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10 Days / 9 Nights
2 Nights Cairo
1 Night Alexandria
4 Nights Nile Cruise (Aswan & Luxor)
2 Night Seat Train
Day 1:
- Arrive at Cairo Airport: Meet, assist through passport control formalities, luggage identification & transfer to your hotel.
- Check in at Hotel.
- Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2:
Breakfast. Then drive to the three famous Pyramids of Giza, erected by Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, guarded by the mysterious Sphinx, which is a mythical statue with a body of a lion and a human head. The three Pyramids and the Sphinx are one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most important tourist site in Egypt. (Camel ride at the Pyramids can be arranged during the visit upon your request).
(Optional) Then full day tour to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, housing around 250,000 antique pieces. Covering the whole history of ancient Egypt, which extends over the past 5 thousand years, among these pieces the most magnificent treasures of the young King Tut Ankh Amon.
back to your hotel in Cairo. Transfers to the train station for your overnight Seat train to Luxor. Over night in Seat Train.
Day 3:
Breakfast: can be individually requested on train for about 3 USD. Arrival to Luxor, meet & assist by our representatives and transfer to the Cruise. Boarding before Lunch. Lunch on board. Visit The Temple of Karnak & the Temple of Luxor. Afternoon tea. Dinner on board & Belly Dance show. (Optional) Hot Balloon: Should you want to make your stay in Luxor an unforgettable. Drifting peacefully over the Valley of King, Valley of the Queens and the Mountain on the Nobles. Overnight in Luxor
Day 4:
Breakfast. Visit The West Bank – the Valley of the Kings, Valley of The Queens and The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari. Lunch on board. Sail to Esna. Overnight in Edfu.
Day 5:
Breakfast on board. Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board. Visit The Temple Shared by the Two Gods Sobek & Haroeies in Kom Ombo. Dinner on board. Overnight in Kom Ombo.
Day 6:
Breakfast on board. Sail to Aswan. Visit The High Dam, The Granite Quarries & The Temple of Philae Lunch on board. Sail on the Nile by felucca around Kitchener’s island and Agha Khan Mausoleum. Dinner on board. Overnight in Aswan.
Day 7:
Breakfast on board. Disembarkation. (Optional) Departures by air-conditioned bus, to Abu Simbel visit the Temple of Abu Simbel back to Aswan, The colossal Temple of Abu Simbel built by Ramses II (XIXth. Dynasty) and lately saved from inundation of the Nile waters in among the glories of ancient Egyptian monuments. The temples were built out of a sandstone rock cliff, and representation of the deities to which each was dedicated is carved on its huge façade. Nearby, also saved, lies the small Temple of the King's wife Nefertari, dedicated to the goddess Hathor. Transfer to the train station for your overnight train to Alexandria. Overnight seat Train .
Day 8:
Breakfast: can be individually requested on train for about 3 USD. Arrival to Alexandria, meet & assist by our local representative and transfer to the hotel. Check in. (Optional) Start your full day tour visit Greco-Roman Museum (Filled by collection, which covers the period from the 3rd Century BC to the 7th century AD Like Mummies, Hellenistic statues, bust of Roman Emperors, Tanagra figurines & early Christian antiquities). Follow by a visit to the Roman Theater (A theater with marble seats up to 800 spectators, Galleries, Section of mosaic flooring & a pleasure garden surrounded by Roman Villas & baths). Then visit Pompay's Pillar, Followed by visit to the Catacomb of Kom El-Shoqafa (Tombs on three levels, also contains The Triclinium where relatives used to sit on stone benches to feast the dead, a center with relieves of bearded serpents. Inside, there are 2nd Century AD statues of Sobec & Anubis wearing Roman Armor).
Overnight stay in Alexandria.
Day 9:
Breakfast. Transfer to Cairo by train. Arrival, meet and assist by our representatives. Transfer to your hotel. (Optional) Departure from hotel to start your full day tour visiting Sakkara, cemetery for Memphis, used continuously for 3,000 years. See the earliest monumental stone tractor in Egypt, a stepped pyramid built for King Zoser (c. 2650 BC). Then We visiting The Old part of Cairo, as Egypt was one of the first countries to embrace Christianity. We visit The Church of Abu-Sergah and St. Barbara, The Hanging Church, and The Coptic Museum which has a large collection of Coptic arts and antiquities dating from 300-1000, and we will also visit The Old Jewish Synagogue Ben Ezra Synagogue. (Optional) Dinner Cruise including transportation, dinner, Belly Dancer, Tanura Show, Horse show. Overnight stay in Cairo.
Day 10:
Breakfast at the hotel our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.
Program Includes
- n 2 nights hotel accommodation in Cairo on bed and breakfast basis.
- n 1 night hotel accommodation in Alexandria on bed and breakfast basis.
- n 4 nights on Cruise board (Luxor & Aswan) full board (sightseeing included).
- n 2 nights on sleeper train board, dinner and breakfast included.
- n All transfers in Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan.
- n 1 half day tour in Cairo visiting the Pyramids and Sphinx.
- n Multilingual expert Egyptologist guide.
- n The service of meet and assist at all your destinations.
- n All your visits include entrance fees.
- n Our prices include all taxes and services.
- n Transfer:
Alexandria / Cairo
Not Included:
- n Visa Entry for Egypt.
- n Tipping
- n Any Optional tours.
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