2 Nights Cairo + 3 Nights Cruise
Day 1: Welcome to Cairo, Egypt:
For your added comfort, upon your arrival at the airport, an airport representative will greet you before passport Control and Escort you through customs and immigration. Continue to the baggage claim hall and passenger arrival area. Here an airport representative will help you connect with your private transfer to your hotel. Enjoy a private airport transfer accompanied by an English-speaking Representative.
Accommodation: At your chosen hotel on Bed & Breakfast basis
Day 2: Full day tour of Pyramids, Sphinx, Egyptian Museum and Khan El-Khalili bazaar
Your Guide will meet you at the hotel to start your sightseeing. Get excited by a wonderful tour to The Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. After seeing the Famous pyramids and getting lots of photos, visit the Valley Temple. The place where the priests mummified the dead body of King Chephren owner of the second pyramid at Giza Plateau. This is the place where you can have a close-up look at the Sphinx, the legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of King Chaperon. The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, also known as the Egyptian Museum, is a veritable treasure trove of Ancient Egypt’s artifacts, with an extensive collection of more than 120,000 items split between its exhibits and storerooms. Delve into the historical background of Egypt on a private tour with your Egyptologist guide through the world’s largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities, admiring the treasures that are stored here for safekeeping. Tie together the grandeur of Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel with a collection of archaeological finds including statues, jewelry, amulets, sarcophagi, papyrus, ancient coins and the stories of famous Egyptologists. Marvel at the exquisite grandeur of the Mask of Tutankhamun and his coffin – Egypt’s most famous teenage king – although his mummy is still in its original tomb in the Valley of the Kings As the day draws to a close, Cairo’s Khan Khalili Bazaar becomes a vibrant scene: a maze of shops lined with souvenirs and antiques, restaurants and coffee shops, workshops, mosques, and food vendors. The sights and sounds intermingle in an enchanting display over wafting aromas of freshly baked bread and roasting meats. Stroll down Al Moaz Street with your private guide, and marvel at the largest concentration of medieval architectural treasures from the Islamic world.
Accommodation: At your chosen hotel on Bed & Breakfast basis.
Day 3: Aswan – Nile Cruise,
After breakfast, check out from hotel. Enjoy a private transfer to Cairo airport. Board a domestic flight to Aswan Upon arrival to Aswan airport, you will be greeted by our representative who will take you to visit The Philae Temple, High Dam and unfinished Obelisk on Private basis
Accommodation: At your chosen Nile Cruise on Full board basis
Day 4: Day Tour to Kom Ombo and Edfu
Enjoy your breakfast on Cruise. Meet your private guide and explore The Kom Ombo Temple on foot, a unique Greco Roman temple dedicated to two gods: Sobek, the crocodile god, and Haroeris, the sun god. The Temple in Kom Ombo dates from about 180 BC, during a period known as the Ptolemaic era, and had some additions built on to it during Roman times. It stands right on the bank of the Nile between Edfu and Aswan. The temple is unusual in that it is a double temple, with one side dedicated to the god Haroesis and the other side to Sobek. The design is almost perfectly symmetrical, with two sidebyside sanctuaries and two parallel passageways leading through the outer parts of the temple. The right side is dedicated to SobekRe (the crocodile god combined with the sun god Re), along with his wife (a form of Hathor) and their son KhonsuHor. The left side is dedicated to Haroeris, the “Good Doctor” (a form of the falconheaded god Horus the Elder) along with his consort TaSentNefer, the “Good Sister” (another form of Hathor).
Later we visit the Edfu temple:
Your private guide will be waiting for you along with a horse carriage. Meet your guide and explore the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Dedicated to Horus, the falcon god, the temple was built from 230 to 57 BC by Ptolemy III and his successors and is considered the best preserved cult temple in Egypt because of its later construction date. Despite its late era origins, it reflects traditional pharaonic architecture, and the Temple’s inscribed building texts provides an excellent idea of how all the temples once looked, with details about its construction. It fell into disuse as a religious monument when the Roman Empire banned all non Christian worship within the Empire in 391. Edfu is an impressive temple, and is the second largest in Egypt after Karnak Temple.
Accommodation: At your chosen Nile Cruise on Full board basis
Day 5: Visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple
After Breakfast on the cruise, proceed to explore Luxor. Luxor is home to one of the world’s greatest open-air museums, with the ruins of Karnak and the Temples of Luxor in easy reach along the East Bank of the city. With your private Egyptologist guide, visit the impressive UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the monuments of Karnak and Luxor, learning more about ancient Egypt’s fascinating and lengthy history.
Visit the Famous Temples of Karnak
Begin with a visit to the Temples of Karnak, strolling along the Avenue of Sphinx to enter the complex. The Temples of Karnak make up the history of Thebes and consists of colossal sandstone columns transported 100 miles along the Nile River, panoramic friezes. Discover with your guide how the massive façade was constructed.
Later visit Temples of Luxor
Continue to Luxor Temple which was once joined to the Later visit Temples of Luxor entrance to the temple. The temple dates to approximately 1400 BC and is dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship rather than the Pharaohs, cult gods or deified versions of the king in death. During the Roman era, the temple and its surroundings served as a legionary fortress and acted as the home of the Roman government in the area.
Day 6: Half day and Hatshepsut and Memon “West bank ” + Departure Transfer
Post breakfast, disembark from the cruise and proceed to the west bank of Luxor. Visit The famed Valley of the Kings, hidden between rocky escarpments, was the final resting place for the kings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties. Their main attraction is their wonderfully vivid wall paintings, since it was believed that the dead man, accompanied by the sun god (or perhaps having become one with the sun god) sailed through the underworld at night in a boat, the walls of the tombs were adorned with texts and scenes depicting this voyage and giving the dead man instruction on its course. Later we visit Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Explore the recently renovated mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the second historically confirmed female Pharaoh. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful Pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty, and remembered as the first great woman in history of whom we are informed. End the visit to the West Bank with a visit to the Colossi of Memnon, the only remaining monuments of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III Transfer to Luxor airport for your return flight with beautiful memories.
The tour will end at approx. 1 Pm., so please considering the flight timings accordingly.
Note – Majority of the Cruises sails on Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday for 3 Nights, while confirming the package please consider dates accordingly. As there will be challenges for confirming the cruise on other days.
Includes:
• 02 Nights accommodation in Cairo at the mentioned hotels
• 03 Nights accommodation in 5* Cruise on River Nile
• Daily Breakfast at Cairo Hotel
• Full Board continental buffet on board the Cruise
• Meet & assist at Cairo airport
• All tours and Transfers are in a private vehicle
• English speaking guide as per the itinerary
• Trip to Philae temple, High dam, Unfinished obelisk with a Private Transfer
• Horse Carriage ride in Edfu
• Kom Ombo tour with a Private guide
• Tour of Karnak Temple & Luxor temple with a Private Egyptologist guide
• Half day tour to Valley of kings and Hatshepsut and Memon “West bank “
• Entrance fees included : Main entry to Pyramid, Egyptian Museum, Philae
temple, High dam, Unfinished obelisk, Kom Ombo, Edfu, Karnak Temple & Luxor Temple, Valley of King and Colossi of Memnon
• 01 Small bottle of water per day during the tours
Excludes:
• International / Domestic flights.
• Tips & Gratuities (USD 5 per person per day).
• Anything not mentioned in the inclusions.