7-Day Egypt Expedition to Cairo, Aswan, Luxor and Abu Simbel

• Arrive at Cairo International Airport and meet the airport representative holding an Egypt Travelcations sign with your name.

• Transfer to your hotel and complete check-in with the assistance of the Cairo head representative.

• Receive a warm welcome and a briefing about the upcoming days of your trip.

Spend the night at your hotel in Cairo.

• Enjoy breakfast at your hotel.

• Meet your expert Egyptologist guide and proceed to visit the awe-inspiring Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza.

• Explore the Great Pyramid of King Cheops, the Pyramid of Chefren, and the Pyramid of Menkaura.

• View the Sphinx, believed to bear the mask of Chephren and the body of a lion.

• Continue to Sakkara, 25 kilometers south of Cairo, to witness Djeser's Step Pyramid, the first pyramid ever built.

Catch the overnight sleeper train to Aswan.

• Arrive at Aswan train station and meet your local representative.

• Transfer to your hotel and freshen up.

• Visit the island temple of Philae, the center of the cult of Isis and an important pilgrimage site.

• Explore the Aswan High Dam, one of the largest dams in the world.

• Return to your hotel and spend the night in Aswan.

• Choose to join an optional early morning excursion to Abu Simbel temples.

• Visit the Sun Temples of Ramses II and Queen Nefertari, considered masterpieces of ancient Egyptian architecture.

• Learn about the massive relocation of the temples by UNESCO to protect them from rising Nile waters.

• After breakfast, depart from Aswan to Luxor by private car with your Egyptologist guide.

• Stop en route to visit Kom Ombo Temple and the well-preserved Temple of Horus at Edfu.

• Arrive in Luxor and spend the night at your hotel.

• Begin the day with breakfast, followed by a visit to the West Bank of Luxor.

• Explore the Valley of the Kings, where pharaohs were buried in elaborate tombs.

• Visit the stunning Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri.

• Admire the Colossi of Memnon, two giant seated statues of Amenhotep III.

• Continue to the East Bank to visit Karnak Temple, the largest religious complex in ancient Egypt.

• Explore Luxor Temple, which includes remnants of a Christian church and the Abu Haggag Mosque.

Board the overnight train back to Cairo.

• Arrive in Cairo and transfer to your hotel for check-in.

• Rejoin your expert Egyptologist guide and visit the Egyptian Museum to discover priceless antiquities.

• Tour Islamic Cairo and see the Citadel of Saladdin and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali.

• Explore Coptic Cairo, starting with the Hanging Church built atop Roman fortress towers.

• Visit the Church of St. Sergius, traditionally believed to be a resting place of the Holy Family.

Spend the night at your hotel in Cairo.

• Eat breakfast at your hotel.

• Transfer to Cairo International Airport for your outbound flight.

• Bid farewell to the land of the pharaohs.