10 Days Egypt Classic with Nile Cruise & Abu Simbel

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Places on this trip: Abu Simbel

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. A guide meets you at the airport, assists you through to the terminal exit and a private air-conditioned vehicle takes you to your hotel in Cairo. You check in.

   Rest of the day. Ask about anything on the schedule before you sleep. Your guide confirms the pick-up time for the morning. No meals are included today. Your luggage travels with you in the vehicle. Your guide also goes through the first days with you.

   • ReceptionMeet and assist at the airport
   • Pick-upPrivate transfer to your hotel
   • MealsNone included

   Overnight in Cairo
2. 2
   Day 2 · CairoPyramids and Sphinx

   Morning. After breakfast, your private Egyptologist guide and driver take you to the Giza plateau, with entrance fees included. Giza is the focus of the day. The three pyramids stand on the plateau, and the Great Sphinx dates to the reign of Khafre.

   Afternoon. Your guide explains how the three monuments relate on the plateau and answers questions as you walk. Lunch is not included, so the guide helps you choose a place. Bottled water is provided in the vehicle, and the driver takes you back to the hotel.

   Evening. Dinner is not included, and your guide is glad to suggest places to eat near the hotel. You sleep at your hotel in Cairo. Your guide confirms the pick-up time for Saqqara and the museum.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsBreakfast

   Overnight in Cairo
3. 3
   Day 3 · CairoSaqqara, Memphis and the museum

   Morning. Your guide and driver take you to Saqqara, the burial ground of Memphis, the ancient capital. Its Step Pyramid is the oldest complete stone building complex known. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, so the guide helps you choose a place on the way. Then the Grand Egyptian Museum is your next stop, with its 11 m statue of Ramesses II in the entrance hall. Your guide leads the visit, and the driver returns you to the hotel in Cairo.

   Evening. Dinner is not included, and your guide is glad to suggest places to eat near the hotel. You sleep at your hotel in Cairo. Tomorrow you fly to Luxor, so your guide confirms the airport pick-up time.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsBreakfast

   Overnight in Cairo
4. 4
   Day 4 · LuxorFly to Luxor, Karnak, board

   Morning. After breakfast and check-out, your driver takes you to Cairo airport for the morning flight, about 1 hour, to Luxor. You land in Luxor, where your guide and driver meet you. Karnak comes first: the 134-column Hypostyle Hall, and the 29 m obelisk in the Amun precinct. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. At 12:00 you may check in to your ship, and your luggage goes to the ship by the private vehicle. The ship sails on fixed weekly days, and the crew explains the sailing order on board. Full board starts on the ship, with lunch and dinner included. You sleep on board.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsNone included

   Overnight on the ship
5. 5
   Day 5 · LuxorValley of the Kings and Deir el-Bahari

   Morning. After breakfast on board, you cross to the west bank with your guide for the Valley of the Kings. It has 63 or more known tombs, and Tutankhamun's tomb KV62 was opened in 1922. The standard entrance fee is included; the extra-ticket tombs (Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses VI) are paid separately. Hatshepsut's temple, set against the cliffs, finishes the morning.

   Afternoon. You return to the ship for lunch. In the afternoon the ship sails towards Edfu.

   Evening. Dinner is served on board as part of the full board, and you sleep in your cabin on the ship. Your guide confirms tomorrow's visit to Edfu.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsNone included

   Overnight on the ship
6. 6
   Day 6 · EdfuEdfu

   Morning. After breakfast on board, you go ashore at Edfu. The temple of Horus was built between 237 and 57 BC and is described as nearly intact, because sand and silt buried it for centuries. You tour it with your guide, with entrance fees included. Your guide reads the temple walls with you.

   Afternoon. You return to the ship for lunch, and the ship continues on its way.

   Evening. Dinner is served on board as part of the full board, and you sleep in your cabin on the ship. Your guide confirms the plan for tomorrow.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsNone included

   Overnight on the ship
7. 7
   Day 7 · Kom OmboKom Ombo

   Morning. After breakfast on board, you go ashore at Kom Ombo with your guide. It is a double temple, and Sobek, the crocodile-headed god, is shown on its walls. Entrance fees are included. Your guide shows you the carvings as you walk through.

   Afternoon. After lunch on board, the ship covers the last 50 km to Aswan.

   Evening. Dinner is served on board as part of the full board, and you sleep in your cabin on the ship. Your guide confirms the plan for tomorrow.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsNone included

   Overnight on the ship
8. 8
   Day 8 · AswanLeave the ship; Philae and the High Dam

   Morning. Cabins are vacated by 8:00, after breakfast on board. Your luggage goes to the hotel in the private vehicle. A boat takes you and your guide to Philae, where about 95 structures were moved in the late 1970s.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included today, so your guide helps you choose a place. After lunch your guide takes you to the High Dam, built between 1960 and 1970, with entrance fees included. Then you check in at your hotel in Aswan.

   Evening. Dinner is not included, and your guide is glad to suggest places to eat near the hotel. You sleep at your hotel in Aswan. Your guide reminds you of the early convoy time we confirmed at booking.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsBreakfast

   Overnight in Aswan
9. 9
   Day 9 · AswanAbu Simbel by road

   Morning. The convoy to Abu Simbel leaves very early, and we confirm the time when we book. The drive is about 300 km each way, in the private air-conditioned vehicle with your guide. Two temples stand there: the Great Temple of Ramesses II with four seated colossi, each about 20 m tall, and the smaller Hathor temple for Nefertari. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. You are back in Aswan in the early afternoon. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place. The rest of the day is at the hotel.

   Evening. Dinner is not included, and your guide is glad to suggest places to eat near the hotel. You sleep at your hotel in Aswan. Tomorrow you fly to Cairo, and your guide confirms the airport pick-up time.

   • GuideYour private guide
   • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
   • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
   • MealsBreakfast

   Overnight in Aswan
10. 10
    Day 10 · CairoFly to Cairo

    Departure. After breakfast and check-out, your driver takes you to Aswan airport for the short domestic flight to Cairo. We choose the departure to suit your international flight and confirm it when we book. In Cairo a guide takes you on to the airport for your flight home. Lunch and dinner are not included. Your guide confirms the pick-up time the evening before. Your luggage stays with you in the private vehicle at each transfer.

    • Drop-offPrivate transfer to the airport or station
    • GuideYour private guide
    • TransportPrivate air-conditioned vehicle
    • Entrance feesIncluded for the sites of the day
    • MealsBreakfast

    Departure

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