Cairo and the Nile by Air 8 Days 7 Nights

Welcome to Egypt

Travel to Egypt and enjoy your 8 days Cairo and the Nile Cruise Tour, as Cairo Top Tours tour leader will be expecting you inside Cairo International Airport to help you with the arrival procedures and take you by a private vehicle to begin your marvelous Egypt tours. When you arrive at the hotel in Giza, our tour manager will assist you with a quick and easy check-in and review your Egypt Travel Packages itinerary with you just to make sure that all pick-up times are suitable for both of you.

Overnight in Cairo hotel

Welcome Drink

Your licensed English-speaking tour guide will meet you in the hotel lobby after your delicious breakfast, he will guide you during your tour to Giza Pyramids as you're going to visit one of the ancient wonders of the world that still endures until today, the Great Pyramid of King Cheops and the middle Pyramid of his son Chephren which still retains some of the original limestone coating material. In addition to the pyramid of king Mycerinus, which the builders planned to fully cover with red granite but they don't seem to have ever finished the outer casing plan most probably because of the death of the pharaoh, you will also visit the Valley Temple of king Chephren where his body was mummified before being buried, the huge stone blocks used inside the temple are from the finest materials and the floor is paved with marble, the grand statue of the man-headed lion, well known worldwide as the Great Sphinx is your next stop for taking amazing photos with this mythological figure used by the kings of Egypt to symbolize the power and wisdom.

Following, we will go to the Egyptian Museum, which consists of two stories built more during the 19th century to display the largest and most bizarre collection of Egyptian antiquities not only in Egypt but all over the world, as well as the unique golden treasure, found untouched in the Valley of the Kings, the collection owned by the boy King Tutankhamen.

Then, we will start our Coptic Cairo tour by visiting the ancient Roman fortress of Babylon and the church of the holy virgin Mary known as The Hanging Church, raised above 2 towers of the old fortress. you will then visit the church of Abu Serga or the cavern church as it is also been called, where you are going to see the crypt inside, where the holy family took refuge for about three months according to historians, and the well from which they got their needed water during the stay, and you will visit the Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra or sometimes referred to as 'El Geniza Synagogue' or Synagogue of the Levantines placed where it is thought that the baby prophet Moses was found.

After this rich city tour in Cairo take a short rest and enjoy your lunch in a good quality Egyptian cuisine restaurant. then, we will complete our Islamic Cairo Trips to see the most popular mosques built during the Islamic era.

At the end of our Cairo trips, comes shopping time as we will visit one of the oldest middle eastern Bazaars which is known as Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. finally, you will be conveyed back to the hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Get ready for checking out from your hotel in Giza and be transferred to Cairo International Airport to take the internal flight heading towards the tourism capital in Egypt, the city of Luxor, where you will be met and served by our representative upon arrival. Embark your 5 stars Egypt Nile Cruise starting in Luxor and ends in Aswan. After having lunch aboard the cruise boat, start the East Bank tours in Luxor to see the magnificent Karnak Temple, the biggest religious complex the world ever has known, and the majestic Temple of Luxor which was built starting from the reign of King Amenhotep III and completed by various kings.

Your delicious dinner will be served and overnight aboard your Egypt Nile River Cruises in 2020.

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You will have the possibility to book the amazing Hot air balloon ride in Luxor in the early morning. ( Optional activity )

After enjoying your breakfast aboard the Nile river cruise, our certified English-speaking tour guide will accompany you to start the west bank tours in Luxor beginning with the gigantic Colossi of Memnon which are two colossal statues of Amenhotep III who was the ninth king of the 18th Dynasty in ancient Egypt and the father of the famous King Akhenaten who made a rebellion against the traditional religion in ancient Egypt.

The tour covers a visit to the Valley of the Kings, which is a declared UNESCO world heritage site, you will enter some of the rock-cut tombs of the 62 pharaohs of the New Kingdom who were buried including the famous king Tutankhamen and the legendary Pharaoh of the new kingdom Ramses II, you can also visit the tomb of City the first now ( extra ticket on spot ) the tombs are decorated with very colorful paintings and filled in with treasures which the Pharaohs buried to enjoy the eternal life after death. Continue to the beautiful temple of the famous female Pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut or the so-called temple of El Deir El Bahari which means the northern monastery.

Enjoy your tasty lunch while sailing towards the south to make it first stops at Edfu, enjoy the beautiful views of the Egyptian farms and villages on both sides of the river.

In the evening, relish your open buffet dinner made out of fresh ingredients, then get ready for entertainment and some musical shows and belly dancing.

Optional Hot air Balloon ride in Luxor

Overnight aboard the Nile Cruise.

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Your open-buffet breakfast will be served aboard the Nile River Cruise. After that, get ready and your professional Egyptologist guide will lead you to visit the well preserved Ptolemaic-style temple that was built between 237 and 57 B.C, the temple of Edfu which is dedicated to God of heaven and son of Goddess Isis, the falcon-headed God Horus who is also the protector of kingship. You will be accompanied back to the boat, which will begin sailing towards Kom Ombo. Upon arrival, you will visit the amazing Temple of Kom Ombo dedicated to different deities, the crocodile God Sobek and Haroeris. Enjoy your lunch meal served aboard the Nile cruise ship while it is sailing towards Aswan.

Your delicious dinner will be served on board while watching the Nubian Show, overnight at Aswan aboard your deluxe Nile cruise.

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy your tasty breakfast aboard the boat before heading to the beautiful city of Aswan where the cruise ship finally docks. See the famous Aswan High Dam which is considered one of the most influential national projects in the modern history of Egypt and that is useful to Egypt through its mechanism of managing the annual floods of the river Nile to be reused, The High Dam in Aswan also allowed generating the needed electric power which is very essential for the development of the country. We will accompany you in a boat ride to visit the awesome Temple of Philae dedicated to Goddess Isis and beautifully located on an island. After that, we will move to the largest known Obelisk within the granite quarries at Aswan, the Unfinished Obelisk, most probably is made by Queen Hatshepsut.

Your tour guide will transfer you back to the cruise ship after finishing your Aswan sightseeing tours.

Enjoy your dinner and overnight on board.

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A great chance to visit the most excellent Egyptian temple built by Ramses II at Abu Simbel in the early morning by land or by flight. ( optional activity )

on the last day of your Egypt Nile River Cruise, you will enjoy your delicious breakfast, then you will check-out from the cruise ship, our representative will transfer you to Aswan Airport to take your return flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival, you will be transported by your private transportation to your hotel in Giza.

Overnight in Cairo.

Included meals: Breakfast

On the last day of your Cairo and the Nile Cruise tour package, have your savory breakfast at the hotel and say goodbye to the Giza pyramids. If you have some free time at leisure while you can book any of our Cairo trips, after that, you will check out from the hotel and get ready to be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure.

Included meals: Breakfast

Check also our variety of Egypt excursions and book the most budget tours in Egypt if you're having a 1-day layover in Cairo to have a direct trip from Cairo airport to the pyramids from our range of day tours from Cairo airport or if you have enough time to try our Egypt Tours Packages. You can browse our website for the best of Egypt tours and Egypt day trips along with the Shore excursions in Egypt which we can handle perfectly to make your Cairo day trip from Alexandria port easy and fun. Travel from Cairo to Siwa Oasis as our Egypt day tours also offer Cairo transit tours and the best tours from Cairo airport.