8-Day Egypt Tour: Cairo’s Treasures & Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan

Enjoy our pickup service at Cairo Airport. Have your seat in the air-conditioned vehicle.

Go ahead to the Grand Egyptian Museum with the accompaniment of your friendly, expert Egyptologist.

Grand Egyptian Museum Tour 

• Meet this hanging obelisk; exclusively here, you can see how the base of the giant obelisks seem! 
• See the giant statue of Ramses II in the entrance after scanning your ticket, and then wander amid this unique museum that is considered a time capsule.
• The daily life, afterworld beliefs, gods, and royal life from the prehistoric eras up to the new kingdom are represented in front of you in 11 halls teeming with rare treasures and statues with features that make you feel like they are real people; you stand in complete amazement at artifacts from the heart of ancient Egypt.
• Your Egyptologist tells you the facts of each piece, feeling you as if you are riding a time machine.

Lunchtime 

At Felfela Restaurant, with its amazing local atmosphere, enjoy a high-quality, freshly cooked Egyptian crusion.

Go ahead to the hotel in Cairo for check-in.

Relish a relaxing time.

Your Egyptologist meets you at the hotel lobby for a dinner on a top-class cruise deck. Enjoy the romantic view of the Nile.

Have a restful night in the hotel.

Giza Pyramids & Great Sphinx, Step Pyramid Complex, and Memphis 

Savor the tasty breakfast at the hotel. 

Meet your Egyptologist at the hotel lobby for departure by air-conditioned vehicle, going ahead to the Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Saqqara Complex

• Visit the Unas Pyramid to find the first pyramid text surrounds you. 
• Arrive at the Tomb of Idot, which is teeming with vibrant views of ancient Egypt's daily life.
• Meet the first limestone structure in humanity, the Saqqara pyramid of Djoser. The inspiring spot of building the pyramids in history.
• You can visit the Step Pyramid from inside, meeting the statue of Djoser and knowing the mysteries around this pyramid.

Memphis Day Tour

• Visit the first capital of ancient united Egypt; here the palace of the pharaonic king and the government buildings of ancient Egypt are located.
• Here also, three branches of the Nile were running; Uncover how ancient Egypt was, and meet the Colossi of Ramses II.

Giza Pyramids Plateau Visit 

• Leave the vehicle at the entrance and scan the ticket, arriving at the Pyramid of Cheops.
• A unique feeling to immerse in when meeting this pyramid.
• Let your Egyptologist tell you all the mysteries around this pyramid and the secret behind how it was built! Were the builders giants?! What about the hidden energy inside it and the relation between that and the tunnels beneath it?! 

Move to the Three Pyramids of the Queens; there, you can uncover the reality of ancient Egypt towards the women!

• See the holes of the royal boats; they are called solar boats also. So, did they sail in the Nile to transfer the kings' mummies to the pyramids, or was there another role of these boats related to the afterlife world?! Explore with your Egyptologist.
• Explore the Purification Temple, and go ahead to this causeway; you are in the heart of history, living unique moments of purifying the Kings’ mummies.
• Visit the tombs of the pyramid builders.
  
  • Arrive at the Pyramid of Chephren, which enables you to see the pyramids once they were built.
  • Cross through the Menkaure Pyramid, uncovering the full story of the hidden energy of the Giza Pyramids.
  • See the full view of the Giza Pyramids at the Panorama of the Plateau, taking the best photos ever.
  • Arrive at the spot where the ancient Egyptians were mummified in the Valley Temple.
  • Meet the Great Statue of Sphinx; a great surprise is waiting for you there with new mysteries about ancient Egypt embodied in front of your eyes.

  
  At the highest-class restaurant with a panoramic view of the Giza Pyramids, savor one of the top local Egyptian foods.

  Relish your restful night in the hotel.

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Salah El-Din Citadel, Al-Moez Street, and Khan El-Khalili Bazaar

Meet your Egyptologist at the hotel lobby after breakfast, and then go ahead to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

• One of the most beautiful museums about ancient Egypt.
• Go around two halls; the first means to meet those great kings and queens who had built ancient Egypt, including Hatshepsut, Ahmose, Ramesses II, Thutmose I, Thutmose II, and Thutmose III.
• The second hall shows more than 50,000 artifacts from the prehistoric eras of ancient Egypt until recent history, crossing through the Greek, Roman, and Islamic times. Wander amid the shiny treasures of the eras.

Salah El-Din Citadel 

• It was the point from which Egypt was ruled in the Islamic eras for 600 years.
• Wander amid this one of the strongest fortresses in the Middle Ages, and arrive at Panorama, seeing the whole of Cairo, including the Giza Pyramids, and take amazing shots.
• Meet the Mosque of Mohamed Ali with its rich decorations.

Lunchtime at Al-Azhar Park.

Al-Moez Street and Khan El-Khalili Bazaar 

• Move to Al-Moez Street and immerse yourself amid the historical eras; this spot still keeps the full historical atmosphere of the Mamluks and Fatimid eras.
• Go shopping from a market from the Fatimid times, Khan El Khalili.

Relish your night at the hotel.

