Thinking of covering all of Egypt? Try this 12 Days Cairo, Nile Cruise, and Red Sea Tour and explore Egypt north to south with an extension to the Red Sea Beach.
Fly to Cairo, start your epic Egyptian experience by gazing at the Great Pyramids and Sphinx, wander around the Egyptian Museum see the eye capturing golden mask of Tutankhamen, admire medieval architecture in Old Cairo.
Travel south and board the 5-star Deluxe Nile Cruise with full-board stay, and dock on the way to explore the Pharaohs Splendors on the Nile Valley between Luxor and Aswan. Visit Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, Karnak and Luxor temples, Philae temple, Abu Simbel, and more.
Take a drive from Luxor to Hurghada, the Mermaid of the Red Sea, and enjoy the amber sand beach or hop on snorkeling and Scuba diving excursions. Take a Safari trip on ATV and exhilarate the eastern desert.
Enjoy the best of Egypt with a fabulous 12 Days Cairo, Nile Cruise, and Red Sea Tour
Overview
Book a 12 Days Cairo, Nile Cruise, and Red Sea Tour. And cover all Egypt’s Highlight, a well-paced tour mixing between History and Culture, Nile Cruise Luxury, and Red Sea Beach.
Itinerary
You arrive at Cairo Airport.
Our representative will meet and assist you with customs.
Transfer you to Cairo hotel.
Based on your arrival flight, you may consider an optional city tour to visit the Citadel of Saladin, which is one of the most famous Islamic sites in the Middle East built in 1172 AD, the castle also houses the Alabaster mouse of Mohamed Ali built in 1823 AD.
The tour also covers the religious community area of Coptic Cairo to visit some of the oldest churches in the history of Christianity; such as the Hanging church built in the 5th century and dedicated to the Holly virgin Marry, the Cavern Church that houses the Holly crypt where the Holly family sheltered running from the Romans, and the Jewish temple "Synagogue".
By the end of today, you will have a short drive to explore the exotic market of Cairo at the Khan El Khalili Bazaar, to enjoy its colorful atmosphere and the nice smell of spices there.
Overnight Cairo to rest after the long flights and recover from jet-lagging.
Meals included: none
This morning you will be escorted by an Egyptologist tour guide to explore the only still standing wonder of the 7 wonders of the ancient world; The Pyramids of Giza and its guardian Sphinx. You will have a short drive of about 30 minutes to Cairo downtown to explore the overwhelming Egyptian Museum displays a huge and rare collection with over 120,000 ancient objects, considered the largest collection of ancient artifacts in the world, including the treasures from the most famous Tomb of King Tutankhamen that was discovered in the 1920s, and not to forget the optional visit the Royal Mummy room.
Later this evening, you will be transferred to catch the 1st class tourist sleeper train to Aswan (about 12 hours)
Flight upgrade and hotel overnight is available upon request ($150 per person)
Meals included: Breakfast at Cairo hotel, dinner onboard the train.
Start your tour by visiting Philae temple on its romantic location at the island of Ajelicka, escorted by a private Egyptologist Tour guide, you will get to know the history of the site together with the interesting story of how the UNESCO managed to relocate the temple from its original Philae Island to the current twin Island of Ajelicka.
You will also visit the Aswan High dam; our main source of power and shield against the annual Nile floods.
Then you will proceed to visit the granite quarry and see the unfinished obelisk that was supposed to be the largest ever, however it cracked and was left in the site to show us how the ancient Egyptians managed to quarry granite rocks and how they made their gigantic Obelisks.
Back to the hotel to check in and freshen up.
Overnight Aswan Hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast onboard the train.
If you booked Abu Simbel, you will check out early this morning.
4.30 AM be ready to board the bus that will drive you about 3.5 hours from Aswan to the UNESCO world heritage site at Abu Simbel with a stop midway for stretching and refreshment.
These amazing temples built by the legendary Pharaoh Ramses II are one of Egypt’s most awe-inspiring sites. We arrive at the temples in plenty of time for some historical explanations by your Egyptologist guide, before going inside the temple while the sun is rising to see how 3 out of the 4 statues at the temple’s shrine are lit up, leaving Ptah, the god of Darkness in shadow.
After you have enjoyed the temples, you will head back to Aswan and arrive around noon time.
This afternoon you will check in to the Nile Cruise starting with Lunch, take some rest at your leisure.
Meals included: Breakfast at Aswan Hotel, Lunch and dinner onboard the Cruise.
Free morning to explore the city and its market or consider a special visit to the unique Nubian village with camel ride.
This afternoon the Nile cruise will set sailing towards Komombo,
After about 4 hours of sailing, you will reach Komombo temple, where your cruise will be docking, walk 3 minutes to explore the double temple of Harwer and Sobek escorted by your tour guide.
Back to the boat to continue sailing towards Edfu.
Overnight Edfu
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner onboard the Nile Cruise.
This morning you will visit the temple of Horus at Edfu; the best preserved among all temples in Egypt, back to the boat for meals and enjoy the sailing towards Luxor.
Arrive Luxor by the evening, overnight in Luxor.
You may consider an amazing sunrise Hot-air ballon trip in Luxor (Need to be booked at least 3 days before due to the peak, this trip is pre-booked and non-refundable).
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner onboard the Nile Cruise.
This morning you will check out from the Cruise and store luggage in the bus, you will visit the west bank sites, including the ancient tombs at the valley of the kings; where the tomb of King Tutankhamen was discovered, then have a short drive to the mortuary temple of the female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut and the colossal of Memnon.
Drive back to the city and check into Luxor Hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast onboard the Nile Cruise.
This morning, you will check out, and after breakfast, proceed to your tour to explore the Gigantic complex of Karnak temple to get lost between its ruins and massive columns.
After the tour, you will board your comfy bus to Hurghada (about 5 hours) enjoying different scenes between countryside, colorful desert mountains, and Sea coast.
Stop midway for refreshment and snacks.
To arrive Hurghada and check into your rooms.
Meals included: Breakfast in Luxor Hotel, dinner in Hurghada hotel.
Optional diving, snorkeling, and Safari trips.
Meals included: All inclusive in Hurghada.
Optional diving, snorkeling, and Safari trips.
Meals included: All inclusive in Hurghada.
Today after breakfast you will check out and drive to Cairo for about 7 hours, stops on the way will be arranged. This evening you arrive in Cairo to check in and rest.
Flight upgrade and hotel overnight is available upon request ($150 per person)
Meals included: Breakfast in Hurghada Hotel.
Based on your flight details, you will get to collect your memories and backup to head to Cairo Airport for final departure.
If you have time before your flight, you may consider an optional city tour to visit the Citadel of Saladin, which is one of the most famous Islamic sites in the Middle East built in 1172 AD, the castle also houses the Alabaster mouse of Mohamed Ali built in 1823 AD.
The tour also covers the religious community area of Coptic Cairo to visit some of the oldest churches in the history of Christianity; such as the Hanging church built in the 5th century and dedicated to the Holly virgin Marry, the Cavern Church that houses the Holly crypt where the Holly family sheltered running from the Romans, and the Jewish temple "Synagogue".
By the end of today, you will have a short drive to explore the exotic market of Cairo at the Khan El Khalili Bazaar, to enjoy its colorful atmosphere and the nice smell of spices there.
Airport transfer to catch your departure flight back home.
Meals included: Breakfast in Cairo Hotel.
