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Trip to Egypt: The Best Trip to Egypt with Nile Cruise and Cairo Package

  • Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
  • Type : Private Tours
  • Runs: Everyday
  • Location: Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Kom Ombo, Edfu, Luxor

A trip to Egypt is unlike any other journey on earth — and this eight-day adventure has been crafted to ensure that every hour you spend in this ancient, magnificent country delivers the depth, beauty, and wonder that Egypt uniquely possesses in abundance. From the moment your Cairo adventure begins on the edge of the Giza Plateau to the final, unforgettable moments aboard your luxury Nile cruise vessel in Aswan, this itinerary represents the distilled essence of everything that makes Egypt the most extraordinary travel destination in the world. Our team of expert travel designers and licensed Egyptologists has spent years refining every detail of this journey to ensure that your trip to Egypt is not merely a holiday but a genuine, transformative encounter with a civilization that shaped the entire course of human history.

Cairo is where your adventure opens — and it opens with extraordinary force. The Giza Plateau, rising at the western edge of the city where the modern metropolis gives way abruptly to the ancient desert, is the setting for an encounter with the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure that no traveler ever forgets. These are not simply ancient structures — they are the last surviving wonder of the ancient world, the most precisely engineered monuments ever created, and the most studied buildings in the history of human civilization. Your licensed Egyptologist guide transforms this iconic visit from a sightseeing stop into a profound intellectual and emotional encounter with the full story of ancient Egypt at its most ambitious and its most brilliant. The Great Sphinx, gazing eternally eastward with a serenity that four thousand years of desert weather has done nothing to diminish, adds another layer of mythic power to a morning that sets the tone for everything that follows.

The Grand Egyptian Museum — the largest archaeological museum ever built — continues your Cairo experience with a collection so vast, so rich, and so impeccably presented that a full day within its galleries would barely scratch the surface of what it contains. The complete Tutankhamun collection, displayed here in its entirety for the first time in history, is the centerpiece of a museum experience that represents the single greatest concentration of ancient Egyptian artifacts ever assembled under one roof. This is the best trip to Egypt experience for any traveler with a genuine interest in history, art, and the extraordinary story of human civilization — and it is just the beginning of what this eight-day journey delivers.

From Cairo, your Nile Cruise and Cairo Package carries you by air to Luxor — the ancient city of Thebes and the gateway to the greatest river journey in the world. Boarding your luxury five-star Nile cruise vessel in Luxor marks the moment your adventure shifts entirely in register — from the electric energy and urban grandeur of Cairo to the timeless, unhurried rhythm of life on the Nile. Your floating sanctuary combines the comfort and service of a five-star hotel with the intimacy and romance of river travel, carrying you southward through a landscape of extraordinary beauty and historical depth that simply cannot be experienced any other way.

The temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu — the Twin Temple dedicated to Sobek and Horus, and the perfectly preserved Temple of Horus at Edfu, the finest ancient temple in Egypt — provide two of the most compelling archaeological experiences of your entire trip to Egypt as your cruise makes its way toward Aswan. Each temple visit is guided by your licensed Egyptologist with the kind of depth and insight that transforms ancient walls and carved reliefs into living narratives of power, faith, and human creativity spanning thousands of years.

Aswan, the jewel of Upper Egypt and the gateway to Nubia, awaits at the southern end of your Nile cruise with a beauty and cultural richness that surprises even the most well-traveled visitors. The Temple of Philae, rising from its island setting with extraordinary elegance, the engineering marvel of the Aswan High Dam, and the ancient Granite Quarries with their remarkable Unfinished Obelisk combine to create an Aswan experience of genuine depth and variety. And for those who choose to extend their adventure with the optional excursion to Abu Simbel — the greatest monument ever commissioned by Ramses the Great — the reward is an encounter with ancient grandeur that stands entirely in a category of its own.

Every element of this eight-day Nile Cruise and Cairo Package — from your private air-conditioned transfers and expert Egyptologist guides to your hand-selected Cairo hotel and luxury Nile cruise cabin — has been designed and arranged to deliver the best trip to Egypt experience currently available to any traveler in the world. Whether you are making your first journey to Egypt or returning to discover more of what this extraordinary country has to offer, this eight-day adventure will meet you exactly where you are and carry you somewhere genuinely extraordinary.

Your trip to Egypt begins here. And it will stay with you forever.

Included

  • Personalized "Meet and Assist" service at Cairo International Airport upon arrival and departure to ensure a seamless trip to Egypt.

  • All transfers in a private, modern, air-conditioned deluxe vehicle throughout your best trip to Egypt.

  • Economy class flight tickets from Cairo to Aswan and from Luxor back to Cairo as part of your Nile cruise and Cairo package.

  • 3 nights in a 5-star luxury hotel in Cairo (including a daily Egyptian breakfast).

  • 4 nights on a 5-star luxury Nile cruise ship with full board (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included).

  • All sightseeing tours in Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor as mentioned in the trip to Egypt itinerary.

