Do you believe the myth that feeling obsessed with the glorious ancient Egypt civilization means that you have Egyptian origins and that great pharaohs are now inviting you to visit your ancestors? Feel the glamor of Egypt and reveal the hidden secrets of the ancient civilization of Egypt. Touch the great Pyramids and sail the majestic Nile River between Aswan and Luxor and let our professional guides take care of all your arrangements. Try new assortments of delicious local flavored as well as world-class continental dishes. Enjoy the fabulous hospitality, comfort and entertainment.
- Discover the sprinkled mysteries and treasures of ancient wonderful Egypt.
- Relax and breath in the fresh air amidst date plantations and small farms.
- Sail down the history from millennia-old temples to contemporary sophisticated services.
- Your Egyptologist guides will provide undivided attention, telling you what the fact is and what the legend is of the ancient civilization of Egypt.
- Let’s customize your tour to perfection and leave it to us to arrange everything for you.
Itinerary
Meals: None (on your own)
Highlight: Seamless airport arrival and check-in.
Summary: Upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport (CAI), our representative will greet you after baggage claim and assist with your transfer to your luxury hotel for a smooth check-in. The rest of the day is yours to relax and acclimate.
Itinerary in Brief:
- Arrive at Cairo International Airport (CAI).
- Meet & Greet by our English-speaking representative after passport control.
- Private transfer to your 5-star hotel in Cairo.
- Assisted check-in at the hotel.
- Evening at your leisure to recover from your journey.
Overnight: 5-Star Hotel in Cairo (Hilton Grand Nile, Helnan Dream or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Highlight: Standing before the Pyramids & Sphinx.
Summary: Today, you step into antiquity, exploring the last remaining wonder of the ancient world. The adventure continues at the revolutionary Grand Egyptian Museum before immersing you in the a wonderful oriental night with gala-dinner and folklore show aboard a floating restaurant.
Itinerary in Brief:
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Meet your expert Egyptologist guide in the lobby.
- Full-day tour of the Giza Plateau: see the Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, and the Great Sphinx.
- Enjoy a included lunch at a local restaurant.
- Visit the spectacular Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
- Return to your hotel for a little break and refreshment before embarking to attend our complimentary welcome gala-dinner on a floating restaurant in Cairo.
Overnight: 5-Star Hotel in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Highlight: Exploring the colossal Karnak Temple Complex.
Summary: After a short flight to Luxor, your Nile journey starts towards south. Upon arrival, you will check-in to your luxury Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan. In the afternoon, discover the East Bank of Luxor, home to the vast Karnak Temple and the elegant Luxor Temple.
Itinerary in Brief:
- Morning: Breakfast at your hotel then transfer to Airport to take the flight to Luxor.
- Upon arrival to Luxor, our guide will transfer you to the Nile Cruise for check-in.
- Lunch on board.
- Afternoon tour of Luxor’s East Bank with your Egyptologist guide including:
- Karnak Temple Complex: Explore the largest religious building ever constructed, including the breathtaking Great Hypostyle Hall.
- Luxor Temple: Discover this beautiful temple, wonderfully preserved in the heart of the modern city.
- Return to your cruise ship.
- Dinner and overnight on board, docked in Luxor.
Overnight: Your 5-Star Nile Cruise.
Karnak Temple: A City of the Gods
Karnak is not merely a temple; it is a vast complex that was built, enlarged, and enriched by over 30 pharaohs across 1,500 years. Walking through its entrance is an overwhelming experience. You will pass through a forest of 134 massive columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall, a place designed to make any human feel humble in the presence of the gods. It is the largest religious site from the ancient world and an epic, open-air history book of Pharaonic power, devotion, and architectural genius.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Highlight: Descending into a royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings and exploring the unique architecture of Hatshepsut’s Temple.
Summary: Begin a warm day with an optional sunrise panoramic view from a bird-eye angle by riding a hot-air-balloon. Then, you’ll cross the Nile to explore the legendary West Bank—the vast necropolis of ancient Thebes. Discover the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the towering terraces of Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple, and the colossal statues of Memnon then return back to your Nile cruise for lunch, relax and dinner.
Itinerary in Brief:
- Pre-Dawn Option: Hot Air Balloon Ride over the West Bank of Luxor (optional, additional cost).
- Breakfast on board the Nile cruise.
- Full-day tour of the West Bank with your Egyptologist guide:
- Valley of the Kings: Descend into the intricately decorated tombs of the pharaohs (entry to 3 tombs included).
- Temple of Hatshepsut: Admire the stunning multi-level mortuary temple carved into the cliff face.
- Colossi of Memnon: See the two massive stone statues of Amenhotep III.
- Back to the Nile cruise for dinning and relaxing.
Overnight: Aboard your 5* Nile cruise.
