13 Day Cairo Nile Cruise and Hurghada

Experience a level of service almost unheard of in the modern world. No matter what time you arrive in this fascinating country, we will be waiting to meet and greet you at the airport in Cairo.

We will assist you with your luggage, and drive you in cool and comfortable style to the place you will be staying for your first two nights in the country.

Once we have assisted you with check-in, we will quickly go over your Cairo, Nile Cruise, and itinerary and also confirm pickup times for the days that follow. Have a free “Welcome to Egypt” drink, and then you can enjoy the remainder of the day as you wish. Stay at your hotel; Go out for a meal, or head out and discover this vibrant city.

Meals Included
No Meals

You will have your breakfast in your hotel in Cairo, then you will be met by our English Egyptologist tour guide to begin your day tour by visiting the Pyramids of Giza “Khufu, Khafre & Menkaure”, the place the greatness has been embodied in three pyramids with a limestone statue of Sphinx guarding the whole area. Then proceed to one of our local restaurant to have your lunch.

After that, you will proceed to the city of Sakkara, the place you will be so excited by exploring The Step Pyramid of king Djoser. This pyramid has a very nice story when king Djoser asked his chief Architect Imhotep to create something different so that the king could be buried. As a result, the well-known Architect creates the Step pyramid, which surprised the king so much since it was considered to be a new achievement in this period.

Finally, we will drive towards Memphis, the place you can visit The Open Air Museum including the marvelous monuments of king Ramses II. After finishing your day tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo for accommodation & overnight.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Breakfast at your hotel. Then you will be met by our English Egyptologist tour guide to begin your day tour by visiting The Egyptian Museum, which is considered to be one of the most important museums in the world, housing the Paranoiac monuments including those of the well-known king Tutankhamen. Also, you will have the chance to visit the Mummies’ Room which is a fantastic chance that you can’t imagine. You will have a good chance to see the great real pharaohs in their full body. Lunch at a local restaurant.

Then proceed to the Old Cairo area, the place you can visit the Citadel of Salah El-Din, which played a very important role in protecting Egypt, as it was considered the seat of power for more than 700 years. Then we will accompany you to Khan El Khalili, which consider one of the most beautiful bazaars in the Middle East. After finishing your day tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, then check out of the hotel. Then our representative will transfer you to Cairo airport to fly to Aswan.

Upon arrival at Aswan airport, you will join your Egyptologist tour guide to discover the fantastic city of Aswan, including The High Dam, which has been erected by the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1960 AD to protect Egypt from the Nile flood.

After that, you will enjoy sailing on the Nile River by motor boat till reach Agilika Island, the place you will visit the Temple of Philae, which was once erected during the Gaeco-Roman period and was dedicated to goddess Isis (mother of god Horus).

Finally, you will be escorted to visit one of the marvelous sightseeing in Aswan, The Unfinished Obelisk, which was made out of red granite and was dedicated to the god Amun Ra.

Transfer to your Nile cruise ship for check-in, lunch on board, and a free afternoon. Lovely dinner will be served, and then spend the night on board, in Aswan.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Breakfast box from your Nile cruise. Then, you will be transferred by a private A-C van to Abu Simbel. The original site was known as Meha in ancient times and was first documented in the 18th Dynasty when Ay and Horemheb had rock-cut chapels hewn in the hills to the south. Upon arrival, you will proceed to visit Abu Simbel Temples, which were built by king Ramses II. The first temple (the biggest one) was built by Ramesses II and was dedicated to the famous god Rahorakhty. While the second temple (the smaller one) was dedicated to the king himself and his beautiful wife queen Nefertari. After finishing your day tour, you will drive back toward Aswan (distance takes approx. 03 hrs by car).

Enjoy your lunch on board the cruise while sailing to Koum Oumbo city, arrive at Kom Ombo & then you will proceed to discover the Temple of Kom Ombo, the place the two gods Sobek & Haroeris were worshipped for a while. Get back to your ship and enjoy your lunch on the sun deck, watching the unique landscape of the fantastic river Nile. On its banks, the ancient Egyptian civilization has been created and flourished. After the tour, you will get back to your ship, relaxation, and refresh on board.

A dinner meal will be served on board during cruising to the city of Edfu. Late evening arrives at Edfu and overnight.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Breakfast on the cruise. Then the guide will take you on a mysterious journey to the land of secrets. This guided tour today begins by visiting one of the most wonderful temples in Egypt, the Temple of Horus in Edfu, which is considered to be one of the most well-preserved temples in Egypt. After that, you will revert back to your ship. Lunch will be served on board during sailing to the city of Luxor.

Afternoon tour to the East Bank of Luxor (Karnak and Luxor temples):

You will discover the East bank of Luxor including the Karnak Temples Complex, which is the largest structure ever built in the history of mankind. The principal building is that of the god Amun Ra since it was considered the house of god on the earth, the earlier structure date back to the middle kingdom, but there are some references that refer to the earlier buildings as old as the 3rd dynasty.

