Tailor Made - Luxury Egypt
Duration
10 Days
Physical rate
Moderate
Start city
El Cairo
Available
April 2025 / September 2025
Cities to visit: El Cairo, Luxor, Edfu, Aswan,
Detailed day by day description
Introduction
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Here below is the itinerary. The information is indicative and may have variations on designated tours.
Day
Arrival in Cairo and reception by our staff, practical information and transfer to the hotel. Lodging.
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Pyramids of Giza: Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the only one that has been preserved, along with the famous Sphinx is undoubtedly the most suggestive visit of the trip. Lunch in a restaurant with direct visit to the pyramids. Rest of the afternoon at leisure.
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Cairo airport and departure to Luxor. Arrival, reception by our local staff and visit the Temple of Karnak, the greatest monument of the Pharaonic culture. On the way back to the ship you will also visit the Temple of Luxor, dedicated to Amun-Ra, Mut and Khonu, built by Amenophis III and Ramses, transfer to the cruise ship. Lunch. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight on board.
Full board. Visit the Necropolis of Thebes or the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs were buried from the XVIII to the XX dynasty. On the way back, visit the Temple of Queen Hatsepsut, unique in the whole country, as it is formed by staggered terraces of large dimensions. Finally, you will visit the Colossi of Memnon, of King Amenophis III that guard the entrance of his funerary temple. Sailing to Edfu. Lunch and dinner on board. Overnight.
Full board. Disembark at Edfu and transfer to the temple of Horus, the falcon-headed god. Return to the ship and continue sailing south. Arrival at Kom Ombo and visit of the Temple particularly strange for being double, dedicated at the same time to the god Haroeris, with the head of a sparrow hawk, and to the god Sobeck, with the head of a crocodile. Continuation to Aswan. Overnight.
Full board. Visit by plane to the Temples of Abu Simbel. They are carved into the cliff of the western desert by Ramses II and have statues up to 20 m. high In the afternoon you will visit the most outstanding places of this beautiful southern city: the New Dam, monumental engineering works built between 1960 and 1971, to control flooding of the banks of the Nile. Finally, you will take a ride on a falucca, a typical fishermen's boat, to navigate the Nile in a sui generis way. Overnight on board.
Breakfast on board. At the agreed time, transfer to Aswan airport and departure to Cairo. Arrival, reception by our staff and transfer to the hotel for the rest of the day.
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning visit the NMEC Museum of Civilizations, the only museum that exhibits all the historical periods of the country and has the renowned Hall of Mummies where you can see in mummy form the royal representatives of the XVII to XX dynasties continuation of the visit.
Breakfast at the hotel and in the morning visit the Museum of Egyptian Art, the richest museum of Egyptian antiquities in the world that allows us through the thousands of artifacts on display to appreciate more than 4000 years of history, culture and art of this ancient civilization. The visit includes the renowned treasure of Prince Pharaoh Tutankhamun. After the visit we transfer to the famous Naguib Mahfouz cafe for lunch. Afternoon at leisure.
At the agreed time, transfer with assistance to Cairo International Airport. Boarding formalities and departure by scheduled flight. End of our services.
From
USD 10,380.00