A Deeper Look at Today’s Wonders
Valley of the Kings: The Pharaohs’ Final Resting Place
This sun-blasted valley is far more than it seems. Beneath the dust lie the elaborately decorated tombs of 63 pharaohs, including the famous Tutankhamun. Descending into these underground complexes is a profound experience. The walls, covered in vibrant hieroglyphs from the Book of the Dead, were designed to guide the pharaohs through the afterlife. This is a place of profound history and mystery.
Temple of Hatshepsut: A Woman Who Ruled as King
The mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut is an architectural marvel. Its unique, modern-looking terraces seem to grow directly from the towering limestone cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. It is a testament to the ambition and power of a female pharaoh who defied tradition to rule one of Egypt’s greatest empires.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Highlight: Exploring the incredibly well-preserved Temple of Edfu and Kom Ombo Temple.
Summary: Your Nile journey continues south towards Aswan with a visit to the best-preserved temple in Egypt. After exploring Edfu, you will sail on to Kom Ombo to discover its magnificent temple.
Itinerary in Brief:
- Morning: Disembark to visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu.
- Return to the ship for breakfast as you continue sailing towards Aswan.
- Lunch on board.
- Afternoon tour to Kom Ombo Temple.
- Back to your Nile cruise for relaxing and dinning.
Overnight: Your 5-Star Nile Cruise.
A Deeper Look at Today’s Wonders
The Temple of Edfu: A Sanctuary Frozen in Time
Dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, the Temple of Edfu is the second-largest temple in Egypt and arguably the best-preserved. Because it was buried under sand for centuries, its magnificent hieroglyphics, grand pylons, and inner sanctuaries remain in stunning condition. Walking through its halls feels like stepping directly into the living world of the Ptolemaic pharaohs. It is a complete and awe-inspiring monument that offers an unparalleled glimpse into ancient Egyptian religion and architecture.
The Temple of Kom Ombo: A Tale of Two Dieties
The Temple of Kom Ombo is architecturally unique, perfectly symmetrical and dedicated to two deities simultaneously. One side honors Sobek, the crocodile-headed deity of fertility and creator of the world. The other side is for Haroeris (Horus the Elder), the falcon-headed sky deity. This rare double design offers a fascinating insight into the complex nature of ancient Egyptian religion. Don’t miss the adjacent Crocodile Museum, which displays mummified crocodiles, once revered as earthly manifestations of Sobek.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Highlights: Abu Simbel Temple- Philae Temple
Summary: Choose to pick our optional tour to Abu Simbel by an AC vehicle with expert Egyptologist tour guide or enjoy a relaxed morning floating aboard your cruise. In the afternoon ride a felucca to explore Phiale Temple.
Itinerary Brief:
- Breakfast on board your cruise or early morning tour to Abu Simbel Temple and back.
- Lunch on your cruise.
- Viti to Philae Temple, a sample of Ancient Egyptian – Ancient Greco-Roman fusion in arts and architecture.
- Free evening time soaking in old city of Aswan and its authentic markets or visit a Nubian village to experience the deeply rooted culture of local Nubians (optional tour on extra cost).
- Dinner on board.
Overnight: Your 5-star deluxe Nile Cruise
About Temple of Philae
The Philae sanctuary is also alluded to as the hallowed Temple of Isis situated in Aswan. It turned into a way preferred and far discussed clarification for concentrate for Victorian painters on account of it perfectly cut out evenness, it’s one among Egypt’s most revered belonging. It sits on the Agilika islands today on account of the very truth that it looked close to obliteration by the Lake Nasser however was spared by UNESCOs ideal intervention. The sanctuary despite everything holds the conventional religion of Isis yet on the island, you’ll additionally find the Kiosk of Trajan, the Temple Of Hathor and different structures from the Byzantine and Roman times. A few vacationers will wind up here after they’re finished going round Abu Simbel yet in the event that you might want a straight outing you’ll simply take a visit by transport from Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Highlight: The High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk.
Summary: Your today’s adventure begins after breakfast with visits the monumental Aswan High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk.
Itinerary in Brief:
- Breakfast on board your Nile cruise then check-out.
- Visit to the Aswan High Dam.
- The Unfinished Obelisk.
- Option to visit kitchener botanical gardens (highly recommended).
- Complimentary lunch in a fine local restaurant.
- Transfer to Airport to fly back to Cairo.
Overnight: Your 5-Star hotel in Cairo.
