Pyramids & The Nile at Christmas & New Year

Welcome to Cairo, Egypt.

A tour manager will meet you at Cairo International Airport. They will help you there, then take you to your hotel in a comfortable, air-conditioned car.

At the hotel, the tour manager will guide you through check-in. They will go over your holiday plan with you. You will also confirm the pick-up times for each tour.

Stay overnight in Cairo.

Welcome drink.

Have a nice, filling breakfast at your hotel. Then meet your guide and head to the Giza Plateau. You will begin your day by seeing the Great Pyramids of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.  

Next, stop at the Sphinx. After that, visit the Valley Temple.  

When the pyramid time is done, you will have lunch at a real Egyptian restaurant. Later, go to the New Grand Egyptian Museum, often called the Giza Museum.  

This new place sits about two kilometres from the Giza Pyramids. It is among the biggest and most modern archaeology museums around. Inside, you can see more than 100,000 items. They cover about 5,000 years. The museum also shows the full Tutankhamun collection, shown together for the first time. The building mixes clean, modern style with hands-on displays. You also get great views over the Giza Plateau.  

After the visits, return to your hotel.  

Overnight in Cairo.  

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.  

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

Wake up early in Cairo, check out of your hotel, and head to Cairo Airport. Fly to Aswan and arrive in the morning. A representative will meet you at Aswan Airport and help you get settled. Then you will be taken to your Nile River Cruise so you can embark before lunch.

After lunch, you will visit Philae Temple. This site is linked to the goddesses Isis and Hathor. You will also see the Unfinished Obelisk, the big ancient obelisk found in the stone quarries in northern Egypt.

Have dinner on board and spend the night in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Sail toward Kom Ombo. Have breakfast on the boat. Then go to the temple there, the one shared by two gods, Sobek and Haeroris.

After that, sail to Edfu. Enjoy lunch on board. Later, visit the Horus Temple in Edfu, which is one of the best kept cult temples in Egypt.

In the afternoon, have tea while you travel to Esna. Dinner is on board, and you will sleep on board as well.

Note: The plan can change if navigation needs it. Sometimes you may visit Esna instead of Edfu. This depends on the sailing route and the schedule.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Go by boat to Luxor. Eat breakfast on board. After that, see the West Bank. Next, join a trip to the royal cemetery where there are tombs of 62 pharaohs. Then visit the Valley of the Kings. Continue to the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut. This temple was planned by the New Kingdom architects and linked to Queen Hatshepsut, around the 15th century BC. It is at El-Deir El-Bahari. Afterward, stop by the Colossi of Memnon.  

Have lunch on board. In the afternoon, enjoy tea while the boat sails. Dinner is served on board. Spend the night in Luxor.  

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You will have breakfast on the cruise before you get off. After that, your guide will meet you and you will go to the Karnak and Luxor temples on the east side of the Nile. Later, you will be taken to Luxor Airport for your flight to Cairo.  

When you land in Cairo, you will transfer to your hotel. You will stay overnight in Cairo.  

Meals: Breakfast

Breakfast with free time at your hotel before transferring to Cairo International Airport for departure.
Meals: Breakfast