8 days, 7 nights
Egypt Classic
Cairo, the Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum, a Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor and a free day for Alexandria.
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt · Photo: Alex Azabache
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 Aswan, Philae and the Nile cruise
After breakfast, fly from Cairo to Aswan (about 85 minutes) and visit the Temple of Isis at Philae, moved stone by stone to Agilkia Island. Board your Nile cruise ship for lunch, with a free afternoon and dinner on board. Overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Full board
Optional extra: Motorboat trip to a Nubian village: swim in the Nile, visit a traditional house and the village school, and ride a camel if you like.
Day 4
Kom Ombo
Breakfast and sail to Kom Ombo. After lunch on board, visit the temple shared by Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus; its museum still holds mummified crocodiles. Sail on towards Edfu, with an Egyptian evening and dinner on board. Overnight on board.
Meals: Full board
Optional extra: Early-morning trip to Abu Simbel, the rock-cut temples of Ramses II and Queen Nefertari, returning to Aswan around midday.
Day 5
Sailing to Luxor, Karnak and Luxor Temple
Breakfast and free time on board as the ship sails to Luxor. On arrival, visit the vast temple complex of Karnak, then Luxor Temple, with its great statues of Ramses II at the entrance. Dinner on board. Overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Full board
Optional extra: Horse-carriage ride to the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the best preserved temple in Egypt.
Day 6
Luxor to Cairo
Breakfast and disembarkation, then 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.
Optional extra: Luxor’s West Bank: the Valley of the Kings, the terraced Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon.
Day 7
Free day, optional Alexandria
Breakfast and a free day. Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
Optional extra: Day trip to Alexandria, about 3 hours each way: the Roman catacombs, the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site of the ancient Lighthouse, and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Day 8
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.
Optional extra: Dinner cruise on the Nile with belly dancing and a whirling dervish show.
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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