Pyramids & The Nile at Christmas

from $2599

Duration:
8 Days

Type:
Small Group Tour

Run:
20th, 21st, 22nd of Dec 2026 / 22nd, 23rd , 24th of Dec 2026

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Enjoy our Egypt Vacation Package, a difference in style on this 8 Day tour with an insight into the amazing Pyramids and Sphinx in Cairo and more, cruising the Nile in a Budgeted Nile cruise boat along. Enjoy the famous historical sights of Aswan with its lovely Nubian culture, and sailing to Luxor to discover the Valley of the Kings and Temples whilst enjoying the festivities on board with a Christmas theme and entertainment program with a sumptuous Christmas dinner and Party on Christmas Eve.

Included:

Met and assisted on arrival and departure by a Memphis Tours Representative
Expert assistance and guidance during your stay by our Personnel, including all tours mentioned
All transfers by private deluxe air condition vehicle
Flight ticket from Cairo to Aswan and from Luxor to Cairo
Accommodation for 4 nights in Cairo Hotel on breakfast basis
Accommodation for 3 nights on board Nile cruise Aswan - Luxor on full board
Tour to Pyramids, Sphinx, and GEM
Tour to Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple
Tour to Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and Colossi of Memnon
Tour to Kom Ombo Temple and Edfu Temple enroute
Tour to the Aswan Unfinished Obelisk and Temple of Philae in Aswan
Lunch meals during tours in Giza / Cairo
Bottled water during the tours
Entrance fees to the sights throughout the tours as per the itinerary.
Professional English-speaking Tour Guide
Applicable taxes for all Hotels and Nile Cruise included in the price
Free loan of mobile phone charged against 30 min. local calls / 3 min. international calls

Excluded:

International airfare to Egypt.
Entry Visa to Egypt
Personal spending.
Optional activities.
Tipping for Boat Staff and Guides
Gala Dinner in Cairo

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival Cairo - Welcome

Your Memphis Tours Tour Manager will meet and assist you upon your arrival at Cairo International Airport and then escort you to your Hotel in Cairo by exclusive air-conditioned vehicle. At the Hotel, the Tour Manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your Egypt Vacation Package itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2: Giza Pyramids and Sakkara

After enjoying a wholesome Egyptian breakfast, meet your personal guide and head to the Giza Plateau to begin your journey at one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — the Great Pyramids of Giza. Stroll across the plateau, capturing unforgettable views of these timeless monuments, before visiting the iconic Sphinx and the Valley Temple.

Following your pyramid exploration, savor lunch at a traditional Egyptian restaurant. Then continue to the Sakkara district to explore the Sakkara Complex, home to the world’s first pyramid — the Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Overnight stay in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Visits: Great Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Sakkara Complex, Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Day 3: Full Day GEM Visit

After breakfast, begin your day with a visit to the New Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) — Egypt’s newest cultural landmark, located just two kilometers from the pyramids. Discover over 100,000 artifacts spanning 5,000 years of history, including the complete Tutankhamun collection displayed together for the first time ever.

After your museum visit, enjoy lunch at an authentic Egyptian restaurant.

Overnight stay in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Visits: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

Day 4: Fly Cairo to Aswan - Nile Cruise Tour

Breakfast then transfer to Cairo Airport to board your flight to Aswan where you will be met and assisted by a Representative who will transfer you to embark on your Nile Cruise for the next 4 days / 3 nights. Later the same day, you will be taken on an exciting tour to Granite Quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in Pyramids and Temples where the Quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk. Then you will be taken by motor-boat to the Island of Egilkia to visit the majestic Philae Temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis.

An optional evening excursion is offered known as the ‘Sound and Light Show’ at the Temple of Philae. Return to the Nile Cruise ship in Aswan for free time at leisure and overnight on board your Nile Cruise in Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples

Kick off your 5th day of your Egypt Vacation Package and sail to Kom Ombo. After breakfast then accompanied by your English speaking Guide to visit Kom Ombo Temple, the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world. Lunch aboard your Nile cruise with free leisure time whilst sailing to Edfu to explore Edfu's Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved Ancient Egyptian Temples on the Nile. Continue the cruise down the Nile to Luxor. Afternoon tea is served on the sundeck with dinner and overnight stay on board the Nile cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

Breakfast on board the Cruise, your Egypt Vacation Package continues, you will be taken to the West Bank of the River Nile to visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), and then visit the Valley of the Kings, where many magnificent tombs were discovered (including the Boy King Tutankhamen), These tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the Pharaohs and here you will visit 3 tombs. (The three tombs visited are determined by the Egyptian Government as to preserve them from the large flow of visitors, therefore are rotated throughout the year and cannot be confirmed as to which tombs before your visit ). Continue your tour to visit Hatshepsut’s Temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple is dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female Pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it. Back to the Nile cruise for lunch and after afternoon tea on the ship with free leisure time and overnight stay in Luxor.

- Optional Sound and Light show at the Temple of Karnak. (Highly recommended).

Please Note: There is an additional charge to enter the Tombs of King Tutankhamun and Ramses VI.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Luxor Nile Cruise - Fly Back to Cairo

Today and after breakfast,continue your Egypt NileTour, you will be accompanied by Egyptologist guide to visit Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means ‘The most sacred of places’. The Temple, or, more precisely the complex of Temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of Pharaohs. Within the complex, the great ‘Hypostyle Hall’ is an incredible corridor of giant pillars .Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the God Amun, and then transferred to Luxor airport to fly to Cairo, where you will be met and assisted and transferred to your hotel in Cairo for check into the hotel with free leisure time and overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 8: Cairo - Fly Back Home

It is the end for your Egypt Vacation Package, breakfast at the Hotel in Cairo with some free time and then you will be met by our Memphis Tours Representative in the hotel lobby for transfer to Cairo International Airport for your flight back home.
Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation :

Hilton Pyramids Golf Hotel