10-Day Cairo And Nile Cruise Tour

After breakfast, travel to the Giza Plateau for Giza's Colossal Monuments: the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. Your Egyptologist explains how these royal tombs were planned, quarried, and built, while you walk through the main viewing areas and have time for photographs. Entry inside a pyramid, if available and chosen, involves narrow passages and steep sections, so your guide explains the conditions before you decide.

Continue to the Great Sphinx, carved with a lion’s body and a royal head. The nearby valley temple helps place the monument within the wider funerary complex. Wear comfortable shoes, carry water, and expect sun exposure on the plateau. The visit usually takes several hours, followed by a return to Cairo for a relaxed afternoon. Our team can help arrange optional local activities, but no extra sightseeing is required.

Visit the Museum of Ancient Treasures in central Cairo after breakfast. Inside, your Egyptologist leads you through galleries of statues, jewellery, coffins, papyri, and everyday objects from different periods of Egyptian history. The collection includes Tutankhamun’s famous burial objects, giving you a close look at the craftsmanship and symbols used for the young king’s afterlife.

Museum visits are best taken at a measured pace because there is a great deal to see. Your guide points out the key pieces first, then allows time for you to explore the galleries that interest you most, subject to the museum’s current display arrangements. After lunch, return to the hotel or continue with an optional Cairo visit arranged with our team. The evening is free, with an early start ahead for the next day’s sightseeing and the final night in Cairo.

Use your final full day in Cairo to see a different side of the capital. A typical visit includes Old Cairo, where historic churches, Islamic monuments, and narrow lanes sit close together. Your guide explains the area’s religious and architectural history without rushing you through each stop. The exact order can be adjusted around opening hours and local conditions.

Allow time for lunch and a quiet break during the afternoon. You may return to the hotel, browse for small souvenirs, or sit with your guide to confirm the following day’s transfer to Luxor. Pack a separate overnight bag if that makes the move to the Nile vessel easier; larger luggage can be handled according to the transfer arrangements. The evening is your fourth night in Cairo, so rest well before the early travel and embarkation process.

After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport for the flight to Luxor. On arrival, our team meets you and takes you to the Nile vessel for check-in. Once your cabin is ready, have lunch on board and begin exploring the ship’s facilities. The vessel becomes your base for the next four nights, with meals and sightseeing organised around the sailing schedule.

In the afternoon, visit the Great Temple of Karnak, a vast complex entered through an avenue of sphinxes and expanded by successive pharaohs. Columns, courts, obelisks, and the sacred lake show how the site grew over centuries. Continue to the Temple Complex of Luxor, where the remaining courts and columns are especially atmospheric as the day cools. Return to the vessel for dinner and the first night on the Nile. Your guide confirms the next morning’s west-bank departure before you rest.

Travel across the Nile early to the west bank, where the dry hills contain the Monarchs' Burial Ground, better known as the Valley of the Kings. Your guide explains why New Kingdom rulers chose concealed rock-cut tombs here and helps you understand the paintings, burial texts, and protective symbols inside the open tombs. The number of tombs available can vary, so the exact selection follows the site’s current arrangements.

Continue to the Temple of Hatshepsut, built into the cliffs for one of Egypt’s most notable female rulers. Its terraces and reliefs present a very different design from the underground tombs. Before returning to the vessel, stop at Memnon's Monumental Figures, two large stone statues that once guarded the entrance to a long-vanished temple. Have lunch on board, then enjoy a quieter afternoon as the vessel prepares to sail south.

The vessel continues south after breakfast, with the riverbanks changing from dense cultivation to wider stretches of desert. At Edfu, transfer from the ship to the Temple of Ptolemy at Edfu. The well-preserved entrance pylons, columned halls, and sanctuary reveal the worship of Horus during the Ptolemaic period. Your guide explains the reliefs and the temple’s role before you return to the vessel.

Sail on toward Kom Ombo and visit the Temple of the Two Gods, dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Haroeris. Its unusual double layout gives the site two entrances, sanctuaries, and sets of reliefs. The visit is usually timed for the cooler part of the day, though the sailing schedule can affect the order. Back on board, dinner is followed by another night on the Nile as the vessel heads toward Aswan.

Leave early for the Ancient Abu Simbel Sanctuary, a road excursion from Aswan through the desert. The rock-cut temples of Ramses II and Nefertari are known for their enormous seated figures, deep halls, and coloured reliefs. Your guide explains the temples’ relocation during the construction of the High Dam, then gives you time to examine the façades and interior chambers before the return drive.

Back in Aswan, visit the High Dam of Aswan to see the structure that reshaped water management, agriculture, and settlement along the Nile. Later, take a Felucca Sailing Adventure around the islands, depending on river conditions and the sailing schedule. Finish at the Temple Dedicated to Isis on Philae Island, reached by boat and known for its courtyards, columns, and reliefs. Return to the vessel for your fourth night on board.

After breakfast, complete check-out and leave the Nile vessel in Aswan. Our team arranges the overland transfer back to Luxor, a journey of several hours with rest stops planned along the way. Keep water, travel documents, and any medication with you during the drive. The route gives you a changing view of cultivated land, villages, and desert scenery.

Arrive in Luxor and check in for your final night. The afternoon is deliberately open after the long transfer. You can rest at the hotel, take a short supervised walk, or ask our team about a relaxed local activity if time and energy allow. Your guide confirms the following day’s airport transfer and checks that luggage is ready. This is your only hotel night in Luxor after the cruise, so use the evening to review photographs and prepare for departure.

Enjoy breakfast and complete your hotel check-out according to your departure schedule. Our team provides the transfer to Luxor airport or the onward connection arranged for your itinerary. The drive time depends on your hotel and flight details, so we set the pickup around the confirmed departure rather than using a fixed public time.

Before leaving, check your room, cabin bag, and passport carefully. Keep fragile souvenirs in hand luggage where possible, and allow extra space for airport procedures. If your flight leaves later, our team can advise whether luggage storage or a short nearby stop is practical. Your 10-day Egyptian Adventure ends in Luxor after four Cairo nights, four nights sailing the Nile, and one final Luxor night.