8-Day Egypt Tour with Cairo, Giza and Nile Cruise to Luxor

• On your arrival at Cairo International Airport, you will be picked up by your tour guide and driver and taken to a 5-star hotel for an overnight stay.
• On arrival at the hotel, you will be assisted with check-in, and a pick-up time will be confirmed with you for the following day. Your tour manager will also discuss your tour itinerary with you and answer any questions you might have. After that, the remainder of the day is yours to spend as you wish.

Duration: 2 hours

No meals are included on this day.

Accommodation included: Cairo Pyramids Hotel

• After breakfast, meet your tour guide at the hotel, and then drive in an air-conditioned vehicle to visit the Giza Pyramids.
• Visit Saqqara, the Giza Pyramids, and the Sphinx, and enjoy a camel ride around the Giza Pyramids. Most people think there are only 3 pyramids in Giza, but in fact there are 9, including the Pyramids of the Queens.
• Visit the oldest known pyramid, the Djoser Pyramid, and the first royal tombs in history. See Saqqara, one of the richest cities in archaeological treasures.
• After your tour at the pyramids, you will be taken to a local restaurant for a nice lunch, and once you have finished eating, you will return to your hotel for the evening.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included: Breakfast * Lunch

Accommodation included: Cairo Pyramids Hotel or Similar

• Start with the Egyptian Museum and its treasures, including the unique collection of King Tut and the Royal Mummy Room (extra fees).
• Stop at the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, built inside the Citadel of Salah El Din.
• Next, discover Coptic Cairo with your guide and see the oriental souvenirs at the Khan El-Khalili Bazaar.

Duration: 5 hours

Meals included: Lunch

No accommodation included on this day.

• After breakfast, you will transfer to Cairo Airport, where you will board a flight to Luxor.
• In Luxor, meet the representative and board a 5-star Nile cruise ship, which will be your home throughout your cruise.
• In the afternoon, after lunch, you will visit Karnak Temple, the most famous temple in Egypt, dedicated to the king of gods, Amon Ra, and his triad. Each new king of Egypt had to build a part of it, hoping for the satisfaction of the gods. Karnak Temple is not just one temple - it is a group of 20 temples, most of them dedicated to Amon Ra.
• Visit Luxor Temple, built by King Ramses II and Amenhotep III, dedicated to the god Amon Ra and his triad. Then return to the ship, where dinner will be served, and spend the night on board.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation included: Semiramis 5-star Nile cruise.

• After enjoying breakfast aboard the ship, you will visit the West Bank area to see the Valley of the Kings, which has more than 62 tombs for the kings of Egypt.
• Enjoy visiting 3 tombs with fabulous paintings, then drive to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
• At the end of the tour, you will drive back to the Nile cruise.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation included: Semiramis 5-star Nile cruise.

• You will sail to Kom Ombo and have breakfast on board. Then visit the Temple of Sobek and Haerosis.
• Afterwards, sail to Edfu, with lunch on board. Visit the well-preserved cult temple, Horus Temple, and have afternoon tea while sailing to Esna.
• Dinner will be served on board, and you will spend another night on the water.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation included: Semiramis 5-star Nile cruise.

• After breakfast, go for a day's sightseeing tour in Aswan, the southern city of Egypt, which was an ancient border town. Aswan is famous for its ancient monuments, tiny islands, and spice souks.
• You will start your tour with the Unfinished Obelisk, which still lies in the ancient granite quarries. It was abandoned because of a crack in the stone, and the builders' tools still exist, giving us an idea of how the work was done. If the Unfinished Obelisk had been finished, it would have been the most significant monolithic piece of stone ever handled, weighing over 1000 tons.
• Board a motorboat to the island where Philae Temple is located and visit the Temple of Isis, which remained in use until 550 AD, when Emperor Justinian closed it. It was the last pagan temple in use. According to legend, Isis found the heart of Osiris here.
• Then move to visit the High Dam, which was constructed between 1960 and 1970 to control floods, provide water for irrigation, and generate electricity. The reservoir it created, Lake Nasser, is 550 km long and 35 km wide. The dam itself is 111 m tall, 3800 m long, and 980 m wide at the base, and 40 m at the crest.
• Return to the Nile cruise for the night.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation included: Semiramis 5-star Nile cruise.

• After breakfast, disembark from your cruise ship. You will have some free time to explore Aswan, and then you will be taken to Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo, where you will stay the night.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included: Breakfast

Accommodation included: Cairo Pyramids Hotel