  • Services of a private, highly-qualified, English-speaking Egyptologist guide.

  • All entrance fees to the archaeological sites and museums mentioned in the best trip to Egypt program.

  • Complimentary bottled water during your daily tours to keep you refreshed.

  • All service charges and current government taxes included in your Nile cruise and Cairo package.

 

Excluded

  • International airfare from your home country to Egypt.

  • Egypt entry visa (Our team can assist you with the process upon arrival).

  • Any optional excursions, such as the Abu Simbel tour or the Hot Air Balloon ride in Luxor, unless explicitly added to your trip to Egypt.

  • Personal spending such as laundry, telephone calls, and beverages during meals.

  • Customary tips for the cruise crew, drivers, and your Egyptologist guide (highly appreciated in Egypt).

  •  Any additional surcharges for peak periods like Christmas, New Year, or Easter holidays.

Itinerary

Your trip to Egypt begins the moment your aircraft touches down in Cairo — one of the oldest, most layered, and most historically extraordinary capital cities on the face of the earth. Known for centuries as the City of a Thousand Minarets, Cairo greets every arriving traveler with a skyline that blends ancient minarets, sweeping modern boulevards, and the distant golden silhouette of the desert in a way that feels immediately unlike anywhere else in the world. From the moment you clear customs at Cairo International Airport, every detail of your arrival has been arranged to ensure a seamless, stress-free, and genuinely welcoming introduction to this magnificent country.

Your dedicated representative will be waiting personally to meet you at the arrivals hall — ready to guide you through all procedures with efficient, attentive VIP meet-and-assist service that eliminates every moment of uncertainty and sets the tone for the exceptional standard of care that defines every stage of this journey. A private, air-conditioned vehicle carries you in complete comfort from the airport through the vibrant streets of Cairo directly to your handpicked five-star hotel — your first experience of the quality and thoughtfulness that has made this the best trip to Egypt available to any traveler seeking to experience this extraordinary country in its fullest and finest form.

Check-in is smooth and unhurried, and the remainder of the evening belongs entirely to you. Step onto your balcony and allow the Cairo skyline to introduce itself — the warm glow of the city stretching out in every direction, the distant silhouette of the Giza Plateau visible on the western horizon, and the gentle hum of one of the world's great cities rising from the streets below. This first evening is a gift — a quiet, anticipation-filled prelude to the extraordinary Nile Cruise and Cairo Package adventure that begins in earnest tomorrow morning. Rest well. Egypt awaits.

Meals Included :
Welcome drink included

No trip to Egypt reaches its full potential without a morning that stops time completely — and this is precisely what the Giza Plateau delivers every single day, without exception, to every traveler fortunate enough to stand upon it. After a rich and leisurely breakfast enjoyed with a direct view toward the most famous skyline in human history, your private licensed Egyptologist guide accompanies you westward through Cairo to the edge of the Sahara Desert, where the three Pyramids of Giza rise from the golden plateau in a display of ancient architectural ambition that four thousand years of desert wind has done absolutely nothing to diminish.

The Great Pyramid of Khufu — the last surviving wonder of the ancient world and the most precisely engineered structure ever created by human hands — dominates the plateau with a physical presence that photographs have never once captured accurately. Beside it, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure complete a grouping of monuments so perfectly conceived and so flawlessly executed that historians, architects, and engineers continue to study them with the same mixture of admiration and genuine bewilderment that the ancient Greeks felt when they first included them on their list of the world's greatest wonders. Your Egyptologist guide brings the full story of the Giza Plateau to life with expert precision and genuine passion — transforming a sightseeing visit into a profound encounter with ancient history that forms the absolute, irreplaceable heart of the best trip to Egypt experience. The iconic photograph beside the Great Sphinx — the enigmatic limestone guardian whose weathered face has watched over the plateau since the reign of Khafre — is taken, and the memory is made permanent.

The afternoon elevates your trip to Egypt into an entirely different register at the Grand Egyptian Museum — the largest archaeological museum ever constructed anywhere on earth, sitting on the edge of the Giza Plateau in deliberate and powerful proximity to the monuments it was built to celebrate and contextualize. More than one hundred thousand ancient artifacts fill galleries of extraordinary scale and curatorial intelligence, but it is the complete Tutankhamun collection — the legendary golden death mask, the gilded throne, the ceremonial chariots, and the thousands of objects buried with the boy king over three thousand years ago — that stops every visitor in their tracks. Displayed here in its full, unedited entirety for the very first time in history, the Tutankhamun collection alone justifies the journey to Egypt and elevates this museum visit into one of the defining cultural experiences of the modern world. Ancient majesty and modern architectural brilliance exist here in perfect, breathtaking harmony — and your Nile Cruise and Cairo Package is only just beginning.

