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10 days · Classic Egypt
Five nights in Cairo either side of a four-night sail from Luxor to Aswan. The Cairo days are private, just your party and a guide; the sightseeing off the boat is shared with a small group.
About this trip
Five nights in Cairo either side of a four-night sail from Luxor to Aswan. The Cairo days are private, just your party and a guide; the sightseeing off the boat is shared with a small group.
This is a classic egypt route through Cairo · Luxor · Aswan, run privately unless you pick a group departure. Your guide is a licensed Egyptologist who lives on the route rather than flying in with the group.
Nothing here is fixed. Days can be added, dropped or reordered, and we will tell you honestly which optional sites are worth the extra ticket.
Your trip
Open any day for the full description. Every day can be changed before anything is booked.
Day 1Met at Cairo airport by your tour leader, taken to the hotel and checked in. They go through the itinerary with you and fix the pick-up time for each day, which is worth doing properly. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 2The Pyramids and the Sphinx in the morning, lunch at a local restaurant, then the Grand Egyptian Museum for the Tutankhamun treasures. A short camel ride is included. Breakfast and lunch.
Day 3The Egyptian Museum first, lunch in town, then the Saladin Citadel with the Mohamed Ali alabaster mosque inside it. Coptic Cairo after that: the Hanging Church and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Breakfast and lunch.
Day 4Collected from the hotel and flown south — the flight is in the price. Met at Luxor airport and taken straight aboard, then the East Bank: Karnak and Luxor temples. Lunch, dinner and the night on board.
Day 5Valley of the Kings, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon, then back to the boat. Full board on board.
Day 6Sail to Edfu for the temple of Horus, then on to Kom Ombo — lunch on board first, then the temple the two gods Sobek and Haroeris share. Full board on board.
Day 7Sail to Aswan overnight and on. The Unfinished Obelisk still lying in its quarry, then the temple of Philae on its island, and back to the boat. Full board on board.
Day 8Breakfast aboard, then off the boat and out to Aswan airport for the flight to Cairo. Met on arrival and taken to your hotel. Abu Simbel is offered as an optional extra on this day, at your own cost. Breakfast only.
Day 9The National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation, including the Royal Mummies hall, then lunch and the Khan el-Khalili bazaar. Breakfast and lunch.
Day 10Breakfast, then a transfer to Cairo International for your flight home.
Want this written up for your dates — travel times, what each day asks of you and where you would sleep? Ask us for the full 10-day plan. We send it before you commit to anything.
Included
Not included
Good to know
Both, depending on the day. The Cairo touring is private — your party, your guide, your vehicle. The sightseeing off the boat at Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan is shared with a small group of around 15 people, which is how the operator runs every boat. It is the one part of the trip you do not have to yourselves.
Yes. Cairo to Luxor on day 4 and Aswan to Cairo on day 8 are both in the price. International flights to and from Egypt are not, and neither is the entry visa.
It depends on the plan. Standard is the MS Radamis II, Comfort the Movenpick Royal Lily, Luxury the Sonesta St. George. The operator notes that changes may occur, so a boat can be swapped for a comparable one — worth confirming yours at the time of booking.
International flights, the Egypt entry visa, tipping, drinks and any extra meals, optional tours, and additional entry tickets. That last one matters: going inside one of the pyramids or into the tomb of Tutankhamun is a separate ticket bought on the day.
Tipping is excluded from the price and is expected. Reckon on US$10–15 per person per day for the guide, about US$5 a day for the driver, and US$5–10 per person per night into the crew box on the boat. Take small notes; changing money for tips in Aswan is a nuisance.
Yes. It is listed as an optional tour on day 8, the morning you leave Aswan, and it is not in the price. It means a very early start and a long road trip or a short flight. Some people would rather spend that morning on the boat.
More than people expect, though none of it is difficult. Karnak, the Valley of the Kings and Philae are each two to three hours on your feet, mostly flat but with stairs and ramps in and out of the tombs, and almost no shade. Sensible shoes and water matter more than fitness.
Entry rules, opening hours, security advice and exchange rates all move. Check them at the source, not here.
Before you travel
You are quoted by the local company that runs the trip. No booking fee and no surcharge at the airport.
Not a tour escort with a flag. Our partner uses guides who have spent twenty years on the same temples.
Some tickets are. Some are a queue in the heat. We will tell you which before you pay for them.
Your guide, your driver, your pace. Group departures are labelled clearly on the card and the page.
Our partner is in Egypt, in Egyptian hours, and you are put in touch with them directly rather than through a chain.
Every itinerary is a starting point. Add days, drop sites, reorder — nothing is fixed until you say so.
Plan this trip
A real itinerary with prices, usually within 24 hours. Nothing is booked and nothing is charged until you say yes.
from US$2,635 / per person
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