Main Info
The must-see sights in Cairo & the Nile River
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Included |
•Meet and greet at the airport |
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Excluded |
•Domestic flight from Cairo to Luxor |
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Hotels (click name for details) |
Cairo Pyramids – Steigenberger MS Princess Sarah Nile Cruise |
Itinerary
Upon arrival to Cairo, you will be met by our representative in Egypt and transferred to your hotel for overnight.
Hotels: Overnight in Cairo
Meals: NA
After breakfast, your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up and start your tour. Drive to Giza and visit the Pyramids. See the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. Lunch en route. Visit the Egyptian Museum, this houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun. Return back to your hotel for overnight.
Hotels: Overnight in Cairo
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast, our representative will pick up you and transfer to Cairo airport for flight to Luxor (not
included, to be booked by agent). Upon arrival at Luxor airport, our representative will pick up you for
embarkation on your Nile Cruise. In the afternoon you will visit the great Luxor Temple and the
magnificent Karnak Temple of Amun with its famous Hypostyle Hall and the 134 huge columns, the
Statue of Ramses II, the Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut and the Sacred Lake.
Hotels: Overnight in Luxor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner
After breakfast, your sightseeing in Luxor includes the West Bank (Thebes) where some of the richest treasures in the world exists, including the Tomb of Tut Ankh Amun (optional) and other royal tombs including Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings, you will be able to visit some of these tombs, Visit Hatshepsut funerary temple at Dier El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. Then transfer back to your Cruise for lunch. In the afternoon you will sail through the locks of Esna to Edfu and dinner on board.
Hotels: Overnight in Luxor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner
After breakfast, in the morning, visit the Horus Temple of Edfu, one of the three beautiful temples of the Ptolemaic Period. Sail to Kom Ombo, where you will visit the Sobek Temple, dedicated to the two gods, which offers beautiful murals and reliefs. Sail to Aswan.
Hotels: Overnight in Luxor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner
After breakfast, you will visit the High Dam, and the Granite Quarries and the Philae Temple. In the
afternoon you will sail on an Egyptian felucca around Elephantine Island and the Botanical Gardens on Kitchener Island and the Agha Khan Mausoleum
Hotels: Overnight in Nile Cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast, disembark from the ship. You will be transferred to Aswan airport for your flight to Cairo (not included, to be booked by agent). Upon arrival, you will be met by our representative and transfer to your hotel.
Hotels: Overnight in Cairo
Meals: Breakfast,
Breakfast, free day at leisure.
Hotels: Overnight in Cairo
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, you’ll be transferred to the international airport for your flight home.
airport for your departure flight.
Hotels: NA
Meals: Breakfast
