Cairo and the Nile Cruise Budget Tour Package

On your tour itinerary to Cairo, you will get the advantage of pick-up service from your hotel after enjoying your breakfast. 

Our next step will be an extraordinary destination to visit the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, which was built by a French architect, but the execution of the building was by the Italian company of Giuseppe Garozzo and Francesco Zadarini to include hundreds of Egyptian artifacts for the Egyptian kings and gods. The most prominent pieces in the museum are the treasure of King Tutankhamun and the chair of the king. In addition, King Narmar's painting immortalizes the process of unification of the upper and lower Egypt. You can also take a look at the perfumes and the ancient papyrus papers of the museum.

Secondly, let your guide accompany you to see the great Giza pyramids and discover the story behind each pyramid. Despite the legends and myths about the pyramids and their method of construction, when you see the pyramids, you will realize the greatness of ancient Egyptian creativity and construction. The pyramids are royal tombs where each king's mummified body is put with its valuable possessions inside the pyramids because the Egyptian pharaohs believe in the second life after death. The pyramids are considered the most huge human-made construction made by professional workers. After that, you can go on an optional camel ride on the plateau of the pyramids to capture unforgettable pictures of the pyramids. 

Moreover, you will see the valley temple with your tour guide, where the pharaoh's body is mummified and his mummies are prepared to be transported in a grand procession to a temple right next to the pyramid, called the Mortuary Temple. The temple walls have red and pink colors due to the granite stones, and the floors of the temple are made of alabaster stone. Then we move to see the Great Sphinx, or the statue of the protector of the pyramids and its treasures. The statue has a semi-human head and lion body as proof of his power and the power of the Egyptian rulers. 

It is the time for relaxing and boosting your energy after having a delicious lunch meal from Egyptian cuisine. 

Our discoveries are still continuous in the area of Coptic Cairo; visit the Hanging Church of the Virgin Mary, which is one of the oldest churches in Egypt and valuable for Egyptians and visitors from around the world. It is called " the hanging church" because when you see it, it sounds like hanging for being built upon the ruins of the Tower of Babylon fortress. It includes 13 columns representing Christ and the twelve apostles. 

We will move to another vintage church of Abu Serga, which has been built upon the cave where the holy family took shelter after their flight. The church is dedicated to the two saints of Sergius and Bacchus who were killed by the Roman emperor Maximian.
 

Finally, you will be transported to your hotel to relax and get ready for tomorrow. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
 

On this day, you will fly from Cairo to Luxor. Get ready in the morning to be transferred and take your flight ticket to Fly to Luxor.

After your arrival, meet a Cairo Top Tours representative to start your tour and discover the great and most attractive temples of Luxor. Let's start by visiting the temple of Luxor. The temple is the most famous temple on the East Bank of Luxor, which was built to glorify Amun Ra by King Amenhotep III. The reason behind building a great and massive temple was to immortalize the king's name in history and to strengthen his story. Then the second king who put his print in the temple was King Ramses II, putting columns and the pylon. In addition, there are distinctive statues in the temple for King Ramses II. 

Secondly, you will check in on your Nile cruise and have your delicious lunch abroad. 

It is not the end of the day: we will go to see the temple of Karnak, which is an attractive temple for tourists to explore. The temple of Karnak is the largest religious construction ever. Moreover, the rulers of Egypt considered it an administrative center and Treasury for the pharaohs of modern Egypt. The columns and the walls of the temple are characterized by beautiful and accurate hieroglyphic decorations and inscriptions explaining the Egyptian myths of the ancient Egyptian gods and religious traditions. One of the most famous things inside the temple is the holy lake, where the priests were visiting to purify themselves.  

Finally, you will go back to your Nile cruise to enjoy your nighttime abroad. 

Be prepared for your new adventure and have your delicious breakfast on your Nile cruise. Our first destination will be the valley of the kings which was chosen by the ancient kings of Egypt to keep their tombs and its possessions far away any possible danger. The valley includes incredible tombs: the tombs have enchanting paintings with colorful paintings from thousands of years. One of the most beautiful tombs in the Valley of the Kings is the tomb of King Tutankhamun and the buried possessions inside it, reveal the marvelous royal funeral and burying process.

