8 Days tour in Cairo and on the Nile cruise by Plane

Early in the morning, after enjoying a delicious breakfast at your hotel, one of the best tour guides from the Cairo Top Tours team will come to meet you at the hotel. We will transfer you to Tahrir Square to visit the Egyptian Museum. The Egyptian Museum houses a collection of rare artifacts and antiques dating back to the pre-dynastic period and the Greek and Roman eras, such as the King Narmer stela that commemorates the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt and an impressive collection of statues of the kings of the era of the pyramid builders.

You will visit the Giza Pyramids, which are still an engineering and astronomical marvel by all standards. The pyramids were covered in ancient times with stones made of white limestone. These stones reflected the sunlight and made the pyramids appear like shiny diamonds. You will see the Great Sphinx and the Valley of Temples.

You will enjoy a delicious lunch at one of the local restaurants to taste the most delicious Egyptian dishes. At the end of the day, you will visit the Old Cairo area to visit the most famous Christian churches where the Holy Family stayed during their escape with the baby Jesus to Egypt, such as the Hanging Church and the Church of Abu Serga. You can also visit the Ben Ezra Synagogue, which is one of the oldest and most famous Jewish temples in Egypt.

If there is enough time, you will visit Khan El Khalili Bazaar, which is one of the most famous and largest markets in Cairo. After finishing your enjoyable tour, we will transfer you back to your hotel in Cairo.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying your delicious breakfast, one of the tour leaders from Cairo Top Tours will come to pick you up at Cairo International Airport to take your flight to Luxor. Upon your arrival, our company representative will meet you there to take you to one of the most beautiful cruises in Egypt to enjoy a comfortable and luxurious stay there.

Then you will meet your private tour guide to start your tour of the most important temples of the East Bank of Luxor. You will visit two of the most important temples in Luxor.

Karnak Temple is characterized by a unique engineering and astronomical phenomenon, which is the sun's alignment with the "Holy of Holies" in the temple once a year on December 21, which is the winter solstice, i.e., the beginning of winter.

Then you will visit Luxor Temple, which the ancient Egyptians called "Ipet Resit," meaning "the southern sanctuary," because of its distinguished location within ancient Thebes.

Then you will be transferred back to your cruise to have dinner and get some rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After having your delicious breakfast on board the cruise, you will start your exciting tour with one of the professional tour guides. 

You will start your day by visiting the Valley of the Kings, as it is the most famous historical tomb in the world where the great pharaohs buried their kings for 500 years in that area.

Then you will visit the Temple of Hatshepsut, which was built on three levels with two wide stairs in a central location. A bridge was built leading to the valley temple to connect the Nile River through the canal, and gardens were planted with trees in front of the courtyard.

At the end of the trip, you will visit the Colossi of Memnon, or as they are called, the Colossi of Memnon, which are two huge statues, created around 1350 BC. These two statues are all that remains of the temple of the pharaoh (Amenhotep III), located in Western Thebes.

At the end of the day, we will transfer you back to the cruise to have your dinner and enjoy watching the fun entertainment fairs.

You can choose to add the optional hot air balloon ride to your program to enjoy watching Luxor and its beauty from above.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Early in the morning, you will have a delicious breakfast on board the cruise and then start your tour.

At the beginning of the day, you will visit the Kom Ombo Temple, which is distinguished by its unique design because it is dedicated to two gods; it has two parallel axial corridors passing through its main halls with columns, and it ends with two compartments: the southern compartment (on the right) is for Sobek, and the northern compartment (on the left) is for Horus and Wor.

Then you will visit the Edfu Temple. This temple was built in the city of Edfu and was dedicated to the worship of the god Horus. It is considered one of the most important temples that has remained in good condition until now.

Then we will move back to the cruise to have lunch and enjoy the Nubian show. The cruise will start sailing to Aswan while you have dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After having breakfast on board the cruise, you will explore the most important archaeological sites in Aswan. You will visit the High Dam, one of the most important engineering projects established during the reign of Gamal Abdel Nasser to protect Egypt from flooding.

You will visit the unfinished obelisk of Hatshepsut, which, if the ancient Egyptians had finished building it, would have become the largest obelisk in the world.

Then you will visit the Philae Temple, which was built in the 3rd century BC and was built specifically to worship the goddess, Isis, to revive her legendary story, as it is said that she found the heart of her husband, "Osiris," near Philae Island.

You will return to the cruise for dinner and get ready for the next day.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

You will enjoy your last breakfast on board the cruise, and then you can add a trip to the Abu Simbel Temples, which is one of the most important archaeological sites listed on the UNESCO list (optional excursion). A representative from Cairo Top Tours will come to pick you up from Aswan Airport to return to Cairo. Upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport, we will transfer you to your hotel to spend the night there.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
 

You will have your last delicious breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, and then one of the tour leaders will come at the appointed time to take you to Cairo International Airport to take your plane back to your country after enjoying one of the best travel packages in the world.