9-Day Egypt Tour with Nile Cruise and Cairo's Ancient Highlights

• Arrive at the airport and transfer to the hotel.

Your tour starts in Cairo with a stay at a 5-star hotel conveniently located near the Giza Pyramids, subject to availability.

• Begin in Cairo with an introduction to Egyptian Pharaonic history at the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza.

• After lunch, enjoy visiting the first pyramid in the world in Saqqara, along with the museum of Memphis.

Overnight at the hotel.

• Get a different vibe from Cairo and explore the huge Egyptian Museum, with its famous Tutankhamen exhibit and a vast collection of statues and artifacts.

• Enjoy lunch and visit the ancient churches of Old Cairo, including the Hanging Church and the Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius).

• Visit the Synagogue of Ben Ezra.

Return to the hotel for an overnight stay.

• After breakfast, transfer to the airport for a flight to Luxor.

• Visit the huge temple complex at Karnak, expanded by many different Pharaohs over the years.

• Check into a 5-star Nile cruise boat on the Nile.

• After lunch, enjoy a free afternoon to relax or explore Luxor.

• In the evening, visit Luxor Temple in the center of town when it is beautifully lit up.

• Relish dinner served on the cruise and enjoy the entertainment on board.

Overnight on board.

• Before the tour starts this morning, you have the option of a spectacular hot air balloon flight to see the sunrise over the West Bank of the Nile.

• This morning, tour the West Bank of the Nile and explore the Pharaonic tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut Temple, and the Colossi of Memnon with your Egyptologist tour guide.

• In the afternoon, sail upriver and pass through the lock on the Nile at Esna before continuing to Edfu.

• Visit Edfu Temple, the best-preserved temple of ancient Egypt, dedicated to the Falcon God Horus, before continuing to sail up the Nile to the temple at Kom Ombo en route, the double temple dedicated to the Falcon God and to the Crocodile God Sobek.

• Arrive in Aswan for an overnight stay on the cruise and enjoy the entertainment, including a belly dancing show.

• The Nile is at its most picturesque in Aswan, and this morning you will visit one of the most romantic sites in ancient Egypt: Philae Temple.

There is an option to visit the spectacular temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel in the morning.

• After breakfast, check out and transfer to Aswan International Airport for your return flight to Cairo, then transfer to your 5-star hotel, where you can enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight at the hotel.

• This morning after breakfast, bid farewell to the land of the Pharaohs. We hope the trip lived up to your expectations and wish you a safe flight back home.

• The assistant will transfer you from the hotel to the airport and help you through the formalities.