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Indulge in a 12-day luxurious journey through Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Alexandria, exploring the profound beauty of Egypt’s rich history across the ages. Witness the grandeur of the Giza pyramids and delve into the treasures housed in the Egyptian Museum while in Cairo—journey to Aswan and Luxor to behold the captivating ruins and breathtaking landscapes. Experience the awe-inspiring Great Temple of Abu Simbel before returning to Cairo and relishing the delights of Alexandria. Embark on this extraordinary adventure and discover the wonders of ancient Egypt for yourself—join us on this unparalleled exploration today!
Tour Highlights
Welcome to Egypt!
As soon as you arrive at Cairo Airport, you will find our representative waiting for you with a big smile and saying, “Welcome to Egypt.” He will make all formalities very smooth and will take you straight to your chosen hotel.
Check into your hotel first and get to your room to relax and unwind after a long flight. Relax, discover your hotel today, and know all details about the itinerary of your program with our tour manager.
Have a good night’s sleep, and prepare for tomorrow’s first round in Cairo.
Meals: Welcome Drink
Night Stay In Cairo
After a delicious breakfast at your accommodation, you will start your wonderful day tour by meeting your private tour guide specializing in Egyptology in a private A/C vehicle to start visiting the following:
Giza Pyramids
The Great Pyramids of Giza are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the most famous. The three main pyramids in Giza are the Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure. There are also some other pyramids in the area for the wives of kings.
The Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza is the giant Egyptian sculpture ever. Carved in the limestone of the Giza Plateau, it depicts a lion with a human head wearing a headdress. Over the centuries, the Sphinx has lost its chin and original reddish color.
Valley Temple of Khafra
The valley temple was where the king’s mummy was prepared for burial and the mummification process was performed.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
Saqqara
Saqqara is home to another group of pyramids and beautiful monuments. The Saqqara necropolis includes the oldest pyramid in the world, the Pyramid of Djoser, or the Step Pyramid, with various other monuments.
Memphis
Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt from 3100 to 2040 BC, Narmer, the first pharaoh, founded the city of Memphis. It is located in the Nile Delta between Upper and Lower Egypt and contains a huge statue of Ramesses II and various other monuments.
After these fruitful visits, we will return you to your accommodation to relax and spend a peaceful night.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Cairo
After a delicious breakfast at your accommodation, you will start your wonderful day tour by meeting your private tour guide specializing in Egyptology in a private A/C vehicle to start visiting the following:
The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities
The Egyptian Museum, one of the most famous museums in the world, includes priceless artifacts from the ancient Egyptian civilization and other civilizations that extend back to five thousand years, as it contains more than 25,000 artifacts on display.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
Saladin Citadel
Sultan Saladin built a Saladin Citadel in Egypt to protect Cairo from the Crusader attacks, as it has a unique location as it is located on the hills near the center of Cairo. It was the seat of the government and the king in many eras. And there is the Mosque of Mohamed Ali.
Mohamed Ali Mosque
The Muhammad Ali Mosque was inaugurated in 1848 AD inside the Citadel of Salah al-Din. Turkish mosques inspired the construction of this mosque. It was built of limestone. The mosque has two minibars, and around the mosque’s dome, there are 6 medallions, including the names of God and Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and the names of the four rightly guided caliphs Abu Bakr. Omar, Othman and Ali.
Khan el-Khalili Bazaar
Khan El Khalili Bazaar is the oldest market in Egypt and one of the most beautiful and picturesque tourist destinations in Cairo. It is famous for its ancient history and the various products you can buy from there.
After these fruitful visits, we will return you to your accommodation to relax and spend a peaceful night.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Cairo
After a delicious breakfast at your accommodation, our tour manager will accompany you to Cairo Airport for a short flight to Luxor City. Once arrive in Luxor, our tour manager will wait at Luxor Airport to transfer you directly to start your tour with your private tour guide specializing in Egyptology to visiting:
Karnak Temple
Karnak, the world’s largest open-air museum, containing artifacts dating from the 21st century BC to the late 7th century AD, is just one temple with the remains of more than three thousand years of culture.
Luxor Temple
This is the only temple that contains Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic and Islamic monuments combined together. It was originally built by Amenhotep III and later expanded by Ramesses II. It is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
After these fruitful visits, we will return you to your accommodation to relax and spend a peaceful night.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Luxor
After a delicious breakfast at your accommodation, you will start your wonderful day tour by meeting your private tour guide specializing in Egyptology in a private A/C vehicle to start visiting the following:
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings, where the greatest tombs of the Pharaohs throughout history were discovered. These tombs were carved into the mountain in Luxor, and it is considered one of the largest sites in Egypt.
