Best of Egypt Luxury Tour

Upon arrival in Cairo, you will be met by our travel representative in Egypt and transferred to your hotel for overnight.

After breakfast your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up and start your tour. Drive to Giza and visit the Pyramids. See the Great Pyramid, a royal burial chamber and the Sphinx. Lunch en route. Visit the Egyptian Museum; this houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun. Return to hotel for overnight (B,L)

After breakfast, transfer to Alexandria visit the Catacomb, the Pompi Pillar, Library of Alexandria, lunch en route, transfer to your hotel in Alexandria, overnight at hotel. (B,L)

Breakfast, visit Qaitbay Citadel and Montazah Gardens, lunch en route, overnight at your hotel in Cairo. (B,L)

Breakfast, early this morning you will be transferred to the airport for a short internal flight down to Aswan. Upon arrival you will be transferred to our 5-star Nile cruise ship. Visiting the High Dam of Aswan, where your guide will explain to you how the construction of the dam and subsequent creation of Lake Nasser required the relocation of the Nubian people and several important historical monuments. We'll then take a short boat ride to Agilkia Island to explore the Temple of Isis at Philae. Built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 BC to 30 BC), the temple is dedicated to Isis, one of the oldest goddesses of ancient Egypt and worshipped as the paragon of motherly virtues. It is believed that the last Egyptian hieroglyph was written on the island of Philae in the late fourth century. Lunch, dinner and overnight at hotel. (B,L,D)

Breakfast, this morning you will have the opportunity to join our optional excursion to the temples of Abu Simbel, two massive temples in southern Egypt. Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments", these iconic temples were carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC, during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II. Sail to Kom Ombo and visit to the Temple of Kom-Ombo, a unique 'double' temple dedicated to both the crocodile god Sobek, and the falcon god Haroeris (Horus). Lunch on board, Sail to Edfu, dinner and overnight on board. (B,L,D)

After breakfast, visit Horus temple in Edfu, sail to Esna, sail to Luxor, lunch on board, experience the incredible Karnak temple complex, part of the ancient city of Thebes. Dedicated to the powerful ram-headed god Amun, it offers a vast mix of temples, chapels, statues and obelisks. We'll then explore Luxor temple, a place of worship that is dedicated to three gods: Amun, his wife Mut and his son Khons, then explore Luxor temple, a place of worship that is dedicated to three gods: Amun, his wife Mut and his son Khons. Dinner and overnight on board. (B,L,D)

Breakfast on board, disembarkation, visit the west bank with a visit to the World famous Valley of the Kings, where you can enter some of the incredible tombs of the New Kingdom Pharaohs, such as King Tutankhamen. We'll then get to experience the Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir El Bahary), the mortuary temple of the only Pharaoh Queen that ruled Egypt. The day will finish off with a visit to the great Colossi of Memnon, the last remains of Amenophis III’s temple. Transfer to your hotel in Luxor, check in and overnight. (B)

Breakfast at hotel, check out, take our air-conditioned private bus to Hurghada (3 hours drive) , check in, dinner and overnight at hotel. (B,L,D)

Free days at leisure to enjoy the red sea. (B,L,D)

Breakfast at hotel, check out, transfer to Hurghada airport for flight back to Cairo, transfer to your hotel in Cairo, check in, overnight at hotel. (B)

Breakfast at hotel, transfer to Cairo airport for onward flight departure.(B)  Tour Concludes – Memories Begin.