Itinerary
- Day 1
Arrival in Cairo
You'll be met at the airport terminal by your Ancient Egypt Tours representative holding a sign with your name. They'll take you to your private air-conditioned vehicle for the drive to your hotel. Check-in happens at 14:00, so if you arrive earlier, you can relax at the hotel or arrange an extra night for immediate access to your room.
Optional Activities
- 2-hour open buffet dinner Nile cruise including belly dancer, local band and skirt rotation performer
- Sound and Light show
- Day 2
Cairo to Aswan
After breakfast at your hotel, your personal guide meets you for a full day on the Giza Plateau. You'll see the Great Pyramid of Khufu, Khafre's pyramid, the pyramid of Menkaure, and the Great Sphinx, plus the Valley Temple with photo opportunities of all three pyramids framed by the Cairo skyline. Following lunch at a local restaurant, you head to the Egyptian Museum to walk through one of the world's largest ancient Egyptian artifact collections, featuring King Tutankhamun's golden treasures. By evening, you transfer to the train station for your overnight sleeper train to Aswan with dinner served on board.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo), Lunch (Lunch at local restaurant during Giza Plateau tour), Dinner (Dinner on the sleeper train)
Included Activities
- Visit Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) on Giza Plateau
- Visit Khafre's pyramid
- Visit pyramid of Menkaure
- Visit 3 small pyramids
- Visit Great Sphinx
- Visit Valley Temple
- Photo opportunity of three pyramids with Cairo skyline
- Visit Egyptian Museum
- Lunch at local restaurant
- Dinner on sleeper train
Landmarks/POIs Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) Khafre's Pyramid Pyramid of Menkaure Great Sphinx Valley Temple Egyptian Museum - Day 3
Aswan
Breakfast comes first on the train before you arrive in Aswan. Your representative meets you and takes you to board your Nile cruise. After lunch, you visit the High Dam, an engineering project completed between 1960 and 1970. Next, you explore the Unfinished Obelisk in the ancient stone quarries. Later you sail by felucca to Philae Temple on Agilkia island, where the Temple of Isis and its monuments from the 26th dynasty through the Roman period await. You return to your hotel to settle in for the night.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast on the train), Lunch (Lunch on the cruise)
Included Activities
- Visit High Dam
- Visit Unfinished Obelisk
- Sail by felucca to Philae Temple
- Visit Philae Temple (Temple of Isis)
- Lunch on cruise
Optional Activities
- Sound and Light show at Philae Temple
Landmarks/POIs High Dam Unfinished Obelisk Philae Temple Temple of Isis - Day 4
Luxor
Starting with breakfast, you head to Aswan train station for your journey to Luxor. Once there, your guide begins showing you the East Bank's Karnak Temple complex, the largest place of worship ever built from generations of construction. Then you cross to the West Bank for the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, a three-tiered structure honoring Amun and the funeral rites of Egypt's famous female pharaoh. The Valley of the Kings comes next, where you explore 3 tombs including King Tutankhamun's, discovered in 1922. Lunch happens during your exploration. You finish at the Colossi of Memnon, two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, before heading to the train station for your overnight sleeper back to Cairo with dinner on board.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at hotel in Luxor), Lunch (Lunch during trip), Dinner (Dinner on the sleeper train)
Included Activities
- Visit Karnak Temple (East Bank)
- Visit Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
- Visit Valley of the Kings and explore 3 tombs
- Visit Colossi of Memnon
- Lunch during trip
- Dinner on sleeper train
Optional Activities
- Sound and Light show at Karnak Temple
Landmarks/POIs Karnak Temple Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut Valley of the Kings Tomb of King Tutankhamun Colossi of Memnon - Day 5
Cairo
The train brings you breakfast before arriving in Cairo. Your representative meets you for transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax or use freely. If you want to arrange optional tours around Cairo, you can contact your operator to set something up.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast on train)
Optional Activities
- Optional tour in Cairo (arrange with operator)
- Day 6
Departure from Cairo
Have breakfast at your hotel, then an Ancient Egypt Tours representative picks you up for your transfer to the airport for your flight home.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at hotel)
