DAY 1: ARRIVAL – CAIRO

Arrival at Cairo airport, assistance and transfer to the scheduled hotel and overnight in Cairo.

 DAY 2: PYRAMIDS & GEM

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to visit the Giza plateau, where you will face the pyramids, the only wonder of the 7 ancient ones still standing; the great pyramid of king “Cheops” from the 27th century BC. Continue to see the other pyramids of “Queferen” and “Mikerinus”. Finish the visit next to the famous enigmatic sphinx that represents the king “Queferen” himself in his form with a human head and the body of a lion. Then we continue to learn about the technique of the ancient Egyptians doing various things using the papyrus plant. Proceed to visit The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo, a marvel of modern architecture and ancient history! It’s right next to the iconic pyramids. The museum is set to become one of the largest and most renowned museums in the world. Return to the hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast and lunch.

Optional tour: Depart for the Sound & Light show in the Giza pyramids area with dinner at a local restaurant

Day 3: LUXOR CITY – NILE CRUISE – KARNAK

Breakfast and departure to Cairo airport to take the flight to Luxor. Arrival and assistance of our representative. Check in on his ship. Lunch on board and in the afternoon, departure to visit the Karnak temple complex, which is the largest in the world with so many columns and scenes, then we continue to the Luxor temple, with its beautiful façade adorned with enormous statues of the Egyptian hero Ramses ll. Return to the boat and dinner. Night in Luxor.

Meals: Full board.

Day 4: VALLEY OF THE KINGS, TEMPLE OF HATCHIPSUT & COLOSSI OF MEMNON

Breakfast and Departure to visit the famous Valley of the Kings where 62 tombs discovered of several magnificent Egyptian kings, with painted walls. Then proceed to visit the temple of Queen HATSHEPSUT, the only one with 3 terraces in the middle of the hill and finish the tour with a stop to see the 2 giant statues of MEMNON that are in front of the facade of the temple of King AMENHOTEP III. lunch on board, free time and sail south. After crossing the Esna lock and head to Edfu city. Dinner on board and overnight in Edfu.

Meals: Full board.

Optional Tour: Early Departure to enjoy a magnificent hot-air balloon flight over the ruins of the temples and tombs of ancient centuries on the western bank.

Day 5: EDFU CITY – KOM OMBO

Breakfast and free time during your stay in Edfu city.

Navigation towards the city of KOM OMBO. Lunch on board and departure in the afternoon on foot up on arrival to visit the temple of “Kom Ombo” dedicated to the brother gods, Horus the falcon and Sobek the crocodile. Return to the ship and set sail for the city of Aswan. Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.

Meals: Full board.

Optional Tour: departure by horse carriage to the EDFU temple, dedicated to the god Horus the falcon, the most preserved and complete in Egypt, considered a unique temple. Return to the ship.

Day 6: ASWAN – PHILAE TEMPLE

Breakfast and departure to the beautiful city of Aswan and begin your visit with the magnificent temple of Philae, the pearl of Aswan, dedicated to the goddess Isis and located on an island in the Nile. Return to the ship for lunch, free afternoon, dinner on board and accommodation in Aswan.

Meals: Full board.

Optional Tour: go to the town of Nubia, by motorboat, reach the edge of one of the Nile islands where you can enjoy various activities, swim in the Nile, visit one of the local traditional houses and receive an Arabic lesson in the village school and whoever wants can ride a camel.

Day 7: CAIRO

Breakfast and at the scheduled time departure to Aswan airport return to Cairo. Arrival, assistance, and transfer to the planned hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast.

Optional Tour: Depart early in the morning to visit the temples of Abu Simbel, of Ramses II and his beloved wife Nefertari carved into the rock with a height of more than 30 meters. Return to Aswan at noon.

DAY 08: CAIRO – MOSQUE – COPTIC NEIGHBORHOOD – KHAN EL KHALILI MARKET

Breakfast and Departure to visit Egyptian museum of antiquities with historical and very valuable treasures especially that of the young king, the golden king “Tutankamun”, continue to visit the fortress of Sultan Saladin and the marble mosque of Mohamed Ali. We continue towards the Coptic neighborhood to visit the important church of San Sergio, where the holy family took refuge and we end the tour in the old bazaar of KHAN EL KHALILI, Back to the hotel.

Optional tour: Go out to enjoy Dinner at a floating restaurant on the Nile with a belly dance and dervish dance show.

Meals: Breakfast and lunch.

DAY 09: ALEXANDRIA (optional)

Breakfast and Free time in leisure

Meals: Breakfast.

Optional Tour: Drive the road for almost 3 hours to the city of Alexandria, to enjoy and get to know this wonderful city of Alexander the Great. Visit the ancient Roman catacombs, with their 3 underground floors, then to the “Qaitbey” fortress, the same place where it was the famous Ancient Lantern of Alexandria, continue to the Library of Alexandria, the largest in the world in the shape of a solar disk. Return to Cairo, accommodation at the hotel.