Cairo and Nile cruise
(8 Days – 7 Nights)
Day 1: Welcome and Transfer to the hotel in Cairo.
Arrival at Cairo International Airport where our representatives will be waiting. Transfer to your hotel to check-in and overnight. Optional: Dinner cruise on the Nile with oriental show.
Day 2: Cairo – Aswan.
Breakfast. After breakfast we will start a full day city sightseeing tour: the Pyramids at the Giza Plato. These monuments structures will open a little window for you to the past and introduce you to the ancient beginnings of this empire. After the Pyramids we will visit the Egyptian Museum. There will be a lunch in a restaurant during the tour. At the end of the day we will transfer to the train station for your overnight sleeper train to Aswan. Breakfast/lunch/dinner.
Day 3: Aswan
Arrival at Aswan train station, transfer on board cruise ship. Lunch and dinner on the board. Optional: a visit to Abu Simbel by air.Breakfast/lunch/dinner.
Day 4: Aswan – Kom Ombo – Edfu
Breakfast. A Visit to the High dam and Philae temple. Sailing to Kom Ombo to visit the Kom Ombo Temple. Sailing to Edfu and overnight. Lunch and dinner on the board. Breakfast/lunch/dinner.
Day 5: Edfu – Esna – Luxor
Breakfast. Visit the temple of Edfu. Sail to Esna and cross the Lock. Sail to Luxor. Lunch and dinner on the board. Overnight. Breakfast/lunch/dinner.
Day 6: Luxor – Cairo
Breakfast and an early morning visit to the West Bank of Luxor, where you’ll see the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and Colossi of Memnon, The Karnak Temple which is one of the greatest open air museums and the largest ancient religious site in the world. Then Luxor Temple which is a very large ancient Egyptian temple complex that was founded in 1400 BC. Transfer to the train station for your return to Cairo. Overnight. Breakfast/dinner.
Day 7: Cairo
Arrival to Cairo, transfer to hotel. Free time to spend at your leisure. Overnight. Breakfast.
Day 8: Departure
Breakfast then tansfer to Cairo International Airport for the final departure. Breakfast.
Cost and other details: on request
