8-Day Egypt Historical Tour with Nile Cruise from Cairo to Aswan

• Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport with the arrival procedures, then escort you to your hotel in Cairo in an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle.
• At the hotel, your tour manager will assist you with a smooth check-in and review your vacation itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour.

Overnight in Cairo.

• After breakfast, you will be accompanied by your guide to the Giza Plateau to visit one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus, along with the famous Sphinx and Valley Temple.
• Then, head to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
• Continue to Khan El Khalili, Cairo's oldest and most alluring bazaar.
• Later, drive back to the hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

• After checking out from the hotel in the morning, you'll be transferred to Cairo Airport for a flight to Luxor, where you will be greeted and taken by an air-conditioned vehicle to your Nile cruise.
• After lunch on board, enjoy visiting the impressive Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.

Dinner and overnight on board the cruise in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• Have an early breakfast on board, then head out to visit the Royal Cemetery of 62 Pharaohs, the Valley of the Kings, followed by the mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom during the 15th century BC.
• Travel further to the Colossi of Memnon.
• After lunch, you will sail to Edfu, enjoying a leisurely dinner on board.

Overnight on your cruise in Edfu.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• After breakfast on board, you'll stop for a visit to the Temple of Edfu, the best-preserved temple of the ancient world. The structure is dedicated to Horus, the falcon god.
• You'll then sail to Kom Ombo, where you'll encounter the twin temple of Kom Ombo and learn about the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Horus, whose monuments decorate each half of the temple.
• Have your lunch back on board the ship and sail on to Aswan.

Dinner and overnight on your cruise in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• After breakfast on the Nile cruise, enjoy a day of sightseeing in Aswan.
• Start with the High Dam and then visit the Unfinished Obelisk in the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the largest obelisk yet discovered.
• You'll then proceed to the beautiful Temple of Philae, devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor.
• You'll have your dinner on board your cruise ship.

Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Optional tour to Abu Simbel Temples.

• You'll disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast and then transfer to Aswan Airport for your return to Cairo, where you will be met and assisted at the airport.
• Go for a half-day tour to visit Old Cairo, where you can see some of the oldest churches in Egypt, such as the Hanging Church and the Holy Family Church.
• Have lunch and then return to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

• Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, followed by free time at your leisure.
• After that, you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.

Meals: Breakfast.