Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival in Cairo

   • Receive a pick up from the airport and transfer to the hotel.

2. Day 2: Pyramids Tour - Saqqarah - Memphis

   • After breakfast, you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist guide to Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, the Famous Sphinx and the Valley temple facing the great statue.

   • Additional visit to the Solar Boat in front of Cheops Pyramid (extra ticket on the spot).

   • Stop for lunch served in a good quality restaurant, and then proceed to the Saqqarah area to visit Saqqara Complex and the first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid).

   • Move to Memphis, the old kingdom's capital and famous Necropolis. 

   Overnight in Cairo. 

   Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

3. Day 3: City Tour of Cairo

   • Eat breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and then get escorted by your private guide to visit the Egyptian Museum's Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen, alongside many other fascinating artifacts. Additional visit to the mummies room at the museum (extra ticket on spot).

   • Savour lunch throughout the tour at a local restaurant.

   • Continue driving to Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo's old bazaar. 

   Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

4. Day 4: Cairo - Luxor

   • Upon arrival at Luxor, start your Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan & Cairo by meeting your private tour guide to discover ancient Egyptians civilization in the most famous archaeological sites along the Riverbank in Luxor. 

   • On the East Bank see the Karnak Temple. No site in Egypt is more impressive than the Karnak temple.

   • See the Temple of Luxor, which was the center of the most important festival, the festival of Opet. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Rameses II, the temple’s purpose was a setting for the rituals of the festival.

   • At the end of the day, return back to the cruise and overnight on board. 

   Meals: Lunch, Dinner

5. Day 5: Valley of the King - Hatshepsut - Memnon

   • See the final resting place of Egypt’s rulers from the 18th to the 20th dynasty; it is home to tombs including the great Pharaoh Ramses II and boy Tutankhamen. The tombs were well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world. Most of the decoration inside the tombs is still well preserved. Hatshepsut Temple is one of the most beautiful & best preserved of all of the temples of Ancient Egypt. The temple was built on three levels with two wide ramps in a central position joining the levels together.

   • Check out the Colossi of Memnon; two massive stone statues of king Amenhotep III are the only remains of a complete mortuary temple. The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which existed in Cairo then moved 700 KM to Luxor.

   • Sail to Esna and Edfu. 

   Overnight in Edfu. 

   Meals: Breakfast, Lunch. Dinner

6. Day 6: Edfu - Kom Ombo

   • After breakfast, move to explore the Temple of God Horus: Edfu temple is considered the most preserved Greco-Roman temple all over Egypt and on its walls, there is a “Play” which shows how Horus overcame the devil god Seth.

   • Then sail to Kom Ombo to visit Kom Ombo Temple: A temple overlooking the Nile. This temple is divided into 2 temples with 2 entrances, 2 hypostyle Halls, and 2 sanctuaries. 

   Overnight in Aswan (late night arrival). 

   Meals: Breakfast, Lunch. Dinner

7. Day 7: Aswan - Abu Simbel

   • Find out about the possibility to visit Abu Simbel in the morning and (Optional Excursion) in the afternoon, a Felluca ride.

8. Day 8: Aswan - Philae - High Dam - Unfinished Obelisk

   • Look at the High Dam built across the Nile at Aswan. The High Dam was constructed between 1960 and 1970 and has had a significant effect on the economy and culture of Egypt.

   • Witness the Unfinished Obelisk: the giant known ancient obelisk. Hatshepsut ordered it (1508–1458 BC), possibly complementing the Lateran Obelisk (which was initially at Karnak and was later brought to the Lateran Palace in Rome).

   • Gaze upon the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis of Love and beauty. The temple complex was dismantled and relocated to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other complexes before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam.

   • Transfer to the airport of Aswan or the train station for travelling to Cairo.