6 Days Cairo, Luxor & Aswan by Flight

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. Your guide meets you at Cairo airport, assists you through to the exit and takes you by private air-conditioned vehicle to the hotel, where you check in.

   Rest of the day. The rest of the day is yours to settle in. Your guide briefs you on the next morning's start time before leaving you. No meals are included today. Your luggage travels with you in the vehicle. Your guide answers any questions about the week.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
2. 2
   Day 2 · CairoGiza and Saqqara

   Morning. After breakfast, your private Egyptologist guide and driver take you to the Giza plateau, where the three pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure date to the Fourth Dynasty, roughly 2600 to 2500 BC. You stand beside the Sphinx, which dates to the reign of Khafre. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place. After lunch you drive south to Saqqara, about 30 km from Cairo, to see the Step Pyramid designed for King Djoser by Imhotep. Bottled water is provided in the vehicle, and the driver brings 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. 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
3. 3
   Day 3 · LuxorFly to Luxor, Karnak and Luxor Temple

   Morning. After an early breakfast and check-out, your driver takes you to the airport for the domestic flight of about 1 hour to Luxor. You go straight to Karnak with your guide. The Hypostyle Hall holds 134 columns in 16 rows, and your guide shows you where the carving is deepest. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place. In the late afternoon you cross to Luxor Temple, which stands on the east bank close to your hotel. You check in at the hotel in Luxor.

   Evening. Dinner is not included, and your guide is glad to suggest places to eat near the hotel. You sleep at your hotel in Luxor. Tomorrow's west bank day starts after breakfast.

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

   Overnight in Luxor
4. 4
   Day 4 · AswanWest bank and the road to Aswan

   Morning. After breakfast and check-out, you cross to the west bank with your guide for the Valley of the Kings, where burials ran from about 1539 to 1075 BC, and for Hatshepsut's terraced temple at Deir el-Bahari. The standard entrance fees are included; the extra-ticket tombs (Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses VI) are paid separately.

   Afternoon. Around midday you leave Luxor by road, about 220 km to Aswan, in the private air-conditioned vehicle. The Horus temple at Edfu comes first, then the double temple at Kom Ombo, shortly before Aswan. Entrance fees are included. Lunch is not included, so your guide helps you choose a place on the way. Expect to reach the hotel in the evening and check in.

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

   Overnight in Aswan
5. 5
   Day 5 · AswanPhilae, High Dam and the river

   Morning. After breakfast, a boat takes you and your guide to Philae, the temple of Isis that was moved to Agilkia Island in the late 1970s when the old island flooded. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. Your guide then stops at the Aswan High Dam, 3,830 m long along its crest. The afternoon ends with a felucca sail near Elephantine Island. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place. The driver then 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 Aswan. Tomorrow you fly to Cairo, 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 Aswan
6. 6
   Day 6 · CairoFly to Cairo and departure

   Departure. After breakfast and check-out, your driver takes you to Aswan airport for the flight to Cairo, which is a short domestic flight. We choose the departure to suit your international flight and confirm it when we book. In Cairo your guide assists you with the transfer to the international terminal. 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

How much does this 6-day trip cost?

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