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Duration
10 Days
Available Date
Every Day
Tour Type
Private Tour
Languages
All Language
- Overview
This trip will cover Cairo & Giza Attractions (The Three Pyramids, The Great Sphinx, The Egyptian Museum,) – Old Cairo (Salah Al Din Citadel, Shopping Tour) – Coptic Cairo ( Old Cairo Churches)
3 Nights on board 5 star Cruise including: Luxor Attractions (Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Karnak & Luxor Temples). Aswan Attractions (Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo Temple, The High Dam, Temple of Philae)
Free Day at leisure in Hurghada City.
- Itinerary
10 Days /9 Nights
Welcome to Cairo! Your tour begins when you are greeted by our representative. After you have collected your luggage, he will take you in your deluxe Private vehicle to your Cairo hotel.
Overnight: Hotel in Cairo
In the morning, after having your breakfast you will join your private professional Egyptologist tour guide to explore The Three Pyramids of Giza and The Great Sphinx: the most famous monuments of not only ancient Egypt but of the entire ancient world!
In the afternoon you will be taken to The Egyptian Museum, which display a rare collection of 5000 years of art. Over 250,000 Genuine ancient Egyptian artifacts are presented. You will have the option to gaze at the wonders of King Tutankhamen, including his golden death mask; stare upon the mummies of some of Egypt's ancient pharaohs (optional).
Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel), Lunch (will be served in local restaurant)
Overnight: Hotel in Cairo
After breakfast, you will check out and our representative will escort you to the airport for your flight to Aswan (approximately 1 hour).
Upon arrival, you will be met and assisted by our representative who will transfer you to your cruise boat: your floating hotel for your next 3 nights.
You will be driven to see The High Dam, the world's largest rock-filled dam, the Temple of Philae which was moved to the new island of Agilika after the waters of Lake Nasser flooded its original location on Philae.
Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel), Lunch & Dinner (On the Nile Cruise)
Overnight: Deluxe Nile Cruise
After Enjoying your breakfast, you will sail onward to Kom Ombo Temple, dedicated to the gods Horus and Sobek.
After the visit, you will be taken back to the boat for your lunch while it sails onward to Edfu, home of the best-preserved temple in Egypt: The Temple of Edfu or Temple of Horus, one of the most beautiful and preserved Temples in Egypt. Its origins likely date back to the Second Intermediate Period, but the actual Temple only dates back to Ptolemaic times. The construction work began during the reign of Ptolemy III (about 237 BC) and was finished during the reign of Ptolemy IV. Some other additions were made by other Ptolemaic Kings and the Roman Emperor Augustus. The temple's construction, in addition to its additions, inscriptions, and reliefs took about 180 years!
Afterward, you will be back to the Cruise for having your dinner while it sails to Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (On the Nile Cruise)
Overnight: Deluxe Nile Cruise
After your first breakfast on board, it is time to visit the West Bank of Luxor:
- The tombs of the New Kingdom Pharaohs are in the Valley of the Kings, which is an astounding location where 62 Pharaohs are buried. This was a secret place, where sentries guarded the entrance, as well as the tops of the hills to discourage tomb robbers.
- The magnificent Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahri, which is one of the most distinctive temples in all of Egypt. It was built of limestone, not sandstone like most of the other funerary temples of the New Kingdom period.
After this visit to the Theban "City of the Dead", you will be taken back to your boat for your lunch, and to have some relaxation onboard.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (On the Nile Cruise)
Overnight: Deluxe Nile Cruise
You will have your final breakfast on the boat before you have to check out, then you will be driven with your Egyptologist tour guide to visit the magnificent Karnak Temple, which was, at its peak, the largest and most important religious complex in ancient Egypt. The most significant structure, and the largest religious building ever built, is the Temple of Amun-Ra, considered to be where that god lived on earth with his wife, Mut, and son, Khonsu, who also have temples at the site.
Then you will head to Luxor Temples, which was not built-in adoration to a god or to a god figure of the kings and pharaohs, but was built in dedication to the rejuvenation of kingship. Many kings might have had they crowning at the Temple of Luxor, whether crowned in reality or conceptually as in the case of Alexander the Great, who claimed he was crowned at Luxor although facts contradict appear that he had never traveled south of Memphis which is considered the modern city of Cairo.
After the day tour ends, you will be driven, in our air-conditioned vehicle, to Hurghada, where you will check-in at your hotel upon arrival.
Meals: Breakfast (On the Nile Cruise) – Dinner (in Hurghada Hotel)
Overnight: Hotel in Hurghada
A full day for sunbathing, exploring, shopping or taking up some of the many water sports activities that Hurghada has to offer. There will be opportunities for snorkeling, diving, and other water sports activities.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner (in Hurghada hotel)
Overnight: Hotel in Hurghada
Another Free Day at leisure. At Evening transfer to Hurghada airport for flight to Cairo. Upon arrival, our representative will drive you to your Hotel in Cairo
Meals: Breakfast (in Hurghada hotel)
Overnight: Hotel in Cairo
After breakfast, your licensed Egyptologist will take you to the Citadel of Saladin, the fortress built between 1176 and 1183 AD, to protect Cairo from the Crusaders and rebuilt by Muhammad Ali Pasha, whose Mosque is a "must see". It’s a majestic work of art, constructed to be a replica of a blue mosque in Istanbul.
From here you will be taken on a tour of Cairo famous Churches, including: The Hanging Church and The Church of St. George the Martyr, 2 churches built into the walls of the Fort of Babylon and its remains could be Cairo's oldest structures; and The Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius), where, it is said, the Holy Family took shelter in a cave, with the church being erected here to commemorate this. This whole area is a world-famous destination for Pilgrims.
Before being driven back to your hotel you will have free shopping tour in some magical souvenir’s shops.
Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel), Lunch (will be served in local restaurant)
Overnight: Hotel in Cairo
Your final day starts with breakfast at the hotel followed by check-out. You will then be transferred to the airport for your final departure.
Meals: Breakfast (in your hotel)
- Included & Excluded
- All Airport Pick-Ups and Drop-Offs
- Meet and assist in all destinations
- Transportation in Modern A/C private vehicles
- 4 nights' Accommodation at Cairo Hotel on Bed & Breakfast basis
- 3 nights' Accommodation on Deluxe Nile Cruise on Full Board Basis (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
- 2 nights' Accommodation at Hurghada Hotel on Half Board Basis (Breakfast and Dinner)
- Lunches in Local Restaurants (without drinks) as mentioned in the itinerary
- Licensed Egyptologist tour guide
- Entrance fees to all sightseeing
- All Domestic Flight Tickets
- All service charges and taxes
- International flight tickets & airfare
- Egypt Entry Visa
- Meals and beverages not mentioned in inclusions
- Tipping to Guide, Driver etc.
- Personal expenses
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