8-Day Nile Cruise and Cairo Tour from Aswan to Luxor

• Upon arrival, a representative will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport.

• You will then be accompanied to your hotel in Cairo in a luxury air-conditioned vehicle.

• At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with check-in and review your private holiday itinerary with you to confirm the collection times for your excursions.

Overnight in Cairo.

• Enjoy breakfast at your hotel in Cairo before departure.

• Then accompany your staff member, who will guide you to the Giza Plateau to visit one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: the Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus, as well as the famous Sphinx and the Valley Temple facing the great statue.

• Have lunch at a good-quality local restaurant, then spend time visiting the Egyptian Museum.

• Continue your tour to Coptic Cairo to see the Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Hanging Church with your Egyptologist guide.

• In the evening, drive to Islamic Cairo and explore the ancient Khan El Khalili bazaar.

• Later, transfer to Giza railway station to board the night train from Cairo to Aswan. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.

Spend the night inside the compartment.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

• Enjoy lunch on board.

• Visit the famous High Dam, the awesome Philae Temple, dedicated to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor, and the largest known ancient obelisk, the Unfinished Obelisk.

• Return to the cruise for dinner and an overnight stay on board in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• In the morning, enjoy sailing to Kom Ombo and Edfu.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

• Early in the morning, sail to Luxor and enjoy breakfast on board.

• Then visit the West Bank of Luxor.

• Take an excursion to the royal cemetery of 62 Pharaohs, the Valley of the Kings. Continue to Queen Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari, built by the architects of the New Kingdom under Pharaoh Hatshepsut in approximately the 15th century BC, and see the Colossi of Memnon.

• Return to the Nile cruise for lunch on board.

• Enjoy afternoon tea aboard the Nile.

Dinner on board and overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Have breakfast on board the cruise before disembarkation, then accompany your guide to visit Karnak and Luxor on the East Bank of Luxor.

• Later, transfer to Luxor train station to take the sleeper train back to Cairo.

• Enjoy dinner served on board the sleeper train.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

• Have breakfast on the train before arriving at Giza railway station, where you will be met and assisted by a representative of Egypt Tour.

• Transfer to the hotel for free time.

• Optional excursions are available in Cairo, including a visit to the Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser in Saqqara and Memphis.

Spend the night at the hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

• Enjoy breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, check out, and have some free time before your flight.

• Then transfer to Cairo International Airport.

Meals: Breakfast