for 8 days to explore Cairo major sights, cruise the Nile River between Aswan and Luxor and enjoy a fantastic New Year party aboard your Nile cruise ship.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival Cairo
Stop At: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Welcome to Cairo, Egypt (Around The Clock)
Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures) and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome Drink
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Giza Pyramids and Sightseeing
Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then met by your personal guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx, and Valley temple facing the great statue. Lunch at a good quality local restaurant.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
transfer to enjoy the Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Coptic Cairo, Cairo Egypt
Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
Continue driving to Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar.. Back to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Fly Cairo to Luxor – Nile Cruise Embarkation
Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Have your breakfast before Checking out from hotel in the early morning, then transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight to Luxor where you will be met and assisted, then taken by an air-conditioned vehicle to board your Egypt Nile cruise for embarkation in Luxor before Lunch. you will be accompanied for a wonderful tour to visit East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to the Karnak Temple and Luxor temple. You will be transferred back to the Nile cruise ship with overnight aboard the Nile cruise vessel in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: aboard the Nile cruise in Luxor.
Day 4: Luxor Nile Cruise Tour
Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Breakfast on board your Nile cruise ship while sailing to Luxor with lunch on board the vessel then you will be accompanied for a wonderful tour to visit West Bank of the Nile in Luxor to the Vally of the Kings and Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. You will be transferred back to the Nile cruise ship for afternoon tea and dinner on board with overnight aboard the Nile cruise vessel in Luxor.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: aboard the Nile cruise in Luxor.
Day 5: Edfu Temples and Kom Ombo
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Breakfast on board the cruise then Sail to Edfu to visit Horus temple in Edfu. Have lunch on board
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
sail to Kom Ombo to visit Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Have tea Afternoon during sailing to Aswan. Dinner on board and overnight on your Nile Cruise Ship in Aswan.
Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: aboard a Nile Cruise in Aswan
Day 6: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours
Stop At: Aswan, Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
Have your breakfast. You will be accompanied by your knowledgeable Egyptologist guide for an amazing tour to visit the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae with dinner and overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 7: Fly Aswan to Cairo (nilometer& manial palace optional tour)
Stop At: Nilometer, Roda Island, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Disembarkation after breakfast and you will be transfeered to Aswan Airport to fly back to cairo, then you will be escorted by your private guide to visit the Nilometer,an ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood. The nilometer on Rhoda Island dates back to 861, when it was built where an older nilometer had been, based on a design by Afraganus, a famous astronomer. The massive measuring stick had markings on it to indicate where the water level was at any given time, information the priests would use to determine what conditions the future held: drought, which would mean famine; desirable, which would mean just enough overflow to leave good soil for farming; or flood, which could be catastrophic.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
visit the remarkable Manial Palace of Prince Mohamed Ali Pasha . He had it designed in a style integrating European Art Nouveau and Rococo with many traditional Islamic architecture styles including Ottoman, Moorish, Persian, creating inspired combinations in spatial design, architectural and interior decorations, and sumptuous materials. The residence compound, composed of five separate and distinctively styled buildings, is surrounded by gardens planted with rare tropical plants collected by the prince on his travels along a small branch of the Nile. Then, will you pass on the City of Dead or Cairo cemetery during the road which contains a vast area of tombs and mausoleums, some of them are dating back the Islamic Conquest of Egypt at 642 AD. Then head to the river to board a felucca, a traditional sailboat used on the Nile and other Mediterranean regions. As you float along the river, you’ll have lunch on board. After this trip you will be transferred to your hotel
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 8: Cairo – Fly Back Home
Stop At: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo – free time before your flight – check out and then transferred to Cairo International Airport for final departure.
Meals: Breakfast
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
