Tour Code: FIT/2184

Cairo with Nile River Cruise

7 Nights / 8 Days
Private Van Tour
Summer Special
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Cities : Cairo (2N),Nile (3N),Cairo (2N)

Sightseeing

Luxor, Egypt
  • Luxor Temple
  • Temple of Karnak
  • Valley of the Kings
  • Temple of Hatshepsut
  • Colossi of Memnon
Cairo, Egypt
  • Visit to Giza Pyramids and Sphinx
  • Egyptian Museum visit
  • Cairo Citadel and Mohamed Ali Mosque
Aswan, Egypt
  • Visit to Philae Temple and High Dam
  • Visit Kom Ombo Temple
  • Visit Edfu Temple

Meals

  • 7 Breakfast
  • 3 Lunch
  • 3 Dinner

Day wise travel itinerary

  • Day 1 :Arrival to Cairo
    Arrival to Cairo international airport Meet & assistance through passports and customs formalities by the representatives of Cairo Transport & Touring Transfer to your hotel (Check in @ 14:00)Overnight at your hotel in Cairo
  • Day 2 :Cairo - Three Pyramids, Sphinx
    Breakfast at your hotel. Start your tours by visiting the sole surviving Wonder of the Ancient World, Giza’s Pyramids and the surrounding area. Arrive early if you want to get one of the limited tickets to visit their interiors and the Sphinx. Overnight at your hotel in Cairo
    • Breakfast
  • Day 3 :Arrival to Aswan – Boarding the Nile cruise – Philae, High Dam (Friday)
    Breakfast at your hotel. Transfer to Cairo airport to fly to Aswan, you will be met by Cairo Transport & Touring representative in Aswan, start a visit to the romantic and majestic Philae Temple on the Island of Agilika and the High Dam. Transfer to your Nile Cruise for check in and Enjoy the lunch on board Overnight on board of the Cruise.
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 4 :KomOmbo – Edfu
    Early morning Optional tour to Abu Simbel Temple Breakfast buffet, sail to KomOmbo, and visit the magnificent Temple of KomOmbo, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek & Haerories. Followed by sailing to Edfu Enjoy lunch and Dinner on board.Overnight on board of the Cruise.
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 5 :Edfu – Luxor
    Today you have a chance to explore the Temple of Horus at Edfu and Visit Horus Temple, then sail to Esna and follow sailing to Luxor at around sunset.Your Egyptologist will guide you around the Luxor Temple and then onwards to the Karnak Temple.Enjoy lunch and Dinner on board. Pm. Optional Sound light & show in Karnak Overnight on board of the Cruise
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Day 6 :Monuments of Ancient Thebes – Back to Cairo
    Disembarkation after breakfast buffet, then visit the Valley of the Kings. You will also have the chance to visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. On the way back to the river Nile, you will pass by the famed Colossi of Memnon, known in Ancient Greek times for their haunting voices at dawn Then transfer to the airport to fly back to Cairo. Arrival Cairo airport Meet and assist by our representative and transfer to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
    • Breakfast
  • Day 7 :Cairo – Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Salah El Din & Khan El Khalili Bazaar
    Breakfast at your hotel. Proceed to start a visit to the Citadel of Salah El Din & Mohamed Ali Mosque Then visit to the Egyptian Museum & free shopping at Khan El Khalili Bazaar. Overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
    • Breakfast
  • Day 8 :Final Departure
    Check out after breakfast, Transfer to the airport for final departure
    • Breakfast
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Sightseeing

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Luxor Temple

The enormous Luxor Temple was one of the great constructions of the New Kingdom (dating from the 14th century BC) dedicated to the god Amun. It was known as the “Southern Sanctuary” and was the site of ceremonies aimed at encouraging the life-giving Nile floods.

Once through the processional Avenue of Sphinxes you come to the First Pylon, which announces the phenomenal scale of the stonework here: statues, columns and obelisks all compete with each other in a race to the sky.

Ensuing civilizations have also left their marks: there’s a shrine erected by Alexander the Great, Roman wall frescoes as well as a 14th century AD mosque, ensuring this remains a place of worship in the present day.
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Temple of Karnak

The largest of Luxor’s temples, Karnak was one of the most sacred sites in ancient Egypt. It marked the ascendancy of Thebes (present day Luxor) as the capital of the New Kingdom, with construction beginning in the 16th century BC. Most subsequent rulers tinkered with the complex so it represents a great crash course in different pharaonic styles.

The major site here is the Temple of Amon, the largest place of worship ever constructed. There the Great Hypostyle Hall, which was once roofed, dwarfs visitors with its dozens of colossal columns reaching 25 yards (23 meters) into the sky.

Other highlights include the serene sacred lake, gargantuan statues of rulers and gods, as well as the best selection of obelisks in Egypt.
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Valley of the Kings

The harsh, lunar landscape of the Valley of the Kings is the resting place of numerous New Kingdom pharaohs, whose remains were interred in tombs burrowed into rock. The 60-odd tombs which have been discovered (which may represent only half of the total tombs in the area) are identified by number rather than the name of their original inhabitant, and a handful of tombs are closed at any one time for restoration. Nonetheless there is more than enough to see, and it is better to pick out a representative sample rather than try to see every tomb.

Grave-robbers and museums have nabbed the items which were supposed to accompany rulers into the afterlife, but you can still see the work of some of the finest artisans of the ancient world, who glorified pharaohs in frescoes and wall reliefs. Graffiti shows that this extraordinary ensemble of antiquities was already a tourist attraction for the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Temple of Hatshepsut

The vast Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari rivals the Pyramids as one of the great funerary monuments of the ancient world. Built into the towering cliff face which shelter the Valley of the Kings on the other side, it rises on three enormous terraces connected by ramps, each level marked with a colonnade of stark, largely unadorned square pillars.

Its namesake was one of the few female pharaohs of ancient Egypt, who not unfairly called her monument “Splendor of Splendors”. However, much of the construction dated from earlier rulers, starting with Mentuhotep II in 2050 BC. Numerous sphinxes and other statues have since disappeared, making the whole structure appear even more monolithic. 

The cool stone interior provides welcome relief from the pitiless heat of this region, and features well-preserved wall reliefs and hieroglyphics, some in brilliant colors.
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Colossi of Memnon

Little remains of the once impressive Amenhotep’s memorial temple. But the two imposing statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, erected to guard the ancient entrance, still stand watch some 3,400 years later. Today, travelers can venture to the shores of the Nile, just across from the city of Luxor, and revel at the giant manmade sculptures. 

In addition to these impressive twin statues, travelers can check out two smaller figures of the Pharaoh’s wife, Tiy, and mother, Mutemwia. Visitors can also get an up close look at the sandstone panel carvings that showcase images of the Nile god Hapy. Even if most of the Colossi has been lost to weather an the ages, travelers can still get a sense of the wonder this site once held.
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