13 Day Luxury Egypt Cruise Tour – Cairo, Nile Cruise, Red Sea (+Optional Tours)
Enjoy an unforgettable vacation with our classic 13 Day Luxury Egypt Cruise Tour; a travel experience which is well and truly flawless in every way. Our Nile cruise and stays include 5-Star hotel accommodation; a 5-Star luxury Nile cruise; professional Egyptologist guided tours, and some quality leisure time at the Red Sea coast, our 13 day luxury Egypt tour has everything necessary to ensure that lifelong memories are guaranteed.
Visit the famous Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx; the Egyptian Museum; Valley of the Kings; Karnak; Temple of Horus; Temple of Isis; Temple of Medinet Habu and so much more with our flawless luxury Egypt tours.
Luxury Egypt Cruise Tour
DAY 1 – Arrive Cairo for Luxury Egypt Cruise Tour
When you arrive in Cairo for your 13 Day Luxury Egypt Cruise, one of our tour managers will meet you and then escort you to the hotel where you will be staying while you are in Cairo. There are no tours scheduled for this day, so once you have checked, our tour manager will discuss the following day’s schedule with you, and then the rest of the days is yours to enjoy as you wish.
Include: Free Welcome Drink
DAY 2 – Giza Pyramids and Egyptian Museum
On the 2nd day of your Luxury Egypt Cruise, the focus is on the pyramids and the Egyptian Museum. In the morning, at the confirmed time, one of our Egyptologist guides and one of our drivers will fetch you and take for a tour of the ancient Giza necropolis to see the Great Pyramids of Giza; the Sphinx; the Valley Temple, and more. After your tour, enjoy a nice lunch at a good local restaurant and then it will be time for you to visit the Egyptian Museum.
This museum has more than 120,000 artifacts on display, including all the items and treasures that was found in the tomb of King Tutankhamen, and that are now on display in the museum’s Treasures Room. Once you are finished at the museum, your guide and driver will return you to your hotel and you will have the rest of the day to yourself.
Want to save your travel memories with incredible photos? For an extra $150, you can have your own professional photographer for two (2) hours at the pyramids. Include 20 edited high quality photos in printed album, plus a CD with a minimum of 100 edited digital images.
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch
DAY 3 – Cairo Sightseeing Tour
This day of your Luxury Egypt Cruise will see you visiting a number of the top Cairo tourist attraction with your Egyptologist guide and driver. The first you will be taken to see is the medieval Citadel of Salah El Din. While at the Citadel, you will also visit the Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque. Unlike at many other mosques, tourists are allowed to enter the mosque except during prayer times.
The Citadel is also home to several other attractions, including the Police Museum; the Military Museum, and more. After spending some time exploring the Citadel, you will again be taken for lunch at a nice local restaurant, and then you will visit the 14th-century Khan el Khalili Bazaar and open market. The bazaar is one of those places which every visitor to Cairo needs to experience at least once, either to do some shopping, or to get a feel of what life is like for the average Egyptian living in Cairo. When you are ready to leave, just let your guide know and then you will be taken back to your hotel and you will have the rest of the day for yourself.
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch
DAY 4 – Domestic Flight to Aswan and Cruise Embarkation
The next phase of your Luxury Egypt Cruise begins today, so check-out from the hotel will be shortly after breakfast, at which point you will be driven to the airport to board a short flight to Aswan where you will again be met by one of our tour managers, and then taken to board the luxurious Oberoi Philae for your 5-Star Nile River cruise.
Enjoy lunch on the ship and then you will have some free time for yourself. At around 16h00, one of our Egyptologist guides will accompany you and a small group of our other clients on a motorboat trip to visit the Nubian Museum. After this visit, the boat will take you back to your ship again, and a short while later there will be a Cocktail Reception with some entertainment, after which the crew will begin serving dinner. This night of your Luxury Egypt Cruise will be spent in your cabin on the water at Aswan.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 5 – Kom Ombo Temple and Aswan Tour
The Oberoi Philae will set sail at about 06h00 and you will have your breakfast while sailing to Kom Ombo where be taken to see the twin Temples of Kom Ombo. After your tour, you will sail back to Aswan, and at about 14h00 your guide will take you and the other members of your group to see the remarkable Aswan High Dam and the ancient Temple of Philae.
