Package Detail

Day 1: origen–CAIRO

Please arrive at the airport counter 2 hours before your scheduled flight time. Check-in and boarding will take you to the airport. The flight will take approximately 5 hours to Cairo. Arrival and visa processing will be completed. Transfer to your hotel and accommodation will be provided.

Day 2: Cairo. Touring the Great Pyramids

Today, a day full of exciting moments awaits you in Cairo. You’ll start the morning by touring the true icon of Egypt: the impressive Pyramids of Giza. The imposing funerary monuments of the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure await to amaze you. Bring your camera fully charged because you’ll also come face-to-face with the beautiful and extraordinary Great Sphinx. Breakfast. Half-day tour including the famous pyramids of Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure (entrance to the interior of the pyramids not included), as well as the impressive rock-carved Sphinx, visit to the Papyrus Institute where the artisanal production of Papyri will be demonstrated, in the afternoon, free time with the possibility of taking an excursion to Memphis and Saqqara for an additional fee on site: description: Departure approximately 25 km south of Cairo, where Memphis is located, center of worship of the God Ptah. Founded during the I Dynasty, it survived throughout Egyptian pharaonic history and became one of the greatest cities of antiquity. Its architectural and cultural display is headed by the Colossus of Ramses II, also worth mentioning the Alabaster Sphinx. West of Memphis is the Great Necropolis of Saqqara, one of the oldest royal necropolises. There, vestiges from the main periods of Egypt’s ancient history are preserved, highlighting the Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser. Return to Cairo. Lunch.

Day 3: Cairo: Pharaonic, Coptic, Islamic, and Monumental.

After breakfast at your hotel, you will have a free day with the option to take the optional excursion to Pharaonic, Coptic, and Islamic Cairo (additional charge at your destination). Description: You will depart for a full-day tour of the city. You will visit the Egyptian Museum of Pharaonic Art and the Citadel of Saladin, where the famous Alabaster Mosque stands out, its dome dominating the entire city. You will have lunch at a local restaurant and then enjoy free time at the Khan el-Khalili Grand Bazaar. To conclude the day, you will return to your hotel for the night.

Day 4: Cairo – Flight to Abu Simbel – Aswan – Nile Cruise. Discover ancient Egypt. (NILE CRUISE)

After a few days in Cairo, today finally begins your great journey on the Nile Cruise. Traveler, our guide will transfer you to the airport and take a flight to Abu Simbel. Arrival and transfer to the Abu Simbel Temple for a daytime visit. Upon completion of the visit, at the scheduled time, return to the airport for another flight to Aswan. Arrival and transfer to the ship, boarding and lunch on board. In the afternoon, a felucca ride, dinner, and overnight on board.

Day 5: Aswan – Kom Ombo – Edfu. A cruise on the Nile.

Full-board accommodation. Later, visit the city of Aswan with the Temple of Isis (Philae), located on an island, accessed by speedboat, and a ride on a «felucca,» a typical sailing boat of the area. You will then re-embark and be taken to Kom Ombo, where you will visit its temple, the only temple dedicated to two gods, Sobek and Haroesis. You will see a Nilometer (ancient system for measuring the level of the Nile River) and a mummified crocodile. You will continue sailing to Edfu and spend the night on board.

Day 6: Edfu – Esna – Luxor. The ancient Nile and the magnificent temples

Full-board accommodation: Traveler. You will sail at night and, when day breaks, you will visit the temple of the god Horus in Edfu. You will visit the Temple of Horus (a god represented by a falcon), one of the most beautiful temples from the Ptolemaic period, in an exceptional state of preservation. You will continue the journey and, after passing through the Esna lock, you will arrive in Luxor. There you will visit the temples of Luxor and Karnak (if you arrive late, one or both temples will be visited the following day). This architectural complex features the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 columns, the obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Sacred Lake of Amun. In Luxor, you will spend the night on board.

Day 7: Luxor – Disembarkation and transfer to your Luxor hotel. A walk through the Valley of the Kings

We will have an early breakfast and leave the cabin. After breakfast on board, you will depart to visit the Necropolis of Thebes, located on the west bank of the river. You will be able to visit the Valley of the Kings (the tombs of the main Pharaohs). Since explanations of the tombs inside the tombs are not permitted, our guide will provide explanations outside (the Tomb of Tutankhamun is not included, as all the treasures are in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo). You will also visit the Colossi of Memnon, two impressive statues of Amenophis II, and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Lunch is available for an additional fee. At the scheduled time, you will be transferred to your Luxor hotel, where you will have dinner and overnight stay.

Day 8: Luxor – Origen. See you soon to this ancient date, because you will want to return.

Picnic breakfast. At the scheduled time, you will be transferred to the airport.