Egypt Pyramids and Nile Cruise

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Day 1: Arrive Cairo ‘Welcome to Egypt’

Pass By: Cairo International Airport, Oruba، Road، El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Day 1: Arrive Cairo ‘Welcome to Egypt’

Your tour manager from Sun Pyramids Tours will meet and assist you upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures), then he will escort you to your hotel in Cairo by an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel the tour manager will assist you with a smooth check-in and review your private budget vacation itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for your tours. Overnight in Cairo.

Welcome Drink

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Cairo Sightseeing – Train to Aswan

Pass By: Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), Giza Egypt
Day 2: Cairo Sightseeing – Train to Aswan

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo before checking out, then your personal tour guide will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx, and Valley temple facing the great statue. Have your Lunch at good quality local restaurant, then move to visit the Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen. Continue your tour to Coptic Cairo to see Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Hanging Church. By the evening time you will be driven to the area of Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. Later, you will be transferred to Giza train station to get the sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board. Overnight inside your compartment.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner



No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours

Pass By: High Dam, Aswan Egypt
Day 3: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours

Upon your arrival at Aswan train station, you will be met and assisted by Sun Pyramids Tours representative who will transfer you to embark your Nile River boat. Enjoy Lunch on board, then you will be guided to visit the famous High Dam, The awesome Philae temple, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor , and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk. Back to the cruise with Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

Pass By: Temple of Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo Egypt
Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

By the morning you will enjoy Sailing to Kom Ombo while getting breakfast on board. Arrive Kom Ombo to visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Back to your Nile boat to sail to Edfu with lunch on board, after that move to visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Enjoy an afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

Pass By: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Day 5: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

In the early morning you will sail to Luxor with enjoying breakfast on board, then set out from your cruise to visit the West Bank of Luxor, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings, then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut approximately in the 15th century BC , at El-Deir El-Bahari and Colossi of Memnon. Back to the Nile Cruise and have Lunch on board. Enjoy an afternoon tea aboard the Nile boat. Dinner on board and Overnight in Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise – Train to Cairo

Pass By: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise – Train to Cairo

Breakfast aboard the cruise before disembarkation, and then you will be accompanied by your tour guide to see the Karnak temple and Luxor temple at the East bank of Luxor. Later you will be transferred to Luxor train station to get the sleeper train back to Cairo. Dinner would be served on board the sleeper train. Overnight in your private compartment ( twin beds).

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 7: Cairo Optional Excursions

Pass By: Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids, Al Badrashin, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Day 7: Cairo Optional Excursions

Breakfast aboard sleeper train before arriving Giza train station, where you will be met and assisted by Sun Pyramids Tours representative who will transfer you to your hotel for free time at leisure( you will check into your room as early as possible ). There are some optional excursions available in Cairo to visit Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Saqqara and Memphis. Overnight stay at your hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 8: Cairo – Fly Back Home

Pass By: Cairo International Airport, Oruba، Road، El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Day 8: Cairo – Fly Back Home

Breakfast at the hotel in Cairo, with free time before your flight. Check out and then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for final departure.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation

Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel and Spa

Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise

Note : If the mentioned cruise or the hotel are not available, the company has the right to change to any cruise or hotel, as long as it is of same category.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Included
  • Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports.
  • Assistance of our guest relations during your stay.
  • All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
  • Accommodation for 2 nights in Cairo including bed and breakfast.
  • Accommodation for 3 nights on a 5 star superior cruise on full board.
  • Accommodation for 2 nights on sleeper train for on half board basis.
  • All sightseeing tours in Cairo (Private Guided Tours)
  • All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan as mentioned in the itinerary
  • All sightseeing tours on the cruise sharing Sun Pyramids Tours group.
  • Meals at hotels, cruise and during tours as mentioned in the itinerary.
  • Bottled water during your trip.
  • Portage when needed.
  • All service charges and taxes.
  • 30 minutes of local calling (5 minutes international) and a mobile phone loaned for the length of your stay or an Egyptian sim card for your unlocked mobile device
Not included
  • International Airfare.
  • Entry visa to Egypt.
  • Any optional tours.
  • Personal spendings.
  • Tipping.
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Features
Tourism
85% Cultural
55% Aquatic
20%