(10 Days, 9 Nights)
4 Nights Nile Cruise and 4 Nights Cairo, 1 Night in Luxor
Overview
10 Days, 9 Nights
4 Nights Nile Cruise and 4 Nights Cairo, 1 Night in Luxor
Private service for a minimum of 2 people
Itinerary
Arrival at Cairo airport where our staff will be waiting for you to process your visa and transfer you to the chosen hotel.
Check in at the hotel and accommodation. Free time in the capital of Egypt. In the afternoon you can do
the excursion of the spectacle of light and sound (optional).
- Breakfast. Visit of the famous Pyramids of Cheops, Kefren and Mecerinos, the impressive Sphinx
sculpted in rock and the Papyrus Institute where its form of artisan elaboration will be shown.
Lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Memphis Necropolis and Sakkara, capital of the
Ancient empire.
Breakfast. Visit of the city touring the Museum of Pharaonic Art, the Alabaster Mosque
located in the citadel of Saladin, the Coptic Quarter, with its ancient churches. Lunch.
and return to the hotel.
Breakfast, departure from the hotel to visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, the Sultan Hassan Mosque and the Refai. the neighborhood of
the muz. Lunch in a typical restaurant and a visit to the El Khalili market and return to the hotel.
(Accommodation )
In the morning you leave the hotel in Cairo to catch the flight to Luxor
In the afternoon, visit the temples of Luxor (dedicated to the God of the Sun, Amon-Ra) and
Karnak, an impressive set of Temples and Sacred Lakes. Back to the hotel
In the morning, departure from the hotel to visit the temples of Dendara (dedicated to the cult of the goddess Hthur).
and the transfer to the cruise ship
Early in the morning you leave the ship to do the balloon excursion (optional), visit the Valley of the Kings to visit the tombs of the main pharaohs,
composed of several rooms and corridors that lead to the corresponding chambers of
burial. Among them are among others those of Ramses III, Seti I and Amenhotep II. will visit each other,
also, the Colossi of Memnon, two impressive statues of Amenhotep II. Visit of the Temple of the
Queen Hatshepsut on her way to the Valley of the Queens. Lunch on board. Sailing to Esna
enjoying the beauty of the landscape on the banks of the Nile. You can do different activities on the boat and
at night enjoy music in the disco. Sailing to Edfu.
Arrival in Edfu and visit of the Temple of Horus (God represented by a falcon), it was in the past
partially covered by silt during the periodic flooding of the Nile. After the end of the
rescue and restoration work, we find one of the most beautiful temples of the time
Ptolemy in an exceptional state of preservation. Sailing to Kom Ombo.
Visit to the Temple of Kom Ombo, the only temple dedicated to two gods, Sobek and Haroesis, where
find a Nilometer (an ancient system for measuring the level of the Nile River) and a mummified crocodile.
Sailing to Aswan. At night you will enjoy the festival of the djellabas, typical costume of the place (in
route you can buy the djellabas at a reasonable price in the local markets)
. In the morning departure of the boat to visit the temples of Abu Simbel
In the afternoon, a ride on a "felucca", typical sailing boats of the
zone, towards the island of Kitchener where the Botanical Garden is located and the visit of the Nubian village (optional).
In the morning departure from the boat, to visit the temple of Filai, Transfer to the airport. arrival in Cairo and the end of our services.