Pyramid Secrets & Nile Cruise 8 days

Day 1: Arrival in Cairo:
Upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport, your tour manager will meet and assist you and ease the process. You will then be escorted through the bustling streets of Cairo in an exclusive air-conditioned vehicle. Once you reach your chosen hotel according to your accommodation plan, your tour manager will assist you with your check-in and double-check your itinerary with you to establish and confirm all the pick-up times for all your activities during your trip.

Overnight in Cairo.


Day 2: Giza Pyramids & GEM
After enjoying a delicious, wholesome breakfast at your hotel, your guide will take you to the Giza Plateau to start your journey by marvelling at one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramids of Giza. Visit the iconic Sphinx and Valley Temple. After your pyramid visit, you’ll go for lunch at an authentic Egyptian restaurant and then head over to the New Grand Egyptian Museum, also known as the Giza Museum, which is an archaeological museum in Giza, Egypt, about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) from the Giza pyramid complex. Return to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Visits: Great Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).


Day 3: Fly to Luxor - Nile Cruise Embarkation - Luxor Sightseeing
Today, you will be leaving Cairo and heading out to the shining city of Luxor. You will meet your tour manager early in the morning at your hotel, where he will accompany you to Cairo International Airport for your trip to Luxor. Upon landing in Luxor, you will be assisted and whisked away in an exclusive air-conditioned vehicle to board your Nile cruise. Enjoy a delicious lunch on board before heading out to your first stop in Upper Egypt, which is visiting Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple at the East Bank. Return to your cruise and enjoy a warm and hand-crafted dinner.

Overnight onboard your Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Visits: Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple.


Day 4: Luxor West Bank Sightseeing
Enjoy your first breakfast on board your cruise surrounded by the calm waters of the Nile. After breakfast, head out to explore the West Bank of Luxor. Visit the Royal Cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, the Valley of the Kings, then head to the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which the architects of the New Kingdom built during the 15th century BCE at Deir El-Bahari. Finish the day as you marvel at the towering Colossi of Memnon. After finishing your visits to the West Bank, return to your cruise and start sailing to Edfu while enjoying a delicious lunch on board. Relax the rest of the day as you sail; take advantage of the amazing facilities of your cruise; enjoy some afternoon tea, get a massage, and de-stress in the Jacuzzi. End the day with an appetising dinner on board.

Overnight onboard your Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Visits: Royal Cemetery, the Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon.


Day 5: Edfu & Kom Ombo Temples
After breakfast on the Nile Cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. Lunch on board. Continue sailing to Aswan. Enjoy dinner on board.

Overnight onboard your Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Visits: Temple of Edfu, Kom Ombo, Temple of Kom Ombo.


Day 6: Aswan Sightseeing
After breakfast on the Nile cruise, enjoy a day’s sightseeing in Aswan. Start with the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk, then on to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor. Dinner on board.

Overnight onboard your Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Visits: Unfinished Obelisk, Temple of Philae.


Day 7: Disembarkation - Fly back to Cairo
Enjoy your last morning on your cruise with one last scrumptious breakfast on board, surrounded by the calm waters of the Nile. After breakfast, disembark your cruise and get transferred to Aswan Airport to catch your flight back to Cairo, where you will be met upon arrival and get transferred to your hotel for your last night in the Land of Pharaohs.

Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast.

* Optional Group tour by Coach to Abu Simbel Temples for an extra USD120 per person.


Day 8: Final Departure
Have breakfast at your hotel, then transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.

Meals: Breakfast.

Accommodation Plan: (Or similar Category, depending on availability)

Hilton Pyramids Golf

MS Salacia Nile Cruise

Sonesta Cairo Hotel