7-Day Egypt Nile Cruise Tour from Cairo with Luxor and Giza

• Arrive at Cairo International Airport, meet and greet our tour representative, and transfer to the railway station for the train to Aswan.

Overnight on the train.

• Arrive at Aswan station and start the day by visiting the High Dam near Aswan, built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The dam is 11,811 feet long, 3,215 feet thick at the base, and 364 feet tall. Today, it provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt.
• After that, we will head to the Unfinished Obelisk. This huge obelisk would have stood 140 feet in height, the largest even in Egypt, but at the last stage, a flaw in the rock was discovered, and it was abandoned.
• The next place we will visit will be Philae Temple. This beautiful temple complex is one of the most picturesque in Egypt.
• After visiting Philae Temple, we will transfer to the Nile Cruise for check-in and overnight.

• Enjoy breakfast and head to Abu Simbel Temple (optional tour).
• Then, proceed to Kom Ombo to visit the Kom Ombo Temple.
• Be back on the Nile Cruise for lunch while sailing to Edfu.
• Upon arrival, we will be escorted by horse carriage to Edfu Temple, the great temple of the falcon sky god Horus, constructed between 237-278 BC in the Ptolemaic era to honour the site where Horus fought his uncle Set in an epic battle.
• Return to the Nile Cruise and continue sailing to Luxor for an overnight stay.

• After breakfast, we will visit Karnak Temple, one of the most incredible ancient temples. The Karnak Temple Complex consists of several temples, chapels, and other buildings in the form of a village. For that reason, the name Karnak was given to this complex, as in Arabic, Karnak means 'fortified village.'
• Afterwards, drive to Luxor Temple, surrounded by mud-brick walls which symbolize the separation between the world and the sacred realm of the gods. The temple's design during the New Kingdom exhibited a set of common design features in its construction.

• We will check out after breakfast and visit the West Bank.
• The next tourist place to be visited is the Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings. Used as a burial chamber for nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, the Valley of the Kings was used for royal burials, their families, and their possessions. In 1979, it became a World Heritage Site.
• Then, go to the Temple of Hatshepsut. Hatshepsut was the only female pharaoh in the history of Ancient Egypt. She came to power during the New Kingdom after her father's death, Tuthmose I, and her half-brother and husband, Tuthmose II, who succeeded her father on the throne.
• Explore the Colossi of Memnon, the only monument in Luxor that is not home-crafted, as it was made in Cairo during the reign of Amenhotep III and moved across 700 km to stand at the city's entrance.
• At the end of the day, we will transfer to the railway station in Luxor to take the train back to Cairo.

• Today, take a tour of the most famous sites in Cairo.
• Visit the great Egyptian Museum to see the golden collection of King Tutankhamen's treasures.
• Then, move to the great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx.
• We will end our day with a delicious Indian dinner, then transfer to the hotel for check-in and overnight.

• Transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.