Egypt Tour Package with Abu Simbel

Welcome to the International Airport of Cairo. Now you will meet our tour representatives to assist and greet you. Then you will be travelling to your hotel by a comfortable, private and air-conditioned car. Once you arrived, there the tour manager will be waiting for you to help you with the check-in process. During this process you can ask any questions you concern or looking for. After that is done, now you can rest and enjoy your free welcome drink!

Start your day with delicious breakfast at the hotel and after that your tour guide will take you to the Giza necropolis, where you will visit the Great Pyramids of Giza, one of the world wonders of the ancient world, followed by the Sphinx and the Temple Valley. Next, it is time to visit the Egyptian Museum and its magnificent collection of more than 120.000 artifacts from the Pharaonic to the Roman-Greco periods. After that you will visit Khan El Khalili in Old Cairo, one of the oldest bazaars in the Middle East. Take the chance to buy souvenirs or enjoy chilling at the oldest café in Egypt and participate in the local life. Return to the hotel.

Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast, you will be taken to the airport for your flight to Aswan. You will receive the appropriate assistance upon your arrival in Aswan and the tours start right away. You will visit the High Dam, built in the 60s to resolve an ancient issue (the Nile flooding), after that you will visit the beautiful Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis and Hathor. Next, take pictures beside the Unfinished Obelisk, a massive obelisk that would be the biggest in Egypt if finished. Overnight at your hotel in Aswan.

Meals included: Breakfast

Now your are in the middle of your trip. Your tour guide will pick you up at the hotel after breakfast and you will join a small group tour to Abu Simbel. The trip takes around 3h30 and you will be transferred by comfortable and air-conditioned cars . You will be captivated by the beauty of these two temples carved into the rocks and built by Ramses II. The big temple is dedicated to the universal gods as to Ramses II himself, and the small one is dedicated to his wife Nefertari as the goddess Hathor. After this tour, you will be in a Nile Cruise sailing the Nile among the historical sightseeing!

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Your 5th day in the trip will start with a great delicious breakfast on board while the ship sails to Kom Ombo. The Kom Ombo Temples are very singular ones because they are identical and symmetrical, dedicated to the gods Sobek and Horus. Next, sail towards Edfu. where will you enjoy very much visiting the Temple of Edfu, dedicated to Horus, because this is the best-preserved temple of all in Egypt. Return to the ship for leisure time while sailing to Esna.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

On this day of the 8 days Cairo, Luxor & Abu Simbel tour you will be in Luxor. After breakfast, visit the first Luxor attraction: the Valley of the Kings, the resting place of kings and princes. Next, visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, a temple with a unique design amongst all, exactly as the female pharaoh ordered it to be. You will stop by the Colossi of Memnon, two big statues of king Amenhotep III; there is a curious story behind their name that you should ask your tour guide about! Return to the ship to have lunch and the afternoon tea.

Unfortunately, your cruise ends on this day, but enjoy the last breakfast on board. Your guide will guide you to Karnak and Luxor temples. The first one is the largest ancient religious complex of the world and you will be impressed by its temples and the Hypostyle Hall, and the second is a magnificent temple dedicated to the god Amun. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to the airport to take the flight back to Cairo and be escorted to the hotel.

Meals included: Breakfast

It is the end of the Cairo Luxor Tour. Enjoy your last but delicious breakfast in Cairo at your hotel, after which you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your final departure. We will assist you once again and wish you a safe return back home.

Meals: Breakfast