Kick off the first day of exploring Cairo’s Highlights. This morning you will be met at your hotel by your private guide for a full-day tour of the pyramids at Giza, Sphinx and Sakkara. Take in the fascinating great Pyramids. Later, we will take a short drive to the Saqqara where the first pyramid was built. At the end of your tour today, your private driver will take you back to your hotel to settle in and enjoy your free evening.

Overnight: Hotel in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast.

After breakfast, we head to the airport to catch an early flight for Luxor where you will board your chosen Nile cruise boat.

Once onboard, lunch will be served after checking in. Amble on deck and take in the desert surrounding you on both banks of the Nile, interspersed with some shrubbery and palm trees – what a sight!

Later in the evening, we visit the Karnak Temple – here your private guide will lead the way on to Luxor Temple which is known in the New Kingdom period as It-Rsyt, meaning “Southern Shrine”.

Overnight on-board Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

The tour starts bright and early today to avoid the noontide heat of the Valley of the Kings. Your guide will take you on a tour to explore a number of Tombs – the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut in the Valley of the Queens, and the Colossi of Memnon. Each of these sites still stands tall and is well preserved.

Overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Today we explore the unusual temples of Kom Ombo and the Edfu Temple.Here, your guide will tell you the story behind these two temples.

We return back on board where we continue sailing on to Luxor via Esna.

Overnight onboard Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

After arriving in Aswan, we will start our trip with a visit to the High Dam. Afterward, a short boat trip will take to the Temple of Philae which was the center of worship of the Goddess Isis and thus attracted pilgrims from all over the ancient world.

Did you know that the great temples and monuments of Philae were relocated to the nearby Island of Agilkia, where they now are perched. Later, your private vehicle will take you to your chosen cruise where we will get you checked in for your first of many nights on board.

Overnight onboard cruise ship.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Overnight onboard cruise ship.

After breakfast, you will can catch an early departure to visit the majestic Abu Simbel site. After three hours on the road, hitting sunrise, we will set our sights on these gigantic statues shamelessly glowing over us.

Overnight at Aswan hotel.
Meals: Breakfast.

After breakfast, we head back to Cairo via a short flight. After arrival, we’ll visit the Egyptian Museum – here you’ll witness some of the most exquisite and ancient artefacts and statues. Later, we will tour Islamic Cairo including the Citadel of Saladin – visiting Alabaster Mosque of Mohammad Ali. Then it’s on to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church, built on the side of the Roman fortress of Babylon and then on to the Saint Sergius Church said to have been one of the hiding places of the Holy Family.

Overnight at Cairo hotel.
Meals: Breakfast.

We start the day bright and early for a full-day tour of Alexandria – you’ll spend the day viewing historic sites such as the Pompeii’s Pillar, the only Amphitheatre built by the Romans in Egypt and Catacomb, Alexandria Library plus many more. During our tour, we will make a quick lunch stop at a relaxing restaurants overlooking the Mediterranean port. At the end of our sightseeing tour we’ll head back to Cairo for a free evening.

Overnight at Cairo hotel.
Meals: Breakfast.

Your tour. officially comes to an end. Your private driver will take your to Cairo airport to board your flight back home.

Meals: Breakfast.