Our next destination will be Memnon statues: two large statues looking to the great Nile River, representing King Amenhotep III. The most prominent features are their massive height and weight; each statue of them is about eighteen meters high and weighs 720 tons. They have carved something similar to King Amenhotep's sitting on his throne. Some archeologists believe that the used stones in the carving and building process of the two statues of Memnon have been brought from Memphis. Let’s move from the beauty of Memnon to see the temple of Hatshepsut.

Hatshepsut temple is a very unique temple due to the different shapes of construction. It’s one of the oldest temples in Egypt, which makes it worthy of visiting. Hatshepsut is one of the most powerful queens in the civilization of ancient Egypt, ruling a wide kingdom like Egypt. The archeologists have found a hidden place that includes more than 40 mummies that have been moved from the Valley of Kings according to their beliefs. In addition, the temple has recently included one of the recent treasures in a box made of limestone dating back to 3500 years and contains a treasure for the Egyptian civilization.

Finally, you will get back to your Nile cruise to enjoy the process of sailing to Edfu and Kom-Ombo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner
 

Are you ready to see the beauty of the Edu temple? When you first see the temple, you will be amazed by the huge walls with fascinating inscriptions and carved paintings on them. Archeologists believe that the process of temple construction has continued for about a hundred years. The reason for building the temple is to worship the god with a falcon head called Hor Bahditi.

When you visit the temple, you will see in the open courtyard a large collection of beautifully decorated statues of the god Horus. The walls of the temple are rich with symbols that narrate the exciting Egyptian mythology and the fights between the goddesses. Let your guide explain the exciting Egyptian myths to you and reveal the truth for you and your family.

It’s time to back to your cruise and enjoy your lunch until your cruise reaches Kom-Ombo temple to be able to discover it. It is a huge temple that includes 22 mummified crocodiles that have been found near the temple. The temple is beautiful during seeing in the morning as seeing it in night too due to the excellent project of lightening the temple to cohere with the lights of the night.

The temple has an extraordinary feature of the different styles of the heads of the columns inside it; It includes the shapes of Horus, Palm, and Lotus heads. Archeological believes it’s an Egyptian style. Furthermore, there is a recently discovered treasure in the temple: the statue of King Ramses II wearing a white crown.

After enjoying your tour, back to relax and have your dinner onboard, and stay tuned for the next tour.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner.

On the sixth day of your adventure, your Nile cruise will reach Aswan, or the city of beauty. Your tour guide will accompany you to see the real Aswan by firstly visiting Philae Temple.

Philae temple: it’s an enchanting temple surrounded by beautiful views of nature; you will see it from the moment that you will start to be close to the temple. The temple has been collected on Agelica Island to protect it from the danger of sinking under the water of the Nile River. The name is the temple, back to the Greek language, which means “ the beloved.". It is one of the pharaonic authentic temples among the beauty of Aswan. Let’s discover another miracle of Aswan.

Our next visit will be to the High Dam; it's one of the largest dams in Egypt and Africa. The Egyptian government sought to build it to protect the lands of Egypt from the excessive flood of water. Building it contributed to expanding the farms and the green lands all over Egypt; in addition, it has increased the energy of electricity to keep Egypt safe through the the ages.

Then we move to the ancient Egypt artifacts again to see the unfinished Obelisk from the granite stones.  It has a prominent feature because it is massive and huge made by the ancient Egyptians; however, it is unfinished because of cracks inside it. The unfinished obelisk assisted the archeologists in discovering the Egyptian civilization by its symbols.

Back to your Nile cruise and enjoy the last night on the Nile cruise tour.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner 
 

It’s the end of the Nile cruise tour, but not the end of the Egypt vacation. After enjoying your breakfast,  you will check out from your Nile cruise. You can choose to do the optional tour of visiting Abu Simple Temples, which is one of the most famous tours in Egypt.

Finally, you will be transferred to Aswan Airport to Fly to Cairo

Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel, and if you have enough time , you can choose to add one of our optional tours in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast
 

At the end of the 8-day vacation in Egypt, after enjoying your breakfast. If you have time for your final departure, you can choose an optional activity to be added to your day

After this, you will be transferred to the airport to have your international flight.

Meals: Breakfast.