11 Days Honeymoon Grand Egypt

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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 driver meets you in the arrival hall and takes you to the hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle. Check-in is handled for you, so you can go straight to the room. Your guide stays for a few minutes to hand over the plan for the coming days and the contact numbers.

   Evening. Nothing is scheduled. No meals are included today, so dinner is your choice, and your guide can point you to a quiet place near the hotel.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
2. 2
   Day 2 · CairoGiza and the Citadel

   Morning. After breakfast at the hotel, your private Egyptologist guide and the car take you to the Giza plateau. The Great Pyramid, Khafre's pyramid and the Sphinx stand at the edge of the Western Desert, and the guide explains how they relate to one another. Entrance fees for the sites in the program are paid for you.

   Afternoon. The car then takes you into Historic Cairo, to the Citadel and the Mosque of Ibn Tulun. Lunch is not included today, and the guide helps you choose a place between the two visits.

   Evening. Dinner is not included. It can be booked at a quiet table near the hotel, and the car brings you back to the hotel for your second night.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
3. 3
   Day 3 · LuxorFly to Luxor

   Morning. After breakfast and check-out, the private car takes you to the airport for the domestic flight to Luxor, which is about 1 hour in the air. The flight is included. Your luggage travels with you in the car.

   Arrival. In Luxor your guide and a driver meet you and take you to the hotel, where check-in is arranged for you. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you pick a place.

   Afternoon. In the late afternoon you visit Karnak. Your guide shows you where the 134 columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall stand in rows and explains what the hall was for. The evening is for dinner, which is not included, and an early night, because tomorrow starts before dawn.

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

   Overnight in Luxor
4. 4
   Day 4 · LuxorBalloon and the West Bank

   Morning. The balloon pickup from the hotel is before dawn, and the basket flies for at least 45 minutes. The flight is included. It is grounded if the wind is strong or visibility is poor, and the spare morning is Day 5. After the flight you return to the hotel for breakfast.

   Midday. With your guide and the private car you visit the Valley of the Kings, then the terraced temple of Hatshepsut. Entrance fees for these sites are paid, apart from the extra-ticket tombs (Tutankhamun, Seti I, Ramses VI), which are optional.

   Afternoon. Luxor Temple is the last visit, in the late afternoon. Lunch and dinner are not included today, and the guide helps you choose where to eat.

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

   Overnight in Luxor
5. 5
   Day 5 · LuxorDendera and boarding

   Morning. After breakfast and hotel check-out, you drive with your guide to Dendera, about 2.5 km south-east of the town of that name. You visit the temple of Hathor and go down into its crypts. This is also the spare morning for the balloon if the wind stopped the flight on Day 4. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. The ship takes you on board in the afternoon, since check-in is from 12:00, and the car brings you and your luggage to the pier. Lunch is not included, so the guide helps you choose a place before boarding. You settle into the cabin on the Deluxe or Ultra Deluxe ship.

   Evening. Dinner is included and is served as the ship sails.

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

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

   Morning. The ship sails in the early morning and moors at Edfu. After breakfast on board, you go ashore with your private guide for the Temple of Horus, the largest temple dedicated to the god. The guide reads the walls with you and explains how the temple was used. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. You return to the ship for lunch, and the rest of the day is on the river. The sun deck and your cabin are yours.

   Evening. Dinner is served on board, and the ship stays your hotel for the night.

   On board. Full board is included, so breakfast, lunch and dinner are all served on the ship today. Bottled water is included on the excursion.

   • 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 · Kom OmboKom Ombo

   Morning. Breakfast is on the ship, and you go ashore at Kom Ombo with your guide. The town lies about 50 km north of Aswan, and its double temple belongs to Sobek and Haroeris. You also see the Nilometer next to it. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is served on board, and the ship carries on up the river.

   Evening. The ship docks in Aswan in the evening. Dinner is on board, and you sleep on the ship again tonight.

   On board. All three meals are included today, served on the ship. Your private guide stays with you for the visit, and bottled water is included.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
8. 8
   Day 8 · AswanAswan, felucca

   Morning. After breakfast on the ship, your guide and the private car take you to the Unfinished Obelisk and the Aswan High Dam. At the dam the guide explains how it created Lake Nasser. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. You have lunch on the ship. At the end of the afternoon a felucca takes you and your guide around Elephantine Island. The felucca sail is included, and it is quiet compared with a motorboat.

   Evening. Dinner is served on board for your last night on the Nile ship.

   On board. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all included and served on the ship. The private car and guide take you to each stop, and bottled water is included.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
9. 9
   Day 9 · AswanPhilae

   Morning. After breakfast you step ashore and your luggage goes with you in the private car. Philae is the visit of the day, with your guide: the temple was rebuilt on Agilkia Island after the High Dam threatened to flood it. The guide explains how the move was done. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. You check in to the hotel afterwards. Lunch and dinner are not included today, and the guide helps you choose where to eat. The rest of the day is free, and tomorrow is the Abu Simbel flight.

   Good to know. Only breakfast is included today, at the hotel. Bottled water is included, and the private car stays with you for the day.

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

   Overnight in Aswan
10. 10
    Day 10 · Abu SimbelAbu Simbel

    Morning. The private car takes you to Aswan airport for the short flight to Abu Simbel, and your guide travels with you. The flight days and times change with the season, so we confirm them when we book. The flights are included.

    At the temples. Ramesses II built the Great Temple, and the Small Temple a little to the north honours Hathor and Queen Nefertari. You have time at both, and the guide explains the carvings with you. Entrance fees are included.

    Afternoon. The return flight lands in Aswan after lunch time, and the car takes you to the hotel. Lunch and dinner are not included, and the guide helps you choose a place.

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

    Overnight in Aswan
11. 11
    Day 11 · AswanDeparture

    Departure. After breakfast and check-out, the private car takes you to Aswan airport. The timing is set by your flight. From Aswan, Cairo is a short domestic flight, which is included, and your luggage stays with you in the car to the airport. Our team says goodbye at the airport.

    Before you go. Breakfast is the last meal of the program. The driver helps with your luggage while you check out, and bottled water is in the car. Tips are not included.

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

    Departure

How much does this 11-day trip cost?

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