9 Days
Private Tour In Cairo & Group Tour onboard the Cruise
Every Sunday & Tuesday
One if not the best Egypt packages from UK is the most incredible journey over of 9 days including accommodations throughout Egypt during your travels from the ancient past of the Pharaohs to modern yet timeless charm of the Nile cruises through Luxor and Aswan as you visit the magnificent Abu Simbel temples and much more.
- Met with assisted at Cairo International 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 comfortable A/C vehicle with Free WiFi.
- Domestic flights from Luxor to Cairo
- Accommodation for 1 night at the Cairo pyramids hotel including daily breakfast (or Similar)
- Accommodation for 1 Night aboard sleeper train on half board basis.
- Accommodation for 3 nights aboard the Radamis II on full board basis (or similar)
- Accommodation for 1 Night at the Pyramisa Isis Island Aswan including daily breakfast (or similar)
- Accommodation for 2 nights at the Le passage Cairo hotel & casino including daily breakfast (or Similar)
- All sightseeing tours between Aswan and Luxor to join small- group tours.
- Lunch meals during tours in Cairo.
- Entrance fees to the sights throughout the tours.
- English speaking Guide in Giza/ Cairo/ Aswan/ Luxor.
- Bottled water during tours
- Free loan of mobile phone charged against 60 min local calls / 10 min. international calls.
- Applicable taxes for all hotels and Nile cruise included in the price.
Notes: 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. Nevertheless, if you do not enjoy long journeys, you can take an internal flight with an additional $ 135 per person.
- Personal spending
- International Airfare
- Optional excursions
- Tipping
- Entry Visa to Egypt
Day 1: Arrival & Overnight in Cairo
After a quick meet and greet your tour manager will assist you at Cairo International Airport for a smooth entry process afterwich he will escort you to your hotel Via an air-conditioned and comfortable vehicle. Once at the hotel, your tour manager will assist you with your check-In Procedures to assure a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour spending an overnight in Cairo.
Day 2: Gize Pyramids and Sakkara
after breakfast Is served your private Tour Guide will accompany you for a Cairo day tour to visit the famous Pyramids in the area. you will begin with the famous Giza Plateau to visit the only remaining wonder from the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Great Pyramid of Khufu (called Cheops by the Ancient Greeks). Also on the plateau are the pyramids of Khafre (Chephren) and the smallest Pyramid Menkaure (Mykerinos). The plateau is as famous for the mysterious structure 'the Sphinx' as it is for the Pyramids, where you will visit the Valley Temple. After which you will visit the world-renowned Egyptian Museum in Cairo that was built in neo-classical style and designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. The museum's vast treasure trove of over 120,000 artifacts ranges from pre-dynastic era, through the Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman period of Egypt. Amongst the most famous items which you may see are the funerary treasures of the child King Tutankhamun, the colossal statues of the heretic king, Akhenaten, and the only surviving image of Khufu, creator of Egypt's Great Pyramid. Visiting the Egyptian Museum is a great introduction to learning about the ancient Egyptian civilization, including their famous art of mummification. After that, you will visit the famous authentic Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, a major souk in the Islamic district of Cairo, with the bazaar district acting as Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike. This full-day ends with dinner during an overnight trip to Aswan by a Sleeper Train.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours
Enjoy breakfast as you Awe at the Glorious sunrise views from the train before arriving Aswan, where you will be met then escorted by your Expert Egyptologist tour guide for a day tour in Aswan. Kicking your visits off with the Aswan High Dam, built in the 1960s to provide the much-needed electricity and irrigation for Egypt. Nubia, the area that was flooded, experienced the biggest and most thorough archaeological excavations that Egypt has known. Then we go to see the ‘Unfinished Obelisk’ which still lies in the granite quarries which provided ancient Egypt with building materials. It would have been the largest piece of stone ever handled but alas a crack was discovered causing its abandonment where it was being hewn. Cross by boat to Angelika Island, to see Philae Temple, one of the Nubian Temples rescued before the High Dam was built. Enjoy Philae’s long colonnades, towers, and reliefs which include the last surviving hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions in Egypt. Finally heading back to your hotel spending an overnight in your Aswan Hotel Aswan
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Tour to the magnificent Abu Simbel Temples
At the early morning, a Memphis Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Aswan in a modern air-conditioned coach starting your small group tour in Abu Simbel. Kicking off with The two uniquely styled Temples of Abu Simble rightfully considered an Architectural masterpieces of ancient Egypt. Starting with the first of the Abu Simble temples, the Magnifecent Temple of Ramsses II that was dedicated to the four universal gods Ptah, Re-Her-Akhtey, Amun-Re, and Ramsses II himself. Finally, we conclude the day with a visit to the Temple of Queen Nefertari is alsoCalled Temple of Hathor, you will be escorted back from Abu Simbel to your cruise in Aswan spending an overnight onboard to continue your wonderful journey.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Kom Ombo & Edfu Temples
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise
After eating your taste buds to the onboard breakfast as you continue your sail to Luxor. Once Docked we set out to visit the West Bank of Luxor more precisely the Valley of the Kings, Serving as the Royal burial ground for over 62 pharaohs. The proceeding to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut constructed in the 15 century in the new Kingdom Era. Concluding this amazing exposition through Luxor we head to the Towering colossi of Memnon. Finally, we head back to the cruise ship for an onboard lunch and some afternoon tea spending an overnight in Luxor.
Optional Tour : (Add these to your tour when you book)
Hot Air Balloon Ride Trip - From $129.00
A spectacular early morning sunrise adventure in this hot air balloon ride over Luxor with breathtaking views over the Valley of the Kings.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Flying back to Cairo
Day 8: Alexandria Day Tour from Cairo
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Day 9: Cairo - Fly Back Home
After breakfast at your Cairo hotel and some free Leisure time, you will be transferred to Cairo International airport preparing you for your final departure back home.
Meals: Breakfast
Prices
- Charitable Giving
We make a donation to the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation for each booking reserved.
- Prices:
Per Person in Sterling Per Tour and can be paid in US$ or Euros by credit card via a secure payment system with no extra surcharge. Current prices are valid until the 30th of April 2020 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 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 advised to avoid disappointment in securing your spaces..Booking 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 who require full payment
- Transportation:
Transport for all tours included: domestic flights, trains, and air-conditioned vehicles by road.Wi-Fi, Bottled water and ice box all included whilst travelling by road. All are new vehicles for the latest design and technology.
- Tour Guides:
Are available to assist you with transfers to and from Airports, Hotels assisting at Airports with Visa, tickets, luggage. All tours of the sites in Egypt include 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 customers on the boat and disembarking for tours. Assistance from the Boat Crew and Tour Guides are always ready and available.
- 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 the 30th of April 2020 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 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 advised to avoid disappointment in securing your spaces..Booking 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 who require full payment
- Transportation:
Transport for all tours included: domestic flights, trains, and air-conditioned vehicles by road.Wi-Fi, Bottled water and ice box all included whilst travelling by road. All are new vehicles for the latest design and technology.
- Tour Guides:
Are available to assist you with transfers to and from Airports, Hotels assisting at Airports with Visa, tickets, luggage. All tours of the sites in Egypt include 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 customers on the boat and disembarking for tours. Assistance from the Boat Crew and Tour Guides are always ready and available.
