10-Day Nile Cruise and Egypt History Tour from Luxor to Alexandria

• Meet your tour guide upon arrival at the airport and transfer to the boat with your Egypt guide.

Dinner and overnight stay are included for arrivals before 20:00 hrs.

• Explore Luxor while cruising the Nile:

On the eastern shore, visit Karnak Temple, which dominated the landscape of Thebes and was born from the splendour of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom, as well as Luxor Temple, the work of two great pharaohs that will take you back in time.

On the western shore, explore the Necropolis of Thebes, including the Valley of the Kings, where the tombs of the most important pharaohs of the New Kingdom are hidden, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari, unique in Egyptian architecture, and the giant Colossi of Memnon.

• While cruising the Nile, visit the temple of the god Horus, the falcon sun protector of the pharaohs.
• Explore the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, devoted to these two divinities, and admire the abundance of recorded texts.

• Proceed to Philae Temple, dedicated to Isis, the goddess of magic, music, and beauty.
• Go on a felucca ride, from where you can enjoy the wonderful scenery offered by Kitchener Island, also known as the Island of Flowers, Elephantine Island, and the deserted bank of the Nile with the silhouette of the Mausoleum of Aga Khan.
• Excursion to Abu Simbel (optional).

• Eat breakfast and disembark.
• If any part of the cruise program has not yet been completed, the remaining excursions will take place before your departure to Cairo.
• Transfer to the airport to return to Cairo.

Hotel accommodation.

• Enjoy breakfast and head to the site of the Giza Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus, as well as the Sphinx of Giza.
• In the afternoon, there is an optional tour to Memphis, the capital of the Old Empire, and the Necropolis of Sakkara.

Overnight stay at your hotel.

• Enjoy a leisure day, stay in bed, and have breakfast.
• During your stay in Cairo, the cultural center of the Arab world, you can enjoy this vast, inscrutable, and amazing city with its important monuments, museums, and sites worth visiting. Possibility of visits and excursions (optional).

• After breakfast, depart towards Alexandria.
• Visit the Library of Alexandria, a very impressive modern cultural work, the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Pompey's Pillar, the Roman theatre, and the Citadel of Qaitbay. Eat lunch at a local restaurant.
• Enjoy a stroll to see the brilliance of this Mediterranean city in the evening.

Overnight in Alexandria.

• After breakfast, visit the Catacombs of Mostafa Kamel and the Alexandria National Museum.
• Head towards the Royal Jewels Museum and Al Montazah Palace Museum, and stop for lunch at a local restaurant.
• Head back to Cairo and, upon arrival, go to your accommodation.

Overnight in Cairo.

• Have breakfast, according to your flight schedule and restaurant opening hours.
• Transfer to the airport to catch your plane.