Enchanting 8-Days 7-Nights Egypt Holiday Cairo and Nile Cruise by Sleeper Train

This morning, after having the breakfast, your private guide will pick up you for a full day tour of Giza Pyramids, Egyptian Museum and Coptic Cairo.

Start your day by visiting the Giza Plateau to explore the world famous pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, Mycrenos and Sphinx; these structures that have stood tall for 4500 years. Discover the beauty of the Sphinx, one of the largest monolith statues in the history of mankind, enjoy the views and take remarkable pictures. You’ll find your local Egyptology guide a wealth of knowledge and full of enthusiasm about Egyptian history, and their country in general.

Enjoy Lunch during the tour at a good quality restaurant and then move to visit the Egyptian Museum, where you explore the splendid collection of Tutankhamun besides many other attractive artifacts.

Then, continue your tour to Coptic Cairo to see Benezra Synagogue and the Hanging Church. Later on, you will be transferred to Giza train station to get the sleeper train to Aswan. Dinner and breakfast on a board sleeper train. Overnight inside your Cabin.

MEALS INCLUDED:

Breakfast and dinner

ACCOMMODATION:

Overnight at the Sleeper train

After breakfast on board the train, our representative will meet you at Aswan train station, and he will transfer you by a private air-conditioned vehicle to your Nile Cruise for embarkation in Aswan before lunch. After lunch, you will enjoy visiting the High Dam and Temple of Philae on Isis Island then back to your Nile cruise. Dinner on board.

There is also an early morning optional visit to the UNESCO world heritage site of Abu Simbel. This amazing site was completely dismantled and rebuilt when Lake Nasser was flooded.

Note: If your arrival to Aswan is so early, so we will start the tour direct upon arrival since the cruise check-in time at 12:00 and we don’t want our guest to waste their time waiting at the lobby for check-in.

ACCOMMODATION:

Overnight in Aswan.

MEALS INCLUDED:

lunch and dinner.

Breakfast on board. Free leisure morning on the deck. Have lunch and be ready for the cruise navigation by afternoon heading to Kom Ombo city where to visit the amazing Temple Of Kom Ombo dedicated to two gods: Horus (the falcon god) and Sobek (the crocodile god). Also, you will get to visit the Crocodile Museum. Get back to the cruise and have dinner. Continue sailing to Edfu for overnight.

MEALS INCLUDED:

breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

ACCOMMODATION:

Overnight at Edfu.

After your breakfast, enjoy Horse Carriage ride with your tour guide to visit the temple of Horus at Edfu which is considered to be the most complete and the best preserved of all the Egyptian temples. Return to the cruise. Relax on the deck watching the unique landscape and admire the beautiful scenery of the Nile river while sailing to Luxor. Lunch on board. Afternoon tea on the sundeck. Passing through the Esna lock to Luxor; built on and around the ancient site of Thebes, and has the greatest concentration of ancient ruins in the Nile Valley, if not the world. Across the Nile lies the City of the Dead, with its mortuary temples and rock carved tombs. To the east stand the Temples of Luxor and Karnak. Late in the afternoon, arrive at Luxor harbor, to visit Luxor Temple which is in the center of town and is colorfully lit up by night and where ancient Egyptian, Christian and Islamic features are exhibited. Dinner on board and belly dancing show. Overnight in Luxor.

MEALS INCLUDED:

breakfast,lunch, and dinner.

ACCOMMODATION:

Overnight in Luxor

Breakfast and check out to start your remarkable day by driving to the West Bank to visit the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs from the new kingdom carved their tombs in the mountains aiming to hide their treasure and protect their mummies. Then to the Mortuary temple of the famous queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari. End your tour in the West Bank by a photo stop in front of the gigantic statues of Memnon. Lunchtime in a local restaurant (optional). Then to visit the massive temple of Karnak. It was linked to the town of Luxor by a long sphinx lined avenue. Inside the large courtyard are three temples. The much photographed Hypo-style Hall has an impressive 134 towering columns, each is carved with scenes of gods and pharaohs, and hieroglyphic inscriptions cover the walls.

Later on, you will be transferred to Luxor train station to get the sleeper train back to Cairo. Dinner will be served on board the sleeper train.

Overnight in your Cabin

MEALS INCLUDED:

breakfast and dinner

ACCOMMODATION:

Overnight at the sleeper train.

Breakfast on board the sleeper train before arriving at Giza train station where you will be met and assisted by our representative. He will transfer you to your hotel for free time to stay at your hotel in Cairo. Or choose one of our optional tours, and don’t miss a day on your holiday.

Optional Activities

• Cairo – Step Pyramids of Saqqara and Memphis City

MEALS INCLUDED:

breakfast.

ACCOMMODATION

Overnight Cairo at 4-star Hotel.

Breakfast, and check out, then our representative will escort you to the airport for departure according to your flight details.

Optional Tours:

Hot Air Balloon In Luxor (90$ USD per person)

Abu Simbel temples join tour (60$ USD per person)

Abu Simbel temples private tour (100$ USD per person starting from 2 Travelers, and 160$ USD per single person)

Nubian Village by motorboat (45$ USD per person)

Facilities:

All Cabins Contain:

Mini Bar.

Safe Deposit Box.

Satellite TV.

Private Bathroom with full bathtub.

Additional Information:

Child rate applies only when sharing 2 paying adults.

A child from 6 to 11 years old accompanied by one adult will be treated as an adult.

Prices are quoted in U.S dollars , per person per trip and valid, except during Christmas, New Year and Easter Holidays (70$ per person per night will be charged as extra supplement for these Holidays).

If your arrival to Luxor is so early, so we will start the tour direct upon arrival as Cruise check in at 12:00.

Sometimes due to sailing conditions on the River Nile, Nile Cruises itineraries schedule and sailing time maybe updated. We assure that our clients will see all what is on their itineraries but maybe in different order