8 Day trips in Easter to Cairo, Luxor and Aswan

After eating breakfast, you will meet your unique tour guide to begin your Easter tour of Egypt. You will be driven to the Giza Plateau to see the Great Pyramid of Cheops, one of the seven wonders of the world, which was constructed out of more than 2.6 million rock pieces, each weighing 50 tons. One of ancient Egypt's most well-known kings was King Cheops. He succeeded Cheops as the second king in the fourth family and was Sneferu's son. Sneferu had been the king before Cheops. No other king has achieved his level of notoriety.

King Chephren originally intended to build a pyramid larger than his father's pyramid of Cheops, but he chose to build one that was smaller out of respect for his father. He also built his pyramid on a higher plateau than his father's land.

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue depicting a fabled being with a lion's body and a human head that is located on the Giza Plateau on the West Bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The Sphinx also serves as the plateau's watchman. It is the largest sculpture that is known to be older. 

The Valley Temple, which served as King Chephren's mortuary temple, is where we'll go next. Then, before going to downtown Cairo, you will eat lunch at a top-notch neighborhood restaurant.

The largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the entire world can be found at the Egyptian Museum, the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East. A sizable collection from pre-captivity times to the Greek and Roman eras is on display at the museum.

The Hanging Church, the most well-known landmark in Coptic Cairo, is the Church of the Virgin Mary, also referred to by its nickname, the Hanging Church. Your guide will then take you to see the old Coptic Cairo portion of the tour, where you will be able to see it. The name of this structure derives from the fact that it was constructed on top of the southern wall of a Roman fortress in Babylon in the fourth century BC.

Additionally, the holy family used the church of St. Sergius as a refuge during their run from the Roman soldiers and King Herod. The Ben Ezra Synagogue, which is also thought to be the location where Baby Moses' box was discovered. It is regarded as a place of prayer for Jews.

Continue your tour with your tour guide as you begin the Islamic Cairo tours and spend time in the bustling Khan El Khalili Market, Egypt's most well-known ancient market and bazaar, where tourists can find authentic Egyptian souvenirs.

El Fishawy Cafe, one of the popular coffee shops in the center of El Hussein Area, is a great place to sip tea.

Finally, you will be taken back to the hotel.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

After breakfast, you will check out and be taken to Cairo International Airport, where a Cairo Top Tours representative will meet you and help you with your flight to Luxor.

From Luxor Airport, your guide will transfer you to your 5-star MS Royal Viking Nile Cruise.

Start your East Bank tour of the magnificent Temple of Luxor, which is stunningly illuminated at night, after eating lunch on board. Karnak Temple is the largest temple ever built by a human being.

You will have your lunch on the cruise.

Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Breakfast will be served on your Nile cruise.

You will cross the Nile to see the two enormous statues of Amenhotep III known as the Colossi of Memnon, and then you will go to the Valley of the Kings, where 62 New Kingdom pharaohs are buried, including the fabled Ramesses II and the famous Tutankhamun. The tombs were carved out of the mountain. Continue the tour to see Hatshepsut's Temple, also known as El Deir El Bahary, the first female ruler in recorded history, which was lavishly decorated with paintings and filled with treasures the Pharaohs intended to enjoy in the afterlife.

After lunch, you will sail to Edfu while enjoying dinner and spend the night on the Nile cruise.

Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

You will eat breakfast while on the Nile Cruise, and our representative will then go with you to visit Edfu. Edfu, in Upper Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile River, is home to the Temple of Edfu, also known as the Temple of Horus, which is Egypt's second-largest temple after the Temple of Karnak. It a well-preserved temple from the Ptolemaic era that is dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus.

Then you'll take a boat to Kom Ombo to see the fascinating Temple of Kom Ombo, which was constructed using a traditional layout with an entrance pylon, forecourt, hypostyle hall, and surrounding chambers leading to the sanctuary. An invisible wall divides the temple in half, with two doorways, corresponding forecourts, and colonnaded halls leading to sanctuaries, one of which is devoted to Horus and 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 and dinner.

Enjoy your breakfast while cruising the Nile. After that, your Egyptologist tour guide will accompany you to the famous High Dam. Built between 1960 and 1971 by Nasser, Egypt's second president, the High Dam increased the country's ability to produce electricity and allowed for the management of floods. Water could also be stored for release over a number of years. 

Then, you'll explore the magnificent Philae Temple, one of Egypt's most exquisite temples and home to the goddess Isis. It is an island-based temple complex that was formerly situated on Philae Island, which was submerged by floodwaters after the construction of the high dam. The temple was then moved by the government to Agilika Island, another island.

After that, head to the Unfinished Obelisk. In the granite quarries close to the city of Aswan, the largest obelisk ever created by the ancient Egyptians, which was constructed during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, is still visible today.

Then you will be heading back to the cruise and dinner will be served.

Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner

Your Nile cruise will come to an end after breakfast is served. Your transfer to the Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo will be handled by our representative.

At Cairo International Airport, our representative will meet you upon arrival, assist you, and then transfer you to your hotel.

You will be spending the night at the hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast

After eating breakfast at the hotel on the final day of your Easter Egypt tours, you have the option of taking one of our Cairo Day Tours or enjoying some free time. 

Your tour representative will then transfer you to Cairo International Airport in preparation for your return flight.