Hatshepsut Temple
The Temple of Hatshepsut, located in Deir el-Bahari, is a stunning limestone structure on a mountain in the area on a series of terraces and blends into the surrounding limestone cliffs in honor of Egypt’s sole queen.
Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two huge stone statues of the ancient Egyptian king Amenhotep III from the Eighteenth Dynasty. They show the king sitting on a throne with pictures of his mother, wife, the god Hapi, and other symbols written on it. Quartz stones are used to make it.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
After these fruitful visits, we will return you to your accommodation to relax and spend a peaceful night.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Luxor
After a delicious breakfast at your accommodation, you will start your wonderful day tour by meeting your private tour guide specializing in Egyptology in a private A/C vehicle to start visiting the following:
Temple of Kom Ombo
The Kom Ombo temple is located on a rocky outcrop at a bend in the Nile where, in ancient times, sacred crocodiles used to bathe on the river bank. It is one of the most beautiful temples in the Nile Valley and all of Egypt. It was created for two gods: the local god Sobek, who was a crocodile, and Haroeris, whose name means “Great Horus”.
Temple of Edfu
The Temple of Edfu, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. It is 137 meters long, 79 meters wide and 36 meters high. It is an example of the typical construction of temples with the edifice.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
After these fruitful visits, we will accompany you to your accommodation in Aswan to relax and spend a peaceful night.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Aswan
After a delicious breakfast at your accommodation, you will start your wonderful day tour by meeting your private tour guide specializing in Egyptology in a private A/C vehicle to start visiting the following:
The Aswan High Dam
The Aswan Dam was completed in 1970 and was constructed to protect Egypt from the periodic floods of the Nile River. It is a huge building from the twentieth century and one of the greatest modern Egyptian constructions.
The Unfinished Obelisk
The unfinished obelisk is located in a red granite quarry and dates back to the reign of Queen Hatshepsut. This obelisk is 42 meters high and has a mass of 1,200 tons. It was intended to be the tallest and heaviest obelisk ever erected in ancient Egypt.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
Philae Temple
The amazing Temple of Philae can be seen on the island of Philae, which lies between the Old and New Aswan Dams. It is one of the most beautiful temples in Aswan and Egypt in general. The temple was moved to its current location after the construction of the High Dam which threatened to submerge it permanently.
After these fruitful visits, we will return you to your accommodation to relax and spend a peaceful night.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Aswan
After your delicious breakfast at your hotel early in the morning, your Egyptologist tour guide will accompany you to visit:
Abu Simbel Temples
The two rock temples, one of Ramesses II and the other of his wife Nefertari, make up the famous Abu Simbel complex. It was constructed during the reign of Ramesses II, and because it was buried in sand until the early 19th century, the temples are in very good condition. It was moved to its current location due to flooding.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
After these fruitful visits, our tour manager will accompany you to Aswan Airport to fly back to Cairo City. Once you arrive at Cairo Airport, our tour manager will wait to transfer you in a private A/C vehicle to your accommodation.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Cairo
Breakfast at your accommodation.
Leisure day to relax and enjoy free time in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
Night Stay In Cairo
After a delicious breakfast at your accommodation, you will start your wonderful day tour to Alexandria by meeting your private tour guide specializing in Egyptology in a private A/C vehicle to start visiting the following:
Catacombs at Kom el Shoqafa
The Romans built the catacombs in Kom el Shoqafa in the shape of a triangle, and their decorations reflect a mixture of elements from the Egyptian and Roman pantheons.
Alexandria Library
The Library of Alexandria is one of the most important offices in the world, and even the most important of them in the ancient era. The god Amun-Ra and the Lighthouse of Alexandria were referred to in the architecture of the new Library of Alexandria, and there are a number of museums, a printing factory, a laboratory, and a planetarium in addition to libraries.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
Citadel of Qaitbay
Sultan Qaitbay built this picturesque castle during the 14th century to defend Alexandria from the encroaching Ottoman Empire. Which is now one of the most important monuments in Alexandria due to its excellent location and the beauty of its design.
Pompey’s Pillar
The magnificent Pompey’s Pillar that adorns one of the sites in Alexandria refers to a place that was once a huge and magnificent temple, built of marble and decorated with precious metals inside. Some of the tunnels around the complex are still open for tourists to explore.