About Unfinished Obelisk
Once you think about a town where the most straight forward rocks where mined in old Egypt, at that point there is no other spot than in Aswan. These rocks were mined and used in making pillars, sculptures, pyramids and to decorate sanctuaries. Despite the fact that we aren’t excessively certain about the whole procedure used in making rock pillars in past, the monstrous incomplete monolith which is arranged at the northernmost a piece of the quarries gives us a little insight. If this incomplete work had been done it may are the heaviest etched work by the Egyptians from a touch of stone. It at present gauges thousand 100 and sixty-eight tons. You’ll get the opportunity to guide down strides into the quarry where the disappointed stone carver had surrendered it on account of a blemish that couldn’t be adjusted. you may see pictographs. to inclination to the quarries, which are situated inverse the Fatimid graveyard you’d have to take a 1.5 km venture faraway from the town.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Highlight: Exploring the ancient mosques of the Citadel and walking in the footsteps of the Holy Family in Old Cairo then soak in the world’s oldest vivid market “Khan El Khalili”.
Summary: Delve into the rich tapestry of faiths that have shaped Egypt. This day is a journey through centuries of devotion, from the soaring minarets and monumental architecture of iconic mosques to the ancient churches of Coptic Cairo, built along the path of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt.
Itinerary in Brief:
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Meet your private guide to begin your cultural exploration.
- Islamic Cairo Tour: Visit the historic mosques near the Citadel
- Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan: A masterpiece of Mamluk architecture.
- Al-Refai Mosque: The royal mausoleum facing Sultan Hassan.
- Lunch at a local restaurant.
- Coptic Cairo Tour: Explore the ancient, walled quarter of Old Cairo:
- The Hanging Church: The most famous Coptic church, suspended over a Roman gatehouse.
- Church of St. Sergius: A 4th-century church built where the Holy Family is believed to have sheltered.
- Ben Ezra Synagogue: Egypt’s oldest synagogue, with a history spanning over a millennium.
- After a happy break enjoying lunch at a local restaurant, test your bargaining talent shopping perfumes, spices, replica and antiques in Khan El Khalili Bazaar.
Overnight: Your 5* hotel in Cairo.
A Deeper Look at Today’s Wonders
Islamic Cairo: A Skyline of Faith
Step into the world of the Mamluk sultans. The Mosque of Sultan Hassan is not just a place of worship; it is a monumental theological school whose scale and perfection will leave you in awe. Directly opposite, the Al-Refai Mosque serves as its elegant counterpart and the final resting place of Egypt’s last shahs.
Coptic Cairo: Where the Holy Family Walked
Descend into the oldest part of the city, a peaceful enclave where the air is thick with history. The Hanging Church is a marvel of engineering, built atop the gatehouse of a Roman fortress. A short walk away, the Church of St. Sergius (Abu Serga) allows you to descend into the crypt where the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—are believed to have found refuge. This area is a powerful testament to Egypt’s deep and enduring Christian heritage.
Meals: Breakfast
Highlight: Enjoy a relaxed day at your pace or you might still have more passion to discover Egypt. If so, we recommend you Saqqara to see the revolutionary Step Pyramid, the very first pyramid ever built.
Itinerary in Brief for optional tour:
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Meet your private Egyptologist guide in the lobby.
- Exploration of Saqqara:
- The Step Pyramid of Djoser: Discover the world’s oldest stone monument, designed by the genius architect Imhotep.
- View other noble tombs and mastabas within the vast site.
- Lunch at a hand-picked local restaurant.
- Return to your hotel in Cairo for an evening at leisure.
Overnight: Your 5* hotel in Cairo.
A Deeper Look at Today’s Wonders
Saqqara: Where the Pyramid Was Born
Before the smooth sides of Giza, there was Saqqara. Here, the visionary architect Imhotep designed the Step Pyramid for Pharaoh Djoser, creating the world’s first monumental stone structure and changing architecture forever. Walking through this vast necropolis is like exploring a sprawling, open-air museum of architectural evolution, offering profound context for the marvels you witnessed before at Giza.
Meals: Breakfast
Highlight: A final, leisurely Egyptian breakfast before your smooth and assisted transfer to the airport.
Summary: Your comprehensive 10-day Egyptian odyssey concludes after breakfast. Enjoy your final moments in Cairo before we provide a seamless private transfer to Cairo International Airport for your flight home, ensuring you depart with ease and a treasure trove of unforgettable memories.
Itinerary in Brief:
- Breakfast at your hotel.
- Check out of your hotel.
- Private transfer to Cairo International Airport (CAI) for your final departure flight.
- Assisted with luggage and check-in procedures.
Overnight: N/A (Departure)
A Final Farewell
As your journey from the Mediterranean to the Nile and the Red Sea comes to a close, you take with you more than photographs. You carry the legacy of the pharaohs, the serenity of the river, and the warmth of the Egyptian sun.
Thank you for allowing us to guide you through the heart of our ancient land. We are honored to have been a part of your adventure and hope to welcome you back to Egypt someday.
Ma’a as-salama! (Go in peace!)
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