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10 days · Nile & Red Sea
Egypt in three parts: two days in Cairo, three nights sailing Aswan to Luxor, then three nights on the Red Sea with nothing scheduled. The temples first, the sea afterwards.
About this trip
Egypt in three parts: two days in Cairo, three nights sailing Aswan to Luxor, then three nights on the Red Sea with nothing scheduled. The temples first, the sea afterwards.
This is a nile & red sea route through Cairo · Aswan · Luxor · Hurghada, 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 run through the itinerary and fix the pick-up times for each day. 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 3Collected from the hotel and flown south — the flight is in the price. Met at Aswan and taken aboard, then the Unfinished Obelisk in its quarry and the temple of Philae. Lunch, dinner and the night on board.
Day 4Sail to Kom Ombo for the temple the two gods Sobek and Haroeris share, then on to Edfu — lunch on board first, then the temple of Horus. Full board on board.
Day 5Breakfast as the boat comes into Luxor, then Valley of the Kings, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Full board on board.
Day 6Breakfast aboard, off the boat, and the East Bank: Karnak and Luxor temples. Then the road east to Hurghada and your hotel. A hot air balloon over the West Bank is offered as an optional extra. Breakfast and dinner.
Day 7Nothing scheduled. The beach, the pool, or an optional excursion booked and paid locally. Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the hotel.
Day 8The same again. Two empty days is the point of this shape of trip, and after four temple days it reads better than it looks on paper. Breakfast, lunch and dinner at the hotel.
Day 9A free morning, then the transfer to Hurghada airport for the flight to Cairo — that one is in the price too. Met on arrival and taken to your hotel. Breakfast only.
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
The Cairo touring is private — your party, your guide, your vehicle. The sightseeing off the boat at Aswan, Kom Ombo, Edfu and Luxor is shared with a small group of around 15 people. That is how the operator runs every boat, and it is the one shared part of the trip.
Yes. Cairo to Aswan on day 3 and Hurghada to Cairo on day 9 are both in the price. International flights into and out of Egypt are not, and neither is the entry visa.
By road on day 6, straight after Karnak and Luxor temples, and the transfer is included. It is a desert crossing rather than a scenic drive — most people sleep through it. You arrive at the hotel in time for dinner, which is why day 6 has breakfast and dinner but no lunch.
Days 7 and 8 have nothing planned and the hotel board is included, so you can genuinely do nothing. The operator flags optional excursions — diving, snorkelling, a desert trip — but none are booked or paid for in advance, and none are in the price.
It covers Aswan, Kom Ombo, Edfu and both banks at Luxor, which is the whole standard programme sailing north. Sailing Luxor to Aswan instead takes four nights and gives you a slower start, not more temples. If the river is the point of the trip rather than the sea, take the longer version.
International flights, the Egypt entry visa, tipping, drinks and extra meals, optional tours such as the Luxor balloon, and additional entry tickets. 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. Small notes are far more useful than large ones.
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$2,310 / per person
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