Itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1 — Arrival in Cairo and transfer to the hotel

   You are met at Cairo airport and taken to your hotel. There is no sightseeing and no meal on this day. The night is in Cairo.

2. 2

   Day 2 — The Giza pyramids and the Egyptian Museum (breakfast and lunch included)

   After breakfast you visit the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. The last stop is the Egyptian Museum, one of the oldest archaeological museums in the Middle East. You return to the hotel. The night is in Cairo.

3. 3

   Day 3 — Flight to Aswan, Philae and the High Dam (breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

   You are picked up from the hotel and taken to Cairo airport. The flight to Aswan is in the package. On arrival you board the Nile cruise. You visit Philae Temple and the Aswan High Dam, then return to the ship. The night is on board.

4. 4

   Day 4 — Kom Ombo (breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

   The ship sails to Kom Ombo and you visit Kom Ombo Temple. You return to the ship. The night is on board.

5. 5

   Day 5 — Edfu and Luxor Temple (breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

   The ship sails to Edfu and you visit Edfu Temple, one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman temples in Egypt. Its walls show Horus overcoming Seth. The ship then sails to Luxor and you visit Luxor Temple. It was the setting of the Opet festival. Most of it was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II. You return to the ship. The night is on board.

6. 6

   Day 6 — Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and Hurghada (breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

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Important notes

• Departure is guaranteed every day.
• The tour starts at Cairo airport and ends at Hurghada airport. The international flight to Cairo and the flight home from Hurghada are not in the package.
• Day 1 has no meals. Day 2 includes breakfast and lunch. Days 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 include breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• The day 9 heading also lists lunch and dinner. The text only describes breakfast and the transfer to the airport.
• The 8 nights are 2 hotel nights in Cairo, 3 nights on the Nile cruise, and 3 hotel nights in Hurghada.
• The Cairo–Aswan flight is a domestic flight and is in the package. A baggage allowance is not written in the text.
• On day 6 you check out of the cruise. After Karnak and the Valley of the Kings you go to Hurghada by road.
• A particular tomb in the Valley of the Kings can need a separate ticket. Optional tours and those extra tickets are not in the package.
• Days 7 and 8 in Hurghada have no schedule. The meals on those days are still as written.
• The tours in Egypt are with an English-speaking guide. A licence from the Turkish ministry is not stated for that guiding.