7 Days Cairo & Nile Cruise by Flight

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. You are met inside the arrivals hall, assisted through the airport and driven to your hotel in Cairo in a private air-conditioned vehicle. You check in.

   Rest of the day. Your guide gives you the plan for day 2 and the pick-up time. No meals are included today. Your luggage travels with you in the vehicle. Your guide also explains how the cruise dates fit 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 the Grand Egyptian Museum

   Morning. After breakfast, the first stop is Giza with your private Egyptologist guide and driver. Entrance fees are included. Your guide walks you around the base of the Great Pyramid, built roughly between 2580 and 2560 BC, then to the Sphinx.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, so your guide helps you choose a place. In the afternoon you visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, which opened officially on 1 November 2025. The Ramesses II statue in the Grand Hall is 11 m tall, and the Tutankhamun galleries follow. 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. Tomorrow you fly to Aswan, so your guide confirms the pick-up time for Saqqara.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
3. 3
   Day 3 · AswanSaqqara, then fly to Aswan and board

   Morning. After breakfast and check-out, a short morning at Saqqara covers the Step Pyramid of Djoser and the tomb area around it. Your guide leads the visit, with entrance fees included.

   Afternoon. Then you fly to Aswan; lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place before the flight. In Aswan a driver takes you and your luggage to the ship, and the crew has your cabin ready, as check-in starts at 12:00. Dinner is on board, and you sleep on the ship.

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

   Overnight on the ship
4. 4
   Day 4 · Kom OmboPhilae and the High Dam, sail to Kom Ombo

   Morning. After breakfast on board, the boat ride goes to Philae with your guide, the temple of Isis now standing on Agilkia Island about 500 metres from where it was built. A stop at the Aswan High Dam follows, and entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. Then the ship casts off, and lunch is served on board. In the afternoon you walk off the ship to Kom Ombo, a temple with two halves that stands 50 km north of Aswan on the river bank.

   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
5. 5
   Day 5 · LuxorEdfu and the sail to Luxor

   Morning. After breakfast on board, Edfu is the next stop, where the Horus temple was begun in 237 BC and finished in 57 BC. It stands nearly intact, because sand and silt covered it for centuries. Your guide leads the visit, with entrance fees included.

   Afternoon. After lunch on board, the rest of the day is on the sun deck as the ship continues towards Luxor.

   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 disembarkation: cabins are vacated by 8:00.

   • 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 · LuxorKarnak, Luxor Temple and the west bank

   Morning. After breakfast, you leave the ship by 8:00 and your guide takes you to the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut's temple on the west bank. The standard entrance fees are included; the extra-ticket tombs (Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses VI) are paid separately.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, and your guide helps you choose a place. After lunch you cross back to Karnak, then Luxor Temple, which the Romans later turned into a church. The driver takes your luggage to the hotel, and you check in and sleep in a Luxor 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 Luxor. 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 Luxor
7. 7
   Day 7 · CairoFly back to Cairo

   Departure. After breakfast and check-out, your driver takes you to Luxor airport for the roughly 1-hour flight to Cairo. We choose the departure to suit your international flight and confirm it when we book. In Cairo your guide arranges the transfer 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

How much does this 7-day trip cost?

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