Give yourself the kind of vacation you deserve with a high-quality, customizable, luxury 10-day Cairo Nile Cruise and Nile Cruise package. This is a journey full of luxury from start to finish. Our Nile cruise and homestay vacations allow you to see a lot and relax simultaneously. Private Egyptologist-led tours of Cairo and mini Egyptologist-led tours from Aswan to Luxor make this possible. Visit some of Egypt’s most famous pyramids, tombs, and temples, such as the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Step Pyramid, Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Hatshepsut Temple, Horus Temple, and many more. A few mouse clicks will lead you to luxury tours in Egypt that you will never forget.
Your tour manager and driver will pick you up at Cairo airport and take you to your hotel in a clean, modern, air-conditioned vehicle.
Your tour manager will ensure a smooth check-in and confirm your pick-up for the next day’s tours.
Meals: Welcome Drink
Night Stay In Cairo
After breakfast, your Egyptologist guide and driver will pick you up and take you to the Saqqara necropolis, about 30 km from Cairo. Although there are many things to see here, the Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser is the most famous and first pyramid ever made.
After your Saqqara tour, you will have lunch and go to the Giza complex. The Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and the Valley Temple are some of the most famous ancient structures in Egypt, and you can see them all in this cemetery.
After finishing at the Giza plateau, you will be returned to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay In Cairo
The next part of your luxury Cairo and Nile Cruise package starts today. After breakfast, you will check out from your hotel and transfer to the airport, where you will catch a flight to Luxor. When you arrive at Luxor Airport, one of our staff members and a driver will meet you. They will then take you on a 5-star Nile cruise. Since the whole board is part of your cruise, you will be served lunch on board shortly after you board.
After lunch, Our Egyptologist guide will take you to visit the Luxor Temple and the massive Karnak temple complex, both very ancient and exciting.
After your tour, you return to your cruise ship. Dine on board and enjoy the night on the water in Luxor as part of your Cairo and Nile Cruise luxury package.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Cruise
Today, you go to the West Bank of Luxor, and your first stop is the Valley of the Kings. During the New Kingdom, this was where the kings were buried. There are more than 60 tombs here, including the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Your next stop will be at a nearby place called Deir el-Bahri to see the rock-cut temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Your last stop will be at the Colossi of Memnon.
After your West Bank tour ends, you will return to the ship and begin sailing past the Esna Lock to Edfu. The ship will serve lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner, and you’ll spend the night in Edfu on the Nile.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
Breakfast is served at the usual time, and then you go to Edfu to see the impressive Temple of Horus. This ancient worship temple is considered the best preserved as it has been buried in the sand for more than 2000 years.
After returning to the ship, you will have lunch and a relaxing sailing to Kom Ombo, where you will visit Kom Ombo Temple, once a place of worship for two different deities.
After visiting Kom Ombo Temple, you return to the ship and sail to Aswan. In Aswan, you can dine on board and get a good night’s sleep in your cabin.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
You’ll start your day early with a breakfast box at 4:30 am. You will board a modern air-conditioned vehicle for the excursion to the magnificent Ramses II temples at Abu Simbel, which usually takes around 3.5 hours.
After the end of the tour, you will return to the Nile cruise.
Note: If you prefer to upgrade to a flight from Aswan to Abu Simbel, please let us know, as flights are subject to availability. A small additional fee is charged for upgrades.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
This morning, after breakfast, your Egyptologist guide will take you to see the Aswan High Dam, the unfinished Obelisk, and the ancient Temple of Philae, which was moved to its current location on higher ground to prevent it from being flooded by Lake Nasser when the High Dam was built.
After lunch, you will be transferred to Aswan Airport, where you will fly back to Cairo.
When you land, you will be met again and taken to the hotel where you stay. Since no excursions are planned today, you will have the rest of the day after check-in.
Meals: Breakfast
Night Stay In Cairo
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and taken to some of the most famous tourist sites in Cairo, such as the Egyptian Museum, Saladin Citadel, and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Alabaster.
You will be taken to a good restaurant in the area at lunchtime.
Next, you’ll go to Coptic Cairo to see the Hanging Church of Cairo and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Your tour will end with a stop at the famous Khan el Khalili Bazaar, which has been around for hundreds of years.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Night Stay in Cairo
After your delicious breakfast, you will depart for a three-hour drive to Alexandria with our expert guide in a private air-conditioned vehicle.
You will admire the majestic Pompay Pillar, founded in honor of Emperor Diocletian.
Continue to Sultan Qaitbay Citadel, built in the same spot as the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria.
Then you will visit the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, the most significant Roman necropolis of 3 levels excavated in an underground rock tunnel that shows the fusion of Roman and Egyptian art.
After that, you will visit the famous Library of Alexandria from out inside. You will have the opportunity to take some fantastic and unique photos in Alexandria.
After completing the tour, you will return to the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Night Stay in Cairo
We will pick you up from your hotel at the right time and transfer you to Cairo International Airport to catch your flight out of Egypt.
Your 10-day Cairo Nile luxury cruise package is over, but the memories you made will last a lifetime.
Meals: Breakfast
Tipping is not included in any of our packages and is entirely up to the discretion of travelers. Although it is not mandatory, it is of great importance to the people who take care of you while traveling.
Extra personal expenses on the trip may include a food tour, alcoholic beverages, tipping, visa fees, recreational expenses, and other services not listed.
Following are the items with extra costs during the trek:
All our packages and tours of Egypt do not include entrance fees to special archaeological sites such as entering the pyramids from inside, the mummies’ room in Museum, or entering the Tutankhamun tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
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