12 Days Luxury Egypt, Nile Cruise & Alexandria

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. You are collected at the airport by your Egyptologist guide and taken to a hotel in Cairo in a private air-conditioned vehicle. Your guide helps you check in. Bottled water is included.

   Evening. We leave the first night free of plans so the Alexandria drive starts fresh. No meals are included. Your guide tells you the pick-up time for tomorrow, when you leave Cairo after breakfast.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
2. 2
   Day 2 · AlexandriaDrive to Alexandria

   Morning. After breakfast you check out, and your luggage goes into the private vehicle. The Cairo to Alexandria desert road starts in Giza and runs for 220 km. We confirm the drive time when we book.

   Afternoon. In Alexandria you check in at your hotel. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place. You visit Pompey's Pillar, which stands on the old acropolis next to the Arab cemetery, and then the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa. The catacombs were cut into the bedrock in the second century and were found again in 1900 when a donkey fell through the access shaft. Entrance fees are included.

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

   Overnight in Alexandria
3. 3
   Day 3 · AlexandriaWaterfront and library

   Morning. Breakfast at the hotel. You begin at the Citadel of Qaitbay, a Mamluk fort at the tip of Pharos Island, with your guide and the private vehicle. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, so your guide helps you pick a place. You then visit the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, inaugurated on 16 October 2002. It has four museums and several galleries. The Corniche drive between the two lets you see the city's waterfront from the car. The vehicle returns you to the hotel for the evening, and dinner is not included.

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

   Overnight in Alexandria
4. 4
   Day 4 · CairoBack to Cairo

   Morning. After breakfast you check out and drive back to Cairo in the private vehicle, with your guide. The road is the same 220 km desert road. Your luggage travels with you.

   Afternoon. You check in at your hotel in Cairo. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place. In the afternoon your guide takes you to Fustat, the area of Historic Cairo with the Nilometer on Rawdah Island and the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As. Entrance fees are included. The evening is free.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
5. 5
   Day 5 · CairoGiza plateau

   Morning. After breakfast the whole day belongs to Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum. In the morning you see the Great Pyramid, whose valley temple lies buried under the village of Nazlet el-Samman. Your guide explains what is known about the buried temple. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, so your guide helps you pick a place. In the afternoon you see the museum, where Khufu's restored ship is on display. The vehicle takes you back to the hotel, and the evening is free.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
6. 6
   Day 6 · CairoSaqqara and the Citadel

   Morning. Breakfast at the hotel, then the drive to Saqqara. The Step Pyramid sits at the head of a complex that Imhotep designed. You visit the Mastaba of Mereruka as well, and your guide reads the wall scenes with you. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place. After lunch you go up to the Citadel for the view over the old city. The vehicle returns you to the hotel. Tomorrow you fly, so pack tonight and leave your luggage ready.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
7. 7
   Day 7 · AswanFly to Aswan

   Morning. After breakfast you check out, and the private vehicle takes you and your luggage to Cairo airport. The flight from Cairo to Aswan is a short domestic one. In Aswan your guide meets you and takes you to the hotel.

   Afternoon. After you check in, a felucca takes you around Elephantine Island and the botanical garden on El Nabatat Island. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place.

   Evening. The evening is free, and dinner is not included. Tomorrow starts at Philae.

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

   Overnight in Aswan
8. 8
   Day 8 · AswanPhilae and the High Dam

   Morning. Breakfast at the hotel, then the morning is at Philae, on Agilkia Island, where the complex was rebuilt after its move in 1977 to 1979. Your guide explains how the move was done and why it was needed. Entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. The Aswan High Dam, built from 1958 to 1970, is the second stop. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place. You spend the late afternoon at the hotel, and the evening is free.

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

   Overnight in Aswan
9. 9
   Day 9 · AswanAswan and boarding

   Morning. After breakfast you check out, and your luggage goes into the private vehicle. The Unfinished Obelisk is the first stop. The Nubian Museum comes next, opened in 1997 and built after the UNESCO campaign to save the Nubian monuments. Your guide ties the museum to the monuments you have seen. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. You board your Deluxe or Ultra Deluxe ship at 12:00 and have lunch on board. The ship sails on fixed weekly days, and this is the first of three nights afloat.

   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
10. 10
    Day 10 · Kom OmboKom Ombo

    Morning. Breakfast on board. The ship sails north and stops at Kom Ombo, about 50 km from Aswan. The temple belongs to two gods, Sobek and Haroeris, and a Nilometer stands beside it. Your guide takes you through both halves of the temple. Entrance fees are included.

    Afternoon. Lunch is on board. The rest of the day is on the sun deck, and your cabin is yours to use.

    Evening. Dinner is on board. Tomorrow's stop is Edfu, and the ship sails on fixed weekly days.

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

    Overnight on the Nile cruise
11. 11
    Day 11 · EdfuEdfu

    Morning. Breakfast on board. Edfu's temple was built over about 180 years and is called one of the best preserved shrines in Egypt. The temple stood under sand and silt for centuries before excavation began in 1860. Your guide reads the inscribed walls with you. Entrance fee is included.

    Afternoon. Lunch is on board. The ship continues to Luxor in the afternoon, and the time on deck is yours.

    Evening. Dinner is on board. Cabins are vacated at 8:00 tomorrow, so pack tonight.

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

    Overnight on the Nile cruise
12. 12
    Day 12 · LuxorLuxor and departure

    Morning. You say goodbye to the crew after breakfast, and your luggage goes into the private vehicle. The Valley of the Kings is on the West Bank, opposite Luxor, and it holds 65 known tombs. Your guide chooses tombs with you. The extra-ticket tombs (Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses VI) are not included. Entrance fees for the Valley are included.

    Departure. A private car then takes you to Luxor airport for your flight. The timing of the morning follows your flight time, and your guide confirms the plan the day before.

    • 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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