12 Days Cairo, Alexandria & Nile Cruise

In the morning, a tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel in a private air-conditioned car to start your wonderful tour visit as follows...

Giza Pyramids

The Pyramids of Giza are the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still preserved today, and therefore one of the most famous buildings in the world. The three major pyramids of Giza include the Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Mycrinus.

Queen Pyramids

Some other smaller secondary pyramids, where for example the women of the pharaohs were buried, as well as labor villages, temples, and tombs.

Great Sphinx statue in Giza

The Great Sphinx of Giza is the largest Egyptian statue. It was carved from the limestone of the Giza plateau and represents a recumbent lion with a human head and the so-called veil of a name. Originally, the Sphinx was painted red ocher and had a chin beard, but this fell into antiquity.

The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities

Your trip will continue with a visit to the Egyptian Museum, where artifacts from the Pharaonic era are located. The museum displays a rare collection of 5,000 years of art, considered the most valuable collection of Egyptian art in the world.

More than 25,000 artifacts are on display, including an exhibit dedicated to Tutankhamun's treasure, furniture, and jewelry, kept in his tomb for more than 3,500 years before being discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.

lunch

We'll take a break and take the opportunity to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant and Egyptian food (drinks not included).

Khan El Khalili Bazaar

After visiting the Egyptian Museum go see the beautiful Khan El Khalili, the famous Cairo main market. It is always crowded with tourists and locals alike. It is the beating heart of the Egyptian capital. Unleash yourself in the different markets where you will actually find everything and buy some nice local handicrafts.

After the tour, we will take you back to the hotel.

In the morning, our representative and driver will pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to Cairo Airport to take your flight to Luxor City.

Upon arrival at Luxor Airport, our tour guide and driver will be waiting for you, you will go to Nile Cruise first to check in and leave your luggage, and they will take you in a private air-conditioned car to start your wonderful tour of the beautiful city of Luxor.

Karnak Temple
Karnak Temple is the largest in the world, and it has ruins dating back to the twenty-first century BC, in addition to many other monuments covering the seventh century AD. In other words, nearly 3,000 years of history in one temple.

Luxor temple
Luxor Temple, built by Amenhotep III and then expanded by Ramses II, is the only temple with Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, and Islamic monuments.

After that, you will be transferred back to your Nile Cruise. 

In the morning, a tour guide and driver will pick you up from a Nile cruise by a private air-conditioned car to start your wonderful tour visit to...

Valley of the Kings

Valley of the Kings, where wonderful tombs were discovered, those tombs were dug in the rocks of the desert, richly decorated and full of treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

Continue the tour to visit the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, this magnificent temple dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh rises from the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the limestone cliffs that surround it.

Colossi of Memnon

The Colossi of Memnon are two colossal stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and the reason behind their construction was to protect the funerary temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.

After completing your visit, our Egyptologist tour guide will transfer you to your Nile cruise in Luxor.

Dinner on board and overnight on the Nile cruise.

In the morning, a tour guide will take you from the Nile cruise to start your wonderful tour to visit to...

Kom Ombo Temple

On the banks of the Nile stands the Temple of Kom Ombo from the Ptolemaic period. It is a unique temple. It is the only double temple in ancient Egypt, where the falcon of Horus and God Sobek is the Temple of Kom Ombo in Egypt. Of great importance because it is one of the most important sanctuaries of the Pharaonic era dedicated to Sobek.

This crocodile-headed deity was the god of the Nile and, according to some legends, the creator of the whole world.

Edfu Temple

Edfu temple is dedicated to the god Horus. It is considered one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt and the most important after the Karnak Temple of Edfu was hidden under the sand for centuries until it was rediscovered by the French archaeologist Auguste Mariette in the mid-19th century.

After completing your visit, our Egyptologist tour guide will transfer you to your Nile cruise in Aswan.

Dinner on board and overnight on the Nile cruise.

In the morning, a tour guide on your holidays in Egypt will take you from the Nile cruise to start your wonderful tour to visit it...

Aswan High Dam

The Aswan Dam is a massive construction dating back to the 20th century, completed in 1970 and built to save Egypt from the annual floods caused by the Nile, the longest river in the world.

