8 Days Cairo & Nile Cruise by Sleeper Train

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. A guide waits for you at the airport, assists you through to the exit and rides with you to your hotel in Cairo in a private air-conditioned vehicle. You check in.

   Evening. You can walk the neighbourhood, and your guide gives you a short briefing on the week, including how the train works. No meals are included today. Your luggage travels with you in the vehicle. Your guide agrees the pick-up time for the pyramids.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
2. 2
   Day 2 · CairoThe Giza plateau and Saqqara

   Morning. After breakfast, your private Egyptologist guide and driver take you to the Giza plateau early, with entrance fees included. Khufu's pyramid, built roughly between 2580 and 2560 BC, is the largest of the three. Your guide explains each monument as you walk.

   Afternoon. After the Sphinx you drive about 30 km to Saqqara, where Imhotep designed the Step Pyramid for King Djoser in the Third Dynasty. Lunch is not included, so your guide helps you choose a place. 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 check out, so your guide explains the plan for the museum and the night train.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
3. 3
   Day 3 · CairoGrand Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo, night train

   Morning. After breakfast and check-out, you spend the morning at the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is about 2 km from the pyramids and holds the Tutankhamun galleries. Your guide leads the visit, and your luggage stays in the vehicle.

   Afternoon. The afternoon goes to Coptic Cairo, the old Christian quarter. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place.

   Evening. Your driver takes you to the station for the sleeper, and your guide helps you at the station. The seats in your two-berth compartment convert into beds, and dinner is served on board. Pack an overnight bag for the compartment.

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

   Overnight on the train
4. 4
   Day 4 · LuxorArrive Luxor, west bank, board the ship

   Arrival in Luxor. You arrive in Luxor in the morning, after breakfast on the train. Your guide and driver meet you at the station and your main bag travels with you in the private vehicle.

   Morning. Your guide takes you to the west bank, where the Valley of the Kings holds tombs used between about 1539 and 1075 BC, and to the terraces of Hatshepsut's temple. The standard entrance fees are included; the extra-ticket tombs (Tutankhamun, Seti I and Ramses VI) are paid separately.

   Afternoon. At lunchtime you board the ship, where check-in opens at 12:00. Full board starts on the ship, and you sleep on board. Bottled water is provided in the vehicle.

   • 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 · LuxorKarnak and Luxor Temple, first sailing

   Morning. After breakfast on board, you return to the east bank and visit Karnak with your guide, with its 134-column Hypostyle Hall. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. After lunch on board you visit Luxor Temple, which was linked to Karnak by an avenue of about 2.7 km lined with sphinxes. The ship leaves Luxor later in the day. Your guide explains the temple as you walk.

   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 visits to Edfu and Kom Ombo.

   • 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 · Kom OmboEdfu and Kom Ombo

   Morning. After breakfast on board, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is the first stop of the morning. Your guide leads the visit, with entrance fees included.

   Afternoon. After lunch on board, the afternoon is at the double temple of Kom Ombo with your guide. The ship continues towards Aswan as the light fades. Your guide reads the temple with you.

   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 plan.

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

   Overnight on the ship
7. 7
   Day 7 · AswanPhilae, the High Dam and a felucca

   Morning. After breakfast on board, you go by boat to Philae with your guide. The temple was dismantled into about 40,000 units and rebuilt on Agilkia Island. Entrance fees are included.

   Afternoon. After lunch on board, the High Dam follows, with its 3,830 m crest. Then you sail a felucca near Elephantine Island in the late afternoon.

   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
8. 8
   Day 8 · CairoLeave the ship and fly to Cairo

   Departure. After breakfast on board, cabins must be vacated by 8:00. A driver takes you and your luggage to Aswan airport for the flight to Cairo. We choose the departure to suit your international flight and confirm it when we book. In Cairo your guide meets you for the onward transfer. 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

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