5 days, 4 nights
Cairo and Luxor Express
The Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum, then Luxor’s temples and the Valley of the Kings.
Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt · Photo: Alessandro Santoro
Day by day
Day 1
Arrival in Cairo
Arrival at Cairo airport, where we meet you and transfer you to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2
Pyramids and Grand Egyptian Museum
After breakfast, visit the Giza Plateau: the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, and the Sphinx. Learn how the ancient Egyptians made papyrus, then continue to the Grand Egyptian Museum next to the pyramids. Return to the hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
Optional extra: Sound and Light show at the Giza Pyramids, with dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 3
Flight to Luxor, Karnak and Luxor Temple
After breakfast, fly from Cairo to Luxor, where our representative meets you, and check in at your hotel. In the afternoon, visit the vast temple complex of Karnak, then Luxor Temple, with its great statues of Ramses II. Overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 4
Luxor’s West Bank, flight to Cairo
After breakfast: Visit the Valley of the Kings, where 62 painted royal tombs have been found, the terraced Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and the two giant Colossi of Memnon in front of the temple of Amenhotep III. Transfer to Luxor airport for the flight back to Cairo and on to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
Optional extra: Sunrise hot-air balloon flight over the temples and tombs of Luxor’s West Bank.
Day 5
Departure from Cairo
Breakfast and transfer to Cairo airport for your flight home, at the time of your flight.
Meals: Breakfast
Optional extra: Citadel of Saladin and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Coptic Cairo with the Church of St Sergius, where the Holy Family is said to have sheltered, and the Khan el-Khalili bazaar.
Cancellation policy
- Cancellations must be approved in writing; an unapproved cancellation is treated as a no-show (100% of the price).
- Up to 31 days before arrival: no charge.
- 30 to 15 days before arrival: 50% of the package price.
- Less than 15 days before arrival: 100% of the price.
Children
- Under 2 years: free of charge.
- 2 to 5 years: 25% of the adult price.
- 6 to 11 years: 50% of the adult price.
- 12 years and over: adult price.
- Child rates apply to children sharing their parents’ room (maximum 2 children per room). Airline tickets may carry an extra fee per child.
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