The Nile and Pyramids at Christmas and the New Year

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Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Cairo Arrival

After meeting and assisting you at Cairo International Airport, your tour manager will drive you in an exclusive, luxurious, air-conditioned vehicle to the hotel. The tour manager will help you check in easily and go over your itinerary with you to determine when each trip will pick you up.

Spending the night in Cairo.
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Day 2: Touring the Pyramids and Cairo

You will explore the colossal Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus, the world-famous Sphinx, and the Valley Temple facing the colossal statue which are all located on the Giza Plateau, with the help of your own guide after enjoying breakfast at your hotel. Enjoy a nice lunch at a nearby restaurant. After that, proceed to enjoy the Egyptian Museum. After you have had time to see the beautiful ancient Egyptian antiques and treasures, we will drive you to Khan El Khalili, Cairo's oldest bazaar, if there is time. Return to your hotel and spend the night in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.

Day 3: Fly from Cairo to Aswan - Nile Cruise Tour

Early in the morning, check out of your Cairo hotel and head to the airport for your flight to Aswan. At Aswan Airport, our representative will greet and assist you upon arrival. We will then transfer you to start your Nile River Cruise before lunch, during which you can enjoy a visit to the magnificent Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddesses Isis and Hathor, and the largest known ancient obelisk, the Unfinished Obelisk, located in the northern area of the ancient Egyptian stone quarries. After dinner, spend the night in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

Go to Kom Ombo by sailing, eat breakfast there, and then visit the temple where the gods Sobek and Haeroris shared. Sail to Edfu, then have lunch on board. Visit the Horus Temple in Edfu, the best-preserved religious temple in all of Egypt. Enjoy a midday tea while sailing to Esna. Enjoy dinner and spend the night on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 5: Cruise excursions on the Nile Luxor

Set sail for Luxor, enjoy breakfast aboard, and then visit the West Bank, the Valley of the Kings, the royal grave of 62 pharaohs, and Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple. The builders of the New Kingdom pharaoh Hatshepsut, possibly in the fifteenth century BC, constructed the temple near El-Deir El-Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon. On-board lunch. As we sail, we savor an afternoon tea and dinner.

Spending the night in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 6: Nile Cruise in Luxor - Transfer to Luxor before flying to Cairo

After breakfast on board, you will disembark and your guide will accompany you to the temples of Luxor and Karnak on the eastern bank of the Nile. Afterwards, your guide will transfer you to Luxor Airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon your arrival at Cairo Airport, we will transfer you to your Cairo hotel. Spend the night in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast.

Day 7: Cairo - Return by Airplane

After breakfast and some free time at your accommodation, head to Cairo International Airport to make your departure.

Meals: Breakfast.

Tour Information

Tour Includes

The service of meet and assist at the airport.

Help with visitor relations while visiting.

Every transfer in a personal, air-conditioned vehicle.

Domestic flights from Cairo to Aswan and Luxor to Cairo.

Three nights' accommodation in Cairo with breakfast each day included.

Three nights of full-board accommodation on a Nile cruise.

Every sightseeing tour in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan as mentioned in the itinerary.

English-speaking local tour guide.

Bottled water for outings beyond the hotel or cruise.

Entrance costs to every location listed on the itinerary.

Every meal included on the itinerary.

All taxes and service fees.

Tour Excludes

Airfare abroad.

Egypt entry visa.

Personal expenses.

Any optional tours.

Tipping.

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