Welcome to Egypt, the birth of civilization. Purchase your Egyptian Visa then clear customs and immigration.

Upon arrival at airport in Egypt, you will be warmly met by a representative, who will provide assistance and transfer to your accommodation to check-in.

Overnight: Cairo

Activities:

• Morning visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities which includes: the world’s largest collection of Pharaonic artifacts and the treasures of Tutankhamen’s tomb.
• Then drive to Old Cairo to visit Al Moallaka Church (Hanging Church) and Ben Ezra Synagogue.
• Stop for lunch, afternoon visit to the Great Pyramids of Giza and the enigmatic Sphinx, then proceed to Khan El Khalili, the world’s largest 13th century covered oriental bazaar.

Overnight: Cairo – (B, L)

Activities:

• Transfer to Cairo domestic airport for morning flight to Aswan.
• Upon arrival you will be escorted to your cruise ship where you will spend the next 3 nights. Aswan – Kom Ombo – Edfu
• You will visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae; view of Kitchener’s Island Botanical garden and the Agha Khan Mausoleum by felucca.
• After lunch, sail to Kom Ombo where you will visit the Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek and Haroeries.
• Then sail to Edfu.

Overnight: Cruise Ship – (B, L, D)

Activities:

• Travel by horse-drawn carriage to the Temple of Horus, the falcon-god, (237 B.C.) considered the best-preserved temple in Ancient Egypt and the second largest after the Temple of Karnak.
• Sail to Esna, passing through the Esna Lock and continue sailing towards Luxor.

Overnight: Cruise Ship – (B, L, D)

Activities:

• Visit the West Bank necropolis including the Valley of the Kings, the funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon.

Optional Activities:  Evening, optional Sound & Light Show at The Karnak Temple.

Overnight: Cruise Ship – (B, L, D)

Activities:

• After breakfast, visit Karnak and Luxor Temples, a centuries-old city of pylons, hypostyle halls, colossal statues, shrines and obelisks.
• Disembarkation and transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo.
• Upon arrival in Cairo you will be met and escorted to your hotel.

Optional Activities:  Evening, optional Sound & Light show at the Pyramids.

Overnight: Cairo – (B)

Departure: Transfer to Cairo International Airport for your departure flight. – (B)

Meals as per itinerary: (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)