All of Egypt

Day 1, Thu: Cairo
Welcome to buzzing metropolis that is modern day Cairo, sat on the banks of the Nile for over 1000’s of years, this exciting capital city has offered all a tourist could ask for and more: Ancient monuments, cool culture and great food, mixed with the magnetic bustle of life. Pick up from the airport by your English-speaking guide and transfer to the hotel in a luxury A/C vehicle on the way to your hotel get a glimpse of the adventures to come. During the ride, your guide will give you all the information about the coming days tours. Check into hotel and overnight.
Option:  Excursion to the Sound & Lights show in the Pyramids area

Day 2, Fri: Cairo (Giza)
Breakfast in the hotel and pick up by your guide to visit one of the remaining Seven Wonders of the World, the ancient Pyramids of Giza. These amazing structures, each dedicated to a different Pharoah are a testament to how rich and the important the Egyptian Civilization was 4000 years ago. Meet their guardian the Sphinx and try and unravel her enigmas before wandering through the Valley of the Temple. In the afternoon continue to Memphis, one of the oldest and most im-portant religious cities of Lower Egypt to visit its open-air museum which testifies to the im-portance of this ancient city, then onwards to Saqqara the necropolis of the city and site to the very first pyramidal constructions, including Djoser's famous Step Pyramid. Return to the hotel for overnight [B]

Day 3, Sat: Cairo
Breakfast in the hotel today is free to do some optional tours such as a visit to the Egyptian Muse-um, famous for its extensive collection of Egyptian artefacts, here you will be able to see the fa-mous treasures of Tutankhamun as well as understand the development of Egyptian culture and art through the ages Or optionally visit the Fortified Citadel home to the rulers of Egypt for over 700 years with its amazingly decorated Alabaster mosque, then we will stop off at the Coptic Quarter of Cairo to see the famous Church of Saint Sergius and Bacchus, also known as Abu Serga, where the Holy Family reportedly took refuge in the exile form Israel. Return to hotel and Over-night [B]
Option: Visit the he Egyptian Museum and Citadel.

Day 4, Sun: Cairo, Luxor  
Breakfast in the hotel and at the agreed time transfer to the airport to take the flight to Luxor. arri-val and Visit of the Luxor Museum, this fascinating museum houses an interesting exhibition of items found during the various excavations from the Theban region, take a look at the mummifi-cation museum with an eyewatering look into the process that ancient Egyptians used to pre-serve their pharaohs. Check into the hotel. Afternoon free to wander the corniche or check out the local souk. Overnight. [B]

Day 5, Mon: Luxor (Amazing Karnak and Luxor Temples)  
Breakfast in the hotel in the morning possibility to do an optional excursion to fly over the temples in a hot air balloon at dawn, just before lunch transfer from the hotel to the cruise boat for check-in and lunch on board. During the afternoon we’ll visit the Karnak Temple complex, the largest religious building in Egypt with its stunning collection of temples, chapels, Towers and Pylons, Sphinx Avenue. Continue to the Temple of Luxor, that served as “the place of the First Occasion” where the god Amun-Ra (to whom the city of Thebes was dedicated) experienced rebirth during the pharaoh’s annual coronation ceremony and where Alexander the Great was crowned king of Egypt. Return to the cruise for dinner and overnight on board. [B/L/D]

Day 6, Tue: Luxor, Nile River  
Breakfast on board and visit of the West Bank of the Nile, Valley of the Kings, where Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun’s Tomb, continuing through the valley we will visit the Temple of Egypt’s only female pharaoh The Temple of The Queen Hatshepsut and then onto the Colossi of Memnon, guardians of the tomb of the King Amenhotep III, return to cruise and lunch on board. This afternoon we start sailing south towards the Equator, so take a seat on the sundeck and watch the Nile float by, over 80 % of the population lives by the banks of this river of life and it pro-vides the lush backdrop to the desert, giving food, water and life to many Egyptians. Arrival to Esna Lock where you will be able to watch how the boats pass from one part of the Nile to the next. Dinner and overnight on board. [B/L/D]

Day 7, Wed: Nile River (Edfu, Kom Ombo)  
Breakfast on Board and Visit of the Temple in Edfu dedicated to the God Horus it is considered to be one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt. Lunch on Board and we continue sailing towards Kom Ombo arriving in the late afternoon. Here, we will visit the twin temples, the only of their kind, dedicated to the Gods Sobek and Horus you can also visit the crocodile mummification mu-seum. Afterwards you can shop in one of the many souvenir shops or try out a Shisa pipe in one of the open-air cafés. Dinner on board. [B/L/D]

Day 8, Thu: Nile Cruise (Aswan, Abu Simbel)  
Free morning to relax, enjoy life in Aswan or take one of the optional tours. In the Afternoon you will sail around the Nile Cataracts on a Felucca and see the Elephantine Island and the Mausole-um of Aga Khan. Explore Nubian culture further on this excursion to a nearby Nubian Village, where you can admire its vibrant, brightly colored houses and bustling village market. Meet a lo-cal Nubian family in their home, where you can enjoy traditional coffee or hibiscus tea. Return to the boat for dinner on board. [B/L/D]
Option: Temple of Ramses II in Abu Simbel
Those wishing to get up very early in the morning (3:00 am) have the opportunity of an immer-sive experience in pharaonic Egypt during this optional trip to Abu Simbel*.  Pick-up your picnic breakfast box and take a trip through the Nubian Desert, the most eastern of the Sahara desert, until you reach Lake Nasser. Here Rameses II built his greatest temple, raised as a demonstra-tion of his power after the victory at the Battle of Kadesh. The Temple of Abu Simbel, carved into the mountainside and presided over by 65-foot-tall statues of the pharaoh is an astonishing vi-sion! After the visit of the temples dedicated to Rameses II and his wife Nefertari, return to Aswan for a lunch on board.
Option: Visit to the Temple of Isis
After breakfast, take an optional tour to The Temple of Isis in Aswan, also known as Philae Tem-ple, a majestic ancient Egyptian temple complex situated on an island in the Nile River. The temple is renowned for its beautifully preserved reliefs and structures, reflecting the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of Egyptian history. Visitors to the temple can explore its courtyards, sanctu-aries, and hypostyle halls adorned with intricate carvings depicting mythological scenes and re-ligious rituals dedicated to Isis.

Day 9, Fri: Aswan, Cairo   (Old City)
Breakfast on board and check out of the cruise, transfer to the airport for your flight back to Cairo. Arrival and we will take a wander through the streets of Medieval Cairo, wander down the El Moez street the UN defines it as “the greatest concentration of medieval architectural treasures in the Islamic world”. Get to see a bit of real-life Cairo and have a peek at the souvenirs in the bazar be-fore transfer to your hotel and overnight. [B]

Day 10 Sat: Cairo, USA
Breakfast in the hotel. At the designated time, transfer to the airport to take the flight back home. [B]

[B] = Breakfast | [B/L/D] =Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner