Cairo, Nile Cruise & Sharm El Sheikh

Arrival Cairo - Welcome to The Land of The Pharaohs

Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures), and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle.

At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour.

• Overnight in Cairo.

Pyramids Tour - Train To Aswan

Check out after breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, and then meet your personal guide, who will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus, the famous Sphinx and Valley Temple facing the great statue.

Lunch is included during the tour, and then proceed to the Sakkara area to visit Sakkara Complex and the first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid).

Later, you will be transferred to Giza railway station to board the sleeper train to Aswan.

• Dinner will be served on board.
• Overnight inside your compartment.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
• Visits: Great Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Sakkara Complex, Djoser Pyramid.

Aswan Nile Cruise Tours

After breakfast on board the train, the Discovery travel group representative will meet you at Aswan train station.

Then you will be transferred by a private A/C vehicle to your Nile Cruise ship for embarkation in Aswan before lunch.

Enjoy visiting the world-famous High Dam, the beautiful located Temple of Isis on Philae, the Granite Quarries, and the Unfinished Obelisk.

• Dinner on board.
• Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
• Visits: High Dam, Temple of Philae, Granite Quarries, Unfinished Obelisk.

Kom Ombo And Edfu Temples

Sail to Kom Ombo, have breakfast on board, and visit the Temple dedicated to Sobek & Haeroris in Kom Ombo.

Sail to Edfu, lunch on board after that visit the well preserved Horus Temple in Edfu.

Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna.

• Dinner on board.
• Overnight aboard your cruise in Esna.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
• Visits: Temple of Kom Ombo, Horus Temple

Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

Have your breakfast on board during your sail to Luxor, then visit the West Bank and the Valley of the Kings, The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El-Deir El-Bahari & the Colossi of Memnon.

Lunch on board, then proceed to visit the East Bank (Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple). Finally, enjoy afternoon tea during sailing.

• Have your dinner on board.
• Overnight aboard your cruise in Luxor.
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
• Visits: Valley of the Kings, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple.

Fly Luxor To Sharm El Sheikh

Breakfast on board, disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, and then you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for a flight to Sharm El Sheikh.

Upon arrival at Sharm Airport, you will be transferred to your hotel in Sharm.

• Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh.
• Meals: Breakfast.

Sharm El Shiekh Optional Excursions

Free day in Sharm El Sheikh or join our optional tour to Ras Mohammed National Park, which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve.

The 480 square kilometers protected area lies where the Gulf of Suez meets the Gulf of Aqaba in Sinai's southern extremity.

The arid desert terrain of sand dunes, gravel plains, fossilized corals, and granite mountains is home to a number of rare mammal species: Dorcas gazelle, Nubian ibex, and red fox.

The resident birds like terns, herons, gulls, and ospreys are easier to spot. Thousands of white storks pass through Ras Mohammed each year, heading south during September/October and back north during April/May. About 85 flora species live in the park, including mangroves.

• Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh.
• Meals: Breakfast.
• Visits: Free day, Optional excursion to Ras Mohammed National Park

Sharm El Shiekh Optional Excursions

Free day in Sharm El Sheikh or join our optional tour to one of the natural wonders of the Sinai, the Colored Canyon is majestic.

Take a walk among dramatic sandstone canyon walls streaked with melting yellows, purples, reds, magentas, and gold. In certain places, the canyon walls reach up to 40 meters. You feel as if you are enclosed in a spectacular coloring book.

• Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh.
• Meals: Breakfast.
• Visits: Free day, Optional tour to the Colored Canyon.

Sharm El Shiekh Optional Excursions

Free day in Sharm El Sheikh or join our optional tour to the Monastery of St. Catherine, located at the heart of Sinai and the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses.

Fronted by gardens and cypress trees, the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church. Its rich library houses the world's second-largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican.

You can see the Burning Bush and many antique works of art: invaluable icons, beautifully carved doors, exquisite wall paintings, and other delicate religious ornaments.

• Overnight in Sharm El Sheikh.
• Meals: Breakfast.
• Visits: Free day, Optional tour to Saint Catherine's Monastery.

Back To Cairo

Breakfast at your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, and then you will be transferred to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for the flight to Cairo.

• Overnight in Cairo.
• Meals: Breakfast.

Cairo Sightseeing Tours

Start your day visiting the Egyptian Museum.

Start your day visiting the Egyptian Museum. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant.

Then we move on to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Then proceed to explore Khan El Khalili Bazaar, Cairo's old bazaar.

Back to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.

• Overnight in Cairo.
• Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.
• Visits: Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo, Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, Khan El Khalili.

Cairo - Fly Back Home

Breakfast at your hotel, then transfer to Cairo Airport for your final departure.

• Meals: Breakfast.