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8 Days / 7 Nights
2 Nights in Cairo
2 Nights in Seat Train
3 Nights in Nile Cruise (Aswan & Luxor)
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 Aswan. Overnight in Seat train.
Day 3:
Breakfast: can be individually requested on train for about 3 USD. Arrival, meet & assist by our representatives and transfer to the Cruise. Boarding before lunch, Visit the High Dam and the Philae temple. Lunch on board Sail to Kom Ombo. Visit the Temple shared by the two gods Sobek and Haroeris. Sail to Edfu. Dinner on board. Overnight in Edfu.
Day 4:
Breakfast on board. Visit The Temple of Horus in Edfu. Cross the lock. Sail to Luxor. Dinner on board. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 5:
Breakfast on board. Cross to the West Bank to visit the Necropolis of Thebes, Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch on board. Afternoon free at leisure. (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 6:
Breakfast. Free day. (Optional) Full Day Tour East Bank: Karnak and Luxor Temple excursion to the Luxor Temple to see its courtyard and the granite statues of Ramses the Great. Proceed by carriage or bus to Karnak, which is a serious of temples built in different reigns. Starting by the Avenue of Sphinxes visit the Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with it's 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatchepsut and Tutomosis III, the temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Transfer to the Train Station to take your overnight Seat train to Cairo. Overnight in seat train.
Day 7:
Breakfast: can be individually requested on train for about 3 USD. Arrival to Cairo, meet & assist by our local representatives and transfer to the hotel.
(Optional) Start your Full day Tour Sakkara is 27-Km Southwest of Cairo. Including a visit to the step Pyramids of Sakkara (The first proper Pyramids built for the king Zoser, it is considered evolution of the Pyramid from the simple Mastaba to the Pyramid in its known form) Followed by a visit to The Pyramids of Unas & Oser-Kaf the Mastaba. Tomb of Mereruka, Ti & Pta-Hotep (carved and painted tombs), Then Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt where Colossal Statue of Ramses II and the great Alabaster Sphinx. Then we visit 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. Overnight stay in Cairo.
Day 8:
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 3 nights on Cruise board (Aswan & Luxor) full board (sight seeing included).
- n 2 nights Seat train.
- n 1 half day tour in Cairo visiting the great Pyramids and Sphinx.
- n All transfers in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan
- n Multilingual expert Egyptologist guide.
- n All your tours and excursions are with A/C bus.
- 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.
Not included:
- n Visa Entry for Egypt.
- n Personal items.
- n Tipping.
- n Any other items not mentioned.
- n Any Optional tours.
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