Fly from Cairo to sail from Luxor to Aswan on a Nile River cruise. Visit Karnak Temple, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Valley of the Kings, Hatchepshut Temple, Abu Simbel, and enjoy a sunrise hot air balloon flight.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Professional Private Egyptologist English-speaking guide
✔ Hotel pickup and drop-off
✔ Lunch
✔ Horse carriage to Temple of Horus in Edfu
✔ Dinner
✔ Breakfast
✔ 4-star hotel room with breakfast
✔ Transportation
✔ Flight tickets (Departure & Return)
✔ Accommodation for 2 nights on a 5-star cruise with full board excluding drinks
✖ Tips (optional)
✖ Entrance tickets
✖ All types of Drinks
Pickup Locations
1. Ramses Hotel
2. Gardenia Pyramids view inn
3. Vg Hotel
4. The Location Hotel
5. Swiss Inn Pyramids Golf Resort
6. Pickalbatros Blu Spa Resort
7. Hilton Pyramids Golf
8. Life Pyramids Inn
9. Hyatt Regency Cairo West
10. Regency Hotel
11. Kemet Boutique Hotel
12. Pyramids Lights Hotel
13. Capital Hotel
14. Grand Museum Guest House, Pyramids View
15. Jasmine Pyramids Hotel
16. Pyramids Power Inn
17. Arabian Nights Pyramids Guesthouse
18. Pyramids Inn Motel
19. Tolip Hotel Olympic International City
20. Cozy Studios Pyramids View
Itinerary
Pick up from Cairo & Fly to Luxor & boarding at a 4-star hotel
1
Cairo
You will be picked up from your accommodation in Cairo in the afternoon and be driven to Cairo airport to take the included flight to Luxor. Upon your arrival, your driver will be waiting for you outside the airport
Duration: 60 minutes
2
Luxor
After meeting your driver, be transferred to the included 4-star hotel.
Duration: 0 minutes
Hot Air Balloon & Luxor west bank & Karnak temple
1
Luxor
You will be picked up in the early morning to Enjoy a hot air balloon ride to watch the sun come up over the archaeological sites of Luxor.
Duration: 0 minutes
2
Valley of the Kings
Next, head to the west bank of Luxor to visit the Valley of the Kings. Here you will explore the 3 most important tombs and see the walls full of hieroglyphs.
Duration: 60 minutes
3
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Your guide will then take you to the most important temple of the complex, the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. The temple consists of three floors with open balconies built of limestone, with statues of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut.
Duration: 60 minutes
4
Colossi of Memnon
Next, you will visit the colossi of Memnon
Duration: 30 minutes
5
Temple of Karnak
You’ll then head to the east bank to visit the biggest temple in Luxor, the Karnak Temple, dedicated to the god Amun, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. Learn about the history of the temple before heading to your river boat for lunch.
You’ll check into your room and then the boat will depart for Edfu. In the evening, you’ll enjoy dinner and free time in the comfortable surroundings of the boat.
Duration: 2 hours
Edfu & Kom ombo temples
1
Temple of Horus
After breakfast on board, take a horse-drawn carriage to Edfu. You’ll then enjoy a guided visit of the Temple of Horus. Marvel at the best-preserved religious place in Egypt with imposing sandstone structures of Horus.
Duration: 60 minutes
2
Temple of Kom Ombo
You’ll enjoy lunch back on board the boat as you sail to your next destination. In the afternoon, visit the unusual Temple of Kom Ombo. Learn about the structures of the temple and how it was built in honor of two great gods. Return to the boat for dinner and free time.
Duration: 60 minutes
Tour to Abu simbel temple (Group tour), & Fly back to Cairo
1
Aswan
In the early morning, check out and take your breakfast box
Duration: 0 minutes
2
Abu Simbel Temple Complex
Then, you’ll head to one of the most stunning temple complexes in Egypt, the Abu Simbel Temples. The twin temples of Ramesses II and Nefertari were built into the mountainside in the 13th century BC, under the dynasty of Pharaoh Ramesses II.
Your guide will take you back to the cruise to take your luggage. You’ll then be transferred to Aswan airport to take the flight back to Cairo (Duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes).
Upon your arrival in Cairo, our driver will be waiting for you outside Cairo Airport to return you to your hotel.
Duration: 5 hours
Additional info
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
