8. From Cairo: 8-Day Tour to Luxor and Aswan with Nile Cruise
Day 1: Arrival Cairo
will escort you to the hotel
Welcome Drink
Day 2: Cairo
Breakfast at your hotel. then go to visit the Great Pyramids ,Sphinx & Valley temple. Lunch. Then head to the Egyptian Museum. Continue to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church & Ben Ezra Synagogue. Continue to Islamic Cairo, Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. Later transfer to Giza train station
Meals: B, L, D
Day 3: Cairo to Luxor
Check out from hotel in the morning then transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight with EGYPTAIR to Luxorwhere you will be met and assisted, then taken by an air-conditioned vehicle to board your Egypt Nile cruise to check in. After lunch on board, enjoy a visit to the impressive Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. Dinner and overnight on board Nile cruise.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 4: Luxor
After breakfast on your Nile cruise, 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 in the 15th century BC. Head to the Colossi of Memnon. After lunch, you will sail to Edfu enjoying a leisurely dinner on board. Overnight on board Nile Cruise.
Optional Hot Air Balloon Tour: A hot air balloon is an incredible way to see the “world’s largest open-air museum. Tour will carry you over Luxor’s ruins and temples in the beautiful morning light. The price of hot air balloon is 99$ Per Person.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 5: Luxor
After breakfast on Nile Cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. Have your lunch on board. Continue sailing to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board your Nile Cruise.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 6: Aswan
After breakfast on Nile cruise, enjoy a day’s sightseeing in Aswan. Start with the High Dam and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk, proceeding to the beautiful Temple of Philae, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor. Dinner and overnight on board deluxe Nile Cruise.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 7: Aswan to Cairo
Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, then transfer to Aswan Airport for your return to Cairo where you will be met and assisted at the airport then taken to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Optional tour to enjoy Abu Simbel temples, which were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari. The price of Abu Simbel tour is $85 per person.
Meals: B
Day 8: Fly Back Home
Breakfast at the hotel with free time at your leisure, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.
Meals: B
Accommodation:
Hilton Zamalek Residences
Radamis Nile cruse