Spend your Easter holidays in Egypt and stay 8 days to visit Cairo's attractions such as the Great Pyramids of Giza and Cairo's historical sites. After that you can fly to Luxor by plane and see the famous and majestic temples like Philae, Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Luxor while sailing on board a Nile cruise in Aswan and enjoy many temple sightseeing experiences. Book our Egypt Easter Travel Packages now!
Price : 1140.00 $
8 Days / 7 Nights
Cairo, Luxor and Aswan
Egypt
8-day tours in Easter to Cairo, Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan
Spend your Easter holidays in Egypt and have 8 amazing days to visit Cairo's attractions such as the Great Pyramids of Giza and Cairo's historical sites. After that you can fly to Luxor by plane and see the famous and majestic temples like Philae, Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Luxor while sailing on board a Nile cruise in Aswan and enjoy many temple sightseeing experiences. Book our Egypt Easter Travel Packages now!
Join one of our Egypt travel package tours that will give you a better understanding of Egypt, with an Egypt travel guide. You'll see all the highlights of Cairo, the Giza pyramids, the Sphinx, the museum, and old Coptic Cairo. Then travel on an all-inclusive Nile river cruise from Luxor to Aswan on our 8 Days Cairo and the Nile Cruise by flight package.
Option 1
Hotel in Cairo: 4* Cairo pyramids hotel, Oasis hotel, or similar
Cruise ship category: Standard Nile Cruise (M/S Dolphin) (M/S Liberty) (M/S Beaurivage) ( MS royal adventure, MS Nile Jewel) or similar
Scheduled: Every Thursday and every Saturday
1140 USD per person in a Triple room / 1210 USD per person in a Double / 1630 USD for Single room
Children policy: 700 USD from 6 to 11 / 490 USD below 5 years.
Option 2
Hotel in Cairo: Steigenberger hotel, Concord El Salam, Movenpick media city, or similar
Cruise ship category: Deluxe Nile Cruise (M/S Blue Shadow ) (M/S Nile Nile Rubi) (M/S Princess Sarah II) or similar
Scheduled: Every Thursday and every Saturday
1500 USD per person in a Triple room /1600 USD per person in a Double room / 2100 USD per person for Single room.
Children policy: 920 USD Per Child from 6 years to 11 years/ 500 USD Per Child below 5 years
Option 3
Hotel in Cairo: 5* Luxury Nile Kempinski, Ramses Hilton, Fairmount Nile city, or similar
Category: Luxury Nile Cruise (M/S Mayfair) (M/S Farah M/S ) (M/S Movenpick Royal Lili) or similar
Schedule: Starting every Saturday & Thursday
2300 USD Per Person in a Triple room / 2500 USD per person in a Double room / 2800 USD per person for Single room.
Children Policy: 1080 USD Per Child from 6 to 11 years/ 580 USD Per Person below 5 years
We are flexible to book any other hotels and Nile cruises upon request.
Upon arrival to Egypt, the Cairo Top Tours leader will meet you at Cairo International Airport and he will have a signboard with your name on it.
Your tour leader and private driver will transfer you to your hotel by a private air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, our representative will help you with a smooth check-in and review your Egypt Easter Tours itinerary with you to confirm pick-up times for each tour day and you will be served a welcome drink.
You will be spending the night in Cairo
After taking your breakfast, you will be meeting your special tour guide to start your Egypt Easter tour.
You will be transferred to Giza Plateau to see the Great Pyramid of Cheops, which is considered as one of the seven wonders of the world and was built with more than 2.6 million pieces of rock, each one weighing 50 tons. King Cheops was one of the most famous kings in ancient Egypt. He was the son of Sneferu, who was the king before Cheops, and he took the power after him as the second ruler in the fourth family. There is no other king who has reached his fame.
Then you will see The middle pyramid of King Chephren,he wanted to build a pyramid bigger than his father 's pyramid of Cheops but because he honored his father, he decided to build a smaller one but he built his pyramid on a higher plateau than his father's land, and people today see the middle pyramid as being bigger than the Great Pyramid, then the pyramid of Mycerinus, which is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza Pyramid Complex.
You'll also see The Great Sphinx of Giza - a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human, and the body of a lion. Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. It was built by King Chephren to protect the pyramids from the cemetery thieves to make them think it was a real God to protect the pyramids from the enemies.
