Twelve days that combine Cairo, the Nile and the Red Sea. After arriving in Cairo you visit the Giza Pyramids, then join a Nile cruise from Luxor via Edfu to Aswan. From Aswan you transfer to Sharm El Sheikh for two free days on the beach, then return to Cairo for a day in Old Cairo before your departure. Transfers, the cruise and guiding are arranged for you, from $2,300.
Your Egypt Day Tours representative meets you at Cairo airport with a name sign and helps you through immigration and customs, then takes you by private air-conditioned car to your hotel. On the way they run through the plan for your trip and answer any questions, and at the hotel they help you check in. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: none.
Your guide collects you from your hotel for the Giza Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple of Khafre, then the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, whose collection spans 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian art, followed by a drive along the Nile. Optional in the evening: the Pyramids Sound and Light Show ($50 per person). Overnight in Cairo. Meals: breakfast and lunch.
After breakfast you fly to Luxor, where your guide shows you Karnak Temple, built over some 2,000 years and dedicated to Amun, Mut and Khonsu, and Luxor Temple, begun by Amenhotep III and completed by Ramesses II. You then board your Nile cruise. Overnight on board in Luxor. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Start the day with an optional sunrise hot air balloon flight over the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens and the Tombs of the Nobles ($110 per person, about 45 minutes depending on the weather). Your guide then takes you to the West Bank for the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Hatshepsut, one of the few women to rule as pharaoh, and the Colossi of Memnon. Overnight on board. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
After breakfast you visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu, then sail to Kom Ombo over lunch for the temple shared by Sobek and Haroeris. Overnight on board in Kom Ombo. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The cruise sails on to Aswan, where you visit the High Dam, the ancient granite quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk, and Philae Temple. Overnight on board in Aswan. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
After breakfast you disembark. An optional early trip by private car to Abu Simbel, where Ramesses II carved two great temples into the cliff, is available ($120 per person). You then fly from Aswan to Sharm El Sheikh and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh. Meals: breakfast and lunch.
A free day on the Red Sea. Optional in the evening: a Bedouin village visit with a camel ride, sunset, barbecue dinner and folk show ($40 per person). Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh. Meals: breakfast.
Another free day. Optional: a glass-bottom boat trip from Naama Bay over the coral reefs ($40 per person). Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh. Meals: breakfast.
After breakfast you fly to Cairo, where our representative takes you to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: breakfast.
After breakfast your guide takes you to the Saladin Citadel with the Mosque of Muhammad Ali and the Al-Gawhara Palace, then the Mosque of Ibn Tulun and Old Cairo, with the Roman fortress of Babylon, the Hanging Church and the Church of St Sergius, where the Holy Family is said to have sheltered. You finish in Khan el Khalili and the Al-Hussein area. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: breakfast.
After breakfast your representative takes you to Cairo airport and helps you through immigration and customs for your flight home. Meals: breakfast.
All prices are in US dollars per person and depend on your travel dates, group size and hotel category. Every tour is private, so we prepare a quote for your own group. You can pay online through our secure payment gateway with no extra costs or surcharges.
After you book, we email your confirmation and tour voucher with all the contact numbers you need.
Tipping is not included and is at your discretion.
100% refund if you cancel 60 or more days before arrival, 50% refund at 30 to 59 days, and free rebooking to new dates inside 30 days. Full details on our cancellation policy page.
A 20% deposit by card confirms your booking (70% for groups of 20 or more). You pay the balance in Egypt.
We strongly recommend travel insurance. Our cancellation policy page lists the providers we trust.
Not included unless listed: special entry tickets (such as inside a pyramid), visa fees, tips and personal expenses.
This 12-day itinerary covers Cairo (the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum), a Nile cruise through Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Aswan, several free days in Sharm El Sheikh, and a final day exploring Old Cairo before departure. Accommodation, transport, an Egyptologist guide, and entry fees are all included.
We keep costs down through group-rate hotels and transport while still including all the major sites: the Pyramids, Karnak and Luxor Temples, the Valley of the Kings and Queens, and the temples of Edfu and Kom Ombo along the Nile cruise, so you don’t miss out on anything essential.
You’ll have two free days in Sharm El Sheikh partway through the trip, giving you time to relax on the Red Sea coast or book optional extras like snorkeling and diving trips at your own pace.
Yes, a licensed Egyptologist guide accompanies you throughout the Nile cruise, from Luxor through Edfu and Kom Ombo to Aswan, explaining the history behind each temple along the way.
Yes, every Egypt Day Tours experience is private and led by a licensed, English-speaking Egyptologist guide, so your transfers and sightseeing throughout the 12 days are never shared with strangers.
Do not hesitage to give us a call. We are an expert team and we are happy to talk to you.
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