Luxury Trip to Egypt: Cairo and Dahabiya Tour

Welcome to the land of pharaohs! When you arrive at Cairo International Airport, a New Dynamics Travel representative meets you before immigration, to help with your entry visa and to just smooth out the customs part. Then step outside into the busy streets of Cairo and, kind of relax because a private driver will whisk you over to your boutique hotel right in the middle of Old Islamic Cairo. Get settled and really soak up the mood…you’re surrounded by historic architecture, plus that constant city buzz like it never properly switches off. Tonight is free, so you can rest up after your flight. (Take a good night’s sleep, your Egyptian Adventure is about to start in earnest tomorrow!)

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: None3

So after you enjoy a wholesome, delicious Egyptian breakfast, your personal guide kind of takes you out right away to the Giza Plateau , to start the journey, by marveling at one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramids of Giza. You can take a casual walk around the Plateau then you will see the famous Sphinx and Valley Temple. When you finish your Pyramids visit, you’ll move on for lunch at a genuine Egyptian restaurant, and then you’ll head to the Sakkara district where you tour the Sakkara Complex, plus the very first pyramid that was ever built, the Djoser Pyramid.  

Overnight in Cairo.  
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.  
Visits: Great Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Sakkara, Djoser Pyramid.

After breakfast, the first stop is gonna be the New Grand Egyptian Museum — I mean Egypt’s newest landmark right there, located just two kilometres from the pyramids. It shows more than 100,000 artefacts covering 5,000 years , and it also has the complete Tutankhamun collection, presented all together for the very first time. Then it’s lunch at an authentic Egyptian restaurant, which feels kinda like a proper local interlude.

Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Visits: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

After breakfast head out, then transfer over to Cairo Airport for your flight onward to Luxor. When you arrive, you’ll meet your local guide and start with a visit to the huge Karnak Temple Complex, which is basically one of the biggest religious places in the world. Next you’ll see Luxor Temple, linked to Karnak via the ancient Avenue of Sphinxes, and also the Obelisk of Ramses II.  

Once your tour is done, check into your Luxor hotel. Later on this evening, you can simply kick back and rest OR if you feel like it you can join the optional Sound & Light Show at Karnak (there’s an extra cost for it).  

Overnight: Luxor  

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner  

Visits: Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple

After breakfast, you can kinda choose, either just enjoy a relaxed morning, or join an optional hot-air balloon ride over the West Bank (extra, from approx. 129 USD per person). Then we slowly explore the Luxor West Bank, which is really where the whole thing feels alive. Valley of the Kings is first (the ticket includes 3 tombs; but special tombs like Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses IV need an extra ticket, so just keep that in mind). Next is the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El-Bahari, then there’s a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon.

After the tour, transfer to Esna and board your Dahabiya Nuun or Nuut. You’ll settle into your cabin, and from there start your Nile journey, sailing south while you take in fresh lunch then later dinner on board.

Overnight: Aboard Dahabiya (near Esna)  
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner  
Visits: Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon  
Optional: Hot-air balloon over Luxor’s West Bank

Slide through the Esna Lock early morning, then grab breakfast on deck  with Nile views, it’s kind of calming.  

Maybe pause in El Kab village—take a look at El Kab Temple, and try to catch the everyday pace, plus those mud-brick houses you notice everywhere.  

Continue sailing toward Edfu and go see the Temple of Horus, it is one of Egypt’s best-preserved sites, so really worth it.  

Then travel by horse-drawn carriage to and from the temple, drifting past fields, busier markets, and the local everyday life kind of moments.  

Once back on the boat, keep going, sail past those lush landscapes with palm trees dotted everywhere, and around evening anchor near Sheikh Rehan Island for a relaxed dinner onboard.  

Overnight: Near Sheikh Rehan Island  

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner  

Visits: El Kab Village & Temple, Edfu Temple

Take your breakfast while sailing, towards Gebel Silsela.  
Wander through the old sandstone quarries, and also into the rock cut Temple of Horemheb, it’s surprisingly calm there.  
If you feel like it hike up a bit for panoramic views over the narrow Nile gorge—totally optional but genuinely worth the effort.  

Then sail onward to Fawaza Island for lunch ,after that continue to Al Bashir Island near Kom Ombo.  
Have tea on deck at sunset, and later enjoy a relaxed BBQ dinner under the stars  

Overnight: Al Bashir Island  

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner  

Visits: Gebel Silsela

Savor breakfast on board while your Dahabiya sails toward Kom Ombo, kind of slow and easy. Just walk through the town a little, then visit that double temple of Kom Ombo dedicated to Horus the Elder and Sobek the Crocodile God. You’ll see mirrored halls and quiet sanctuaries, it feels very attuned and still almost. 

Then return to the Dahabiya , and continue sailing on toward Aswan , lunch and dinner are served on board while you watch everyday life unfold along the riverbanks. 

Overnight: Aboard Dahabiya (approaching Aswan)

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Visits: Kom Ombo Temple

After one last breakfast on the Dahabiya, disembark  in Aswan

Visit the beautiful Temple of Philae dedicated to Isis and Hathor, set on an island in the Nile… honestly it’s one of Upper Egypt’s most atmospheric places.
After your visit, your representative will  escort you to Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo, then on arrival you’ll be met and transferred to your hotel for your final night in Egypt

Overnight: Cairo

Meals: Breakfast

Visits: Philae Temple

Have breakfast at your hotel, and then enjoy a bit of free time to roam, shop around or just chill in a café.  
When it’s time, you’ll be transferred over to Cairo International Airport for your return flight.  

Meals: Breakfast  

From Aswan Airport for your last departure, going through Cairo International Airport.