10 Day 9 Nights Egypt Tour: Cairo and Nile Cruise

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Trip Description

Hight Tours’ 10 day Egypt tour is the only classic Egypt package that combines Cairo’s iconic ancient wonders with a unique round-trip Nile cruise — sailing from Luxor to Aswan and back on the MS Mayfair Nile Cruise for six luxurious nights. Your journey begins in Cairo with three days exploring the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, the Valley Temple, and the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), housing the world’s largest collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts. You then fly to Luxor to board the MS Mayfair, where six full-board nights of Nile sailing take you south to Aswan and north again through Egypt’s ancient heartland. Along the way, guided shore excursions reveal the best-preserved temple in Egypt at Edfu, the twin-deity Temple of Kom Ombo, the serene Philae Temple on its Nile island, the royal necropolis of the Valley of the Kings, the terraced Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, the soaring Colossi of Memnon, and the vast hypostyle hall of Karnak Temple. An optional excursion to the rock-cut Temples of Abu Simbel is also available from Aswan. Every detail — private guides, domestic flight, hotel, meals, transfers, and entrance fees — is fully managed by Hight tours.

Included & Excluded

     Included

  • Meet and greet service by our representatives at airports
  • Assistance of our guest relations during your stay
  • All transfers to/from airport & hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
  • Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo including daily breakfast.
  • Accommodation for 6 nights onboard Nile Cruise on full board basis
  • Domestic flight Cairo/Luxor – Luxor/Cairo
  • All sightseeing tours in Cairo are private guided tours.
  • All sightseeing tours on the cruise sharing cruise group
  • Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
  • English-speaking tour guide during your tours
  • Meals at hotel, cruise and during tours as mentioned in the itinerary
  • Bottled water during outings outside of hotel or cruise ship.
  • All service charges and taxes
    Excluded
  • International Airfare
  • Entry visa to Egypt
  • Any optional tours
  • Personal spending
  • Tipping

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Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Egybt

Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport (arrival procedures) and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour.

Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2: Pyramid and GEM

After enjoying a delicious wholesome breakfast at your hotel, your personal guide will take you to the Giza Plateau to start your journey by marveling at one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramids of Giza. Visit the iconic Sphinx and Valley Temple. After your pyramid visit, you’ll go for lunch at an authentic Egyptian restaurant and then head over to the New Grand Egyptian Museum—Egypt’s newest landmark just two kilometers from the pyramids and one of the world’s largest and most advanced archaeological museums, housing over 100,000 artifacts spanning 5,000 years, including the complete Tutankhamun collection displayed together for the first time. Return back to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Visits: Great Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

Day 3: Fly to Luxor - Nile Cruise Round Trip

Check out from hotel in the early morning then transfer to Cairo Airport for your flight to Luxor where you will be met and assisted, then transferred by an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle to embark your Nile Cruise. Have your lunch on board while sailing. Free time at leisure with afternoon tea on board the cruise ship. Dinner on board.

Overnight aboard your cruise in Esna.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 4: Edfu Temple - Sail to Kom Ombo

Breakfast on board while sailing to Edfu at the morning, then have a visit to Horus Temple in Edfu, the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt. Back to the Nile cruise boat to continue sailing to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board with afternoon tea and Free time at leisure. Dinner on board with enjoying Egyptian Galabya party.

Overnight aboard your cruise in Kom Ombo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: Horus Temple, Kom Ombo.

Day 5: Aswan Naile Cruise Tours

Early sail to Aswan while enjoying your Breakfast on board. Then, you will be picked up to enjoy a day tour to the Granite Quarries and the Temple of Philae. Head back to your cruise where Lunch will be served on board. End the night with a delicious dinner on board with a belly dance show and Egyptian folkloric show.

Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: Granite Quarries, Temple of Philae.

Day 6: Aswan to Abu Simble Optional Tour

Breakfast on board your Nile cruise with free time at leisure in Aswan, or enjoy an optional tour to Abu Simbel Temples. It takes about 3 hours driving from Aswan to Abu Simbel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Arrive to Abu Simbel, see the impressive Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, which is dedicated to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, and to Ramesses II. Then return to your Nile Cruise in Aswan. Free time at leisure, then have your dinner on board and enjoy a Nubian Show.

Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: Aswan, Optional tour to Abu Simbel Temple.

* Optional Group tour by Coach to Abu Simbel Temples for an extra $115USD

Day 7: Sail to Kom Ombo Temple - Sail to Esna

Sail to Kom Ombo while having your breakfast on board, then enjoy a guided visit to the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Back to the Nile Cruise to set sail to Edfu with lunch on board. Continue sailing to Esna, with afternoon tea on board. Dinner on board in Esna.

Overnight aboard your cruise in Esna.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Visits: Kom Ombo Temple.

Day 8: Luxor Nile Cruise Excursions

Sail to Luxor with breakfast on board your Nile Cruise, then head out to enjoy a guided tour to the West bank of the River Nile in Luxor to visit Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, the powerful Egyptian queen, and the Colossi of Memnon. back to the cruise with lunch, dinner on board.

Overnight aboard your cruise in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Visits: Valley of the Kings, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon.

Day 9: Luxor Nile Cruise - Back to Cairo

Breakfast on board, then disembark your Nile cruise in Luxor and enjoy a guided tour to the East Bank of Luxor, visit the magnificent Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. Lunch will be served in a good quality restaurant in Luxor. Later on, you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for your flight back to Cairo, where you will be met and assisted at the airport then escorted to your hotel nearby Cairo Airport.

Overnight in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

Visits: Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple.

Day 10: Cairo - Fly Back Home

Breakfast at the hotel with free time at your leisure, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.

Meals: Breakfast.

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