Welcome to Cairo, Egypt! Upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport, your will meet your representative inside the customs area holding a sign board with your name on it. After being assisted with immigration formalities, you will be transferred to your hotel. Check in and the rest of the day is free to settle and relax after your long journey.
NB: If your flight arrives earlier in the day, perhaps you might choose to take an evening dinner cruise on the Nile or sound and light show at the pyramids (both available to book locally on arrival).
Meals: Welcome Drink

After breakfast at your hotel, your Egyptologist tour guide will pick you up and escort to visit the Pyramids of Giza, built during the 3rd and 4th dynasties of the Old Kingdom. Enjoy a fascinating introduction to each of the three pyramids of Cheops Chephren and Mycerinus. Whilst here, you can visit inside one of the Pyramids (Extra ticket on spot). Move on to have a wonderful panoramic view for the pyramids. Then proceed to visit the Valley temple and the great sphinx.

Proceed to visit the famous Egyptian Museum, contains the world’s most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. The museum houses almost 120,000 objects covering 5,000 years of Egypt’s past. Your expert tour guide will show you some of the museum masterpieces and then you will enjoy walking around in the museum to embark on an adventure through time.

Continue to visit Khan el Khalili bazaar, the oldest and most well-known open-air market in the Middle East. Wander the narrow alleys of a 600 year old bazaar, marveling at the diversity of its stall holders. After finished, return transfer to your hotel & Overnight

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Early morning, Nile holiday representative will pick you up and transfer to Cairo airport for your flight from Cairo to Aswan. On arrival, you will be assisted, picked up and drive to visit Aswan High Dam, a rock fill dam built across the Nile River in Aswan between 1960 and 1970 to control the Nile flood and Produce electricity.

Drive to visit Philae Temple Island, enjoy a motor boat return trip to Egilica Island which has a beautiful Island setting on the Nile. The Island has a number of temples dates to the Pharaonic, Greek and Roman periods. The largest is the temple dedicated to Isis, mother of Horus the falcon headed god. After finished, transfer to embark your Nile cruise for 4 days 3 Nights. Enjoy lunch on board your Nile cruise ship.

Afternoon, enjoy the peace and tranquility of a Felucca ride on the Nile and let your hand glide along the Nile’s surface as you bathe in the warm Egyptian sun. Weather permits! Then return back to your Nile Cruise, Dinner on board & overnight in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast and free morning onboard your Nile Cruise or choose an option that is available to visit the famous Abu Simbel temples built by Ramses II (1290- 1223 BC) at the amazing UNESCO world heritage site of Abu Simbel. If you don’t visit Abu Simbel, then this morning is free

Today afternoon, your Nile Cruise will slowly start sailing towards Kom-ombo temple, located on the east bank of the River Nile. On arrival, you will visit the unusual double temple dedicated to both the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Haroeris. The Greco-Roman temple of Kom ombo was built between 190 BC and 219 AD. Then you will explore the nearby Crocodile museum, before returning back to your Nile Cruise and sail to Edfu.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today, you will enjoy horse & carriage return ride trip to visit Edfu temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris, considered the best preserved of all Egyptian temples. You will enjoy the temple construction as well as the myths of ancient Egypt. Return to your Nile Cruise, free time to relax on board while sailing to Luxor via Esna, Cross Esna Lock and sail onward towards Luxor

Upon arrival to Luxor, you will start to visit the complex of Karnak Temple. Enjoy walking along the avenue of sphinxes to enter the largest religious site in Egypt, built for Amon-re the official deity of Luxor. Discover the complex as your guide explains the great history of Karnak temple, Pylons, Courts, Hall of Columns, obelisks, Sanctuary etc.

Continue to visit Luxor temple, once was joined to the temple of Karnak by 3 km long Avenue of Sphinx, a portion of which marks the entrance to Luxor temple. Where there are two enormous statues of Ramses II still stand, along with a pink granite obelisk. (Its mate stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France). Continue on to an enormous interior courtyard, where the Mosque of Abu Haggag stood atop the ruins of the temple. At the rear of the temple is the Sun Court of Amenhotep III, as well as the Bark Shrine that was rebuilt by Alexander the Great. After finished, transfer to your Nile Cruise to relax and overnight in Luxor

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembarkation after breakfast, start to visit the Valley of the Kings, the burial place of the kings of Thebes “Luxor” for almost 500 years during the New Kingdom from 1550 BC till 1080 BC. It was here that the bodies of great pharaohs were once laid to rest. You will visit 3 tombs of the most famous pharaohs. Whilst here, you can also visit the tomb of the golden Pharaoh Tutankhamun (Extra ticket on spot).

Drive to visit the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, One of Egypt’s rare female pharaohs, Hatshepsut is considered by historians to have been one of the most successful rulers of ancient Egypt. The unique temple has 3 terraces following each other and built at the bottom of al Qurna mountain cliff on the west bank of Luxor.

Returning to Luxor there will be time for a brief photo stop at the two Colossi of Memnon, the only remains of the funerary temple of King Amenhotep III (1390 to 1354 BC).

After finished, you will be transferred to Luxor airport for your flight Luxor to Cairo. Where you will be met and assisted by Nile Holiday representative and transfer to your hotel in Cairo & free time to Relax

A spectacular hot air balloon flight over the west bank of the Nile is also available today (expect another early start to catch sunrise as the balloon rises).

Meals: Breakfast

After 7 exhilarating days of your Cairo and Nile cruise tour package, it will be time to share your journey with people back home. A guide will be waiting for you after your breakfast and transfer to the Cairo International Airport for your Cairo departure flight.

Meals: Breakfast