Others

Entrance fees for the mentioned sites Free bottle of water Service of free Wi-Fi All service charges and taxes

Accommodation

10 night accommodation with daily breakfast at the following hotels or cruise ship: Sheraton Cairo Hotel & Casino (5 stars) or similar MS Salacia Nile Cruise (5 stars) or similar Movenpick Prince Abbas Lake Nasser Cruise (5 stars) or similar Please note that the hotel supplement for public holidays and festivals is not included in the tour price. If your travel date happens to meet any holidays, please contact us for the tour quotation.

Flights

Economy class airfares of Cairo - Luxor, Aswan - Cairo.

Guide

English-speaking guides for sightseeing tours per the itinerary

Transport

All transfers in A/C vehicles with an experienced driver.

Meals

10 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 7 dinners. Other meals are not included to give you the maximum flexibility in deciding where, what and with whom to eat.

Not included:

Optional

Optional experiences are available on this tour for an additional cost and will be provided to you with your finalised travel documents. Please contact our team of Travel Experts for more information.

Others

International flight into and out of Egypt. Egypt visa fee Personal expenses (travel insurance, drinks, phone calls, laundry, gratuities...)

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Day 1 Arrival In Cairo, Airport Pick-Up
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrival In Cairo, Airport Pick-Up

Welcome to take our Egypt private tour with daily departure, which can be tailored to meet your individual interests. You will enjoy a more personalized experience as the trip is only for your private party, with no other people.

Our local representative will wait for you at the Cairo International Airport holding a welcome board with your name on it. You will be escorted to the hotel and be assisted with the check-in.

Accommodation: Sheraton Cairo Hotel & Casino (5 stars) or similar
Day 2 Cairo Sightseeing Tour With Giza Pyramids And Egyptian Museum
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cairo Sightseeing Tour With Giza Pyramids And Egyptian Museum

After breakfast, your driver and the tour guide will lead you to the spectacular Giza Pyramid Complex. Firstly visit the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure. By the way, you can pay extra fee to visit the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Then visit the Great Sphinx that combines a human face and a lion’s body, in front of the Pyramid of Khafre, and the nearby Valley Temple is another august architecture.

After lunch, go back to Tahrir Square to visit the famous Egyptian Museum, exhibiting over 120,000 cultural relics of thousands of years’ old and including the famous Tutankhamun’s gold mask. The last stop is Khan El Khalili in Islamic Cairo. Having been operated for several centuries, this old bazaar is crowded with colorful Egyptian art wares, spices and jewelry, where you can indulge yourself in an exotic atmosphere.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Sheraton Cairo Hotel & Casino (5 stars) or similar
Day 3 Cairo To Luxor By Flight, Explore The East Bank Of Luxor
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Cairo To Luxor By Flight, Explore The East Bank Of Luxor

After breakfast, your guide will transfer you to the Cairo International Airport and assist you to get onboard the onward flight to Luxor, the starting point of the following full-board Nile cruise. On arrival, your local guide will transfer you to the ship and help you with check-in.

After having lunch on board, you will be escorted to appreciate the Temple of Karnak first. Being the largest temple in Egypt, it worships three figures, Amun, the God of Sun, his wife Mut, and his son Khonsu. Then visit the Luxor Temple, one of the most spectacular ancient buildings in the world. You will definitely be surprised by its height of 260m (853ft). Lastly get back to cruise for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner

Accommodation: MS Salacia Nile Cruise (5 stars) or similar
Day 4 Explore The West Bank Of Luxor, Nile Cruise To Edfu
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Explore The West Bank Of Luxor, Nile Cruise To Edfu

After breakfast, you will head to a must-see in Luxor - Valley of the Kings. It is the place where many pharaohs and nobles were buried during the New Kingdom (1567BC to 1085BC) in Egyptian history. Though there are 62 tombs included, the ticket only qualifies you to visit 3 of them. In addition, your guide will escort you to visit two more tombs - KV9 and KV62, through which you will have a better understanding of Egypt’s past.

Then you will get to Deir el Bahri to visit the Temple of Hatshepsut. It worships the sole female pharaoh in Egypt. Afterwards, we will have a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon, two 18-meter-high (59 feet) statues used to be the guardian of the Amenhotep’s memorial temple.

