Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival to Cairo Airport, meet and assist during formalities, then escort to the hotel, check in, at night optional dinner cruise, then back to the hotel overnight.
Day 2: After breakfast, sightseeing in Giza to visit the pyramids and Sphinx. (Lunch is during the tour). Then heading to the Papyrus institute and the Perfume Factory, then transfer back to the hotel, overnight. (Optional: Dinner cruise in Cairo - 35 U.S.D $)
Day 3: After breakfast, check out & sightseeing in Cairo to visit Egyptian museum, old Cairo (Lunch is during the tour) and Khan El Khalili, then transfer to the train station to catch the train heading to Aswan (first class seating train) overnight at the train.
Day 4: After breakfast check out upon arrival, sightseeing in Aswan to visit the high dam and Philae Temple, then transfer to check in the cruise lunch, then felucca ride around the rocky island of the Nile. After that, optional visit to the Nubian Village where you can experience the daily life and costumes of Upper Egyptians. Then transfer to the cruise, dinner and entertainment on board. Sailing to Kom ombo and over night on board in the cruise.
Day 5: Breakfast, arrival to Kom Ombo and visit the temple of Kom Ombo. The temple is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Haroeris (Horus the Elder). Continue sailing to Edfu, lunch on board. After lunch sightseeing of Edfu temple, the major Ptolemaic temple and the best preserved in Egypt. The temple is dedicated to the falcon god Horus and was built over a 180-year period from 237 BC to 57 BC. Continue sailing to Esna to cross the lock. Dinner and entertainment of Galabia party, sailing to Luxor and over night on board.
Day 6: After breakfast, sightseeing in Luxor to visit the west bank, Queen Hatschepsut temple, valley of the kings, colossi of Memnon, back to the cruise, lunch. At night optional sound and light show at Karnak temple. Then back to the cruise entertainment and over night on board.
Day 7: Breakfast, and check out, then sightseeing of the east bank to visit Karnak and Luxor Temples. Then transfer to the train station to catch the train heading to Aswan (first class seating train) overnight at the train.
Day 8: Upon arrival to Cairo free time for shopping then transfer to Cairo international Airport for final departure.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Meet and assist and round trip transfer Airport/ Hotel/ Airport
- Sightseeing as per mentioned in the enclosed itinerary
- 2 Nights accommodation on B.B basis in Cairo hotel
- 3 Nights accommodation on F.B basis at Nile cruise 5 Stars
- 2 Night accommodation in first class train (Cairo/ Aswan – Luxor/ Cairo)
- All transfers, entrance fees and English speaking guide
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