7-Day Egypt Nile River Cruise: Cairo & Luxor Tour

itinerary

• Arrival at the airport.
• Assistance and transfer to the hotel.
• Free time to explore the city.
• Check-in/Accommodation at the hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit to the Giza Plateau, including the three Great Pyramids (Cheops, Khafre, and Menkaure) and the Great Sphinx.
• Free time for photography.
• Visit the Papyrus Museum to learn about artisanal papyrus making.
• Lunch at a local restaurant.
• Free afternoon or an optional guided tour.
  • Optional: Visit to the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
  • Optional: Visit to the Citadel of Saladin.
  • Optional: Visit to the Alabaster Mosque (Mosque of Muhammad Ali).
• Accommodation at the hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Flight to Aswan (early morning transfer and departure).
• Boarding and Check-in on the cruise ship.
• Visit to the Unfinished Obelisk at the ancient granite quarries.
• Visit to the Aswan High Dam, overlooking Lake Nasser.
• Free afternoon or an optional excursion.
  • Optional: Felucca ride on the Nile.
  • Optional: Visit to the Philae Temple (Temple of Isis).
• Full board and overnight stay on the ship.

• Full board meals on the ship.
• Free morning or a major optional excursion.
  • Optional: Early morning coach trip to the Temples of Abu Simbel (Great Temple of Ramses II and Temple of Hathor/Nefertari).
• Navigation towards Kom Ombo.
• Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, a unique symmetrical temple dedicated to the gods Sobek and Haroeris.
• Visit the Crocodile Museum, featuring archaeological remains related to ancient crocodile worship.
• Navigation to Edfu.
• Overnight stay on board the ship.

• Full board meals on the ship.
• Visit the Temple of Edfu, a well-preserved temple dedicated to the god Horus.
• Crossing the Esna Lock, an essential navigation point to manage the river’s 10-meter elevation change.
• Navigation toward Luxor.
• Overnight stay on board the ship.

• Breakfast on the ship and disembarkation.
• Visit to the Valley of the Kings, the ancient necropolis of New Kingdom pharaohs (tomb interiors included, excluding Tutankhamun).
• Visit to the Colossi of Memnon, two massive 18-meter stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.
• Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut), a unique multi-level mortuary temple built into the mountainside.
• Transfer to the airport and flight back to Cairo.
• Arrival and transfer to the hotel.
• Overnight stay in Cairo.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free time until the scheduled departure.
• Transfer to Cairo International Airport.
• Boarding for your return flight.