7 Days Family Cairo & Nile Cruise

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. Your guide meets you at the airport, helps you through the arrivals hall and drives you to the hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle. You check in and your luggage goes to the room.

   The rest of the day is for sleeping off the flight. If the children still have energy, the guide can point out a short walk near the hotel. We leave this day empty on purpose, because day 2 starts early. No meals are included today.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
2. 2
   Day 2 · CairoGiza pyramids, Sphinx and a papyrus workshop

   Morning. Giza is about 13 km southwest of central Cairo, so the drive in the private vehicle is short. Your guide walks you to the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure and then to the Sphinx on the east side of the complex. Entrance fees and bottled water are covered. Each child rides a camel on the plateau with a handler beside them.

   Afternoon. After a midday break at the hotel, the family visits a papyrus workshop where the children watch a sheet being made and try pressing one themselves. Breakfast is the only meal included today. Lunch and dinner are your choice, and the guide helps you find places the children will eat at.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
3. 3
   Day 3 · Cairo to AswanGrand Egyptian Museum and flight to Aswan

   Morning. The Grand Egyptian Museum stands about 2 km from the pyramids. After breakfast and hotel check-out, the vehicle takes you there, with the entrance fee included. The guide keeps to the main route: the Grand Staircase, the 11 m statue of Ramesses II and the Tutankhamun galleries.

   Afternoon. You fly to Aswan, a short domestic flight that is part of the program. A guide and a private vehicle meet you at Aswan airport, and your luggage goes with you to the ship. Lunch is not included today, and the guide helps you choose a place before the flight.

   Evening. You board the ship in the evening and have dinner on board, which is included. This is the first of three nights on the Nile, on a full board basis.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
4. 4
   Day 4 · AswanPhilae Temple and a felucca sail

   Morning. Philae was dedicated to Isis. When the Aswan dams put it under water, it was taken apart and rebuilt on Agilkia Island, about 500 m away. You cross to the island by water with your guide, who shows the children where the reliefs of Isis are. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. Back on the ship, lunch is served on board. Later a felucca takes the family out on the river for a short sail. The guide asks the children to stay out of the water: the CDC lists schistosomiasis as a risk in Egyptian fresh water. Dinner is on board. Meals are full board on the ship, so nobody needs to find a restaurant.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
5. 5
   Day 5 · Nile cruiseKom Ombo and Edfu

   Morning. The ship sails north and stops at Kom Ombo, about 50 km north of Aswan. The temple has two halves side by side, and the guide points out which gods each half served. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. Later the ship reaches Edfu, where the Temple of Horus was built between 237 BC and 57 BC. Both visits are short and the afternoon stays free on board, with the sun deck for the children. Lunch and dinner are served on the ship as part of full board. The ship then continues toward Luxor.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
6. 6
   Day 6 · LuxorLuxor West Bank

   Morning. After breakfast on board you leave the ship at Luxor, and a private vehicle takes you and the luggage across to the West Bank. The Valley of the Kings holds the tombs of about twenty kings from the New Kingdom. The guide picks tombs with short entrance corridors. The entrance fee for the valley is included, and the extra-ticket tombs are not.

   Afternoon. Hatshepsut's temple at Deir al-Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon follow. Then you check in at the hotel in Luxor and the family rests for the afternoon. Lunch and dinner are not included today, and the guide helps you choose places the children will eat at.

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

   Overnight in Luxor
7. 7
   Day 7 · LuxorKarnak and departure

   Morning. Karnak is the last visit, and the vehicle takes you there after breakfast and check-out. The Great Hypostyle Hall has 134 columns in 16 rows, and the guide lets the children count the tall ones, 12 of them 21 m high. The entrance fee is included.

   Departure. Then you are driven to Luxor airport for your onward flight. The flight back to Cairo is short and is part of the program. The pick-up time is set by your flight. Breakfast is the only meal included today.

   • 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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