Day 1 Cairo
On arrival at the Cario airport you will be met and guided through the immigration and customs formalities then transferred to the Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel.

Day 2 Pyramids, Sphinx & Egyptian Museum
This morning with your Egyptologist guide you start your full day tour of the Egyptian Museum, which contains the world’s most spectacular collection of ancient Egyptian treasures, the Pyramids of Giza, considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the inscrutable Sphinx. Lunch is taken at a traditional restaurant. Overnight: Le Meridien Pyramids (BL)



DAY 3 Cairo to Aswan
Transfer to Cairo airport for your flight to Aswan where you board your Nile cruise ship, the Oberoi Shehrayar. Today you visit the Aswan High Dam, Philae Temple and the Granite Quarries, which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the stone used to build their monuments and temples. Lunch is served on board ship while sailing to visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek.
Overnight: Cruise Ship (BLD)  Click for city optional tours

DAY 4 Kom Ombo
Today you cruise to Kom Ombo. Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek. Sail to Edfu.
Overnight: Cruise Ship (BLD)

DAY 5 Temple Of Horus At Edfu
After breakfast visit the largest and best preserved Greekbuilt
temple in Egypt, the spectacular Temple of Horus. Cruise to Luxor via the Esna Lock. This evening there will be a traditional Egyptian Costume Party.
Overnight: Cruise Ship (BLD)

DAY 6 Valley Of The Kings & Luxor Temples
Visit the West Bank of the Nile to explore the ancient Valley of the Kings. Here, magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rock, richly decorated, and filled with treasures by generations of Pharaohs. A highlight is Queen Hatshepsut's Temple, which rises out of the desert in a series of terraces that merge with the surrounding limestone cliffs. On the way back to Luxor pass the huge Colossi of Memnon. Explore the East Bank of the Nile with your Egyptologist guide, starting with the graceful Temple of Luxor. Visit the huge temple complex of Karnak, built over a period of more than a thousand years and dedicated to the God Amun. Transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo, where you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight: Sonesta Hotel (BL)

DAY 7 Cairo
After breakfast transfer to Cairo airport for your departing flight (B)

Note, additional days can be added: You may wish to arrive earlier in Cairo, or stay extra days and take some of the optional extra city tours Click Here