Ancient Egypt — 5 days
Pyramids, pharaohs and a Nile cruise. Day-by-day itinerary: Cairo; Pyramids of Giza; Luxor West Bank; Nile cruise to Aswan.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Cairo
- 09:00 — Arrival at Cairo CAI
- 12:00 — Hotel in Downtown Cairo
- 14:00 — Egyptian Museum — Tutankhamun — Tahrir Square
- Taxi to Islamic Cairo — Tahrir Square → Islamic Cairo
- 17:30 — Saladin Citadel & Ibn Tulun Mosque — Islamic Cairo
- Taxi to Downtown — Islamic Cairo → Downtown Le Caire
- 20:30 — Koshary + ful medames dinner — Downtown Le Caire
Day 2 — Pyramids of Giza
- 07:00 — Pyramids of Giza at sunrise — Gizeh
- 09:00 — Great Sphinx & Valley Temple — Gizeh
- 11:00 — Inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu — Gizeh
- 14:00 — Lunch with a view of the pyramids
- 16:00 — Flight Cairo → Luxor
- 20:00 — Hotel on Luxor's East Bank
Day 3 — Luxor West Bank
- 06:30 — Hot-air balloon at sunrise — Louxor
- Head to the West Bank — Louxor → Rive Ouest Louxor
- 09:00 — Valley of the Kings — Tutankhamun — Rive Ouest Louxor
- Drive to Deir el-Bahari — Rive Ouest Louxor → Deir el-Bahari
- 12:00 — Temple of Hatshepsut — Deir el-Bahari
- 14:00 — Lunch on the West Bank
- 16:00 — Karnak Temple — East Bank — Karnak
- 20:00 — Karnak Sound and Light Show — Karnak
Day 4 — Nile cruise to Aswan
- 09:00 — Boarding the Nile cruise — Louxor
- Sailing to Edfu — Louxor → Edfou
- 11:00 — Temple of Edfu (god Horus) — Edfou
- 14:00 — Lunch on board
- 16:00 — Kom Ombo Temple (double temple) — Kom Ombo
- 20:00 — Sunset + dinner on the Nile
Day 5 — Aswan & Return Flight
- 08:00 — Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser (panorama) — Assouan
- Road to Abu Simbel — Assouan → Abu Simbel
- 10:00 — Abu Simbel Temple (if time allows) — Abu Simbel
- 14:00 — Lunch on the Nubian bank
- 18:00 — Flight Aswan → Cairo → home