Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Cairo ‘Welcome to Egypt’
Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Your tour manager from Sun Pyramids Tours will meet and assist you upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures), then he will escort you to your hotel in Cairo by an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At hotel the tour manager will assist you with a smooth check-in and review your private budget vacation itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for your tours. Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome Drink
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Cairo Pyramids Park Hotel
Day 2: Cairo Sightseeing – Train to Aswan
Stop At: Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), Giza Egypt
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo before checking out, then your personal tour guide will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus, famous Sphinx, and Valley temple facing the great statue.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Midan El Tahrir Geographical Society Building, Cairo 11511 Egypt
Have your Lunch at good quality local restaurant, then move to visit the Egyptian Museum, Treasures room for the child king Tutankhamen.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Coptic Cairo, Cairo Egypt
Continue your tour to Coptic Cairo to see Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Hanging Church.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Khan Al-Khalili, Cairo Egypt
By the evening time you will be driven to the area of Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. Later, you will be transferred to Giza train station to get the sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board. Overnight inside your compartment.
Duration: 1 hour
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Accommodation included: Sleeper Train from Cairo to Aswan
Day 3: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
Upon your arrival at Aswan train station, you will be met and assisted by Sun Pyramids Tours representative who will transfer you to embark your Nile River boat. Enjoy Lunch on board, then you will be guided to visit the famous High Dam.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
The awesome Philae temple, which is devoted to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor , and the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt, the Unfinished Obelisk. Back to the cruise with Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.
Duration: 2 hours
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Accommodation included: Accommodation on 5 star superior Nile cruise
Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
By the morning you will enjoy Sailing to Kom Ombo while getting breakfast on board. Arrive Kom Ombo to visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Back to your Nile boat to sail to Edfu with lunch on board, after that move to visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Enjoy an afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board.
Duration: 2 hours
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Accommodation included: Accommodation on 5 star superior Nile cruise
Day 5: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
In the early morning you will sail to Luxor with enjoying breakfast on board, then set out from your cruise to visit the West Bank of Luxor, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, Valley of the Kings,
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
then to mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut approximately in the 15th century BC , at El-Deir El-Bahari and Colossi of Memnon. Back to the Nile Cruise and have Lunch on board. Enjoy an afternoon tea aboard the Nile boat. Dinner on board and Overnight in Luxor.
Duration: 2 hours
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Accommodation included: Accommodation on 5 star superior Nile cruise
Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise – Train to Cairo
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Breakfast aboard the cruise before disembarkation, and then you will be accompanied by your tour guide to see the Karnak temple and Luxor temple at the East bank of Luxor.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Later you will be transferred to Luxor train station to get the sleeper train back to Cairo. Dinner would be served on board the sleeper train. Overnight in your private compartment ( twin beds).
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Duration: 2 hours
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Accommodation included: Sleeper Train from Luxor to Cairo
Day 7: Cairo Optional Excursions
Stop At: Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara Egypt
Breakfast aboard sleeper train before arriving Giza train station, where you will be met and assisted by Sun Pyramids Tours representative who will transfer you to your hotel for free time at leisure( you will check into your room as early as possible ). There are some optional excursions available in Cairo to visit Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Saqqara and Memphis. Overnight stay at your hotel in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
Duration: 3 hours
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Accommodation included: Cairo Pyramids Park Hotel
Day 8: Cairo – Fly Back Home
Pass By: Cairo International Airport Road, Cairo Int'l Airport Rd, Sheraton Al Matar, El Nozha, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Breakfast at the hotel in Cairo, with free time before your flight. Check out and then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for final departure.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation
Le Méridien Pyramids Hotel and Spa
Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise
Note : If the mentioned cruise or the hotel are not available, the company has the right to change to any cruise or hotel, as long as it is of same category.
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