When the visit is over, transfer you back to the cruise ship, which will set sail to Edfu.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: MS Salacia Nile Cruise (5 stars) or similar
Day 5 Nile Cruise: Edfu To Kom Ombo To Aswan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Nile Cruise: Edfu To Kom Ombo To Aswan

After breakfast, your guide in Edfu will accompany you to visit the Temple of Horus, which still has beautiful roof and clear reliefs after over 2,000 years. After finishing the visit, go back and continue sailing to Kom Ombo, where your local guide will take you to visit the Kom Ombo Temple, a Ptolemaic temple special for its worship of two gods - god Sobek and god Haroeris. After going back, the Nile Cruise will proceed to Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accomodation: MS Salacia Nile Cruise (5 stars) or similar
Day 6 Nile Cruise: Aswan Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Nile Cruise: Aswan Tour

In the morning, go ashore to discover Aswan. Firstly, your local guide will lead you to the huge High Dam sitting across the Nile. You will have a chance to walk on the grand dam and enjoy the beautiful view of the deep blue Lake Nasser formed after the construction of the dam. Afterwards, proceed to the massive Unfinished Obelisk, the world’s largest of its kind measuring 42 meters (46 yards) long and 1,168 tons. Lack of modern advanced tools, it still remains a mystery how it was cut down and moved to the current place. Then we will visit another temple built in the Ptolemaic Dynasty - the Temple of Philae, which is dedicated to goddesses Isis and Hathor. After that, return to the cruise for one more night’s stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: MS Salacia Nile Cruise (5 stars) or similar
Day 7 Lake Nasser Cruise: Transfer From Aswan To Abu Simbel
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Lake Nasser Cruise: Transfer From Aswan To Abu Simbel

The Nile cruise will perfectly end today. After breakfast, please pack your personal belongings and check out. Then, transfer you to Abu Simbel, about 3 hours’ drive away, to embark another luxury cruise ship, which will show you around the Lake Nasser. After check-in and having lunch, the cruise guide will accompany you to Abu Simbel Temple, which comprises two splendid rock-cut temples left by Pharaoh Ramesses II. Famous as a UNESCO World Heritage site, it also features the colossal statues at the gate and the wonders on the Sun Festival twice a year: the sunlight shines inside the temple and cover the faces of the giant statues. Before dusk, return to the ship for dinner and overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Movenpick Prince Abbas Lake Nasser Cruise (5 stars) or similar
Day 8 Lake Nasser Cruise: Kasr Ibrim
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Lake Nasser Cruise: Kasr Ibrim

Today, the ship will set sail while you have breakfast. It will firstly send you to Kasr Ibrim, a significant archeological site whose history can date back to the 8th century BC. We will not go ashore, but have a glance of it on the sundeck.

Then, continue sailing to Amada, where we will disembark to visit the Temples of Amada built in the New Kingdom for god Ra; the Temple of Derr, another rock-cut temple constructed by Ramesses II; and the Tomb of Pennut, a rock-cut tomb for the chief priest Pennut in the Twentieth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. After you coming back, the cruise ship will sail to Wadi El Seboua.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Movenpick Prince Abbas Lake Nasser Cruise (5 stars) or similar
Day 9 Lake Nasser Cruise: Wadi El Seboua
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Lake Nasser Cruise: Wadi El Seboua

After breakfast, leave the cruise ship to visit Wadi El Seboua, which is famous for the avenues lined with the statues of sphinx. Here we will also explore the Temple of Dakka, a Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the god of wisdom - Thoth and the Temple of Meharakka featuring the spiral stairs. After the visit, your guide will escort you back to the cruise and sail to the destination of this Lake Nasser cruise - Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Movenpick Prince Abbas Lake Nasser Cruise (5 stars) or similar
Day 10 Disembark In Aswan, Fly Back To Cairo
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Disembark In Aswan, Fly Back To Cairo

After breakfast, check out from the lake cruise. Then your local guide will escort you to explore the New Kalabsha, including the Kalabsha Temple, where you will learn about the cult of the Nubian god of sun - Mandulis in 30 BC; Beit El Wali, the first rock-cut temple built by Ramesses II in this area; and Kiosk of Kertassi, a Roman garden ruin featuring the papyrus columns.

When the visit in Aswan ends here, your guide will transfer you to the airport for you to take the flight back to Cairo. Upon landing, we will transfer you from the airport to the hotel. Wish you a sweet dream!

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Sheraton Cairo Hotel & Casino (5 stars) or similar
Day 11 Departure From Cairo, Airport See-Off
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Departure From Cairo, Airport See-Off

Send you to the airport on time according to the take-off time of your flight. May these days in Egypt will be one of the happiest memories in your life.

Our professional travel consultant is very happy to customize this private tour to your needs. Don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you!

Meals: Breakfast

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11 Days Customized Egypt Holiday, Private Guide & Driver

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Itinerary of your trip 11 Days Customized Egypt Holiday, Private Guide & Driver

Arrival In Cairo, Airport Pick-Up

Cairo Sightseeing Tour With Giza Pyramids And Egyptian Museum

Cairo To Luxor By Flight, Explore The East Bank Of Luxor

Explore The West Bank Of Luxor, Nile Cruise To Edfu

Nile Cruise: Edfu To Kom Ombo To Aswan

Nile Cruise: Aswan Tour

Lake Nasser Cruise: Transfer From Aswan To Abu Simbel

Lake Nasser Cruise: Kasr Ibrim

Lake Nasser Cruise: Wadi El Seboua

Disembark In Aswan, Fly Back To Cairo

Departure From Cairo, Airport See-Off

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