Pyramids And Nile Cruise Holidays

Upon your arrival at Cairo Airport, We will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport and then transfer by A/C vehicle to your hotel. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo

Meals: Welcome Drink

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then met by your tour guide who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. See the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, drive to visit the Valley temple and the great Sphinx of Giza.

Lunch at a good quality local restaurant. And then, transfer to enjoy the Egyptian Museum that houses the world’s largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and the treasures of the golden pharaoh Tutankhamen. Continue to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. Enjoy free time at leisure and then Transfer to Giza train station for your overnight sleeper train to Luxor (9/11 Hours), Dinner will be served at your Train compartment

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast at your train compartment, upon arrival in Luxor, pick up to visit Luxor sightseeing of the East Bank of the River Nile. Visit the magnificent Temples of Karnak, dating back over 3,000 years. Walk along the avenue of the Sphinxes and marvel at the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 massive sandstone columns.

Proceed to visit Luxor Temple to admire the colossal statues of the great pharaoh Ramses II.  After exploring these two ancient structures, embark on the Nile Cruise. Lunch on board and free afternoon at Leisure and overnight onboard your Nile Cruise in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You’ll have an early breakfast on board, and then head out to visit the west bank of the River Nile in Luxor. Start at the Colossi of Memnon, are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1390–1354 BC).

Head out to visit one of the most famous archeological sites in the world, the remote and barren Valley of the Kings, used for royal burials for nearly 500 years, where the bodies of great pharaohs such as Ramses II, Ramses III and Thutmose III were once laid to rest and where the mummified remains of the boy king Tutankhamen are still on display.

Continue to visit the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri, was built into the face of steep cliffs at the basin. Both the setting and the construction of her temple make it unique among the landmarks of Egypt. Hatshepsut is considered by historians to have been one of the most successful rulers of ancient Egypt.

Return to the ship for lunch, and continue sailing onward this afternoon to Edfu, enjoying a leisurely dinner onboard.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast on board, you’ll stop for a visit the stunning Temples of Horus in Edfu, considered one of the best preserved of all the Egyptian Temples. It was built during the Ptolemaic times and was completed over a 180-year period. The temple is dedicated to the falcon god Horus, son of Isis and Osiris.

Return to the Cruise ship and then sail to Kom Ombo, Late Afternoon, you will visit the imposing Greco-Roman Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to Horus, the sky god and Sobek, the crocodile god. Admire the fascinating detailed reliefs on the walls. Return to the ship and sail on to Aswan. Dinner & overnight onboard

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Spend the morning at leisure, or join the optional to Abu Simbel Temples. An early morning bus ride from Aswan transports you back in time to the mighty Temples of Abu Simbel, reclaimed from the floodwaters of the Aswan High Dam and totally reconstructed in the present location. The site is dominated by the looming twin temples of Ramses II and his wife Queen Nefertari. It is one of the most recognizable ancient sites of Egypt.

Afternoon, enjoy a relaxing Felucca Ride in Aswan and have a fantastic sailing experience around Elephantine Island. Dinner on board, overnight on board your Nile Cruise in Aswan

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, enjoy Aswan sightseeing. Start with the Unfinished Obelisk, the largest known ancient obelisk. If completed, it would have measured around 42 metres and would have weighed nearly 1,090 tonnes. Proceed to Aswan High Dam, an engineering miracle when originally constructed in the 1960s to control the Nile flooding and generate hydroelectricity. Continue to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor.

Then, head to Aswan airport for your flight to Cairo. Pick up and transfer to your hotel. Tonight, enjoy a Farewell Dinner with your fellow travelers

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel with free time at your leisure, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure, or extend your trip with a memorable optional extension in Cairo, Alexandria and Sharm el Sheikh.

Meals: Breakfast