Unfinished obelisk

Our next stop will be the unfinished obelisk, located in the red granite quarry that was exploited during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut. This obelisk was designed to be the largest in ancient Egypt, with a height of 42 meters and a weight of 1,200 tons.

Philae Temple

You will go to the island of Philae, between the old and new Aswan Dam, where the beautiful Temple of Philae is located. This temple is dedicated to the goddess Isis and is one of the four places where the myth of Isis, Osiris, and Horus revolves.

After completing your visit, our Egyptologist tour guide will transfer you to your Nile cruise.

Overnight Nile cruise.

You will have your breakfast. Then you will be transferred to Aswan Airport to travel to Cairo, when you arrive, our representative and driver will pick you up from Cairo Airport in a private, air-conditioned car to take you to your hotel in Cairo.

Open day in Cairo.

Please note if you wish to add any excursions upon arrival in Cairo.

Check out our Cairo Day Tours featuring a variety of activities in Cairo.

We will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo in a private car and transfer you to Alexandria.

Alexandria is a beautiful city that is three hours from Cairo. It is the second most important city in Egypt and was founded by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. It was one of the most important cultural and commercial centers in ancient times.

Upon arrival in Alexandria in the morning, we will start our tour with a visit to...

Catacombs

The catacombs in Kom El Shoqafa, built in the Roman era, have three levels, and their decoration juxtaposes the Egyptian and Roman pantheon.

Roman Theater

The Roman theater in Alexandria was built by the Nabateans at the beginning of the first century AD. The Romans expanded and improved it soon after they annexed the kingdom in AD 106. They did this by dividing a street of houses or cemeteries to widen the rear of the hall, which could then accommodate 3,000 people.

Alexandria Library

We will visit the new Library of Alexandria, whose design refers to the god Amun-Ra, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. In addition to several libraries, there are a planetarium, three museums, a laboratory, and a printing press.

Note: The library is closed on Friday and Saturday (it is visible from the outside only).

Abu al-Abbas Mosque

We will also pass the beautiful Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque, an architectural marvel constructed between 1929 and 1945, influenced by the buildings of ancient Egypt in Cairo.

Then go to lunch at a local restaurant.

Lunch
We will take a break and have lunch in a restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean to replenish our energy. The meal usually consists of Egyptian dishes, and options include meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks not included)

Qaitbay Citadel

From the outside, we will also visit the Citadel of Qaitbay at the site of the ancient pharaohs (Light House) in Alexandria, a defensive fortress built in 1480 by Ashraf Abu al-Nasr and Seif al-Din Qaitbay who was enslaved.

After the tour, we will take you back to the hotel in Cairo.

Open day at Leisure to explore Cairo.

Please note if you wish to add any excursions upon arrival in Cairo.

Check out our Cairo Day Tours featuring a variety of activities in Cairo.

After your delicious breakfast, you'll take a private car with an experienced tour guide to visit...

Salah El-Din Citadel

Salah El-Din Citadel and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali, built by the Turkish architect Yousif Boushnaq, were the center of Egypt for more than 700 years.

Hanging Church

The Hanging Church is the most famous in the Coptic Quarter. It is known as the Hanging Church because it is built on one of the doors of the Roman castle, and the wooden dome of the church is in the form of Noah's Ark, as described in the Old Testament.

Ben Ezra Synagogue

It was initially a church, but in the ninth century, it was sold to Abraham Ben Ezra, who gave it his name, for the money needed to pay the high taxes demanded by the Roman government.

Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque

Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque is the oldest mosque in the African continent. Its origins go back to the year 642 when the territory of Cairo occupied Fustat, the capital of Egypt that had recently been established at that time.

lunch
We'll take a break and take the opportunity to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant and Egyptian food (drinks not included).

Khan El Khalili Bazaar

After visiting the Egyptian Museum see the beautiful Khan El Khalili, the famous Cairo primary market. It is always crowded with tourists and locals alike and is the beating heart of the Egyptian capital. Unleash yourself in the different markets where you will find everything and buy some excellent local handicrafts.

After that, you will be transferred to your hotel in Cairo

Open day at Leisure to explore Cairo.

Please note if you wish to add any excursions upon arrival in Cairo.

Check out our Cairo Day Tours featuring a variety of activities in Cairo.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Cairo Airport for final departure.