Guide

Egyptologist guide

Meals

Daily Breakfast at Cairo Hotel 2x Breakfast & 2x Dinner on board the sleeper train. On board the Nile cruise, you get 3x breakfast, 3x lunch, and 3x dinner.

Others

Meet-and-assist services upon arrival and departure. All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor; entrance fees; and transfers. bottled water during the tours. porterage when needed. All taxes and service charges are

Accommodation

Accommodation in Cairo for 2 nights at a 5-star hotel, including breakfast. Accommodation on a 5-star deluxe cruise for 3 nights on a full-board basis. Accommodation on a sleeper train for 2 nights on a half-board basis.

Hygieneprotocol

Before the tour: All passengers traveling to Egypt must have a negative PCR test with a QR code or an accepted vaccination certificate. A Health Declaration form should be available on all international flights and filled out by the passengers before boarding the flight (at the departure airport) and delivered to the quarantine authorities upon arrival. While on tour, Wearing face masks is mandatory. We will provide face masks and hand sanitizers to tourists and their companions. All staff members are trained and educated on symptoms and necessary preventive measures. related to COVID-19. The temperatures of staff members are checked daily. Tourist groups shall not exceed 25 people (until further notice). Tour guides must wear face masks and use wireless microphones inside museums. Headphones are sterilized after each use. Disinfection of archaeological sites and museums is carried out daily. Physical distancing is maintained during visits to museums and archaeological sites. The maximum number of visitors allowed inside museums and indoor archaeological sites is: Two hundred visitors per hour in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and 100 visitors per hour in other museums There are 10–15 visitors inside any pyramid or tomb (depending on its dimensions). At accommodation: Guests will have their temperatures checked daily. Luggage is disinfected before check-in. Floor signs are placed to maintain physical distance. Electronic payment is encouraged. The room capacity is two adults and two children (less than 12 years old). Personal Protection Kits (containing personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, and hand sanitizers) are provided in the rooms for each guest. Rooms and bathrooms are adequately ventilated and disinfected daily.

Transport

All transfers are on air-conditioned vehicles.

Not included:

Others

Gratuities/tipping (recommended). International airfare entry visa to Egypt. Entrance fees to the Sun Boat Museum, the Chamber of the Great Pyramid Entrance fees to the Royal Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum. Camel ride Entry fees to the tomb of Tut Ankh Amun Any optional tours or shows not mentioned in the itinerary? Entrance fees to the Sun Boat Museum; the Chambers of the Pyramids; the Royal Mummies Room; and Tutankhamen’s Tomb. Meals, except where indicated

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Day 1 Cairo, Arrival
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cairo, Arrival

Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, you will be met and assisted by our representative, who will help you during passport control, luggage area, and customs formalities. Then you will be transferred to your 5-star hotel in Cairo in a private air-conditioned vehicle for check-in. Overnight in Cairo
Day 2 Giza Pyramids & The Egyptian Museum
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Giza Pyramids & The Egyptian Museum

After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy an excursion to the Giza Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. The tour also includes visiting the Valley Temple belonging to the Pyramids of Chephren. After visiting the pyramids, you will continue across the plateau for a photo opportunity of the three pyramids rising from the sands, with the Cairo skyline in the background. Here you will also have free time to enter the chambers of the pyramids (optional, for an additional cost); however, your guide is not permitted to join you. A short drive to the plateau’s city side finds you standing at the feet of the Sphinx, for thousands of years, the enigmatic symbol of Egypt! After your tour of the Giza Pyramids, you will visit the world-renowned Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, which exhibits a collection of over 250,000 masterpieces ranging from the Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman period. It includes the fantastic treasures found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun, the child pharaoh. In the evening, transfer to the railway station to take a first-class sleeper train to Aswan. Overnight on a train.
Day 3 Aswan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Aswan

Breakfast on board a sleeper train. Once you arrive at Aswan train station, you will be met and assisted by our representative, who will take you to embark on your Nile cruise for the next four days and three nights. Later, you will go on an exciting tour of the world-famous High Dam, an engineering miracle built in the 1960s. After that, you will travel to the island of Egilka on a motorboat to visit the majestic Philae temple dedicated to the Goddess Isis. Overnight stay onboard your cruise.
Day 4 Kom Ombo & Edfu
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Kom Ombo & Edfu

Breakfast on board your Nile cruise. Early in the morning, you will be sailing to Kom Ombo. You will be escorted by your Egyptology-speaking guide to visit Kom Ombo Temple, the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world. You will take your lunch aboard your cruise with free time at leisure while sailing to Edfu to explore Edfu’s Temple of Horus. Continue the cruise down to Luxor. Afternoon tea is served on the sun deck with dinner and an overnight stay onboard the cruise.
Day 5 Luxor, West Bank
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Luxor, West Bank

Breakfast will be served on board the cruise, and then you will be taken to the West Bank of the River Nile to visit the two colossal statues (Colossi of Memnon). Following this, you will see the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent pharaonic tombs were discovered. Here you can visit King Tutankhamun’s tomb (optional, for an additional cost). Continue the tour to the Hatshepsut temple at El Deer El Bahary, dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut. You will head back to your cruise ship for lunch. After having afternoon tea on the boat, you will have free time at leisure. Overnight stay onboard your cruise.
Day 6 Luxor, East Bank
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Luxor, East Bank

After breakfast, your guide will accompany you to the Karnack Temples, the most prominent place of worship ever built. Its ancient name, I put it, means “the most sacred of places.” The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than 2,000 years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, you will find the great “Hypostyle Hall,” an incredible forest of giant pillars. After this, you will be transferred to Luxor Temple, which Amenhotep III and Ramses II built for rituals and festivals dedicated to the god Amen. And then, you will be transferred to the Luxor train terminal to take a sleeper train back to Cairo for dinner and an overnight stay on board.
Day 7 Cairo City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cairo City Tour

Upon arrival at Giza station, you will be driven to your hotel. Look beyond the pyramids and pharaohs and discover the Citadel of Salah el-Din, where Mohamed Ali’s Alabaster Mosque stays, then visit the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo. The Hanging Church, or the Suspended Church, was a basilica church named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon. The church became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt, continuing to Khan el Khalili Bazaars. Enjoy free time to stroll through the maze of streets and try your luck bargaining with the shop owners for a souvenir of your trip to Egypt. Overnight in Cairo
Day 8 Cairo, Departure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cairo, Departure

Breakfast at your hotel and check out, then transfer to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.

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Cairo - Aswan - Luxor 8 Days 7 Nights With Nile Cruise

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Itinerary of your trip Cairo - Aswan - Luxor 8 Days 7 Nights With Nile Cruise

Cairo, Arrival

Giza Pyramids & The Egyptian Museum

Aswan

Kom Ombo & Edfu

Luxor, West Bank

Luxor, East Bank

Cairo City Tour

Cairo, Departure

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