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8 DAYS – 7 NIGHTS
Start From 1350$
Discover the Great Civilization of ancient Egypt Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan. Enjoy visiting the 3 pyramids, the Great Sphinx, and the Egyptian museum in Cairo. Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut Temple in Luxor. Philae Temple and the High Dam in Aswan.
Upon arrival at Cairo Airport our Egypt Solay Tours representative will meet and assist you there with a sign with your name and escorting you to your hotel to stay overnight.
Our Egypt Solay Tours will pick you up from your hotel to go to Giza Plateau to visit the splendid 3 Pyramids of Kings Cheops, Chephren, and Mykrinos. Then a visit to the Egyptian Museum which was built in 1902 and it exhibits large number of items and treasures (exceeding 120,000 pieces of monuments) back to the ancient Egyptian time and Greco-Roman. After your fantastic tour you will be transferred to Cairo train station to take the sleeper train to Luxor. Overnight stay at the train. The distance from Cairo to Luxor is 655 km. roughly 10 hours from Cairo to Luxor and accommodation on the train includes dinner and Breakfast on board.
Upon arrival at Luxor train station, you will be met and assisted by Egypt Solay Tours Representative, who will transfer you to your Nile cruise. Enjoy your lunch on board, after that you will start your tour by visiting Karnak Temple the greatest example of worship in the history, dedicated to the God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. Then the second temple on the east bank on the Nile River is Luxor temple which was constructed approximately 1400 BC. It contains the Avenue of Sphinxes visit the Unfinished Propylon, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis III. Dinner on board & Belly Dancing show. Overnight on Board in Luxor.
You will have breakfast. Then starting your day by a visit to the archaeological sites on the west bank of the Nile the Valley of the Kings, containing the masterpieces of the ancient Egyptian tombs. 2 Colossi of Memnon which are two gigantic sitting statues representing Amenophis III facing the Nile and then moving to Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only pharaonic woman who ruled ancient Egypt for roughly 20 years. Lunch on board. Enjoy the folkloric show and start sailing towards Edfu and stay overnight on board in Edfu. Optional: 100 $ P.P flying in Hot air Balloon in Luxor. 45 minutes to watch the largest open-air museum. Enjoy the incredible view of landmarks, the Nile River, the temples of Queen Hatshepsut and Karnak during the sunrise.
Breakfast on board. Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Sailing to Kom-Ombo. Lunch on board. Upon reaching the area you will visit the Temple shared by the two Gods Sobek & Horus in Kom Ombo, it was built during the Ptolemaic era. Afternoon Tea. Dinner on board & Galabia party, overnight on board in Kom Ombo.
Breakfast on board and sailing to Aswan. Upon arrival you will Visit the High Dam, it contains 18 times the material used in the great pyramid of Cheops and it provides Egypt with water and electricity. The Granite Quarries & the Temple of Philae which its construction started during the reign of Ptolemy II and completed by the Roman emperors. Lunch on board. In the afternoon you will go in A Felucca ride around the islands of Aswan and Kitchener’s Botanical Garden where you will see different beautiful types of rare plantings and Elephantine Island which is the largest island of Aswan area. Afternoon tea, dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.
Breakfast on board. Disembarkation and then you will be transferred to Aswan airport to take your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival to Cairo airport our Egypt Solay Tours representative will meet and assist you there, then escorting you to your hotel to stay overnight.
After Breakfast, you will check out and then you will be transferred to Cairo airport for final departure.
