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Luxury Egypt Tour : Like all of our Custom Egypt Tours, this tour can easily be customized to suit your schedule, budget, and interests. |
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Tour Itinerary: |
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Day 01: (Thursday) CAIRO. |
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Arrive today on your international flight into Cairo airport where you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
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Day 02: (Friday) CAIRO. |
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Depart this morning by private car with a guide to Giza, home of the 4,000 year old Great Pyramids. Next drive to the Pyramids of Saqqara. After wandering around the funerary complexes make a final stop at Dahshur. Here you will see the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid. At the end of the day return to your hotel for a night at leisure. |
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Day 03: (Saturday) CAIRO. |
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Today you will begin with a tour of the National Egyptian Museum. After a few hours here head for Citadel, located near the Moqattam Hills contains the Mosque of Mohammed Ali. Visit the Mosque of Al-Nasir Mohammed, the Citadel's sole surviving Mameluk mosque. Later walk along Sharia Mohammed Ali Street. Then, enter the Mosque of Sultan Hassan and also visit the Mosque of Al-Rifai. End your tour of the great Islamic monuments of Cairo by visiting the Mosque of Ibn Tulun. Return to your hotel this evening. Tonight you will have the option of attending the Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids. |
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Day 04: (Sunday) CAIRO - LUXOR – CRUISE EMBARKATION. |
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- This morning we are transferred to Cairo Airport for our flight to Luxor. |
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- Check in |
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- Lunch |
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- Visit the gigantic temples complex of Karnak, followed by the awesome Luxor Temple started by Amenophis III in the 14th century B.C. and extended by Ramsis II. |
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- Dinner |
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- Overnight |
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Day 5: (Monday) LUXOR. |
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- Breakfast |
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- Visit the West Bank Necropolis, the burial ground of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Proceed to the nearby Valley of the Queens, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsuit and the Colossi of Memnon. |
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- Lunch |
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- At leisure |
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- Dinner |
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- Overnight |
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Day 6: (Tuesday) LUXOR - ESNA. |
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- Early Sail to Esna |
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- Lunch |
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- Arrive Esna |
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- Panoramic visit of the town and temple of Esna dedicated to the creator god Khnum. |
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- Dinner |
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- Overnight Esna. |
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Day 7: (Wednesday) ESNA - EDFU. |
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- Early sailing to Edfu |
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- Breakfast on board, View of El Kab tombs and site from the deck. |
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- Lunch on board |
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- Arrive Edfu |
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- Visit to one of best preserved temples of Greco – Roman era , that of Horus at Edfu. Experience the horse drawn carriage ride back and forth to the temple. |
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- Dinner |
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- Overnight near Edfu. |
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Day 8: (Thursday) EDFU – KOM OMBO. |
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- Early sailing to Kom Ombo |
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- BBQ lunch on A Nile Island. |
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- Sail to island (Meneh) near Kom Ombo and View the Silesia Temple and sandstone quarries from deck. |
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- Overnight Meneh Island. |
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Day 9: (Friday) ASWAN. |
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- Visit Kom Ombo temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus the elder, god of the morning sun. |
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- Breakfast |
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- Sail to Aswan |
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- Lunch BBQ on a Nile island. |
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- Sail to an island prior Aswan island ( Copania ) |
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- Dinner on board |
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- Overnight |
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Day 10: (Saturday) ASWAN. |
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- Breakfast on island |
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- Sail to Aswan |
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- Visit the High Dam and the Old Dam and the ' unfinished obelisk', lying in ancient granite quarries of Aswan. Then proceed to Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, being rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction. |
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- Lunch |
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- Visit the Nubian Museum |
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- Dinner |
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- Overnight Aswan. |
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Day 11: (Sunday) ASWAN – CAIRO. |
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After breakfast and transfer to Airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival in Cairo you will be met and transferred to your hotel. |
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Day 12: (Monday) DEPART CAIRO. |
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Today you will be met by our representative and transferred to Cairo airport where you will be helped with your check-in and immigration formalities for your flight back home. |
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(END OF THE SERVICES) |
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| TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES: |
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Accommodation on twin sharing basis. |
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Daily buffet breakfast. |
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All meals included during seven nights Dahabiya cruise. |
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Arrival & Departure transfers. |
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All sightseeing tours. |
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Service of Egyptologist during sightseeing tours. |
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All entrances fees. |
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All applicable taxes. |
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| TOUR PRICE EXCLUDES: |
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Expenses of personal nature such as tipping, porters, laundry, telephones, etc. |
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International Flight |
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Domestic Flight – CAI – LXR/ASW – CAI – USD 260/person. |
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Visa fees. |
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