8-Day Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo – Four Seasons Hotel & Oberoi Zahra Cruise

DAY 1 – Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo Begins

Regardless of what time your flight lands in Cairo, your tour manager will be there to meet and to assist you through passport control with our new Fast Track service. Once out of the airport, your tour manager and one of our drivers will then transfer you to the hotel where you will be staying during your time in Cairo.

At the hotel, you will be assisted with check-in and your itinerary will be discussed with you, and then you will free to enjoy the remainder of the day as you wish.

Included: Free Welcome Drink

DAY 2 – Giza Necropolis and Cairo Sightseeing Tour

This morning of your Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo package will be spent exploring the Giza necropolis where you can admire the famous pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. You will also visit the Valley Temple and the Solar Boat Museum.

At around lunchtime, you will be taken for lunch at a good quality local restaurant which has proved to be very popular with our clients.

After lunch we visit the amazing Egyptian Museum and its wonderful Treasures Room, after which we make our way to Islamic Cairo to explore the centuries-old Khan el Khalili bazaar. Finally, after a long and very entertaining day, we drop you off back at your hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 3 – Cruise Embarkation and Luxor East Bank Tour

The next phase of your Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo package begins today, so shortly after breakfast it will be time for check-out so that we can get you to the airport in time for you to board your flight to Luxor. When your flight lands in Luxor, we will be there to meet you and to transfer you to the docking area where you will be boarding your luxurious Nile cruise.

Enjoy lunch on the ship, and then at 15h00 our Expert guide will take you to see Luxor Temple and also the huge Karnak Temple complex. All tours during your cruise are group tours that you share with a small number of our other clients. Once your tour ends, you will return to the ship in time to enjoy some tea served in the club lounge.

At 19h00 there will be some Welcomes Drinks and some live music, and at 19h30 the crew will begin serving dinner. Enjoy this night of your Luxury Cairo and Nile Cruise from Luxor trip in your cabin on the water at Luxor.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 4 – Luxor West Bank Tour and Cruise to Esna

At 07h00, while the weather is still cool and pleasant, your guide will take you and the other member of your small group for a tour on the West Bank. Your first stop will be Valley of the Kings, an ancient royal burial ground containing more than 60 tombs, including the tomb of King Tutankhamen. You will also visit Deir El Medina to see the ruins of a village which was once home to the workers who constructed and decorated the tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

Next, you will visit Habu Temple and the Colossi of Memnon, after which you will return to your cruise will be departing from Luxor a little later in the day, at 12h00. Lunch will be served at 12h30; tea in the club lounge at 17h00 and dinner at 19h30. Enjoy this night of your luxury Cairo and Nile cruise trip on the water at Esna.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 5 – Cruising with Edfu and Kom Ombo Sightseeing

Your cruise ship will depart from Esna at 05h00 today, and the crew will start serving breakfast at 07H30 while you are sailing to Edfu.

At 10h00 your will visit Edfu Temple with your guide who will show you around and tell you how this came to be Egypt’s best-preserved ancient temple. Return to the ship after your tour, and then at 12h00 it will depart from Edfu and start sailing to Kom Ombo.

Enjoy lunch and afternoon tea at the usual times, and then at 18h30 you will visit the twin temples of Kom Ombo that were dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god and Horus the falcon-headed god.

Have dinner at the usual time, and enjoy another wonderfully relaxing night on the water, this time at Kom Ombo.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 6 – Sail to Aswan and Aswan Tour

Your cruise ship gets off to an early start today, departing from Kom Ombo at 04h00 and then sailing to Aswan. Enjoy breakfast from 07h30, and then at 09h00 your guide will take you to see the ancient Temple of Philae which had to be moved in its entirety in order to save it from the flooding of Lake Nasser when the High Dam was being built.

Later in the day, at 15h00, you will again leave the cruise ship with your guide, this time to visit the Aswan Botanical Gardens on a traditional felucca boat. Enjoy afternoon tea and dinner at the usual times, and spend this night of your Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo package on the water at Aswan.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 7 – Return to Cairo

Today you will check out and disembark from your cruise shortly after breakfast, and then you will be driven to the airport where you will board a flight back to Cairo. On arrival in Cairo, you will again be met at the airport and then transferred to your hotel where you will be staying for the last night of your Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo trip. There are no tours scheduled for this day, so once you have checked in at the hotel, you will have the remainder of the day to yourself.

Meals Included: Breakfast

DAY 8 – Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo Ends

Sadly, your 8-Day Luxury Cairo and Nile Cruise from Luxor trip ends today. At the appropriate time, based on what time your flight is, your tour manager and one of our drivers will fetch you and then transfer you to the airport in time for you to catch your flight back home. Your stay in Egypt might be over, but you have gained so many memories that will stay with you forever.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Inclusions – What IS included in your Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo Package:

• Meet and assist by our representatives at airports
• Egyptian entry visa on arrival at Cairo Airport
• Customer assistance available throughout your Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo tour
• Hotel Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo (Bed and Breakfast)
• Accommodation for 4 nights on 5-Star cruise (Full Board)
• Domestic flight Cairo/Luxor – Aswan/Cairo
• Meals as shown in our tour itinerary
• All transfers to/from airports and hotels in clean and modern air-conditioned vehicles
• English speaking Expert tour guide and private driver
• Entrance fees to all sites listed in the Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo itinerary
• Free bottled water during tours
• All service charges and taxes

Exclusions – What is NOT included in your Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo Package:

• International flights
• Optional tours and/excursions
• Optional extras at hotels and during cruise, such as drinks, additional meals, laundry and etc.
• Personal spending money
• Tipping

Accommodation Plan (5-Star)

• Le Riad Hotel de Charme Cairo (5-Star)
• Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise (5-Star)

Prices for our Luxury Nile Cruise from Cairo trip are quoted per person in US$ and are valid until the 30th of September 2024. Prices may differ for tours during the Xmas, New Year and Easter holidays.