Best of Egypt 9 Nights 10 Days with Nile Cruise from Cairo

Day 1 Cairo

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   Luxor Travels

   Luxor travels

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   Cairo

   You will be met and assisted by one of our representatives at the airport of Cairo who will escort you to your hotel for a night in Cairo.

Day 2 Giza

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   Giza

   Today you enjoy a day tour of Cairo. First stop will be the Pyramids of Giza. You visit the Pyramids and continue on to the Great Sphinx. You visit the Egyptian Museum and acquaint yourself with Egypt’s ancient history, spanning a period of over 50 centuries. After the day tour you will be transferred to Cairo Airport for a flight to Aswan. Upon arrival you will check in to your hotel for a night in Aswan (Meals included: BL)

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   Pyramids of Giza

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   In the morning you will be picked up from your accommodation for a guided tour of Giza. Your first stop will be at Giza Plateau, where one of the remaining wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramids of Giza, still stands. You visit the Pyramids and enjoy panoramic views from the western plateau, then continue down the valley where the guardian of this Mortuary complex, the mighty Sphinx, stands with great pride.

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   Great Sphinx

   30 min Admission ticket included

   the guardian of this Mortuary complex, the mighty Sphinx, stands with great pride

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   The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   spanning a period of over 50 centuries. The Museum has the world’s largest and richest collection of Egyptian Antiquities, among them the priceless collection of King Tut

Day 3 Giza to Aswan [ Temple of Philae - Aswan High Dam]

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   Nile River

   2 hours

   After breakfast you will be transferred to your luxurious cruise ship for a 3 night Nile cruise. After check-in, you will begin a guided day tour to the Temple of Philae and the High Dam. You spend the night on board in Aswan (Meals included: BLD).

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   Temple of Philae

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   the Temple of Philae, which was built in honour of goddess Isis. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
   You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch, where you can also enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. Spend the night on board in Aswan.

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   Aswan High Dam

   25 min Admission ticket included

   After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.

Day 4 Aswan [Kom Ombo - Edfo]

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   Nile River

   25 min

   Today the ship will sail to Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Kom Ombo you visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, Edfu. There, you will be taken to see the Temple of Horus, young pharaonic temple is well-preserved and therefore very impressive. In the evening you have dinner on board and spend the night (Meals included: BLD).

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   Temple of Kom Ombo

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   After coming back from Abu Simbel, the ship will sail to Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Kom Ombo you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, which is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. After this visit you will sail toward Edfu. in the evening you will have dinner on board and spend the night at Edfu.

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   Temple of Horus

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   the Temple of Horus in Edfu, which is dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god. This relatively young pharaonic temple is well-preserved and therefore very impressive

Day 5 Luxor Esna

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   Nile River

   2 hours

   As the ship sails on toward Luxor, you will pass the city of Esna. Today you can just enjoy the view relaxing on the sundeck while watching the local life on the river and its banks. You spend your last night on board in Luxor (Meals included: BLD)

Day 6 Luxor

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   Nile River

   2 hours

   After breakfast on board, you check out at 8 AM to start your day tour of the West Bank of Luxor. First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. Then you move on to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. To conclude your Nile cruise, you visit Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. After the tour you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for a flight to Cairo. Upon arrival you will check in to your Cairo hotel (Meals included: BL).

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   Valley of the Kings

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. There you visit four royal tombs, including the Tomb of Ramses lll, the Tomb of Ramses lV, the Tomb of Merenptah .Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor.

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   Tomb of Ramses III

   25 min Admission ticket included

   The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers’

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   Tomb of Ramses IV

   25 min Admission ticket included

   The tomb of Ramses IV (KV 2) in the Valley of the Kings is rather different than most other tombs built here. This tomb is by far the most spectacular of the other tombs you will see. The hieroglyphics on the wall depict scenes from the Litany of Ra, Book of the Dead, Book of Caverns, the Book of the Heavens, Book of Amduat, and the Book of the Night. The blue and white colors on the walls inside the burial chamber are very vibrant and you can see the king's sarcophagus made of rose-colored granite. There is also a beautiful scene of goddess Nut on the ceiling, where she is depicted swallowing the sun, and it traveling through her stomach, for Nut to give birth to it.

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   Tomb of Merenptah

   25 min Admission ticket included

   In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .

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   Tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut)

   25 min Admission ticket not included

   Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun (300.00 EGP) (optional)
   King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings

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   Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh. This queen was an ancestor of King Tutankhamun and belonged to the same dynasty.Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh

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   Colossi of Memnon

   25 min Admission ticket included

   The Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.