East Luxor Day Tour

Relish your breakfast meal at the hotel, and then go ahead to Cairo Airport for a cozy transfer to Luxor. Arrive at the largest temple in the globe, Karnak Temple. 

Karnak Temple Day Tour; 

• Enjoy your time and take outstanding shots amid the giant columns covered by vibrant, colorful inscriptions and great statues in 10 edifices, and in the most massive hypostyle hall in the universe with 134 columns. 
• Meet the largest obelisk in the globe built for Hatshepsut, visit the Holy of Holies, cross through the Holy Lake, and immerse yourself amid the ancient Egyptian beliefs in front of the largest scarab found in Egypt. 
• Arrive also in the church of Sekhmet, where more than 1,000 rare pharaonic statues were found.

Nile Cruise for check-in and a high-quality lunch meal on the Cruise Deck

Luxor Temple Visit;

• It is the most iconic attraction in Luxor, which includes the great secrets of the most important kings and queens of ancient Egypt
• Let your Egyptologist tell you the whole story of each spot. 

A relaxing night on the Nile cruise board.

West Luxor Day Tour

A unique breakfast meal on the cruise deck. With the accompaniment of your private Egyptologist via the air-conditioned vehicle, arrive at the west side of Luxor.

Valley of the Kings

• Instead of building the pyramids, the kings of the New Kingdom had decided to build this stage of the royal tombs with amazing colorful inscriptions, teeming with treasures and items for the afterlife world. 
• Is that right? The workers had taken to this place blindfolded!
• Let your Egyptologist accompany you to the best tombs ever and uncover all the mysteries about this unique spot of ancient Egypt.

Temple of Hatshepsut

• Explore this pharaonic architectural miracle with an outstanding facade, where you can take the best photos ever: Hatshepsut Temple.
• Meet this pharaonic woman that ruled Egypt for the first time, seeing its look by meeting her finely carved statues, and also all the business deals and military power she achieved.
• Then discover its truth: Does she really have the right to rule Egypt?! Secrets and facts unfold in front of your eyes.

Colossi of Memnon 

• Meet those giant statues representing Amenhotep III, 18 meters (59 feet) tall.
• Explore the mysteries around those statues that challenged the historical earthquakes to meet you today, including the sounds of crying that come from them!

Return back to the Nile Cruise to have a relaxing time through the rest of the day, tasting delicious lunch and dinner meals.

Edfu and Kom Ombo Day Tour

Exclusive day, by sailing to Edfu. Savor your breakfast.

Arrive at Edfu bank, going with the accompaniment of your Egyptologist with a horse carriage  to Edfu Temple.

• You arrive at the most well-preserved temple and the second largest one in ancient Egypt after Karnak Temple, Edfu Temple. You feel that any time an ancient Egyptian will appear at this unique spot.
• Feel the lazy movement of the Nile while sailing to Kom Ombo with lunch.
• Explore Kom Ombo Temple, which is the only double-faced temple in ancient Egypt. Discover in this temple a pharaonic hospital with the surgical instruments, the best Nielometer, and the only calendar to know how the ancient Egyptians were counting the days for; arrive at the deepest points of this civilization.

Have a relaxing night with dinner on the cruise deck

Philae Temple and Unfinished Obelisk

A cozy sailing to Aswan with breakfast. Arrive at the jewel of ancient Egypt's temples, Philae Temple.

• Take a motorboat after meeting the Nubians for the first time at the Nile Bank, sail and keep the camera on to take the best photos ever while the Philae Temple appears in front of your eyes, and you are in the middle of the Nile.
• Come close and meet the top puzzles and great monuments of ancient Egypt, including the last hieroglyphic text and demotic text from ancient Egypt.
• Find out the facts of pharaonic goddess Hathor in the Mamsi; still, the Egyptians until now kept these beliefs related to the newborn. Learn how!
• Arrive at the Unfinished Obelisk; see how the ancient Egyptians had cut this one piece of hard stone obelisk, transported it to the temples, and illuminated the whole temple by it.
  
  • Meet this largest obelisk, and the ancient Egyptian engineers’ tools are around it in this most important Pharaonic quarry.

  Enjoy a relaxing traditional sailing in Aswan Nile amid the breathtaking islands by a felucca.

   A restful day with lunch and dinner on the 5-star Nile Cruise.

Optional Tour to Abu Simbel 

• Meet the marvelous Abu Simbel Temples with their miraculous facade with the giant statues of Ramses II, 20 meters (66 feet) tall, where you find amid their massive feet the entrance of the temple. 
• Wander amid the giant statues and vibrant inscriptions, meeting a mysterious drawing that represents Ramses as a god, not a just king; how?! Your Egyptologist will tell you the secrets of this unique holy spot of ancient Egypt where you stand. 
• Explore the Nefertari Temple, where a queen's statue takes the same measures as the king’s statue for the first time! 
• Embark to Aswan for a fresh-cooked, delicious lunch meal, going ahead to Aswan airport for a domestic flight to Cairo.

By the air-conditioned vehicle, arrive at the hotel in Cairo for check-in.

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel. Have your seat in the air-conditioned vehicle arriving at the airport to fly home.