7-Day Cairo, Aswan & Nile Cruise: Pyramids To Luxor Temples 7 days

Day 1: Arrive in Cairo

Welcome to Egypt & start of your holiday! Upon arrival at Cairo airport Our representative will be waiting for you inside the terminal before visa & immigration office and will be holding a sign with our company name “(hidden) ”help you obtain your visa, go through passport control and help you to get your luggage and finally guides you to the outside (exit) of the terminal where will you be met by your driver who will transfer you to your hotel, overnight.

Day 02- Cairo (Giza Pyramids & Sphinx & Grand Egyptian Museum)

Today you will drive to Giza Plateau for a private guided tour of the pyramids of Giza including the pyramid of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, the Great Sphinx and Khafre's Valley Temple by using shuttle bus, then Lunch will be served in one of the local restaurants, followed by a visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum where most of the fabulous treasures of the Pharaohs especially the treasure of Tutankhamun Amon is kept as well as the solar boat, then transfer back to your hotel. Overnight at your hotel.

Day 3: Cairo – Fly to Aswan (High dam, Philae temple & Unfinished obelisk) — Every Wednesday & Friday

In the morning, your driver will transfer you to Cairo airport to catch your flight to Aswan. Once you arrive in Aswan, our driver in Aswan will pick you up from Aswan airport and head to do a private tour of the High Dam and the beautifully situated Temple of Philae, dedicated to the goddesses Isis and Hathor and relocated to the Island of Agilkia during construction of the High Dam to save it from the waters of the dam's lake (Nasser). End your tour with a private guided tour of the Unfinished Obelisk for valuable insights into the work and skills of the ancient stonemasons. You will then transfer to your Nile cruise for check-in before lunch, enjoy dinner on board, and overnight on board.

Day 4: Nile cruise: Kom ombo

Sail to Kom Ombo for a private guided tour of one of Egypt's most beautifully situated temples. Located on a bend in the Nile where sacred crocodiles would bask in the sun, Kom Ombo Temple is unique in Egypt for being dedicated to two gods: the local crocodile god Sobek and Haroeris (Horus the elder).

Sail to Edfu for one of Egypt's best-preserved complexes, the Temple of Horus at Edfu. This Ptolemaic temple (built between 237 and 57 BC) was the largest of the temples dedicated to the falcon-headed god and the centre of several festivals dedicated to him.

Counting sailing to Edfu. Overnight on board.

Day 5: Nile cruise: Edfu - Luxor East bank

Following breakfast, commence your day with a visit to the renowned Edfu Temple, celebrated as Egypt's most impeccably preserved temple. Immerse yourself in the captivating history of this majestic sanctuary devoted to Horus, the revered falcon-headed deity. According to ancient Egyptian legends, the Edfu Temple. Sail to Luxor for a private guided tour of the New Kingdom temple complex of Karnak - at its peak, the largest and most significant religious centre in ancient Egypt.

Drive to the Luxor Temple for a private guided tour of this complex known as the Southern Sanctuary to ancient Egyptians and dedicated to the renewal of kingship. Overnight on board.

Day 6: Luxor West Bank – Fly to Cairo

Breakfast and cruise check-out will be followed by a private guided tour of the legendary Valley of the Kings: burial site for 63 New Kingdom pharaohs, royal family members and nobility whose richly decorated chambers were furnished with every conceivable necessity for the afterlife - from chariots, furniture and tools to food offerings, servants, statues and weapons.

Drive to Deir al Bahari for a private guided tour of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple. Built in the mid-15th century BC, this rather modern looking temple blends harmoniously into the limestone cliffs from which it is partly hewn and had twin functions: the main east-west axis served as the sanctuary of Amun-Ra's barque (a vessel used in the after-life) while the north-south axis represented the life cycle of the pharaoh from coronation to rebirth, then Lunch will be served in one of the local restaurants. Drive to Luxor airport to catch your flight back to Cairo.

Day 7: Final departure

Today, after checking out, we will transfer you to Cairo Airport to catch your flight back home! Tour ends!