Cairo and The Nile Budgeted Package
8 Days
Private Tour In cairo & Group Tour onboard the Cruise
Every Saturday & Wednesday
Lose yourself in your 8 days exceptional Egypt Vacation by this Cairo and Nile Cruise Package to experience the mesmerising wonders of Ancient Egypt, including Cairo’s main attractions such as Giza Pyramids, Great Sphinx and famous Egyptian Museum. Escape the busy streets of Cairo on a relaxing train journey to join a Rejuvenating, beautiful, and one of a kind Nile cruise tour & explore the best of Egypt’s ancient sights in Nubian Aswan and Luxor including tours to Karnak Temple, Philae Temple and much more on your unparallelled Egypt Tour Holiday.
What is included in your Egypt Vacation:
- Met and assisted at Cairo airport upon arrival and departure by our Representative.
- Expert assistance and guidance during your stay by our Personnel, including all tours mentioned.
- All airport transfers by private deluxe A/C vehicle.
- Accommodation for 2 nights at Cairo on a bed and breakfast basis (or similar)
- Accommodation for 3 nights onboard on a 5-star Nile Cruise on a full board basis (or similar)
- Accommodation for 2 nights aboard sleeper train on a half board basis.
- Tour to Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Egyptian Museum.
- Tour to Karnak and Luxor temples.
- Tour to Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple and colossi of Memnon.
- Tour to Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples en route.
- Tour to the High Dam, Temple of Philae and Unfinished Obelisk.
- All sightseeing tours between Luxor and Aswan to join small- group tours
- Lunch meal during tours in Cairo.
- Bottled water during the road and the tour.
- Entrance fees to the sights throughout the tours.
- Professional English-speaking Tour Guide during all tours.
- Applicable taxes for all hotels and Nile cruise included in the price.
Note: The Egyptian Railway Authority has designed and equipped sleeper trains quite comfortable according to Egyptian standards. They take about 14 hours from Cairo to Aswan and about 11 hours from Luxor to Cairo. Nevertheless, if you do not enjoy long journeys, you can take an internal flight with an addition $ 165 per person.
- International airfare.
- Entry Visa to Egypt.
- Personal spendings.
- Optional excursions.
- Tipping for Guides and Nile Cruise crew.
Day 1: Arrive Cairo ‘Welcome to Egypt’
Welcome Drink
Day 2: Cairo Tours - Sleeper Train to Aswan
Please Note: There is an additional charge for entering the Pyramids. Please speak with your tour guide should you wish to purchase a ticket to enter one of these sites.
Day 3: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples
In the afternoon, you will continue your Egypt Vacation by sailing down the Nile to visit the huge Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu, which is the most complete and best-preserved of Egyptian Temples, consisting of many columns, halls, chambers, and chapels. Two statues of Horus flank the twin-towered entrance gate one of the truly magnificent items inside is an interesting inscription listing the titles of books (scrolls) held in the library. Finally, you will head back to your Nile cruise for dinner, and refreshing afternoon tea served on the cruise’s sundeck with an overnight stay onboard the Nile cruise concluding this day of your Egypt Tour Holiday.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours
- Optional Sound and Light show at the Temple of Karnak. (Highly recommended).
Please Note: There is an additional charge for entering the Tombs of King Tutankhamun and Ramses VI..
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise - Sleeper Train to Cairo
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Day 7: Cairo Optional Excursions
Day 8: Cairo - Fly Back Home
Prices
Prices
- Charitable Giving
We make a donation to the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation for each booking reserved.
- Prices:
Per Person in Sterling Per Tour and can be paid in US$ or Euros by credit card via a secure payment system with no extra surcharge. Current prices are valid until April 30, 2024. excluding Easter and Christmas Holidays.
- Children Policy:
Up to 2 years: FREE
Age from 2 and below 6 years: 25% of adult price
Age from 6 up to 11 years: 50% of adult price
Ages 12 and Up: adult price.
- Notes:
Children's policy is applied to children who share rooms with their parents. If your tour package includes airfare then extra charges for your children may apply.
- Payment:
Early Reservations are advised to avoid disappointment in securing your spaces. Booking is secured upon receipt of a 25% deposit. During the Christmas holidays, packages require a deposit of 50%. forming part of your final payment. Packages and vacations which include International flights will require the full flight cost and deposit (25% or 50%) due to the regulations of the Airlines that require full payment
- Transportation:
Transport for all tours included: domestic flights, trains, and air-conditioned vehicles by road. Wi-Fi, Bottled water and an ice box are all included whilst travelling by road. All are new vehicles with the latest design and technology.
- Tour Guides:
Are available to assist you with transfers to and from Airports, and Hotels assisting at Airports with visas, tickets, and luggage. All tours of the sites in Egypt include the constant guidance of a highly qualified Egyptologist Tour Guide.
- Travelling with Children:
Children delight in touring the Pyramids, Temples and Tombs in Egypt as often it is part of their school study programme. Memphis Tours offers packages to suit all ages with excellent combined multi-location destinations such as Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Nile Cruise and the Red Sea Resorts.
- Wheelchair Travellers:
Specially adapted Nile Cruise boat MS Amarco 1 has all amenities for wheelchairs and special assistance for customers on the boat and disembarking for tours. Assistance from the Boat Crew and Tour Guides is always ready and available.