Itinerary
- Day 1
Cairo
Your representative meets you at the airport exit with a sign and takes you to a private air-conditioned vehicle for the drive to your hotel. Check-in happens at 14:00, though if you arrive early, the hotel can sometimes arrange an earlier check-in for an extra fee. Your tour guide will call to confirm what time you'll meet tomorrow.
- Start point
- Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt (9 Days Cairo, Aswan and Luxor with Sharm El Sheikh Holiday)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Tolip Hotels)
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
After breakfast at the hotel, your personal guide takes you out to Giza Plateau for the full day. You'll see the Great Pyramid of Khufu, Khafre's pyramid, and Menkaure's pyramid along with their smaller companion pyramids, plus the Great Sphinx and Valley Temple. There's a photo stop where you can capture all three pyramids with Cairo in the background. Lunch happens at a local restaurant, then you head to the Egyptian Museum to see King Tutankhamen's treasures and over 250,000 ancient artifacts. By evening, your driver takes you to the train station for your overnight sleeper train to Aswan, with dinner on board.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo), Lunch (Lunch at a local restaurant), Dinner (Dinner on the Sleeper train)
- Accommodation
- Berth / Cabin (Sleeper train )
Included Activities
- Visit Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops)
- Visit Khafre's pyramid
- Visit Menkaure's pyramid
- Visit Great Sphinx
- Visit Valley Temple
- Photo opportunity of three pyramids with Cairo skyline
- Visit Egyptian Museum including King Tutankhamen's treasures
Landmarks Great Pyramid of Khufu Pyramid of Khafre Pyramid of Menkaure Great Sphinx Valley Temple of Khafre Egyptian Museum 
- Day 3
Aswan
Breakfast comes as the train pulls into Aswan. Your representatives meet you and transfer you to your Nile cruise ship, which you board before lunch. The morning includes a stop at the High Dam, built between 1960 and 1970 to control the Nile's flooding and produce hydroelectric power. After that, you explore the Unfinished Obelisk, the largest known ancient obelisk that belonged to Queen Hatshepsut. Later, you sail by felucca (a traditional Egyptian sailboat) to Philae Temple on Agilkia Island, where temples dedicated to Isis and other monuments were relocated here from their original submerged island. You return to your hotel by evening.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast on the train), Lunch (Lunch on the cruise)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Pyramisa Isis Island Aswan)
Included Activities
- Visit High Dam
- Visit Unfinished Obelisk
- Sail by felucca to Philae Temple
- Visit Philae Temple of Isis
Optional Activities
- Sound and Light show at Philae Temple
Landmarks High Dam Unfinished Obelisk Philae Temple 
- Day 4
Luxor
Breakfast at your hotel, then you head to Aswan train station for the journey to Luxor. Upon arrival, your guide meets you to explore the East Bank, starting with Karnak Temple, the largest temple complex ever built, spanning 247 acres with three main temples and numerous smaller ones. You cross to the West Bank to visit the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, built on three levels. Next, you enter the Valley of the Kings, where about 60 tombs from 1539 BC to 1075 BC are carved into the rock, including King Tutankhamen's famous tomb. You'll go inside 3 tombs during this part. Lunch happens during the tour. The day ends at the Colossi of Memnon, two massive statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III that have stood guard for 3,400 years.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at your hotel in Luxor), Lunch (Lunch during your tour)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Sonesta St. George Luxor )
Included Activities
- Visit Karnak Temple
- Visit Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
- Visit Valley of the Kings (3 tombs included)
Optional Activities
- Sound and Light show at Karnak Temple
Landmarks Karnak Temple Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut Valley of the Kings Colossi of Memnon 
- Day 5
Luxor to Sharm El Sheikh
After breakfast, you get picked up by private air-conditioned car for the drive to Luxor Airport. You fly to Sharm El Sheikh, where representatives meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel for check-in.
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Sheraton Sharm El-Sheikh)
- Day 6
Sharm El Sheikh
This is a free day after breakfast at your hotel. You can relax by the pool, enjoy the resort, or walk around the area and explore Sharm El Sheikh at your own pace. No organized activities are scheduled.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at your hotel), Lunch (Lunch at resort), Dinner (Dinner at resort)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Sheraton Sharm El-Sheikh)
Optional Activities
- Dinner cruise for two hours on the Nile
- Sound and Light show
- ALF LILA W LILA
- Safari
- Tiran Islands
- Royal Sea coupe
- Dolphin show
- Sharm El Sheikh city tour
- Day 7
Sharm El Sheikh
Another free day after breakfast at your hotel. You have leisure time to relax or check out the resort and nearby surroundings however you'd like. Nothing is planned, so this is your time to do what sounds good to you.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at your hotel), Lunch (Lunch at resort), Dinner (Dinner at resort)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Sheraton Sharm El-Sheikh)
Optional Activities
- Dinner cruise for two hours on the Nile
- Sound and Light show
- ALF LILA W LILA
- Safari
- Tiran Islands
- Royal Sea coupe
- Dolphin show
- Sharm El Sheikh city tour
- Day 8
Sharm El Sheikh to Cairo
After breakfast, you transfer to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for your flight back to Cairo. Representatives meet you at Cairo Airport and take you to your hotel for the night.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Tolip Hotels)
- Day 9
Cairo to Airport
Breakfast at your hotel before heading to the airport for your flight home. An Ancient Egypt Tours representative picks you up and gets you to the airport. Thanks for traveling with them.
- End point
- Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt (9 Days Cairo, Aswan and Luxor with Sharm El Sheikh Holiday)
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast at your hotel)
