Best of Egypt in 12 Luxury Days

VIP airport assistance. Private arrival transfers to hotel for 3 nights

• Upon arrival to Cairo International Airport, you will be met with our English-speaking representative who will help and assist you in all formalities including getting the Entry Visa and bags assistance, then transfer you to your hotel for check in and overnight in Cairo.

Full-day private city tour

• Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and check out.
• Then you will be met by our English Egyptologist tour guide to start your day tour by visiting The Egyptian Museum, which is considered to be one of the most important museums in the world, housing the Pharaonic monuments including those of the well-known king Tutankhamen. Also,You will have the good chance to see the great real pharaohs in their full body.
• Lunch at local restaurant.
• Then proceed to Old Cairo area, where you can visit Citadel of Salah El-Din, which played as a very important role in protecting Egypt, as it was considered the seat of power for more than 700 years

Full-day private excursion to Dahshur, Sakkara, Pyramids of Giza and Great Sphinx

• Breakfast at your hotel in Giza and getting ready to start the tour.

• Then you will meet your Egyptologist tour guide to visit Dahshour.

• Visit Dahshur Pyramids (Bent and Red Pyramids). Dahshur area is a royal necropolis located in the desert on the West Bank of the Nile approximately 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of Cairo. It is known chiefly for several Pyramids, two of which are Among the oldest, largest and best preserved in Egypt, built from 2613–2589 BCE.(1 hr Time Spent).

• Then you will be met by our English Egyptologist tour guide to start your day tour by visiting Pyramids of Giza "Khufu, Khafre & Menkaure", where 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, where 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 at. 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.

• After finishing your day tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo

Return to airport for early morning flights to Abu Simbel, via Aswan. Private touring of temples. Return flight to Aswan to embark on luxury Nile River cruise for 4 nights

• Later on, you will be transferred to Abu Simbel by flight. The original site was known as Meha in the 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 being dedicated to the famous god Rahorakhty. While the second temple (the smaller one) was dedicated to king himself and his beautiful wife queen Nefertari.

After finishing your day tour, you will have transferred back toward Aswan

Morning private touring of High Dam, Temple of Philae and other sights around Aswan. Sail to Kom Ombo for afternoon private touring of Temple of Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu for overnight

• A breakfast buffet will be served on board, followed by a short motorboat ride to visit the romantic and majestic Philae Temple on the Island of Agilika. This will be followed by a visit to the Granite Quarries, which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples, and still hold a huge unfinished obelisk.
• Enjoy lunch, while you cruise to Kom Ombo and visit the magnificent Temple of Kom Ombo - dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek.
• Afternoon tea will be served while you cruise to Edfu.
• Dinner will be a lavish buffet of Egyptian specialties, followed by oriental music and dancing for everyone.

Morning private touring of Temple of Horus. Sail through the Esna Lock to Luxor for overnight

• A breakfast buffet will be served on board. This morning, explore the extraordinary Temple of Horus.
• Once you return to the boat, continue to enjoy your cruise onward to Esna, while enjoying your lunch.
• This afternoon, your Egyptologist will guide you round the Greco-Roman Temple of Khnum at Esna. The beautifully preserved Great Hypostyle Hall was built during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius; it was excavated from the silt that had accumulated through centuries of annual Nile floods and is about nine meters below present-day street level.
• Afternoon tea will be served while you sail to Luxor.
• Tonight, a delicious dinner is served on board.

Private touring of Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens, including the tombs of King Tut, Seti I and Queen Nefertari, as well as the Luxor and Karnak temples

• Breakfast is served on board.
• This morning, your Egyptologist will guide you around the strikingly graceful Temple of Luxor, dedicated to the god Amun - and then onwards to the Temple of Karnak.
• After lunch, visit the Valley of the Kings. You will have the chance to visit at least one tomb in the Valley of the Queens, and visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. On the way back to the river Nile, you will pass by the famed Colossi of Memnon, known in Ancient Greek times for their haunting voices at dawn.
• Return your luxury Nile Cruise boat where afternoon tea will be served in the lounge
• Tonight’s farewell dinner will be a gala dinner, with white-gloved waiters serving gourmet cuisine.

Private transfer to airport for flights to Sharm El-Sheikh, via Cairo. Private arrival transfers to resort for 3 nights

• Check out after breakfast (at 06:30 AM).
• After that, you will be transferred by private A-C van to Luxor Airport to fly to Cairo and then to Sharm
• Upon arrival to Sharm, you will be transferred by our representative in a private A/C vehicle to your accommodation hotel in Sharm and Overnight

Day at leisure

Day at leisure

Private transfer to airport

Private transfer to airport

• Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo.
• Then our representative will accompany you to go to Cairo Airport
• Then you will wait for your International flight back from Cairo