We will be headig then to The Valley Temple, which was a mortuary temple for king Chephren.
Then you will be taking your lunch lunch at a good quality local restaurant before moving to downtown Cairo.
After that you will be visiting The Egyptian Museum - The world's largest museum has more than 120,000 artifacts and huge statues,especially the Golden King Tutankhamun and his unique treasures.
Then your guide will take you to see the old Coptic Cairo part of the tour where you will be able to see the Hanging Church, which is the most famous site in Coptic Cairo: the Church of the Virgin Mary, better known by its nickname, the Hanging Church. This name comes from the fact that it was built on top of a 4th century BC on the southern wall of a Roman fortress of Babylon.
You will also visit the church of St. Sergius: It was used as a safe haven for the holy family during their escape from the Roman soldiers and King Herod.
Then going to the Ben Ezra Synagogue: It`s considered a prayer place for Jews, it is also believed that the site of the Synagogue is where the box of Baby Moses was found.
Continue driving with your tour guide to start the Islamic Cairo tours, to your time in the lively Market of Khan El Khalili, Egypt's most famous ancient market and bazaar, this is the place where tourists can find genuine Egyptian souvenirs.
You can enjoy your tea in El Fishawy Cafe one of the major coffee shops in the heart of El-Hussein Area.
Finally, you will be taken back to the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Check out from Cairo Pyramids Hotel after breakfast, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your flight to Luxor, where a Cairo Top Tours representative will meet and assist you.
Your guide will transfer you from Luxor Airport to your 5-star MS Royal Viking Nile Cruise.
After lunch on board, begin the East Bank tour to Karnak Temple the largest man-made temple the world has ever known, and you will also be visitng the majestic Temple of Luxor beautifully illuminated at night.
You will have your lunch abroad the cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Breakfast will be served on your Nile cruise.
You will cross the Nile to visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III renowned as the Colossi of Memnon, then visit the Valley of the Kings, where 62 New Kingdom pharaohs were buried, including the famous Tutankhamun and the legendary Ramesses II, the tombs were cut from the mountain. The Pharaohs' palace was elaborately decorated with paintings and filled with treasures they planned to enjoy in the afterlife, then continue the tour to visit Hatshepsut's Temple known as El Deir El Bahary, the first female ruler in written history.
After lunch, you will sail to Edfu while enjoying dinner and spend the night on the Nile cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
You will be taking your breakfast on the Nile Cruise, then our representative will accompany you to visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic-era Temple dedicated to the falcon-headed God Horus, the temple of Edfu.
Then you will sail to Kom Ombo to visit the captivating Temple of Kom Ombo, which is built on a traditional plan with entrance pylon, forecourt, hypostyle hall, and surrounding chambers leading to the sanctuary, an invisible division down the middle of the temple separates two doorways, corresponding forecourts, and colonnaded halls, leading to corresponding sanctuaries, one is dedicated to Horus, the other to Sobek.
After that, lunch will be served on board, then we will sail to Aswan.
Enjoy your dinner and spend the night on the Nile cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy your breakfast on the Nile cruise. After that your Egyptologist guide will accompany you to visit the famous High Dam, This great dam was built between 1960 and 1971 by the second president of Egypt his name Nasser, the High Dam increased Egypt's production of electric power and the floods could be controlled and the water could be stored for later release over multiple years.
Then you will visit the magnificent Philae temple which is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt, dedicated to Goddess Isis. It is an island-based temple complex, and it was located on Philae Island, but after the high dam was built, the Philae island became covered by the water because of the flood. Then the government transferred the temple to another island called Agilika Island.
Then proceed to the Unfinished Obelisk The largest obelisk ever made by the ancient Egyptians during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, Even today it is located exactly where it was once semi-carved in solid rock, in the granite quarries near the city of Aswan.
Then you will be heading back to the cruise and dinner will be served.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast is served you will disembark from your Nile cruise. Our representative will transfer you to Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo.
Our representative will Meet you upon arrival at Cairo International Airport where he will assist you and then will be transfer you to your hotel.
You will be spending the night at the hotel in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
On the last day of your Egypt tours during Easter, after taking your breakfast at the hotel, you can spend the day with free time at leisure or you can enjoy one of our Cairo Day Tours.
Then your Cairo Top Tours representative will take you to Cairo International Airport for your flight back home.
Meals: Breakfast