This 10-day tour of Egypt combines Cairo’s major archaeological sites with Luxor, Aswan and four nights of Nile cruising through Upper Egypt. The itinerary covers six cities and nine nights, using private transfers and domestic flights to connect the capital with the Nile Valley while leaving enough time to examine the monuments with an English-speaking guide.
The first three nights are spent in Cairo, where private sightseeing covers the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, Valley Temple, Sakkara and the Step Pyramid of Djoser. A separate day is dedicated to the Grand Egyptian Museum, whose collection includes more than 100,000 objects spanning around 5,000 years and the complete Tutankhamun collection displayed together.
A domestic flight takes you south to Luxor for one hotel night before the river portion begins. Four nights aboard a Nile cruise link Luxor with Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan, with visits to Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple, the Colossi of Memnon, Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and Philae Temple.
The final night is spent at a hotel in Aswan. An optional private excursion to Abu Simbel can be added before the return flight to Cairo on Day 10. The package operates on Thursday, Friday and Saturday departures and includes private air-conditioned transfers, hotel breakfasts, full-board cruise accommodation, entrance fees, specified meals and a complimentary photo session around the Giza Pyramids.
Meet-and-greet service by OFT Travel representatives at the airports
Guest-relations assistance throughout the stay
All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
Three nights in a Cairo hotel with daily breakfast
Four nights aboard a Nile cruise on a full-board basis
One night in a Luxor hotel with daily breakfast
One night in an Aswan hotel with daily breakfast
Domestic flight tickets from Cairo to Luxor
Domestic flight tickets from Aswan to Cairo
Private guided sightseeing tours in Cairo as listed in the itinerary
Cruise shore excursions shared with an OFT Travel group
Meals at hotels, aboard the Nile cruise and during tours as specified in the itinerary
English-speaking tour guide
Admission fees for the listed sightseeing throughout the tour
Complimentary bottled water during tours and road journeys
All service charges and taxes
Complimentary Cairo photo session around the Giza Pyramids
International airfare
Egyptian entry visa
Optional tours
Personal spending
Tipping
Arrive at Cairo International Airport, where your tour manager meets you and assists with the required airport procedures. A private luxury air-conditioned vehicle then transfers you directly to your Cairo hotel.
At the hotel, assistance is provided with check-in. Your tour manager also reviews the complete vacation itinerary and reconfirms the collection times for each planned tour and activity, giving you a clear schedule before sightseeing begins.
Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a privately guided journey to the Giza Plateau. Walk around the pyramid complex and examine the Great Pyramids of Giza before continuing to the Sphinx and the Valley Temple.
Lunch is served at an Egyptian restaurant. The afternoon moves beyond Giza to Sakkara, where the visit covers the archaeological complex and the Step Pyramid of Djoser, identified in the source as the first pyramid ever built.
The contrast between the two sites places Egypt’s pyramid-building history into a broader sequence: Sakkara introduces an earlier stage of monumental construction before the tour returns to the better-known pyramid landscape at Giza.
Breakfast is served at the hotel before the day’s visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Located approximately two kilometres from the pyramids, the museum houses more than 100,000 artefacts representing around 5,000 years of Egyptian history. Its galleries include the complete Tutankhamun collection displayed together, giving the day a different pace from the open-air archaeological sites visited previously.
Following the museum tour, lunch is served at an Egyptian restaurant. The rest of the itinerary for the day concludes in Cairo, where you spend a third hotel night.
Check out of the Cairo hotel in the morning and transfer to Cairo International Airport for the included domestic flight to Luxor.
Your tour manager meets you on arrival at Luxor Airport. A private air-conditioned vehicle takes you to the hotel, where you check in for the night before beginning the Nile cruise program the following day.
Breakfast is served at the hotel before check-out. Transfer to the Nile cruise in Luxor and complete embarkation before lunch is served aboard the ship.
The first river-based sightseeing day concentrates on Luxor’s East Bank. Your guide leads the visit through Karnak Temple, whose extensive courts, gateways and columned spaces reflect many phases of temple construction, before continuing to Luxor Temple.
Return to the ship for dinner and the first overnight stay aboard. A Sound and Light performance at Karnak Temple is available as an optional tour and is not part of the standard package inclusions.
Breakfast aboard the ship precedes a second day of Luxor sightseeing, this time focusing on the West Bank.
The Valley of the Kings forms the first major visit. The source describes the site as the royal burial place of 62 pharaohs, where tombs were cut into the western landscape rather than expressed through the pyramid form seen earlier in Cairo.
The itinerary continues to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, dated in the source to around 1500 BC. Its terraces sit against the cliffs at Deir El-Bahari and create a markedly different architectural setting from the temples visited on the East Bank.
The final scheduled stop is the Colossi of Memnon. Return to the ship for lunch as the cruise begins sailing toward Edfu, followed by dinner and another night aboard.
Begin the morning with breakfast aboard the cruise. Lunch is served before the day’s temple visits.
At Edfu, tour the Temple of Horus, described by the source as Egypt’s best-preserved temple. Its surviving gateways, courts and enclosed temple spaces provide a particularly coherent view of the architectural sequence followed within a major ancient sanctuary.
The cruise route continues to Kom Ombo, where the temple is associated with two gods: Sobek and Haeroris. Its dual religious character distinguishes the site from the single-deity temples visited earlier in the trip.
Return to the ship and have afternoon tea while sailing toward Aswan. Dinner is served aboard, followed by the overnight stay.
Breakfast is served aboard the ship before beginning the scheduled sightseeing in Aswan.
The first stop is the Unfinished Obelisk, described in the source as the largest ancient obelisk. Because it remains in the quarry rather than standing as a finished monument, the site gives visitors a direct look at the stone-working stage of obelisk production.
Continue to Philae Temple, associated in the itinerary with the goddesses Isis and Hathor. The complex brings the cruise’s archaeological program to its southernmost scheduled temple visit.
Return to the ship for dinner and the fourth night aboard the Nile cruise.
Have breakfast aboard the cruise before disembarking. Transfer to your Aswan hotel and check in for the final night of the tour of Egypt.
An optional private excursion to Abu Simbel is available from Aswan by air-conditioned vehicle. The source describes the road journey as approximately three and a half hours.
At Abu Simbel, the visit focuses on the temples of Ramesses II. The principal temple is identified in the source as being dedicated to Ptah, Re-Horakhty, Amun-Re and Ramesses II.
The Abu Simbel visit is optional rather than part of the standard package, allowing travelers to decide whether to add the excursion to their final full day in Upper Egypt.
Breakfast is served at the Aswan hotel before the departure transfer.
A private vehicle takes you to Aswan Airport for the included domestic flight to Cairo. Upon reaching Cairo International Airport, the itinerary concludes with your final departure.
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