Day 1: Arrive in Egypt

Our expert representative will meet you at the Cairo International Airport. You will then be transferred to your hotel, aboard a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. You will stay the night in your hotel in Cairo.

Day 2: Giza Pyramids/Egyptian Museum

After enjoying breakfast at your hotel, you will take a trip out to the Pyramids of Giza. You’ll enjoy the Pyramid of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus, as well as enjoying the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple.

You will also enjoy a visit to the Egyptian Museum, where you will enjoy seeing artifacts from the ancient pharaohs, including Tutankhamen. When finished, you will return to your hotel for the night.

Day 3: Cruise from Luxor

The next morning, you will transfer to the Cairo International Airport, where you will board a plane bound for Luxor. On landing in Luxor, you will be met by our representative and taken to board your ship for a 5-star Nile cruise down the Nile River.

You will enjoy lunch aboard the ship, and then pay a visit to the Karnak Temples and the Luxor Temple. You will enjoy dinner aboard and also sleep on the ship.

Day 4: Sail to Edfu

You will dine on the ship the next morning, and then embark on an excursion to the Valley of the Kings. You will also enjoy the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. You will then board the boat for lunch and sail on to Edfu. Dinner will be served on the boat, as well, and you will spend another night aboard.

Day 5: Edfu/Kom Ombo Temples

You will enjoy breakfast aboard the ship and then visit the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu. You will then sail to Kom Ombo for the Kom Ombo Temple. Lunch will be served aboard the ship and it will carry you down to Aswan.

Day 6: Aswan/Felucca Ride

You will enjoy breakfast on the ship, and then partake of sightseeing in Aswan. You’ll enjoy the Aswan High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk and the Philae Temple. You will also enjoy touring around Elephantine Island with a Felucca boat. You will enjoy dinner and sleeping aboard your cruise ship.

Day 7: Disembark the Cruise/Back to Cairo

You will leave the ship behind and head for the Aswan airport. Here, you will board a plane for Cairo, where you will be met and taken to your hotel.

Day 8: Final Departure

You will enjoy breakfast and then head to the airport for your departure from Egypt.

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Inclusions:

• Meet and assist upon arrival and departure
• All transfers to/from airports and hotels by a private air-conditioned vehicle
• Accommodation in Cairo for 3 nights, including daily breakfast
• Accommodation on a 5-star cruise ship for 4 nights on full board basis
• All sightseeing tours in Cairo
• All sights on cruise as indicated by the itinerary
• English Egyptologist guide
• Entrance fees to all sites as stated on the itinerary
• All transfers by a modern air-conditioned vehicle
• Portage when needed
• Free mobile phone during your stay (charged) which is good for about 30 minutes of local calls, or 2 minutes of long distance calls
• All service charges and taxes
  

Exclusions:

• Any optional tours not mentioned in the Egypt Budget Vacation and Nile Cruise itinerary
• Personal expenses and beverages
• Entrance fees to special archaeological sites such as the Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum- Inside one of the Pyramids — Tutankhamen Tomb at Valley of the Kings
• Internal flights (Cairo — Luxor — Aswan — Cairo)
• Tips and gratuities