Day 1: Cairo
Arrive in Cairo airport, you will be met by our representative who will assist you through the formalities and then transferred to your hotel to meet your guide for briefing about the tour package; overnight at your hotel in Cairo.
Day 2: Cairo - Giza Pyramids - Aswan
After breakfast you will start the tour by visiting the awe inspiring Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza plateau, then head to Sakkara to visit the Step Pyramid- the first completed Pyramid in Egypt and some other amazing tombs. After a day of seeing 4500 year old ancient structures, you will take the overnight first class train up the River Nile to Aswan. (Upgrade to sleeper cabin for only £60 - return)
Breakfast Included
Day 3: Aswan
Arrive in Aswan around 10:00, you will be transferred to your hotel in Aswan and start your Nile quest by visiting the Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the famous High Dam of Aswan which after completion in 1971, created Lake Nasser. Free evening at your leisure, overnight at your hotel in Aswan.
Day 4: Nile cruise from Aswan
After breakfast start exploring the Nile by boarding a five star Nile Cruise on which you will spend the next two nights. And then you will take a traditional felucca to sail around Elephantine and Kitchener islands, overnight on the Cruise .
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 5: Nile Cruise
Enjoy sailing down the Nile and visit Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples. Continue sailing towards Luxor, overnight on board the Cruise.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 6: Nile Cruise - Luxor
After breakfast you will arrive in Luxor, tour the East Bank of Luxor. Here you will experience the massive Karnak temple and historic Luxor temple, overnight at your hotel in Luxor.
Breakfast Included
Day 7: Luxor
After breakfast we tour the west Bank of Luxor. We start the tour with the World famous Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir El Bahary) and the great Colossi of Memnon, the last remains of Amenophis III’s temple. Then take the overnight first class train back to Cairo.
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Day 8: Cairo - Dahab
Arrive in Cairo in the morning and transfer to an air-conditioned coach for a scenic ride from the Nile delta through the Sinai Peninsula to the seaside city of Dahab. Transfer to your hotel. Spend your evening relaxing on the shores of the Red Sea, overnight at your hotel in Dahab.
Breakfast Included
Day 9: Dahab
This is a free day to be spent as you feel. Dahab is a relaxing small resort town. In Dahab there are many options available, snorkeling, swimming, sun-tanning, scuba diving and good food and drink, overnight at your hotel in Dahab
Breakfast Included
Day 10: Dahab
This is another day free to be spent as you see fit. With snorkeling, swimming, sun-tanning, scuba diving and good food and drink available you will find much to do; or nothing to do but enjoy the sun, overnight at your hotel in Dahab.
Breakfast Included
Day 11: Dahab
More free time to experience the delights of the Red Sea Town.
Breakfast Included
Day 12: Dahab - St Catherine - Sinai
Today you will be taken to the historic Mount Sinai, a place sacred to 3 religions. This evening we climb the mountain to its peak.
Breakfast Included
Day 13: St Catherine - Cairo
In the early morning you will see a sunrise over the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula that you will remember forever. After a brisk trip down the mountain you will enter one of the oldest functioning monasteries in the world, Saint Catherine's Monastery. Inside this monastery contains the famed location of the burning bush that spoke to Moses. Then enter an air-conditioned coach for the trip back to Cairo, overnight at your hotel in Cairo
Breakfast Included
Day 14: Cairo City Tour
After breakfast, a guided visit of the Egyptian Museum, the old city of Cairo where you will see Coptic Cairo, the Hanging Church, the cave church, Islamic Cairo, Saladin Citadel, Mohammed Ali Mosque, the old Cairo bazaar (Khan El Khalili) and El Fishawy Coffee Shop, overnight at your hotel
Breakfast Included
Day 15: Cairo - Flight back home
After breakfast the trip will end in Cairo where it began. Transfer to the airport. Take your memories and adventure with you on the flight home.
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