8 Days Cairo and Nile cruise Travel Package

Marsa Alam Tours representative will meet & assist you at Cairo International Airport then transfer you to our hotel by private air-conditioned vehicle, Overnight in the Hotel.

Cairo by night tour can be one of the best evening activities you can do in Cairo. This wonderful private guided night tour of Cairo allows you to see Cairo with the local’s Eyes. Start to see a beautiful view of the city from atop points like Mokatam hills. It is an amazing place to see Cairo at sunset. 

Breakfast at the hotel, start your Cairo Day Tour to visit the Pyramids of Giza , visit The Great Pyramid of the King Cheops that belongs to the four dynasties, visit the Chephren & Mycerinus pyramids, then drive to the panoramic area, take memorable photos of the three Pyramids together, continue visiting the Sphinx and the Valley Temple .

Next tour to the Egyptian Museum including  Tutankhamun  treasures. 

Lunch at a local restaurant, vegetarian food available on request,  Overnight in Cairo

We will pick you up from our hotel in Cairo and transfer you to Cairo airport to catch your flight to Luxor . Upon arrival to Luxor airport, our guide will pick you up and transfer you to the Nile Cruise to check in and start your tour of the East Bank attractions with us:

Karnak temple:

Karnak is more than A temple, is a spectacular Complex of Sanctuaries, Kiosks, Pylons, and Obelisks, All dedicated to the Theban gods and to the Greater Glory of Egypt`s Pharaohs, Karnak  was the Most Important place for the worship of the Theban Triad (Amun, Mut, and Khonso) 

Enjoy your lunch onboard the Nile Cruise then continue to visit:

Luxor Temple:

Largely built by the New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenhotep the Third and Completed by King Tutankhamon and the Great King Ramses the Second, The First pylon was raised by Ramses the Second and Decorated  with His Military Battle of Kadesh

Dinner &Overnight onboard the Cruise in Luxor

Optional Hot Air Balloon ride

Breakfast on board the Nile cruise, then visit the West Bank of the Nile Including:

The Valley of the Kings:

Once called the great Place of the Truth, this valley Called now the Valley of the Kings is a Majestic domain of the Pharaohs who once lay in great stone Sarcophagi, awaiting immortality, The isolated valley behind Deir el Bahri is dominated by the Pyramid-Shaped Mountain Peak

The colossi of Memnon:

Massive  pair statues Known as the  Colossi of Memnon, Rising about 18 M from the plain, are the remains of what was once the largest  complex on the west bank, Built by Amenhotep the Third

The Queen Hatshepsut temple:

Rising out of the desert Plain, in a series of terraces, The temple of Hatshepsut  Mergs with sheer limestone Cliffs on the eastern face of the Theban Mountain as if Nature herself had built this Extraordinary monument.

13:00 sail to Esna lock& lunch will be during the sail

18:00 Arrive, Esna Lock, Sail to Edfu& Dinner

Overnight on board the Cruise in Edfu.

Breakfast on board the Cruise

07:00 Visit the temple of Edfu

Edfu temple

The upper Egyptian site is dominated by a large well -Preserved temple, dedicated to the hawk-God Horus, The Construction of the Ptolemaic temple of Horus, which was founded on the site of a much earlier temple, dated to the period between the reigns of Ptolemy the Third(246 B.c), The descriptions on the walls include the Myth of contending of Horus and Seth(Probably performed annually as a religious Drama.

09:30 Sail to Kom combo

12:30 lunch on board the Nile cruise during the sail

15:30 Arrive at Kom Ombo, visit the temple of Kom Ombo

Kom Ombo temple

The temple and the associated settlement site are located 40 K.m north of Aswan, the temple was dedicated to the deities Sobek and Horus and dates mainly to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (332 B.b -395 A.c)

17:30 Continue sailing to Aswan, Dinner will be during the sail

21:00 Arrive Aswan and overnight on board the Cruise

Breakfast on board the Cruise

We can arrange an OPTIONAL trip to Abu Simbel temples:

The two temples of Ramses the Second and the Queen Nefertari were carved out of the Mountain on the west bank of the Nile between 1274 and 1244 B.c, The Great Temple was dedicated to Ramses the Second, Ra-Harakhty, Amun Ra, and Ptah, with 4 Colossal statues, The second temple was dedicated to Queen Nefertari and Goddess Hathor, and the two temples were dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt on higher ground, The preservation of the two temples of Abu Simbel must Rank as the greatest Achievement of the Unesco.

We will transfer you back to Aswan to enjoy your lunch meal and overnight onboard.

Enjoy your breakfast onboard the cruise then check out and proceed with Visits to Aswan including the Temple of Philae and a tour by Felucca around Elephantine, the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk

Phiala temple:

Built to honor the goddess Isis, this was the last temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Construction began around 690 BC, and it was one of the last outposts where the goddess was worshipped

The High Dam:

Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968. It was officially inaugurated in 1971.

The Unfinished Obelisk :

Aswan was the source of ancient Egypt’s finest granite, used to make statues and embellish temples, pyramids, and obelisks. The large unfinished obelisk in the Northern Quarries has provided valuable insight into how these monuments were created, although the full construction process is still not entirely clear. Three sides of the shaft, nearly 42m long, were completed except for the inscriptions. At 1168 tonnes, the completed obelisk would have been the single heaviest piece of stone the Egyptians ever fashioned.

Then we will transfer you to Aswan airport to catch your flight to Cairo and upon arrival, we will transfer you to check in at our hotel to spend the night.

After having your breakfast, you will check out then we will transfer you directly to Cairo International Airport to catch your flight back home.