Egypt Pyramids and Nile Cruise

Egypt Pyramids and Nile Cruise

A fascinating opportunity to enjoy all that Egypt has to offer on this 8 day tour to Egypt including Cairo and Nile Cruise. Starting from Cairo to explore the spectacular Pyramids and old Cairo before heading down by the sleeper train to Aswan to enjoy a breathtaking sailing experience aboar a beaituful Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival Cairo – Welcome to Egypt

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Your tour manager from Sun Pyramids Tours will meet and assist you upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures), then he will escort you to your hotel in Cairo by an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel the tour manager will assist you with a smooth check-in and review your private budget vacation itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for your tours. Overnight in Cairo.

Welcome Drink

No meals included on this day.
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Day 2: Cairo Sightseeing – Train to Aswan

Pass By: Aswan, Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo before checking out, then your personal tour guide will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx, and Valley temple facing the great statue. Have your Lunch at good quality local restaurant, then move to visit the Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen. Continue your tour to Coptic Cairo to see Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Hanging Church. By the evening time you will be driven to the area of Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. Later, you will be transferred to Giza train station to get the sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board. Overnight inside your compartment.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours

Pass By: Aswan, Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
Upon your arrival at Aswan train station, you will be met and assisted by Sun Pyramids Tours representative who will transfer you to embark your Nile River boat. Enjoy Lunch on board, then you will be guided to visit the famous High Dam, The awesome Philae temple, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor , and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk. Back to the cruise with Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

Pass By: Edfu, Edfu, Nile River Valley
By the morning you will enjoy Sailing to Kom Ombo while getting breakfast on board. Arrive Kom Ombo to visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Back to your Nile boat to sail to Edfu with lunch on board, after that move to visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Enjoy an afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

Pass By: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
In the early morning you will sail to Luxor with enjoying breakfast on board, then set out from your cruise to visit the West Bank of Luxor, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut approximately in the 15th century BC , at El-Deir El-Bahari and Colossi of Memnon. Back to the Nile Cruise and have Lunch on board. Enjoy an afternoon tea aboard the Nile boat. Dinner on board and Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise – Train to Cairo

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Breakfast aboard the cruise before disembarkation, and then you will be accompanied by your tour guide to see the Karnak temple and Luxor temple at the East bank of Luxor. Later you will be transferred to Luxor train station to get the sleeper train back to Cairo. Dinner would be served on board the sleeper train. Overnight in your private compartment ( twin beds).

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 7: Cairo Optional Excursions

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Breakfast aboard sleeper train before arriving Giza train station, where you will be met and assisted by Sun Pyramids Tours representative who will transfer you to your hotel for free time at leisure( you will check into your room as early as possible ). There are some optional excursions available in Cairo to visit Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Saqqara and Memphis. Overnight stay at your hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 8: Cairo – Fly Back Home

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Breakfast at the hotel in Cairo, with free time before your flight. Check out and then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for final departure.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation

Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel and Spa

Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise

Note : If the mentioned cruise or the hotel are not available, the company has the right to change to any cruise or hotel, as long as it is of same category.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.