7-Night Nile Cruise and Cairo Discovery Tour (4 Stars)

Day 1:Arrival at Cairo
Arrive at the Cairo airport, and a driver, along with the tour manager, takes you to your hotel in Cairo. On the way, you’ll receive an overview of the tour. Check into your hotel, and overnight.

Day 2: Giza, Saqqara and Memphis
After breakfast, you’ll join your tour guide for a visit to the Giza Pyramids to tour the pyramids of Chephren, Cheops, Mycrenos, and the Sphinx. Enjoy a short camel ride, and drive on to the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara. Tour the ancient city of Memphis, with the open air museum, and the statue of King Ramses II. At the end of the tour back to the hotel for overnight.

Day 3: Flight to Aswan and cruise check-in
After breakfast transfer to the Cairo airport for your flight to Aswan. On arrival in Aswan airport, you will be met and taken to the ship. Check in procedures commence before lunch. After lunch, tour the Aswan High Dam and the Temple of Philae. Back to the ship, for dinner, and a Nubian show.

Day 4: Kom Ombo – Edfu – Luxor
After breakfast, sail to Kom Ombo and tour the Sobek and Harores temple. Then, you’ll sail to Edfu and tour the Temple of Hours. After the tour sail to Luxor.

Day 5: Valley of the Kings
Breakfast on board, and then start the tour with Thebes Necropolis, where the Valley of the Kings resides. There will be entry to three royal tombs. After the tour returns to the ship, and lunch. There will be a free afternoon. After dinner there will be night entertainment on board.

Day 6: Cruise check-out, Luxor and flight to Cairo
After breakfast on the ship, you will do the checkout procedures from the ship. Visit the EastBank and Karnak temple, continuing on tour the temple of Luxor. Lunch will be at a local restaurant. After lunch transfer to Luxor Airport for your flight to Cairo. You will be met and taken to your hotel in Cairo for overnight.

Day 7: Cairo City Tour
Breakfast in the hotel and start the touring day with a trip to the Egyptian Museum. There are hundreds of thousands of antiquities on view. You will stop for lunch at a local restaurant, and continue on to the Old City of Cairo to visit the Citadel of Salah El Dien, and the Mosque of Mohamed Ali. Back to the hotel for overnight. B/L Day 8: Departure After breakfast you will have a transfer to Cairo airport for your flight home.