8 Days Honeymoon Cairo, Alexandria & Nile Cruise

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1. 1
   Day 1 · CairoArrival in Cairo

   Arrival. A driver collects you from arrivals as part of the airport meet and assist, and takes you to the hotel in a private air-conditioned car. Your guide joins you at the hotel, where check-in is handled for you, and goes through the plan for the week.

   Evening. No meals are included today. Dinner is booked for the two of you if you want it, and otherwise the evening is free.

   Good to know. Your private Egyptologist guide stays with you through the week, and the private air-conditioned car is yours for every transfer, including the road to Alexandria. Bottled water is included.

   • 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 at the hotel, your private Egyptologist guide takes you to the Giza plateau, which has the morning. The pyramids stand about 13 km south-west of central Cairo. The guide explains the three pyramids and the Great Sphinx as you walk. Entrance fees for the sites in the program are paid for you.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included today, and the guide helps you choose a place. The Grand Egyptian Museum has the afternoon. It is just over a mile north of the pyramids, so the car ride is short. In the museum your guide brings you to the Tutankhamun galleries and then to the Grand Staircase.

   Evening. The car takes you back to the hotel. Dinner is not included.

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

   Overnight in Cairo
3. 3
   Day 3 · AlexandriaThe Citadel and the road to Alexandria

   Morning. After breakfast and check-out, the Citadel in Historic Cairo has the morning, with your guide. The guide explains the view across the city and what the Citadel was built to do. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place. After lunch the private car takes the desert road north to Alexandria, 220 km from Giza, with your luggage on board. We confirm the drive time when we book. The transfer between the two cities is included.

   Evening. You check in to the hotel in Alexandria. The Alexandria evening is a walk on the Corniche. Dinner is not included.

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

   Overnight in Alexandria
4. 4
   Day 4 · AlexandriaLibrary and catacombs

   Morning. After breakfast, your guide and the car take you to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which was inaugurated on 16 October 2002. It has a planetarium and four museums, and the guide explains what you are looking at.

   Afternoon. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place. After lunch you visit the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa, where tombs were cut in three levels into the rock. Entrance fees are included.

   Late afternoon. The Citadel of Qaitbay is last, on the site of the old lighthouse. The car then brings you back to the hotel for a second night in Alexandria. Dinner is not included.

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

   Overnight in Alexandria
5. 5
   Day 5 · AswanDrive to Cairo, fly to Aswan

   Morning. After breakfast and check-out, you leave Alexandria and drive to Cairo airport in the private car. We choose the flight to fit the drive and confirm the drive time when we book. Lunch is not included today, so plan to eat on the way or at the airport; your guide helps you choose a place.

   Afternoon. Aswan is a short domestic flight, which is included. You are met on arrival and taken to the ship, with your luggage. Boarding is from 12:00, and you reach the ship in the late afternoon.

   Evening. You settle into the cabin on the Deluxe or Ultra Deluxe ship, and dinner is on board. It is included. Day 5 is long, so tonight is for resting.

   Good to know. The drive and the flight are the program today, and no sightseeing is added. Bottled water is included in the car.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
6. 6
   Day 6 · Kom OmboPhilae, felucca and Kom Ombo

   Morning. Breakfast is on the ship. Philae, on Agilkia Island, is the morning visit, with your guide, who explains the temple and why it was moved. The entrance fee is included.

   Midday. A felucca, a wooden sailing boat, takes the two of you around Elephantine Island. The sail is included. You have lunch on the ship, which sails after lunch.

   Afternoon. The ship stops at Kom Ombo, about 50 km north of Aswan, where the temple has two halves. Your guide shows you both. Dinner is on board.

   On board. All three meals are included today, served on the ship. Bottled water is included on the excursions.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
7. 7
   Day 7 · EdfuEdfu

   Morning. After breakfast on the ship, you visit Edfu's temple with your guide. It was built between 237 and 57 BC under the Ptolemies, and the guide explains how it was built and what the reliefs show. The entrance fee is included.

   Afternoon. You return to the ship for lunch. The rest of the day is on the ship while it sails to Luxor, and the sun deck is yours.

   Evening. Dinner is served on board, for your last night on the Nile.

   On board. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all included and served on the ship. Bottled water is included on the excursion.

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

   Overnight on the Nile cruise
8. 8
   Day 8 · LuxorLuxor and departure

   Morning. You leave the ship after breakfast, and your luggage stays with you in the private car. With your guide you visit the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut's temple. Entrance fees are included, apart from the extra-ticket tombs (Tutankhamun, Seti I, Ramses VI), which are optional.

   Afternoon. Karnak comes next, and the guide explains the temple complex. Lunch is not included, and the guide helps you choose a place.

   Departure. The car then drives you to Luxor airport for the flight home. The timing follows your flight.

   Before you go. Breakfast is the last meal of the program, served on the ship. Bottled water is included, and taxes and service charges are covered. Tips are not included.

   • 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 8-day trip cost?

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