Later on, you will proceed to visit the Temple of Luxor, which was built by one of the kings of the 12th dynasty and completed by the well know king Ramses II. This temple was located in the heart of ancient Thebes and, like Karnak, was dedicated to the main/chief god Amun Re. After finishing your day tour, you will be transferred back to your ship for rest and refresh. At night, an Egyptian folkloric show will be operated by the staff. Dinner will be served overnight in Luxor.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Check out from your Nile cruise after breakfast. Then you will begin your magical tour in Thebes, the sacred land by exploring the wet bank of Luxor including the Valley of the Kings, which considers the royal cemetery of the Theban kings and rulers of ancient Egypt, and the place where our Pharaohs were buried.

After that, you will proceed to visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari. This temple is considered one of the most fantastic examples of Architecture in ancient Egypt because it was totally carved inside the mountain.

At the end of the tour, you will visit Colossi of Memnon, which is belonging to king Amenhotep III.

Later in the afternoon, you will transfer to Hurghada on the Red Sea coast, the place you will check in at your hotel in Hurghada. “Luxor to Hurghada is approximately a 3.5-hour drive”.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Soft Drinks

Since these days are all about quality relaxation time, there are no activities scheduled. However, there are a number of optional tours available if you wish to experience diving and snorkeling among the Red Sea coral reefs, with the opportunity to see rare fish. There are also other activities available, such as windsurfing, sailing, or deep sea fishing.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Soft Drinks

Since these days are all about quality relaxation time, there are no activities scheduled. However, there are a number of optional tours available if you wish to experience diving and snorkeling among the Red Sea coral reefs, with the opportunity to see rare fish. There are also other activities available, such as windsurfing, sailing, or deep sea fishing.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Soft Drinks

Since these days are all about quality relaxation time, there are no activities scheduled. However, there are a number of optional tours available if you wish to experience diving and snorkeling among the Red Sea coral reefs, with the opportunity to see rare fish. There are also other activities available, such as windsurfing, sailing, or deep sea fishing.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Soft Drinks

Breakfast at your hotel and check out, then our representative will transfer you to Hurghada airport to fly back to Cairo.

Upon arrival at Cairo airport, you will meet your private tour guide to begin your day tour to Islamic and Coptic Cairo.

This tour is very important as you will explore the greatness of the history of Egypt. You will explore Islamic history and the other Coptic one. You will visit Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque; it is the oldest intact, functioning Islamic monument in Cairo. It also survives as a rare example of the era and architecture of the classical period of Islam, i.e. the ninth and tenth centuries, for it was dominant in the Islamic world.

Then proceed to the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, which is considered stylistically the most compact and unified of all Cairo monuments. The building was constructed for Sultan Hassan bin Mohammad bin Qala’oun in 1256 AD as a mosque and religious school for all sects.

Then you will visit El Refa’i Mosque, which is separated from the mosque of Sultan Hassan by a pedestrian street. Take your lunch at one of our local restaurants.

After that, you will begin your Coptic Tour, you will begin with the Hanging Church, (The Church of the Virgin Mary), built into the walls of the Water Gate of the Roman fortress. It is possibly the oldest Christian church in Egypt, dating to around the 4th Century. Then you will visit the Church of St. Sergius, (Abu Serga), which legend has it is built atop one of the sites the place the Holy Family rested on their flight from Herod. Continuing on this path brings one first to the Ben Ezra Synagogue, which is Egypt’s oldest and dates to the 9th Century.

After finishing this great and memorable tour, you will transfer to your hotel in Cairo to check in & overnight Cairo.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

Breakfast at the hotel. After that, you will be met with our Egyptologist tour guide who will accompany you on such a wonderful tour to Alexandria.

You will begin your Alexandria city tour by exploring one of the main sources of knowledge in the ancient world, The Alexandria Library. The site of which is the original site of the old Pharaoh.

Later on, you will be transferred to have your lunch meal at a local restaurant.

After lunch, you will proceed to visit The Roman Amphitheatre, which is considered to be one of the most famous monuments belonging to the Greco-Roman period. Continue your Alexandria city tour by visiting Pompey’s pillar, which was erected in 292 AD.

In the end, you’ll be transferred to visit Sultan Qaitbay Citadel (from the outside) which is considered to be one of the most famous sightseeing in Alexandria.

After finishing your day tour, we will drive back to Cairo. Arrive in Cairo and proceed to your hotel there overnight.

Meals Included

Breakfast

Lunch

The final day of your Nile cruise and the Red Sea stay. You’ve explored the ancient wonders of Cairo; you’ve cruised the Nile in style, and you’ve soaked up the sun at Hurghada. You will no doubt have had a wonderful time, but now the time has come for you to say goodbye.

After you have had breakfast and you have checked out of your hotel, we will drive you in style to the airport for your flight home. We will be there to assist you with luggage and check-in, and then we will thank you once more and bid you farewell.

Meals Included

Breakfast