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7 days · Classic Egypt
A 7 day Egypt itinerary that takes the river the other way round: Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum first, then a flight south to Aswan and three nights sailing down to Luxor.
About this trip
A 7 day Egypt itinerary that takes the river the other way round: Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum first, then a flight south to Aswan and three nights sailing down to Luxor.
This is a classic egypt route through Cairo · Aswan · Luxor, 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 international airport by your tour leader, taken to the hotel and walked through the plan for the week, including the pick-up time for each day. Nothing else is scheduled.
Day 2The Pyramids and the Sphinx in the morning, with a short camel ride included, then lunch at a local restaurant. The afternoon goes to the Grand Egyptian Museum and the Tutankhamun treasures. Back to the hotel afterwards.
Day 3Collected from the hotel and flown south to Aswan — that flight is in the price. Straight aboard the boat, then the Unfinished Obelisk in its granite quarry and the Temple of Philae on its island. Lunch, dinner and the night on board.
Day 4Sail to Kom Ombo and the double temple shared by Sobek and Haroeris, then on to Edfu after lunch for the temple of Horus. Both sit close to the mooring, so there is no long transfer either side.
Day 5The boat sails to Luxor. Breakfast on board, then the west bank: the Valley of the Kings, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Back aboard for lunch, dinner and your last night on the river.
Day 6Breakfast, then off the boat and across to the east bank for Karnak and Luxor temples. Transfer to Luxor airport and fly to Cairo, where you are met and taken to your hotel. A balloon flight over the west bank is offered here as a paid extra.
Day 7Breakfast, then a transfer to Cairo International whenever your flight goes.
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 7-day plan. We send it before you commit to anything.
Included
Not included
Good to know
It is split, and the operator is clear about it. Your Cairo days are private tours with your own guide and driver. The sightseeing from the boat — Philae, Kom Ombo, Edfu, the west bank, Karnak — is shared with a small group of around 15 people. If you want the temples to yourself as well, that is a different trip at a different price.
Yes. Cairo to Aswan on day 3 and Luxor back to Cairo on day 6 are both inside the price, along with every airport transfer. International flights into and out of Egypt are not.
Aswan down to Luxor. You fly south to Aswan, board there, and disembark at Luxor three nights later. Kom Ombo and Edfu fall in between, the Valley of the Kings on the last full day aboard, and Karnak on the morning you leave the boat.
More than most people expect, though none of it is difficult. Giza, Karnak and the Valley of the Kings are long walks over uneven ground with very little shade, and a tomb usually means a ramp down and back up. There is no climbing or scrambling, which is why this is graded easy, but a sightseeing day here is several hours on your feet in the heat.
International flights, your Egypt visa, extra meals and drinks, optional tours, tipping, and additional entry tickets. That last one catches people out: going inside one of the pyramids, or into the tomb of Tutankhamun, is a separate ticket bought at the gate.
Tipping is excluded from the price and it is a real line in an Egypt budget rather than loose change. Reckon on US$10–15 per person per day for your guide and about US$5 for the driver, plus US$5–10 per person for each night on the boat, which goes into the communal crew box at the end. Carry small notes; getting change is a daily chore otherwise.
The itinerary is identical. What changes is where you sleep. Standard is the Flamenco Hotel in Cairo with the MS Radamis II; Comfort is the Steigenberger El Tahrir with the Movenpick Royal Lily; Luxury is the Four Seasons First Residence with the Sonesta St. George. The operator notes that changes may occur, so read those as the intended hotel and boat rather than a guarantee.
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$1,890 / per person
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