Welcome to Cairo, Egypt

Once you arrive in Egypt to enjoy your 8 days Cairo and the Nile Cruise Tour, Cairo Top Tours representative will be waiting for you inside Cairo International Airport will wait for you to start your amazing holiday in Egypt with a card bearing your name to help you with all procedures needed. Then you will move to your hotel by your private nonsmoking air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. When you reach the hotel in Giza our tour leader will assist with a smooth check-in and he will review your Egypt Travel Packages itinerary with you to confirm pick-up times for each tour.

Overnight in Cairo hotel

Welcome Drink

 you will meet with your private tour guide in the hotel lobby After having your nice breakfast, he will accompany you during your tour to Giza Pyramids to visit one of the ancient world's that still exist until now, the Great Pyramid of Cheops and the Second Pyramid of Chephren which still includes parts of the original limestone covering. In addition to the pyramid of king Mycerinus, which the builders intended to fully cover it with granite but they don't seem to have ever finished the plan, you will also visit the Valley Temple of king Chephren where his body was embalmed, and the majestic statue of the man headed lion, well known world-wide as The Great Sphinx.

Next, we will go to the Egyptian Museum, which consists of two floors and more than a hundred years old and displays the largest and most unique collection of Egyptian antiquities all over the world, as well as the only royal treasure found intact in the Valley of the Kings, the Treasures of the boy Pharaoh Tutankhamen.

After that, we will leave to start our Coptic Cairo tour. We will visit the ancient Roman fortress of Babylon and the church of the holy virgin Mary known as The Hanging Church, built above the towers of the old fortress. you will then visit the church of Abu Serga where you are going to see the crypt inside, in which the holy family took refuge for about three months, and the well from which they got their water supplies 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 baby Moses was found according to tradition.

After this long tour take a rest and enjoy your lunch in a good quality restaurant. thin, we will complete our tour to our Islamic Cairo Trips to see the most famous mosques built during the Islamic era.

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

Overnight in Cairo.

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today, Get ready for your departure and check out from your hotel in Giza. You will be transferred to Cairo International Airport to catch the domestic flight heading to the tourism capital in Egypt, the city of Luxor, where you will be met and assisted by our representative. Embark your 5 stars Egypt Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan. After having lunch on board, start the East Bank tour to Karnak Temple, the largest man-made religious complex the world has ever known, and the magnificent Temple of Luxor built during the reign of Amenophis the third.

Your delicious dinner will be served and overnight on board your Nile River cruise.

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

In the early morning, you will have the possibility to book the amazing Hot air balloon ride above Luxor ( Optional activity )

After you enjoy your breakfast aboard the Nile river cruise at 8:00 AM, our fluent English-speaking tour guide will escort you to visit the west bank of Luxor starting by the so-called Colossi of Memnon which are two colossal statues of Amenhotep III who was the ninth king of the 18th Dynasty in ancient Egypt.

The tour covers the Valley of the Kings, which is considered a UNESCO world heritage site, you still can 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 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. Proceed to the beautiful temple of the famous female Pharaoh, Hatshepsut or the so-called temple of El Deir El Bahary which means the monastery of the stone.

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

Overnight aboard the Nile Cruise.

Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Your delicious breakfast will be served aboard the Nile River Cruise. After that, get ready and your professional tour guide will guide you to visit the well and most preserved Ptolemaic Temple that was built between 237 and 57 BC remains from ancient Egypt and the temple of Edfu which is dedicated to the ruler of heaven the falcon-headed God Horus. You will be accompanied back to the ship, which will start the sailing to 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 aboard the cruise ship while 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 delicious breakfast on board before heading to the amazing city of Aswan where the cruise ship finally stops. See the famous High Dam which is considered one of the most important national projects in the modern history of Egypt and that is beneficial to Egypt through its mechanism of controlling the annual floods of the river Nile, The High Dam in Aswan allowed the generation of electricity which is very necessary for the development of the country. We will escort 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

Visit the most impressive Egyptian temple at Abu Simbel and the highlight of holiday to Egypt 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 tasty breakfast, then you will disembark from the cruise and our representative will transfer you to Aswan Airport to take your return flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival, you will be transferred by your private transportation to your hotel in Giza.

Overnight in Cairo.

Included meals: Breakfast

On the final day of your Cairo and the Nile Cruise tour package, eat your delightful breakfast at the hotel and say goodbye to Giza pyramids. You will have some free time at leisure, after that you will check out from the hotel and get ready to be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure flight.

Included meals: Breakfast