8 Days Egypt Group Tours

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.

After breakfast 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. You then tour the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Pyramids, home to the complete Tutankhamun collection, much of it on display for the first time, in galleries that take you through Egyptian history in order. In the evening you can add the Sound and Light Show, a dinner cruise or a night tour of Cairo; your guide can arrange it. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: breakfast and lunch.

In the morning you are taken to the airport for the flight to Luxor, where your guide meets you and takes you to your Nile cruise. After settling in, you visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple on the East Bank. Overnight on board in Luxor. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Early risers can start with an optional hot air balloon flight over the West Bank. After breakfast on board you cross to the West Bank for the Valley of the Kings, entering three royal tombs, then the Temple of Hatshepsut and a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch is on board as the cruise sails to Edfu. Overnight on board. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

After breakfast you visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the best-preserved temple in Egypt. The cruise then sails to Kom Ombo for the double temple of the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Haroeris, before continuing to Aswan, often with entertainment on board in the evening. Overnight on board. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

After breakfast you can take an optional trip by road to Abu Simbel, where Ramesses II carved two temples into a sandstone cliff, the Great Temple and the smaller temple of Queen Nefertari, dedicated to Hathor. Both were moved to higher ground in the 1960s to save them from Lake Nasser. Overnight on board in Aswan. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

After breakfast you disembark for a tour of Aswan: the High Dam, Philae Temple, dedicated to Isis and rebuilt on Agilkia Island after the dam was built, and the Unfinished Obelisk, which shows how the ancient Egyptians cut their obelisks. You then fly back to Cairo, where your representative takes you to your hotel. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: breakfast and lunch.

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.

• Under 6 years free, 6 to 11 years 50% of the adult price, 12 years and over full price.

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.

Your package includes hotel accommodation in Cairo, a Nile cruise for 4 nights, an Egyptologist guide, transfers, entrance fees for the sites in the itinerary, and full board meals while on the cruise. Flights and personal expenses aren’t included, and we’ll confirm the full details with you when you book.

Yes, a visit to Abu Simbel is available as an optional add-on during your day in Aswan. Just let us know when you book if you’d like to include it.

Yes, a sunrise hot air balloon ride over Luxor’s west bank is offered as an optional add-on. Your guide can arrange it for the morning you’re in Luxor.

This is a semi-private tour, designed to give you Egypt’s highlights at a more affordable price by sharing your guide and vehicle with a small number of other travelers. If you’d prefer a fully private guide and vehicle just for your group, let us know when you book and we can look at arranging that instead.

Some flexibility is possible, especially around the optional add-ons like Abu Simbel and the balloon ride. Let us know what you have in mind when you book and we’ll see what we can arrange.