Cairo & Upper Egypt Nile cruise (8 days/7 nights)

Arrival of your flight to international Cairo Airport. Your tour manager will pick you up from the Airport with air-conditioned vehicle to your chosen hotel and smooth check in.

This morning you will visit the awe-inspiring Pyramids of Giza and the enigmatic Sphinx. Few hours later, we will take you to lunch at one of the best restaurants in the area with a splendid view on the Pyramids and Sphinx.
Afterwards, you will visit a Papyrus Institute where the workers there will take you on a quick tour to show you how ancient Egyptians used to make papyrus.

Then drive to Sakkara where the first pyramid ever built with full explanation by your Egyptologist guide

 Then back to hotel for overnight

Breakfast at hotel

This morning we will take you on a guided tour to the Cairo museum which has over 120,000 items on display some of which date back to 3,100 BC.

After finishing our tour in Egyptian museum drive to have our lunch at local restaurant.

Afterwards we will take you to Old Cairo where you will enjoy visiting Coptic Cairo (the Hanging church and Ben Ezra Synagogue),

 Also you will visit in your tour Islamic Cairo (The Mosque of Amr ibn al-Aas, the first mosque built in Africa, was originally built in 641–642 AD,

Then drive to the eldest Bazar in Cairo Khan El Khalil to explore the market

 Free time

 Then back to your hotel for overnight.
 

Breakfast at hotel

Check out from the hotel to drive you the international Cairo airport by air-conditioned vehicle to take your flight and fly to Upper Egypt and arrive to Luxor airport…

You will be met and assist by our representative and transfer to check in your Dahabiya Nile cruise..

Afternoon you will begin your visit by the East bank of the river Nile (Karnak temple and Luxor temple) with our professional Egyptologist guide explaining everything about the ancient Egyptian civilization.

Then back to cruise for overnight.

Breakfast at hotel

Begin our visit to West bank of Luxor visiting Valley of the king, Hatshepsut Temple at ElDier ElBahari…

Then visit Colossi of Memnon…

Back to Cruise to have lunch on board…

Sail to Edfu while having tea afternoon via Esna Lock…

Dinner on board and overnight

Breakfast at hotel

Begin our tour visiting Horus temple at Edfu then back to Cruise hotel…

Lunch on board…

Sail to Kom Ombo..

Visit the temple gods Sobek and Haroeris..

Return to cruise hotel..

Sail to Aswan

Breakfast on board

Begin our tour visiting the High Dam…

Then move towards the unfinished Obelisk, and then visit the majestic Philae Temple…

Back to cruise to have lunch board

Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.

Breakfast on board

Disembark and free time in Aswan…

Drive to Aswan with air-conditioned vehicle airport to fly back to Cairo.

Then departure of your international flight to fly back to your country wishing to see you again.