8-Day Egypt Easter Tours – Cairo and Nile Cruise (by Air)

DAY 1 – Egypt Easter Tour Begins

When you arrive at Cairo International Airport for your 8-Day Egypt Easter Tour, your tour manager will be at the airport to meet you and assist you in any way they can, and then they will escort you in a private air-conditioned vehicle to the luxury hotel where you will be spending the night.

On arrival at the hotel, you will be assisted with check-in, and then your tour manager will confirm a pick-up time for the following day. Enjoy a free “Welcome Drink” on us at the hotel, and have the remainder of the day to yourself.

Included: Free Welcome Drink

DAY 2 – Comprehensive Sightseeing Tour in Cairo

Enjoy a good early breakfast at your hotel, and then at 08h00 one of our tour representatives and a driver will pick you up, and they will take you to the outskirts of Cairo where you will enjoy a fascinating tour of the world’s most famous ancient site, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and the Valley Temple. After this amazing tour, you will then be taken to a good local restaurant for lunch.

Next, you will be taken to visit and explore the world famous Egyptian Museum which is home to more than 250,000 genuine artifacts. The Museum also houses the world’s largest collection of Egyptian art which covers a period of roughly 5,000 years. Your tour also includes admittance to the Museum’s Royal Treasures Room which houses all the jewelry and artifacts that were recovered from King Tutankhamen’s tomb after being buried for more than 3,500 years.

After spending some time at the museum, you will drive to the Islamic Quarter to visit and shop at the frenetic Khan El Khalili Bazaar where vendors have been trading their wares ever since 1382.

Whether you decide to shop for bargains or spices which you cannot get at home, or whether you choosing to sit at one of the many cafes and watch the world go by, your visit to this bustling bazaar will be an experience you will certainly not forget. After you have had some time to soak up the atmosphere at the bazaar, you will be driven back to your hotel where you will be spending the night.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 3 – Flight to Luxor, Nile Cruise Embarkation, and East Bank Tour

Today ushers in the next phase of your amazing Egypt Easter Tour, so once you have enjoyed your breakfast at the hotel, your tour manager will meet at the time which was confirmed yesterday, and then you will be taken to the airport where you will board a flight to Luxor. When you arrive in Luxor, we will have one of our tour representatives standing by at the airport to meet and greet you and to escort you to the place where you will board your luxury 5-Star Nile Cruise.

Shortly after boarding, you will be served a lovely onboard lunch, and then the sightseeing will begin. Today you will be visiting temple complex of Amon-Ra first, and then the famous Luxor Temple which was built during the 28th Dynasty. The temple complex of Amon-Ra is mostly known as Karnak Temple, and it was, in fact, a temple city that grew over a period of more than 2,000 years, with numerous rulers of Egypt expanding it during their reigns.

Luxor Temple is likewise a vast complex, although nowhere nearly as vast as Karnak. It is, however, a much more well-preserved monument and it is a wonderful site to visit. Following your visit to these two monuments, you will return to the cruise ship, and shortly after boarding, you will be served a scrumptious onboard dinner. Enjoy the remainder of the evening as you wish, and enjoy a good night’s sleep on the water, with your boat moored on the banks on the Nile at Luxor.

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 4 – West Bank Antiquities Tour and Cruise to Edfu

Day 4 of your Egypt Easter Tour begins once again with a superb breakfast, and then you will be visiting some of Egypt’s top historical tourist attractions, including Valley of the Kings; the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and the massive Colossi of Memnon that overlooks the mighty Nile River.

The Valley of the Kings is best known for being the place where King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, but this ancient royal necropolis is also home to a multitude of other tombs that once belonged to pharaohs of the Early Kingdom, including Ramesses II.

Following your visit to Valley of the Kings, you will then visit the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, a vast rock-cut temple which is one of Egypt’s most visited and most cherished ancient sites. When you see this temple and you step inside it, it is hard to believe that it is thousands of years old, and the kings and queens once stood exactly where you are standing today.

Next, you will be visiting two giant stone statues known as the Colossi of Memnon. Legend has it that the one statue used to occasionally make a shouting noise at around dawn, and because of this, the statues were became known as Memnon, son of Eos, goddess of the Dawn.

