Cairo

Cairo - Arrive cairo

Pyramids

Pyramids of Giza - Visit the Pyramids & The Egyptian Museum: This morning you meet with you Egyptologist tour guide, who will go through a brief meeting to cover some points about the country and tour, then he/she will escort you to the Pyramids tour, the only standing wonder of the ancient world, explore the Pyramids and the world famous Sphinx.

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities - After Lunch we will cover a visit to Cairo National Museum; the overwhelming Egyptian Museum displays a huge and rare collection with over 120,000 ancient objects, considered the largest collection of ancient artifacts in the world, including the treasures from the most famous Tomb of King Tutankhamen that was discovered in the 1920s, and not to forget the optional visit the Royal Mummy room.

Khan Al-Khalili - By the end of today, you will have a short drive to explore the exotic market of Cairo at the Khan Elkhalili Bazaar, to enjoy its colorful atmosphere and the nice smell of spices there. Later on you will be transferred to have some rest before to be transferred to the train station to catch the overnight 1st class sleeper train to Aswan (about 12 hours). You can think of upgrading to a flight.

Aswan

Temple of Philae - ​Arrive Aswan and start your tour by visiting Philae temple on its romantic location on the island of Ajelicka, escorted by a private Egyptologist Tour guide, you will get to know the history of the site together with the interesting story of how the UNISCO managed to relocate the temple from its original Philae Island to the current twin Island of Ajelicka.​You will also visit the Aswan High dam that is our main source of electricity and protection from the Nile flood.​Then you will visit one of the granite quarries to see the unfinished obelisk that was supposed to be the largest ever, however it cracked and was left in the site to show us how the ancient Egyptians managed to quarry gigantic blocks of granite and how they made their Obelisks.

Temple of Kom Ombo - This afternoon you will check in to the Nile Cruise starting with Lunch, and enjoy the sailing towards Luxor visiting Komombo and Edfu temples on the way. By the end of the day day the cruise will start sailing towards Comombo, where the boat arrives the temple’s dock, walk 3 minutes to explore the double temple of Harwer and Sobek escorted by your tour guide. Then back to the boat to continue sailing to Edfu, enjoy the Nile Valley, Over night Edfu.

Edfu

Temple of Horus - Edfu Temple & Sail to Luxor: This morning you will visit the temple of Horus at Edfu, the best preserved among all temples in Egypt, back to the boat for meals and enjoy the sailing to Luxor, we arrive Luxor by the evening. You may consider a unique early trip flying 1000 feet with the Hot-air balloon on the west bank of Luxor, one of the best hot-air balloon experiences in the world.

Luxor

Valley of the Kings - Luxor West:​Early today you will visit the west bank sites, including the valley of the kings where the tomb of king Tutankhamen was discovered, then have a short drive to the mortuary temple of the female pharaoh queen Hatshipsut, then drive back to the Cruise.

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari - Luxor West: Then have a short drive to the mortuary temple of the female pharaoh queen Hatshepsut, then drive back to the Cruise​

Karnak

Temple of Karnak - This morning you will check out from the Cruise and proceed to your tour to explore the Gigantic complex of Karnak temple to get lost between its ruins and massive columns.

Luxor Temple - After your visit to the Karnak complex you will also visit Luxor temple that was named after the city itself and was dedicated to the patron God Amon-ra.

Cairo

Cairo - Board the overnight sleeper train from Luxor to Cairo (10 hours). This morning you arrive Cairo, you may consider an optional tour to Alexandria on the Mediterranean, the Greco-Roman capital of Egypt, and the second largest and capital city of Egypt.

• Afternoon tea
• Lunch
• Free Wi-Fi over 4GB per person
• Bottled water
• Accommodation as per itinerary
• Transport by air-conditioned car
• Qualified Egyptologist guide

• Tipping
• Entrance Fees
• Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.