Fourteen days across three countries. You start in Cairo with the Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum, then take the sleeper train to Aswan and cruise the Nile via Kom Ombo and Edfu to Luxor, before two free days in Sharm El Sheikh. From Sharm you take the ferry to Aqaba for Wadi Rum and Petra, visit Jerash and the Dead Sea, then continue to Jerusalem and Bethlehem before flying home from Amman. Transfers, guiding and the cruise are arranged for you, from $2,500.
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 takes you to the Giza Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx and its Valley Temple, then on to 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 are taken to the station for the overnight sleeper train to Aswan. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Breakfast is served on the train. In Aswan your guide meets you for the High Dam, Philae Temple, dedicated to Isis and rebuilt on Agilkia Island after the dam was built, and the Unfinished Obelisk. You board your five-star Nile cruise in time for lunch. Overnight on board. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Early in the morning the cruise reaches Kom Ombo, where you visit the double temple of Sobek and Haroeris. After lunch on board you sail to Edfu for the Temple of Horus, often with entertainment on board in the evening. Overnight on board. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
After breakfast your guide takes you to the West Bank of Luxor for the Valley of the Kings, entering three royal tombs, then the Temple of Hatshepsut and a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon, before returning to the boat for lunch. Overnight on board. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
After breakfast you disembark and visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. In the evening you fly from Luxor to Sharm El Sheikh and are taken to your hotel. Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh. Meals: breakfast and lunch.
A free day in Sharm El Sheikh to relax on the beach or join an optional excursion. Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh. Meals: breakfast and dinner.
Another free day in Sharm El Sheikh. Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh. Meals: breakfast and lunch.
After breakfast you are taken to Nuweiba port for the ferry to Aqaba, a crossing of about two hours. Our guide meets you at Aqaba port and takes you to your hotel. Overnight in Aqaba. Meals: breakfast.
After breakfast you head to Wadi Rum for a 4×4 ride through the red desert, with stops at Wadi Um Ishrin, Khazali Canyon, the shifting sand dunes and the Lawrence of Arabia trail. You then drive to Petra, the rose-red city of the Nabataeans, where you start with a short horse ride and walk through the Siq to the Treasury, the Royal Tombs and the Qasr al-Bint temple, before driving on to Amman. Overnight in Amman. Meals: breakfast and lunch.
After breakfast your private guide takes you to Jerash, one of the best-preserved Roman cities in the Middle East, with its colonnaded street, Oval Plaza, Hadrian’s Arch, North and South Theatres and the Nymphaeum fountain. In the afternoon you drive to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, to float in the salty water and try the mineral mud, before returning to Amman. Overnight in Amman. Meals: breakfast and lunch.
After breakfast you cross into Israel at the Allenby Bridge (King Hussein) border, where your guide meets you and drives you through the Judean Desert to Jerusalem. You start with the view from the Mount of Olives, walk down to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations, then enter the Old City for the Western Wall, the Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock if open to visitors, and the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Overnight in Jerusalem or Bethlehem. Meals: breakfast and lunch.
After breakfast you visit Bethlehem for the Church of the Nativity and the Shepherds’ Fields, then cross back into Jordan at the Sheikh Hussein border, where our representative takes you to your hotel. Overnight in Amman. Meals: breakfast and lunch.
Our representative collects you from your hotel and takes you to Queen Alia Airport in Amman, helping you with the departure formalities 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.
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Not included unless listed: special entry tickets (such as inside a pyramid), visa fees, tips and personal expenses.
Yes, day 10 is dedicated to Jordan’s desert highlights: a 4×4 ride through Wadi Rum, then on to Petra, where you’ll ride horseback in, walk the Siq, and see the Treasury and the Royal Tombs.
After your free days in Sharm El Sheikh, you’ll take a ferry from Nuweiba to Aqaba (around 2 hours), where your Jordan guide will meet you and handle the crossing formalities.
Yes. Day 12 crosses the Allenby Bridge into Israel for a tour of Jerusalem’s Old City, and day 13 continues to Bethlehem to see the Church of the Nativity and Shepherd’s Fields.
Sailing from Aswan to Luxor, it covers the High Dam, Philae Temple, Kom Ombo, Edfu, the Valley of the Kings and Queens, and the Temple of Hatshepsut.
Yes, two free days (7 and 8) before you continue on to Jordan, perfect for the beach or diving in the Red Sea.
