Ten Day Tour - Cairo - Luxor and Aswan Overland

Day 1

CAIRO

Upon arrival in Cairo, you are met at the airport by our representative who will assist you through immigration and customs (including help with your visa if required) and driven to your hotel by private transfer. You will then have the rest of the evening to relax and settle into your hotel. May be even order a bit of room service?

Overnight Cairo: Stay at the Hotel of your choice

Day 2

CAIRO: Tour: Pyramids and Grand Egyptian Museum

After breakfast, your private guide and driver will meet you at your hotel for a full-day tour of the pyramids at Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum. The morning will be spent touring these iconic monuments and the Sphinx. Afterwards, you will be driven to the Grand Egyptian Museum, where, with your guide, you will spend the afternoon looking at the wonders this recently opened museum has to offer - including the world famous treasures of King Tutankhamun.

Overnight Cairo: Stay at the Hotel of your choice

Day 3

CAIRO: Tour: The Citadel and the Khan al Khalili Bazaar

After breakfast, you will be met by your private guide and driver and taken on a half day tour to visit the Citadel, founded in 1176 by the Muslim commander Salah ad-Din, and the bustling Khan al-Khalili Bazaar with its maze of covered narrow alleyways selling anything from gold to spices and perfume. Afternoon at leisure. Time for you to simply walk the streets of central Cairo taking in the amazing atmosphere or having a coffee at one of the many street side cafes. Alternatively you might want to visit one of Cairo's other exceptional museums such as the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization which houses a truly wonderful collection of Royal Mummys.

Overnight Cairo: Stay at the Hotel of your choice

Day 4

CAIRO/LUXOR: Tour: The House of Howard Carter

After breakfast, you will be met and driven to Cairo Airport for the short flight to Luxor. Upon arrival you will be met by our representative and driven by private car to your hotel, via the relatively new museum, the house that once belonged to Howard Carter. The house is relatively small but offers a wonderful incite into Howard Carter's everyday life while searching for and excavating  King Tutankhamun's tomb. 

Afternoon at leisure.

Overnight Luxor: Stay at the Hotel of your choice

Day 5

LUXOR: Tour: Luxor West Bank

Early morning breakfast before you are met by your private guide and driver for a full days guided tour of Luxor's West Bank. The West Bank is home to some of Egypt's richest archaeological sites including the Valley of the Kings and Queens, The Temple of Hatshepsut, The Ramesseum and the Colossi of Memnon.

Overnight Luxor: Stay at the Hotel of your choice 

Day 6

LUXOR: Tour: Temples of Karnak and Luxor

Today is the turn of Luxor's East Bank. After a leisurely breakfast you will be picked up mid morning for the relatively short drive to the temples of Karnak and Luxor. Your private guide will accompany you as you visit these truely magnificent temples. Second, only to Giza's pyramids, Karnak with its towering hypostyle hall is Egypt's second most important Pharaonic site. The Temple of Luxor with its two enormous seated colossi of Ramses II at its entrance was mainly constructed by the 18th dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III and enjoys a very central position in Luxor. 

Rather than returning directly to your hotel you might want to spend the evening in Luxor town enjoying diner at one of the many wonderful restaurants before seeing the sound and light show at Karnak Temple.

Overnight Luxor: Stay at the Hotel of your choice  

Day 7

LUXOR/ASWAN: Tour: Temples of Edfu and Kom Ombo

Early morning breakfast before you are met by your private guide and driver for your transfer to Aswan. En-route to Aswan you will visit the Temple of Edfu, dedicated to Horus, and the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to both Sobek and Haroeris. You then continue to Aswan where you will be taken to your hotel.

Overnight Aswan: Stay at the Hotel of your choice  

Day 8

ASWAN: Tour: Temple of Philae, High Dam and Unfinished Obelisk

After an early breakfast you are collected from your hotel by your guide who will then escort you on a visit to the legendary Temple of Philae dedicated to Isis and saved from the rising waters of the Nile caused by the building of the High Dam. On your return to your hotel visit the unfinished Obelisk, a gigantic obelisk dating from the New Kingdom, that would have weighed a staggering 1100 tonnes if finished.

Overnight Aswan: Stay at the Hotel of your choice    

Day 9

ASWAN: Tour: Temple of Kalabsha

After a leisurely breakfast you are collected from your hotel by your guide and taken on a half day tour to the Temple of Kalabsha on the shores of Lake Nasser. You will also visit the remains of the Roman Kiosk of Qertassi and Beit al-Wali, a temple built during the reign of Ramses II.

Overnight Aswan: Stay at the Hotel of your choice  

Day 10

ASWAN/CAIRO

After a leisurely breakfast you are collected from your hotel by our representative for your flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival at Cairo you will be met and transferred to catch your onward international flight back home. Our representative will escort you through the airport as far as passport control