Finally, you will return to the wonderful comfort of cruise liner, and it will begin sailing towards Edfu, and lunch being served along the way, and dinner being served in the evening at Edfu. Tonight you will be sleep on the boat while it is moored at Edfu.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

DAY 5 – Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo Temple, and Cruise to Aswan

Begin another day of your Egypt Easter Tour with a delicious breakfast, and then you will be taken to visit Edfu Temple which is one of the biggest and most well-preserved temples of the ancient world, largely because of the fact that it lay hidden beneath the sand for around 2,000 years. Arriving at the entrance to this site, which is flanked by two beautiful granite statues of Horus the falcon god, is really an experience you will never forget.

After your visit to the temple, you will return to your boat, and it will then cruise to Kom Ombo. On arrival, you will disembark for another excursion, this time to see Kom Ombo Temple. This is a spectacular Greco-Roman temple, and your Expert guide will be more than happy to explain the fascinating history of this remarkable site.

Following your visit to this temple, you will head back to your luxury cruise liner in time for another mouthwatering lunch, and it will then begin sailing towards Aswan. Dinner will be served on board the boat in the early evening, and you will be spending this night of your Easter holiday in Egypt on the water at Aswan

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

DAY 6 – Half Day Aswan Tour

Begin your day with another 5-Star breakfast, and then it will be time for another fascinating excursion, this time to visit the extremely impressive great Unfinished Obelisk, and the ancient Temple of Philae.

These attractions are incredible, but the Temple of Philae is definitely steals the show. This marvelous relic of the ancient world was actually relocated in its entirety from its original location in order to save it from the rising water of Lake Nasser following the completion of the High Dam.

After your tour, you will head back to the ship and you will then be served another excellent lunch. After lunch you will have the rest of the afternoon to yourself to relax on board the boat, with a wonderful dinner being served in the evening. Spend the last night of your Easter Nile cruise in the lap of luxury on the water at Aswan.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

DAY 7 – Flight to Cairo and Leisure Time

Shortly after you have enjoyed your breakfast, it will be time for check-out and disembarkation, and one of our tour managers will then escort you to the airport where you will board a flight to Cairo. When you land at Cairo, your tour manager will once again be there to meet you, and to escort you to the hotel where you will be spending the final night of your 8-Day Egypt Easter Tour.

There are no outings or tours scheduled for this day so you will have plenty of free time to enjoy as you wish. Although we don’t include it in most tours, we do highly recommend going for a Nile River dinner cruise in the evening, and your tour manager will be more than happy to make arrangement if you ask him to.

Meals Included: Breakfast

DAY 8 – Egypt Easter Tour Ends and Final Departure

Wake up and enjoy one last good breakfast in Egypt, and then sadly it will be time for you to get your bags and check out from the hotel. At the appropriate time, based on the time of your flight, your tour manager will come to fetch you, and then you will be driven to the airport.

Once you get to the airport, you will again be assisted in any way possible, but after that it will be time for goodbyes so that you can proceed through immigration in time for your flight back home. Your Egypt Easter Tour has finally come to an end, but you can be sure that it will have been an experience you will never forget

Meals Included: Breakfast

Inclusions – What is included in our Egypt Easter Tour Package:

• Meet and assist service for at arrival and departure
• Customer Service assistance throughout our Egypt Easter Tour Package
• All transfers and tours in clean and modern air-conditioned vehicles
• Domestic flight tickets from Cairo to Luxor and from Aswan to Cairo
• Hotel accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo with daily breakfasts
• Accommodation for 4 nights on board 5-Star Nile Cruise with Full Board
• Any other meals as specified in the itinerary
• All tours mentioned in the Egypt Easter Tour itinerary
• Personal guide and driver for all Cairo private tours
• English speaking guide for all Nile cruise group tours
• Admission tickets for all attractions mentioned in the itinerary
• All service charges and taxes
• Free bottled water during tours

NOTE: All tours are small group tours.

Exclusions – What is not included in our Egypt Easter Tour Package:

• International airfare
• Entry visas for Egypt
• Optional tours mentioned or not mentioned in our Egypt Easter Tour itinerary
• Personal expenses
• Tipping kitty.

Accommodation Plan (Gold)

• Hilton Pyramids Golf Hotel (5-Star)
• Le Passage Hotel and Casino (5-Star)
• Salacia Nile Cruise (5-Star)

Accommodation Plan (Diamond)

• Sheraton Cairo Hotel and Casino (5-Star)
• DWA Nile Cruise (5-Star)

Prices for our Egypt Easter Tour are quoted per person in US$.