After these fruitful visits, we will return you to your accommodation in Cairo to relax and spend a peaceful night.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Cairo
After a delicious breakfast at your accommodation, you will start your wonderful day tour by meeting your private tour guide specializing in Egyptology in a private A/C vehicle to start visiting the following:
Old Cairo
Old Cairo includes the largest complex of religions, including the Fortress of Babylon, the Church of St. Barbara, the Hanging Church, the Coptic Museum, the Abu Serga Church, and the Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque.
Lunch
Before continuing, we will take a break to eat and recharge. Lunch will be in a restaurant, and Egyptian food options are generally offered, including meat dishes, rice, and salads (drinks are not included).
Islamic Cairo
Cairo was called the country of a thousand minarets due to the large number of mosques and Islamic monuments, where there are mosques such as Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifai. Then you can ride the traditional felucca in Cairo on the Nile.
After these fruitful visits, we will return you to your accommodation to relax and spend a peaceful night.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Cairo
Make sure to have the best breakfast before packing your bags when checking out from your hotel in Cairo.
Now you will head to Cairo International Airport to catch your departing flight back home after spending lots of happy moments and new friends in Egypt.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations
Meals
Other Inclusions
Note: Prices are quoted per person in US$ and are valid until the 30th of April 2024, except during the Christmas, New Year, and Easter holidays, when there will be an extra supplement of 25%.
Additional information
Tipping is not included in any of our packages and is entirely up to the discretion of travelers. Although it is not mandatory, it is of great importance to the people who take care of you while traveling.
Extra personal expenses on the trip may include a food tour, alcoholic beverages, tipping, visa fees, recreational expenses, and other services not listed.
Following are the items with extra costs during the trek:
All our packages and tours of Egypt do not include entrance fees to special archaeological sites such as entering the pyramids from inside, the mummies’ room in Museum, or entering the Tutankhamun tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
Notes:
We had the pleasure of experiencing the 12-Day Luxury Tour to Cairo, Alexandria, and Cruise with Abu Simbel, and it was truly a dream come true. The history and culture of Egypt are simply mesmerizing, and our guide was both knowledgeable and friendly. The accommodations were top-notch, and the Nile River cruise was a highlight with its breathtaking sunsets. The trip to Abu Simbel was like stepping back in time. We highly recommend this tour to anyone looking for a memorable adventure.
It was a truly wonderful trip that I went on with the 12 Days Luxury Tour to Cairo, Alexandria, and Cruise with Abu Simbel. As soon as I arrived in Cairo, I was met by a friendly and experienced guide who made sure I was safe and comfy the whole time. The luxurious rooms were even better than I had hoped, and the views from the cruise along the Nile were amazing. For me, the best part was going to Abu Simbel, which is a real work of art. I learned a lot about Egypt’s past and society through this trip. I really think you should do it!
My experience on the 12 Days Luxury Tour to Cairo, Alexandria, and Cruise with Abu Simbel was nothing short of extraordinary. The tour was well-organized, and the guides were incredibly knowledgeable, making history come to life with their storytelling. The luxury accommodations were pure indulgence, and the culinary experiences were a delight to my taste buds. The visit to Alexandria’s historical sites and the cruise along the Nile were unforgettable. Abu Simbel was a jaw-dropping experience. This trip was a perfect blend of history, culture, and luxury, making it one of the best travel experiences of my life.
We can’t stop raving about our recent trip to Egypt! The 12 Days Luxury Tour to Cairo, Alexandria, and the Cruise with Abu Simbel was an absolute dream. The pyramids, Sphinx, and the mesmerizing temples of Luxor and Karnak were breathtaking. Our accommodation was top-notch, and the cruise on the Nile was pure luxury. Special thanks to our guide, Fatima, who made history come alive with her storytelling. The highlight was undoubtedly the visit to Abu Simbel, a truly awe-inspiring experience. A big thumbs up to the tour company for delivering a trip of a lifetime.
Our family of four had an unforgettable 12-day journey through Egypt. Cairo’s ancient pyramids, Alexandria’s stunning coastline, and the Abu Simbel temples all left us speechless. The Nile River cruise was pure luxury, and we enjoyed the local cuisine and entertainment on board. This trip was not only educational but also an adventure we’ll treasure. Kudos to the tour company for making it all come together seamlessly!
