CAIRO, EGYPT – Nile Cruise 7 Days & 6 Nights / Cairo – Luxor – Aswan.

Cairo Sightseeing We begin our touring today with some sights of ancient Egypt. Visit the impressive 3 Pyramids of Kings Cheops, Chephren, and Menkaure which are guarded by the rock-cut statue (The Sphinx) a large half-human, half-lion statue. The Great Pyramid of King Cheops is the only standing wonder from the ancient world, although it is 2,000 years older than any other wonder on the list. Then visit the world-renowned Museum of Egyptian Antiques which exhibits a collection now over 120000 masterpieces ranges from Pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman period in Egypt including the treasures of the child King Tutankhamen, Pharaonic Gods and Goddess.

Fly to Awan / Aswan Sightseeing Breakfast on board, upon arrival  at Aswan you start an exciting tour to the world-famous High Dam which was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops; continues to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk. Then you will be taken by motorboat to the island of Egilka to visit the majestic Philae Temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis. For our enjoyment, a Felucca Ride is included on the Nile River in Aswan this afternoon. Return to our Nile cruise ship for dinner and overnight.

Nile Cruise After breakfast, you will be accompanied by our Egyptologist to visit Kom Ombo Temple, the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world, lunch aboard your cruise with free time at leisure whilst sailing to Edfu to explore Edfu's Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved Ancient Egyptian temples on the Nile Continue the cruise down the Nile to Luxor. Afternoon tea is served on the sun deck with dinner and overnight stay onboard your Nile cruise ship.

Breakfast onboard the cruise then will be picked up by our tour guide to visit the archaeological sites of the ancient Egyptians on the West Bank of the Nile including the Two Colossal Statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon), then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 tombs. Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merge with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it, overnight Luxor.

Breakfast onboard the cruise, check out, then head to visit the Two Massive Temples on the Eastern Bank of the Nile and visit the Temple of Luxor and Temple of Karnak. Karnak Temple is the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name is Ipet-it means the most sacred of places. The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built over more than two thousand years by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great Hypostyle Hall is an incredible forest of giant pillars. Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for rituals and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun. Transfer to Luxor airport for your internal flight back to Cairo, meet and assist then transfer to your hotel in Cairo for check-in and overnight.

Departure Breakfast at your hotel, check-out then you will be transferred to Cairo airport for flight back home.