8 Days Family Egypt Highlights

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Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. A guide waits for you in the arrivals hall, helps you with the airport formalities and leads you to a private air-conditioned vehicle. The vehicle takes the family to the hotel in Cairo, and you check in.

   Nothing is planned after check-in. Children who have been awake all night can sleep, and the guide will be at the hotel next morning to start day 2. No meals are included today, so ask the guide for a simple place near the hotel if anyone is hungry.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
2. 2
   Day 2 · CairoPyramids, Sphinx and a camel ride

   Morning. Your guide and the private vehicle collect you at the hotel and drive to the Giza plateau. Entrance fees and bottled water are covered. The three pyramids date to c. 2580 to 2510 BC, and the Sphinx is linked to the reign of Khafre. The guide tells the children who built what, and then each child gets a short camel ride.

   Afternoon. The family goes back to the hotel to rest, with no second site on this day. Breakfast is the only meal included. Lunch and dinner are your choice, and the guide helps you pick 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 · CairoGrand Egyptian Museum and Memphis

   Morning. The vehicle takes you to the Grand Egyptian Museum, with the entrance fee included. The guide leads the visit through the Tutankhamun galleries and the large statues on the main stairway, and keeps the route short enough for the children.

   Afternoon. Memphis lies about 20 km south of Cairo. It is an open-air museum where a limestone colossus of Ramesses II lies on its back. The children can walk around the figure and see the alabaster sphinx beside the Temple of Ptah, and the guide explains what each one is. You then return to the hotel. Lunch and dinner are not included, and the guide helps you choose places.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
4. 4
   Day 4 · Cairo to LuxorFlight to Luxor and Karnak

   Morning. After breakfast you check out, and the private vehicle takes you to Cairo airport. The domestic flight south to Luxor is about 1 hour and is part of the program. A guide meets you at Luxor airport, and the vehicle takes you and the luggage to the hotel, where you check in.

   Afternoon. The family rests at the hotel first. Then you visit Karnak in the later part of the day, when the sun is lower. The entrance fee is included. The Great Hypostyle Hall has 134 columns, and the guide gives the children a short counting task before you walk through it. Lunch and dinner are not included, and the guide helps you choose places.

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

   Overnight in Luxor
5. 5
   Day 5 · LuxorLuxor West Bank

   Morning. Your guide and the vehicle take you across to the West Bank. You see Hatshepsut's temple at Deir al-Bahari and the Valley of the Kings, with the standard entrance fees included. The tomb of Tutankhamun is the one that needs its own ticket, which is not included.

   Afternoon. A stone-carving workshop stop lets the children watch a craftsman at work. It is optional, and the guide skips it if they are tired. The afternoon is free for the hotel pool or for Luxor Temple, as the family prefers. Breakfast is included; lunch and dinner are not, and the guide helps you choose places.

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

   Overnight in Luxor
6. 6
   Day 6 · Luxor to AswanBy road to Aswan via Edfu and Kom Ombo

   Morning. You check out after breakfast, and the private air-conditioned vehicle leaves Luxor with your guide. The road distance to Aswan is about 220 km. Edfu comes first, with the Temple of Horus on the west bank of the Nile. The guide explains the temple, and the entrance fee is covered.

   Afternoon. Kom Ombo follows, about 50 km north of Aswan, with its double temple. Lunch is not included, so the guide stops for lunch and a leg stretch at a place the children choose. You arrive at Aswan, check in at the hotel, and the evening is free. Dinner is not included.

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

   Overnight in Aswan
7. 7
   Day 7 · AswanPhilae, Nubian Museum and a felucca

   Morning. The guide and the vehicle take you to Philae. Its Temple of Isis now stands on Agilkia Island, moved there in the 1970s, and the guide shows the children the reliefs and explains why the temple was moved. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. A felucca sails the family past Elephantine Island. The Nubian Museum, opened in 1997, is a cool indoor stop with finds from the rescue campaign that saved the Nubian monuments, and it works well in the heat of the day. The rest of the afternoon is at the hotel. Breakfast is the only meal included, and the guide helps you find lunch and dinner.

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

   Overnight in Aswan
8. 8
   Day 8 · Aswan to CairoFlight to Cairo and departure

   Departure. After breakfast you check out, and the private vehicle drives you to Aswan airport. The flight to Cairo is a short domestic one and is part of the program. The check-out time is set by your flight, and your luggage rides with you in the vehicle. Aswan has a quiet morning before you leave, so there is no sightseeing on this day.

   A guide meets you in Cairo and helps with your onward connection. 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

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