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   Temple of Karnak

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch. At night you have the opportunity to enjoy one of the best things to do at night in Luxor, which is the Sound and Light Show at the Karnak Temples (at an additional cost). Overnight on board in Luxor

Day 7 Cairo

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   Cairo

   2 hours

   Today you can spend the day at leisure or you can take an optional tour to Coptic Cairo. You spend the night in your hotel in Cairo (Meals included: B).

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   Coptic Cairo

   2 hours Admission ticket not included

   optional
   Coptic Cairo is located in the Old Cairo neighborhood, in an important archaeological area, as it is close to the Mosque of Amr bin Al-Aas, and the Jewish Temple of Ibn Ezra, and includes;
   The Coptic Museum
   the hanging Church
   Saint Mina Church next to the Fortress of Babylon
   Saint Shenouda Church
   Church of the Virgin Mary
   St. George Al-Sakka Church
   Church of Saint Barbara
   Saint Abu Sarjah Church
   Babylon Church
   Martyr Tadros Church
   The Church of the Martyr Mercurius (Abu Seifin)
   And many other churches. The hanging church was called the suspension because it was built on two of the old towers of the Roman fort (Fortress of Babylon), which was built by Emperor Trajan in the second century AD, and the suspension is considered the oldest churches still remaining in Egypt.

Day 8 Alexandria

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   Alexandria

   2 hours

   Today you can spend the day at leisure or you can take an optional tour to Coptic Cairo. You spend the night in your hotel in Cairo (Meals included: B).

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   Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   It is one of the cemeteries of Alexandria in the Roman era and it is located in the Karmouz neighborhood, west of Alexandria, and it was called this name in revival of the ancient Greek name "Lucus Kerameikos". Kom Al-Shuqafa is located in the area in which the village of Rakotis was established, which is the name that it was known to the Romans and that in revival of the name The ancient Pharaonic ra-gadit as mentioned in a hieroglyphic inscription from the reign of Ptolemy I.
   The cemetery of the type of kata-komp, which is a type of cemetery that spread in the first three centuries AD, and the cemetery of the kata-komb is the main cemetery in the area of ​​Kom Al-Shuqafa and bore this name due to the similarity in the planning between them and between the Christian Kata-Kump cemeteries in Rome and the name Kata-Comb is a convention Called tombs dug below the surface of the earth.

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   Pompey's Pillar

   30 min Admission ticket included

   The pillar of the masts was erected over the Bab Sidra hill, between the current Muslim cemetery area known as (the column) and the ancient Kom al-Shuqafa plateau.
   The pillar was the object of admiration for all for its enormity and the symmetry of its parts .. The area in which the column is located was the focus of attention and attention in ancient times.

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   Fort Qaitbey

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   This castle was created by Sultan Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaytbay Al-Mahmoudi, who is the forty-first of the Turkic kings in Egypt and the fifteenth of the kings of the Circassians.
   And he was buried in his school in the desert in Cairo, and Sultan Qaytbay traveled to Alexandria and headed towards the old lighthouse that was in the hole and ordered that a great tower be built on its basis
   This castle was established to fortify the city of Alexandria and protect it from external aggression, especially from the Ottoman Empire, which began to change the direction of its conquests from Europe to the Islamic East, so Sultan Qaytbay tried to fortify the Egyptian frontiers and began building many new castles surrounded by the sea on three sides.

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   Bibliotheca Alexandrina

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   Known as the Royal Library of Alexandria, or the Great Library, it was the largest library of its time. It was built by Ptolemy the First and is said to have been established by Alexander the Great twenty-three centuries ago.
   It is also said that it was established by Ptolemy II in the early third century BC, in (285-247) BC
   The library was exposed to many fires and ended its life in 48 BC, and in 2002 it was rebuilt under the name of the New Library of Alexandria.
   Ptolemy I ordered its construction in 330 BC, and it was spent lavishly on it during the reign of Ptolemy II, as he expanded it and added annexes to it. The library contained a huge number of books and manuscripts reaching 700,000 volumes.

Day 9 Cairo south [ Saqqara - Memphis]

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   Saqqara

   1 hour

   Today you will drive south to Sakkara to see the Step Pyramids of King Djoser, which were the first pyramids ever built. After that you visit Memphis, the capital of the ancient kingdom and one of the most important cities throughout the history of ancient Egypt. You can spend the rest of your last day in Cairo at leisure (Meals included: B).

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   Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   the Step Pyramids of King Djoser

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   Memphis and Sakkara

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   the capital of the ancient kingdom and one of the most important cities throughout the history of ancient Egypt

Day 10 Departure day

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   Cairo

   2 hours

   After breakfast you will be transferred to Cairo Airport for your departure flight (Meals included: B).