Nile Classic Tour with Dahabiya Cruise

Arrive in Cairo, and transfer to your hotel.

A free day at leisure in Cairo,

After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy an excursion to the Giza Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple belonging to the Pyramids of Chephren. After visiting the pyramids, you will continue across the plateau for a photo opportunity of the three pyramids rising from the sands, with the Cairo skyline in the background. Here you will also have free time to enter the chambers of the pyramids (optional, for an additional cost); however, your guide is not permitted to enter with you. A short drive to the city side of the plateau finds you standing at the feet of the Sphinx, for thousands of years the enigmatic symbol of Egypt! Also in Giza, you may visit the Solar Boat Museum (optional, for an additional cost), home to the remarkably well-preserved funerary boat of Khufu, then give a visit to the oldest capital city of Egypt and explore its open-air museum.

Begin at the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, home to most of Tutankhamun’s treasures, and walk from Bab el-Fotouh to the Khan el-Khalili Bazaar for a traditional lunch. Visit the Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan,

Fly to Luxor and board you DAHABIYA. Later, visit the Temples of Karnak, Luxor, and the Luxor Museum

See the Valley of the Kings, Tombs of the Nobles, and well-preserved Tombs of the Workers. Sail to Esna.

Explore the Temple of Khnum, and sail to Edfu to view its temple, the best-preserved temple in Egypt.

Sail to Gebel Silsileh to see the Temple of Horemheb. In Aswan, visit the Nubian Museum or the famous Spice Market.

Fly to Abu Simbel, and explore two temples built by Egypt’s longest-ruling pharaoh. Fly back to Aswan to visit the Temple of Calabash and the Temple of Philae.

Head to Kom Ombo to discover the double temple dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris.

Explore less-frequented el-Kab, containing tombs and temples that date back to the early dynastic period

Fly to Cairo this morning, and spend the afternoon at leisure.

Board your onward flight