travel to Egypt
- Day 1: Arrive Egypt
- Egypt Travel representative will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport. After that you will be transferred by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to your 5 star deluxe Hotel in Cairo, Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel, Check in and overnight in Cairo.
- Day 2: Pyramids Tour
- Breakfast, then move to start your blissful day kicking off at Memphis; the ancient capital of Old Egypt during the Old Kingdom. It was founded by King Menes. Poceed to the Step Pyramid at Sakkara which was designed by the architect Imhotep for his master King Zoser. Lunch at good quality local restaurant. After that, move to visit the enchanting pyramids of Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinus at Giza. Then proceed to visit the Great Sphinx, the head of a pharaoh with a lion's body, dates back to the time of Chephren. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. Overnight in Cairo.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
- Day 3: Cairo Tours
- After breakfast, start your day kicking off at the Egyptian Museum that exhibits the enchanting treasures of Tutankhamen, among many other fascinating pharaonic artifacts. Lunch at a good quality local restaurant. After that, proceed your trip visiting the Hanging Church and Abu Sirga Church at Coptic Cairo. Back to the hotel and overnight in Cairo.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
- Day 4: Dahabiya Cruise
- After breakfast, check out from your hotel in Cairo, then transfer to Cairo Airport for flight to Luxor. - Check in - Lunch - Visit the gigantic temples complex of Karnak, followed by the awesome Luxor Temple started by Amenophis III in the 14th century B.C. and extended by Ramsis II. - Dinner - Overnight
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Day 5: Dahabiya Cruise
- - Breakfast - Visit the West Bank Necropolis, the burial ground of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Proceed to the nearby Valley of the Queens, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsuit and the Colossi of Memnon. - Lunch - At leisure - Dinner - Overnight
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Day 6: Dahabiya Cruise
- - Early Sailing to Esna - Arrival to Esna - Walking tour of the town of Esna dedicated to the creator god Khnum. - Sail to Elhegz Island - Lunch - Dinner - Overnight on Elhegz Island.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Day 7: Dahabiya Cruise
- - Early sailing to Edfu - Breakfast on board. - Arrival to Edfu - Visit one of the best preserved temples of Greco – Roman era , that of Horus at Edfu. Experience the horse drawn carriage ride back and forth to the temple. - Lunch - Sailing to Elramadi Island - Dinner - Overnight on Elramadi Island
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Day 8: Dahabiya Cruise
- - Early sailing to Kom Ombo - View the Silesia Temple and sandstone quarries from deck - BBQ lunch on a Nile Island. - Sail to (Fares) island near Kom Ombo. - Overnight Fares Island.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Day 9: Dahabiya Cruise
- - Breakfast - Early sailing to Kom Ombo . - Visit Kom Ombo temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus the elder, god of the morning sun. - Sail to Aswan - BBQ Lunch. - Dinner on a Nile island - Overnight
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Day 10: Dahabiya Cruise
- - Breakfast on island - Sail to Aswan - Visit the High Dam, the Old Dam and the ' unfinished obelisk', lying in the ancient granite quarries of Aswan. Then proceed to Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, being rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction. - Lunch - At leaisure - Dinner - Overnight Aswan.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Day 11: Dahabiya Cruise / Back to Cairo
- Breakfast aboard the Dahabiya followed by disembarkation. After that transfer to Aswan Airport for departure to Cairo. Upon arrival at Cairo Airport, transfer to your hotel in Cairo and overnight.
- Meals: Breakfast
- Day 12: Final departure
- Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.
- Meals: Breakfast
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