Our Best of Egypt 8-day tour has been carefully planned and timed to ensure that you see many of the best ancient sites in Egypt while in this great country. You can see the famous pyramids, the Sphinx, and other areas in Cairo. Afterward, you can travel to Luxor and take a 5-star Nile cruise to Aswan.
Join us on a journey back in time. We will visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Temple of Horus, the Karnak Temple, the Philae Temple, and many other places. With one of our carefully put-together Nile cruise and accommodation packages, we can make your dreams come true.
When you arrive at the Cairo airport for your Best of Egypt Tour, you will be met by your tour manager. One of our drivers will be waiting outside to take you to the hotel where you will stay while you are in Cairo, which is the capital of Egypt.
Once you get to the hotel, your tour manager will ensure that check-in goes smoothly. He will then talk to you about your travel plans and confirm a time to pick you up in the morning. After that, you’ll be on your own for the rest of the day.
Meals: Welcome Drink
Night Stay In Cairo
After breakfast, your Egyptologist tour guide and one of our drivers will meet you at your hotel and take you to the famous Great Pyramids of Giza (Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos), the Great Sphinx, and the Valley Temple. While in Giza, you can enjoy a camel ride before heading out for a delicious lunch at a local restaurant.
The next place you’ll go is the Egyptian Museum, which houses the world’s most extensive collection of objects from Ancient Egypt, from the pre-dynastic period to the Roman Empire. There are sculptures, papyri, masks, jewelry, coins, reliefs, vessels, amulets, funerary objects, and objects from everyday life.
Once your tour is over, your guide and our driver will take you back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Cairo
Check out of your hotel at the agreed-upon time, which will be shortly after breakfast. You will then be taken to the airport, where you will take a short flight to Luxor. When you get to Luxor, one of our tour representatives will meet you and take you to the cruise, where you’ll board a 5-Star Nile cruise ship for your trip to Aswan.
After getting on the ship, you can have a good lunch on board.
Then, our Egyptologist tour guide will take you to visit two excellent ancient sites on Luxor’s East Bank the vast Karnak Temple Complex and the impressively well-kept Luxor Temple.
Enjoy a nice dinner and a relaxing night on the ship on the first night of your Nile cruise in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Cruise
Today, our tour guide will take you to the West Bank after breakfast. During this tour, you will go to the Valley of the Kings, the tomb temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon, all stunning and have stood the test of time.
In the Valley of the Kings, the tomb of King Tutankhamun was found; you will have an opportunity to visit 3 tombs. There are also 61 tombs at this site, so there is plenty to see before moving on to the beautiful Temple of Hatshepsut, built in the 15th century BC. After exploring this temple, you will stop at the Colossi of Memnon on your way back to the cruise ship.
Once everyone is back in the boat, it will sail up the Nile to Edfu, where lunch will be served, then turn around and head back. The rest of the day is yours to do whatever you want.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
After breakfast today, you and our tour guide will leave the ship again to see the Temple of Horus, the best ancient Egyptian temple ever found in Egypt. After you see this temple, you will return to the ship and sail to Kom Ombo, where you will disembark again to visit Kom Ombo Temple, another fantastic archaeological site.
This complex was built for two gods simultaneously: Sobek, the god of fertility and creator of the world, and Heroes, the falcon-headed god. After seeing this ancient temple, you’ll be back on the boat in time for lunch, served as you sail down the Nile to Aswan, where you’ll spend the night.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
After breakfast this morning, your tour guide will take you on another tour. You will see the Aswan High Dam, the unfinished Obelisk, and the beautiful ancient Philae Temple.
When the Aswan High Dam was built, this fantastic ancient temple had to be moved from where it was initially created to where it is now, and this was done to prevent it from being flooded by Lake Nasser.
After your tour, you will return to your Nile cruise ship, and the rest of the day is yours to relax. Enjoy the last night of your cruise from Luxor to Aswan in your cabin on the Nile in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
After your breakfast on board the Nile cruise ship, you will need to disembark so that we can take you to Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo.
When you arrive in Cairo, your flight director will meet you again at the airport and take you to the hotel where you will spend your last night in Egypt.
No tours or excursions are planned for the day, so you can do whatever you want for the rest of the day.
Meals: Breakfast
Night Stay In Cairo
After breakfast at the hotel, our tour manager will pick you up at the agreed time and take you to Cairo International Airport so that you can catch your flight out of Egypt.
We will say goodbye and wish you a safe and enjoyable journey home.
Meals: Breakfast
Tipping is not included in any of our packages and is entirely up to the discretion of travelers. Although it is not mandatory, it is of great importance to the people who take care of you while traveling.
Extra personal expenses on the trip may include a food tour, alcoholic beverages, tipping, visa fees, recreational expenses, and other services not listed.
Following are the items with extra costs during the trek:
All our packages and tours of Egypt do not include entrance fees to special archaeological sites such as entering the pyramids from inside, the mummies’ room in Museum, or entering the Tutankhamun tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
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