10 Days / 9 Nights
Arrival at Cairo airport, assistance from our staff, visa formalities. Transfer to the hotel according to the chosen category. Arrival and accommodation.
Breakfast. In the morning, visit the Great Pyramids, Cheops, Kefren and Mykerinos, as well as the enigmatic Sphinx. We will also visit the Citadel of Saladin and later the Egyptian Museum. Then we will visit the Coptic Quarter. Return to the hotel and accommodation.
Breakfast. At the scheduled time, assistance from our staff to move to Cairo airport, where flights bound for Aswan. Arrival at Aswan airport. Visit the High Dam, an enormous piece of engineering that holds the water of the Nile River, creating Lake Nasser. Visit to the Red Granite Quarry, where the famous Unfinished Obelisk, forty-one meters high, has been found. You will be able to see the ingenious procedure used by the ancient Egyptians to extract granite blocks from the hill. Transfer to the hotel, dinner and accommodation.
Breakfast. Visit to Abu Simbel, located 280 kilometers from Aswan, and visit the temples carved into the western cliff of the desert by Ramses II in the 12th century BC, with 20-meter-high statues dedicated to the god Amun-Ra, and the Temple of Nefertari, dedicated to the goddess Hathor. After the visit, transfer to the Nile Cruise to Aswan. In the afternoon, stroll along the river in a typical fishing boat, called “felucca.” Back to the Nile cruise. Transfer to the Nile Cruise, Lunch, dinner and night on board.
Full board (on board the ship). Navigation towards Kom Ombo. Visit to the Temple of Kom Ombo dedicated to Sobek, the god with crocodile head and hawk-headed Haroeris. In Kom Ombo, we can also contemplate the Nile Meter used by Ancient Egyptians to measure the level of the river water. Continuing to Edfu. Overnight on board.
Full board (on board the ship). Visit the Temple of Edfu, the falcon-headed god. Navigation to Luxor, passing through the lock of Esna. In the afternoon visit the temples of Karnak and Luxor the most important monumental complex of Egypt. Overnight on board.
Breakfast. Visit to the Valley of the Kings, Medinet Habu, temple of Ramses III, the visit of the temple of Deir El Bahari of Queen Hashepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. In the afternoon transfer to Luxor airport for flight towards Sharm El Sheikh with a connection in Cairo. Arrival and transfer to the hotel in Sharm El Sheikh. Dinner and accommodation
All-inclusive. Free days available for underwater activities, relaxation on the Red Sea beach, desert safaris, or enjoying the hotel facilities. Accommodation.
Breakfast. At the indicated time, transfer to the airport for departure.