While you tour in Cairo for the next four nights, you can eventually be guided to great tourist destinations including the Great Pyramids, Great Sphinx, and the Citadel of Saladin. You can then enjoy the rest of the tour by flying towards Aswan and board along the Nile River with a special cruise that will take you to see such marvelous sightseeing spots from Aswan to Luxor. Visit the Karnak Temple, Valley of the Kings, Hatshipsut Temple, KomOmbo Temple, Edfu Temple, High Dam, Philae Temple and the unfinished Obelisk. You will definitely enjoy your Egypt accommodation.
Day 1: Arrival Cairo
Our tourist representative will meet you up in Cairo International Airport and will take you towards an accompanied hotel. A free and welcome drink will then meet you along the way. As the night comes, you will be having a relaxing evening with entertainment as you tour along the Pyramids for an incredible Sound and Light Spectacular. After that, you will be accommodated back to your hotel room and enjoy the night with fun and leisure.
Day 2: Giza Sightseeing Tours
After a heart-warming breakfast in the hotel accommodation in Cairo, your own private English speaking Egyptologist will help you tour down towards Sakkara – a part of Memphis’s massive necropolis – and towards the burial site of the ancient Pharaohs. You will be able to see the enthralling pyramids, the Step Pyramid of King Djoser which was designed by the great Imhotep, one of the ancient Egyptian architects. You will also have the chance to visit the Teti Pyramid and the tombs in Sakkara plus some relaxing drive along the Giza Plateau, one of Egypt’s greatest attractions where you can see one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids. This would include the Great Pyramid of Cheops, middle pyramids of Chephren, and the little pyramids of Mykerinos. Enjoy taking photos while riding on the back of the camel just in front of the Pyramids. Visit the Great Sphinx along with your friends or family because the tour will include a visit to the temple of the Great Sphinx, — optional with a visit to the solar boat which was used to carry the pharaoh’s mummy across the river Nile and be buried at the foot of the pyramid. After this tour, you will be accommodated back to your hotel with a peaceful overnight stay in Cairo.
Day 3: Cairo – Aswan Nile cruise Holiday
Your accommodated hotel will start your day early by having joyous breakfast in your hotel room. After that, you will be transferred to Cairo airport and will board a flight towards Aswan. You will be meeting up with our tourist guide and will transfer you to a place so you can embark towards a Nile cruise for the next four or three nights. You will also be taken to a great tour towards the world famous High Dam that was used to be an engineering miracle built during the 1960s. Then your trip will continue towards the granite quarries that used to supply ancient Egyptians with some hard stones that were also used as tools to help build the pyramids and other temples. The quarries still hold the ever-famous Unfinished Obelisk. A motor boat will take you to the island of Egilka and then you can visit the majestic Philae temple that was entirely dedicated to the Goddess Isis. For some fun, a Felucca Ride is also included as a bonus on the Nile River in Aswan later that afternoon. One optional evening excursion offers a sound and light show at the Temple of Philae. You will then be returning to your hotel for your free time and after that, have a great Aswan overnight stay.
Day 4: Nile Cruise Holiday
After your hotel provided you with breakfast, you will then be sailing towards KomOmbo temple, where the crocodile-headed god of fertility and creator of the world can be seen. Have a great lunch aboard the cruise with some free time and leisure sailing towards Edfu. You can see the Temple of Horus, one of Ancient Egyptian’s temples that were preserved along the river of Nile. The cruise will follow towards Nile and Luxor. An afternoon tea-time will be served via the sun-deck. Dinner and an overnight stay will be considered along board.
Day 5: Nile Cruise Holiday
While on board the next day, breakfast will be served as the cruise will take you towards the West Bank of the river Nile. You will visit two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon) and the Valley of the Kings. The tour will continue by visiting the temple at El Deir El Bahary, a great temple dedicated to Queen Hatshipsut, the only female pharaoh in ancient Egyptian history. Tea will be served after lunch while you enjoy free time and leisure for an overnight stay. You can have an optional sound and light show visit in the Temple of Karnak if you want.
Day 6: Nile Cruise Holiday – Luxor – Cairo
On this day, breakfast will be served and you will be accompanied by an Egyptologist to visit the Karnak Temple, one of the largest worship places ever built in history. Karnak – which has an ancient name of Ipet-isut meaning “the most sacred of places” – was built for over more than two thousand years, generation after generation of pharaohs. Along the complexity of this temple you can find the Hypostyle Hall, an incredible forest of giant pillars. Then, your tour guide will transfer you to the majestic Luxor temple which was proverbially built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festival purposes dedicated to the god Amon. You will be redirected to the Luxor airport so you can fly back to Cairo with a direct transfer to your hotel in Cairo. You will then be given free time and leisure for an overnight stay.
