Best Egypt Holiday: 9 Day 8 Nights Cairo, Luxor, Aswan Cruise

Our representative will meet you at the airport for full service. Transfer to the hotel and give you a briefing about the three days you will spend in Cairo.

Breakfast then the guide will pick you up from the hotel to visit the one of the only exist monument of “The Seven Wonder of the Ancient World”. Visiting the bazaars in the area. Overnight Cairo with a Felucca riding.

With the A/C coach, the Egyptologist will pick you up from the hotel for your tour to the Egyptian museum where you will see a unique collections of antiquities. Visit Khan El-Khalili, the market of wonderful bazaars that sell handmade crafts that are sold only in this area. Transfer to the airport.

Breakfast, then the guide will pick you up from the hotel to visit the Citadel, the seat of government in Egypt and the residence of its rulers for nearly 700 years from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Its location on a promontory of the Mokattam hills near the center of Cairo commands a strategic position overlooking the city and dominating its skyline. At the time of its construction, it was among the most impressive and ambitious military fortification projects of its time. It is now a preserved historic site, including mosques and museums.

Embark on the cruise then meet our expert Egyptologist in our A/C Coach to visit the East Bank of Luxor, the ancient capital of Egypt and was named Thebas and has 1/3 of the world monuments. We start with Luxor temple built in 1390 BC. It is one of the best-preserved temples of all ancient monuments with great marvellous columns that testify on the greatness of the builders.

We continue to Karnak Temple, the holy city of Thebas. Its name means…The Most Selected Place as it represents the main religion of the pharaohs. In between the visit we will return back to the cruise t rest and have lunch at the end of the visit we go back to the cruise for dinner.

Breakfast and the Egyptologist will accompany you to the west bank of the Nile to enjoy visiting the great city of the pharaohs and visit Valley of kings and queens when you will be fascinated by the colorful, well-preserved tombs with wall painting that tell the stories about the daily life of the pharaohs and their rituals. Visiting Hatshebsut built in 1478 BC the carved temple in the heart of the mountain with its precise and well crafted engravings of the pharaohs on its columns. We will visit unique bazaars to see gorgeous hand-made pharaohnic statues made by the nowadays pharaohs descendants.

Visit the colossi of Mamnon, the two huge statues built in 1250 BC sitting to guard the tomb of god.
As usual in between the visits we return back to the Cruise to have lunch and at the end return back to the cruise to enjoy the serenity of the Nile with its matchless scenery.

Breakfast and head to visit the temple of Horus, the falcon-headed god, that is printed on the Egyptian pound and the symbol of Egypt army. The temple was built 180 BC to worship the two gods.

Lunch and dinner on the cruise.

The sailing to Aswan to visit the High Dam with its motto then we will take a water taxi to visit the temple of Philae. Originally located near the first cataract whereas the building of the Hi Dam submerged the temple so UNESCO rescued the temple by dismantling it and moved to Agikia island in 1970.

Disembark the cruise and transfer to the airport back to Cairo to get the connecting flight back home