10 Days Luxury Egypt & Red Sea

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Places on this trip: Hurghada

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. An assistant takes you from the arrival hall to a waiting private air-conditioned vehicle. At the hotel your Egyptologist guide helps you check in and gives you a one-page plan for Cairo. Bottled water is included in the vehicle.

   Evening. The evening is open and no meals are included. Your guide tells you the pick-up time for Day 2, which starts at Giza after breakfast.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
2. 2
   Day 2 · CairoGiza

   Morning. Breakfast at the hotel, then your guide and the private vehicle take you to Giza, with entrance fees included. You start at the Great Pyramid of Khufu and walk to the three boat pits beside it. Two of them held intact ships when they were excavated. Beside the Sphinx stands the Sphinx temple that belongs to Khafre's complex. Menkaure's pyramid is the only one of the main three that has lost all its polished casing.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place. You then drive about 30 km south to Saqqara for the Step Pyramid and the Serapeum, where the mummified Apis bulls were buried. The vehicle returns you to the hotel in the evening.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
3. 3
   Day 3 · CairoGrand Egyptian Museum and Historic Cairo

   Morning. After breakfast the museum visit begins at the Grand Staircase and runs through the Tutankhamun galleries, which hold more than 5,300 objects. Khufu's restored ship is also in the museum. Entrance is included, and your guide stays with you throughout.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, so your guide helps you pick a place. In the afternoon you go to the Mosque of Ibn Tulun and the Nilometer on Rawdah Island, both part of the UNESCO-listed Historic Cairo. The private vehicle takes you back to the hotel. Tomorrow you fly, so pack tonight.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
4. 4
   Day 4 · AswanFly to Aswan

   Morning. You check out, and the private vehicle takes you and your luggage to Cairo airport for the short domestic flight to Aswan. Your guide meets you in Aswan and takes you to your Deluxe or Ultra Deluxe ship. You board and have lunch on board.

   Afternoon. You visit the Aswan High Dam, built between 1958 and 1970, and the Nubian Museum, which opened in 1997 to show finds from the UNESCO rescue campaign. Entrance fees are included.

   Evening. Dinner is on the ship. This is the first of three nights afloat, and the ship sails on fixed weekly days.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
5. 5
   Day 5 · AswanPhilae and Kom Ombo

   Morning. Breakfast on board, then the morning is at Philae, moved to Agilkia Island in 1977 to 1979. Entrance is included. Your guide explains why the temple had to be moved and how the rescue was done. The ship then sails north.

   Afternoon. Lunch is served on board. In the afternoon you reach Kom Ombo, about 50 km from Aswan. The temple is dedicated to Sobek and Haroeris and has a double entrance, and your guide takes you through both sides. Entrance fees are included.

   Evening. Dinner is on board.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
6. 6
   Day 6 · EdfuEdfu

   Morning. Breakfast on board. Edfu is on the west bank, and its temple of Horus took from 237 to 57 BC to finish. Your guide points out the reliefs on the enclosure wall and then leads you inside. Entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is on board. The ship sails on to Luxor in the afternoon, with time on the sun deck on the way.

   Evening. Dinner is on board. Cabins are vacated at 8:00 tomorrow, so pack tonight and leave your luggage ready for the private vehicle.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
7. 7
   Day 7 · HurghadaLuxor and flight to Hurghada

   Morning. You leave the ship after breakfast, and your luggage goes into the private vehicle. Your guide takes you for a short morning at Karnak, where the Great Hypostyle Hall has 134 columns. Entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, so your guide helps you choose a place. The car then goes to Luxor airport for the Hurghada flight, which is a short domestic one. The flight days change with the season, so we confirm the date and time when we book. A driver meets you in Hurghada and takes you to a beach hotel, where you check in.

   Evening. This is the last day with your Egyptologist guide. From here a driver looks after you.

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

   Overnight in Hurghada
8. 8
   Day 8 · HurghadaGiftun Islands by boat

   Morning. After breakfast at the hotel, a driver takes you to the boat. The boat goes to the Giftun Islands, a popular snorkelling and diving area off Hurghada.

   Afternoon. You swim and snorkel from the boat, and the crew looks after you. Tourism has damaged parts of the reefs here. Only breakfast is included today, so lunch is a matter for you to arrange. The driver takes you back to the hotel afterwards.

   Evening. The evening is free at the hotel. Diving can be arranged if you hold a certification, and it costs extra.

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

   Overnight in Hurghada
9. 9
   Day 9 · HurghadaEl Gouna and a free afternoon

   Morning. Breakfast at the hotel, then a driver takes you to El Gouna, a privately owned town with canals and bridges north of Hurghada. You walk its waterside at your own pace, and the driver waits nearby.

   Afternoon. Lunch is on your own and is not included. From the early afternoon there is nothing planned, and the driver takes you back to the hotel whenever you want. The rest of the day is yours, and dinner is not included.

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

   Overnight in Hurghada
10. 10
    Day 10 · HurghadaDeparture

    Departure. After breakfast at the hotel you check out, and your luggage goes into the private air-conditioned vehicle. The driver takes you to Hurghada airport for your departure flight. The timing is set by the flight, so we confirm the pick-up time the evening before. Breakfast is the last meal of the program.

    • Drop-offPrivate transfer to the airport or station
    • MealsBreakfast

    Departure

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