Return to the ship after your tour and enjoy another Cocktail Reception before sitting down to another good on-board dinner. This night will also be spent on the water at Aswan.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 6 – Temple of Horus and Overnight at Esna
Your cruise ship will leave Aswan at 07h00 today and begin sailing to Edfu, so you will have ample to for relaxing. At 14h00, you will once again leave the vessel, and your guide will take you to see the Temple of Horus which is the best-preserved ancient temple ever discovered in Egypt. After this tour, the ship then sails to Esna where you will be spending this night of your luxury Egypt tour on the water.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 7 – Luxor East Bank Tour
Enjoy another relaxing morning on the ship while it sails to Luxor. Breakfast and lunch will be served at the usual times, and then at 14h00 you will enjoy another guided tour, this time to visit the sprawling ruins of the vast Karnak Temple complex, and also the Luxor museum before returning to the ship in time for another good dinner, and a relaxing night on the water in Luxor.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 8 – Luxor West Bank Tour and Temple of Dendara
Your luxury Egypt tour gets off to an early start today; leaving the ship with your guide at around 07h00 for a tour of the West Bank. During this tour you will be taken to see some of Egypt most cherished ancient sites, including Valley of the Kings; the Temple of Medinet Habu; the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon.
Soon after arriving back on the luxury cruise ship, lunch will be served and it will begin sailing to Qena. At 18h00 you will be taken for another excursion, this time to visit the Temple of Dendara which was dedicated to Hathor, Goddess of Music, Love and Joy. This tour typically lasts for about an hour and a half, so today dinner will be served slightly later than usual and spend this night of your luxury Egypt cruise on the water at Qena.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 9 – Temple of Abydos and Luxor Temple
After breakfast, your guide will take you and the other members of your group to see the ancient Temple of Dendara, and then at 12h00 the cruise ship will begin sailing back to Luxor, with lunch served along the way. After lunch, you will have most of the afternoon to yourself, and then at 17h00 you will enjoy another excursion in Luxor, this time to the beautiful Luxor Temple. Enjoy another good dinner on the ship, and enjoy the last night of your cruise on the water at Luxor.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 10 – Cruise Disembarkation and Transfer to Sahl Hashish
Disembarkation from your cruise will happen shortly after you have had your breakfast, and then you will be driven to Sahl Hashish where you will check-in at a fabulous 5-Star hotel. The drive from Luxor takes about 3 hours. Sahl Hashish is about a 30 minute drive from the center of Hurghada, so it is close enough if you want to do some serious shopping or partying, but it is also far away enough to ensure that you can enjoy peace and quiet.
Meals Included: Breakfast
DAY 11 and DAY 12 – Leisure Time with Optional Tours
There are no tours or excursions scheduled for these two days of your Luxury Egypt Cruise. Instead, they are free/open days which you can enjoy as you wish, although there are lots of optional tours and activities available in the area if you would rather not spend these two days relaxing. This area is famous for its magnificent snorkeling and SCUBA diving sites, and there is also a very nice national park nearby. Please feel free to discuss optional tours and/or activities with you tour guide or when you book your 13 Day Egypt Luxury Tour.
Meals Included: Breakfast
DAY 13 – Flight to Cairo and Final Departure
After checking out from your 5-Star retreat, we will drive you to the airport in Hurghada where you will board a domestic flight back to Cairo. When you land in Cairo, your tour manager will meet you and then escort you to the international departures hall in time for you to board your flight back home.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Inclusions – What is included in your Luxury Egypt Cruise Tour:
- One of our tour representatives present at airports to meet you and see you off for all arrivals and departures
- Entry visa provided on arrival at Cairo International Airport
- Assistance available from our customer service department throughout your Luxury Egypt Cruise Tour
- All transfers/tours in private air-conditioned vehicles
- Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo (including daily breakfast)
- Accommodation for 6 nights on board 5-star Nile Cruise (full board)
- Accommodation for 3 nights in Hurghada (including daily breakfast)
- Domestic flights from Cairo to Aswan and from Hurghada to Cairo
- All Sightseeing tours during Nile cruise (Small group tours)
- English speaking tour guides for all tours
- Entrance fees to the sites and attractions mentioned in the tour itinerary
- All meals listed in the itinerary
- All taxes & service charges – the price you see is the price you pay
NOTE: All tours in Cairo are private tours, and Nile Cruise tours are small group tours.
Exclusions – What is not included in your Luxury Egypt Cruise:
- International airfare
- Optional tours mentioned or not mentioned in your Luxury Egypt Cruise
- Personal expenses
- Tipping kitty.
Accommodation Plan
- Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at First Residence (5-Star)
- Oberoi Philae Nile Cruise (5-Star)
- Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh Hotel (5-Star)
Price per 1 person | October to April | May to September |
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Double Cabin | $4,900 | $6,290 |
Prices are quoted per person in US$ and valid until the 31st of December 2020, except during the Easter, Christmas and New Year holidays.
Customer Review
WONDERFUL TRIP WITH WONDERFUL GUIDES
My friends and I had a wonderful trip with Nile Cruise Holidays in Egypt. Our coordinator Tarek, Egyptologist Abdo and Seyed Selim were knowledgeable and awesome! Thank you all very much once again.
Keong Y
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