10 Day Deluxe Egypt Tour – Cairo, Nile Cruise, (Abu Simbel)

DAY 1 – Arrive Cairo for your 10 Day Deluxe Egypt Tour

When you arrive at the airport in Cairo for your 10-Day Deluxe Egypt Tour, your tour manager and driver will be waiting for you at the airport, and they will transfer you to your hotel in Cairo where you will staying for the first three nights of your trip. You will be assisted with check-in; a pick-up time for the following day’s tours will be confirmed with you, and then you will have the rest of the day for yourself.

Include: Free Welcome Drink

DAY 2 – Great Pyramids Tour

After savoring a delightful, traditional Egyptian breakfast, your private guide will accompany you to the Giza Plateau, where you’ll begin your adventure by admiring the Great Pyramids of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Stroll across the Plateau to explore the famous Sphinx and the Valley Temple. Following your visit to the Pyramids, you’ll enjoy lunch at a genuine Egyptian restaurant before heading to the Sakkara district. Here, you’ll tour the Sakkara Complex and see the Djoser Pyramid, the first pyramid ever constructed. You’ll spend the night in Cairo.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

NOTE: If you want to visit the Solar Boat Museum at the Giza necropolis or venture inside one of the pyramids, an additional ticket must be purchased at the site.

DAY 3 – Exploring the GEM and the Egyptian Museum

Following breakfast, the day begins with a visit to the New Grand Egyptian Museum, also known as the Giza Museum. This remarkable archaeological museum, located around 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Giza pyramid complex, currently offers limited access to preview its facilities and refine the visitor experience before its official opening. Available areas include the Main Galleries, Grand Hall, Grand Staircase, commercial zone, and exterior gardens.

Next, enjoy lunch at an authentic Egyptian restaurant. Then, proceed to the historic Egyptian Museum in Downtown Cairo, near the iconic Tahrir Square, where you’ll explore an incredible collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and treasures. Return to your hotel for an overnight stay in Cairo.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 4 – Transfer to Luxor and Leisure Time

The next phase of your deluxe Egypt tour begins today, so shortly after breakfast you will check out from your hotel and we will transfer your to the airport where you will board a short flight to Luxor. When you land in Luxor, you will again be met my one of our tour representatives and a driver, and you will be driven to the 5-Star hotel where you will be staying for the night.

Once you have checked in at the hotel, a pick-up time will be confirmed with you for the following day and then you will be free to enjoy the rest of the day as you wish.

Meals Included: Breakfast

DAY 5 – Cruise Embarkation and Luxor East Bank Monuments

Enjoy most of the morning as you wish, and then shortly before lunchtime you will be checking out from your hotel, and you will be taken to board your 5-Star Nile Cruise. Have lunch on the cruise ship shortly after boarding, and then one of our Egyptologist guides will take you and a small group of our other clients to see two ancient sites: Luxor Temple and the huge Karnak Temple complex, both of which are located on the East Bank of Luxor.

After your tour, you will return to the ship and you will have the rest of the day to yourself. This night of your Deluxe Egypt Tour will be spent in your cabin on the water at Luxor.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 6 – West Bank Monuments and Cruise to Edfu

Have breakfast on the ship and then your Egyptologist guide will take you and the others in your group to see the Valley of the Kings; an ancient royal burial ground consisting of more than 60 tombs, including the tomb of King Tutankhamen and the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses VI. You will also visit the spectacular rock-cut Queen Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon.

After a short stop at the Colossi of Memnon, you will return to the ship and it will start sailing to Edfu. There are no further tours or excursions scheduled for this day, so you will have the remainder of the day free to enjoy as you wish. This night of your Deluxe Egypt Tour will be spent on the water at Luxor.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 7 –Edfu and Kom Ombo Excursions, and Cruise to Aswan

Your first excursion of the day will take place shortly after breakfast, during which you be taken to see Egypt’s best-preserved Temple, the Temple of Horus. You then return to the ship, and it will sail to Kom Ombo where you will be taken to see the Kom Ombo Temple complex that was devoted to two gods: Sobek and Haeroris.

Once this tour ends and everyone is back on board the ship, it will sail to Aswan where you will spend this night of your deluxe Egypt tour on the water.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 8 – Private Cairo Sightseeing Tour

Shortly after breakfast, your guide will take you and the others in your group to see the Aswan High Dam; the massive Unfinished Obelisk, and the amazing Temple of Philae which is without question the highlight of your Aswan tour. Once your tour ends, you will head back to the ship in time for lunch, and then you will have the remainder of the day to yourself. This night of your Deluxe Egypt Tour will once again be spent on the water at Aswan.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 9 – Disembarkation and Free Time or Optional Abu Simbel Tour

Enjoy one last breakfast on the ship and then it will be time for you to disembark from your cruise, at which point you will then be transferred to the 5-Star in Aswan where you will be staying for the last night of your Deluxe Egypt Tour. You can either have the entire day to yourself, or you can enjoy an optional tour to the magnificent rock-cut Temples of Abu Simbel which are about a 3-hour drive away from Aswan.

Meals Included: Breakfast

DAY 10 – 10 Day Deluxe Egypt Tour Ends

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel, and then at the time which will have been confirmed with you, one of our tour representatives and a driver will fetch you from your hotel and they will transfer you to the airport in Aswan where you will board a flight back to Cairo. When you land in Cairo, your tour manager will meet you and transfer you to International Departures in time for you to catch your connecting flight back home. Your unforgettable Deluxe Egypt Tour has now come to an end.

Meals Included: Breakfast