Meals Included :
Breakfast, Lunch

The third chapter of your trip to Egypt marks a transition of extraordinary beauty — from the ancient monuments and urban energy of Cairo to the serene, sun-drenched magnificence of Aswan, the enchanting Nubian city that has captivated travelers, explorers, and poets for centuries. A short domestic flight carries you southward over the golden expanse of the Sahara Desert, and as your aircraft begins its descent toward Aswan, the deep blue ribbon of the Nile River appears below — wider, calmer, and more luminously beautiful than any image could ever prepare you for.

Your first destination upon landing in Aswan is one of the most romantically situated ancient monuments in all of Egypt — the Temple of Philae, dedicated to Isis, the great goddess of magic, healing, and motherhood, and reached by a short, scenic motorboat ride across the still, mirror-like waters surrounding its island. Rising from the water with an elegance that feels almost otherworldly, Philae combines exquisite Ptolemaic architecture with an island setting of such natural beauty that every traveler who steps ashore feels immediately transported into a world entirely apart from ordinary experience. Your Egyptologist guide reveals the full, extraordinary story of this sacred site — including the remarkable international rescue mission of the 1970s that lifted the entire temple complex stone by stone to save it from the rising waters of Lake Nasser — adding a layer of modern human achievement to the ancient wonder that makes the Philae experience uniquely moving. This is one of the most beautiful and memorable moments of the best trip to Egypt — a monument that rewards every traveler who seeks depth, beauty, and genuine historical resonance in equal measure.

From Philae, your journey continues to the Aswan High Dam — one of the defining engineering achievements of the twentieth century, stretching more than three kilometers across the Nile and holding back the vast waters of Lake Nasser in a feat of modern ambition that resonates powerfully alongside the ancient wonders surrounding it. As the afternoon sun softens toward the golden Aswan horizon, the most anticipated moment of your Nile Cruise and Cairo Package finally arrives — boarding your luxury five-star cruise vessel, your floating boutique hotel for the river journey ahead. The sun descends slowly over the Nile as your vessel eases away from the dock, painting the water in shades of amber, rose, and deep gold — a sunset so achingly beautiful that it becomes one of the defining images of your entire trip to Egypt and a memory that remains vivid long after you return home.

Meals Included :
Breakfast

There are moments within any trip to Egypt that transcend the category of travel experience entirely and enter the realm of the genuinely life-altering — and the optional excursion to the Temples of Abu Simbel is, without question, the most powerful of them all. Rising from the Nubian desert on the western shore of Lake Nasser more than two hundred and eighty kilometers south of Aswan, the twin temples of Abu Simbel represent the supreme creative and political achievement of Ramses the Great — Egypt's most celebrated, most powerful, and longest-reigning pharaoh — and they stand today as perhaps the most awe-inspiring ancient monuments anywhere on the surface of the earth.

The approach to Abu Simbel delivers its first overwhelming impact before you even step out of your vehicle — four colossal seated statues of Ramses II, each standing more than twenty meters tall, carved directly into the face of a sandstone cliff and gazing with eternal, impassive authority across the shimmering waters of Lake Nasser. This is the entrance facade of the Great Temple — a statement of royal power and divine aspiration so absolute and so perfectly executed that it has stopped travelers, soldiers, and explorers in their tracks for more than three thousand years. Inside, the inner sanctuary was aligned by ancient engineers with such extraordinary astronomical precision that sunlight penetrates the full length of the temple twice each year — on the anniversary of Ramses II's coronation and on his birthday — to illuminate the statues of the gods within. Standing inside that sanctuary and understanding what was achieved here, without modern instruments or technology, is the single most intellectually staggering moment of the best trip to Egypt — a moment that makes the word genius feel entirely inadequate.

The smaller Temple of Nefertari, dedicated by Ramses to his beloved queen and to the goddess Hathor, stands beside the Great Temple with an intimacy and elegance that provides a deeply moving emotional counterpoint to the sheer physical power of the main monument. The story of how both temples were rescued — dismantled and relocated piece by carved piece to their current position above the rising waters of Lake Nasser in one of history's greatest engineering operations — adds yet another dimension of wonder to an experience that already operates at the absolute outer limits of what travel can deliver.

Returning to Aswan and rejoining your Nile Cruise and Cairo Package vessel in the afternoon, your cruise sets sail northward as the Nubian landscape recedes behind you — carrying you toward Kom Ombo and the extraordinary river journey that continues to unfold with each passing mile of the greatest waterway in the world.

Meals Included :
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The fifth day of your trip to Egypt unfolds at the perfect pace that only a Nile cruise can deliver — a morning of gentle sailing, warm Egyptian sun, and the quiet awareness that two of the most compelling temple experiences along the entire Nile are drawing closer with every passing mile. Breakfast is served on deck as your vessel glides northward through a landscape that has barely changed since the time of the pharaohs — palm groves, desert cliffs, and ancient villages lining both banks of the river in a panorama of timeless, unhurried beauty.

Your first stop is the Twin Temple of Kom Ombo — one of the most architecturally and theologically unique monuments in all of ancient Egypt, and a highlight that distinguishes this Nile Cruise and Cairo Package from any ordinary river journey. Unlike any other temple along the Nile, Kom Ombo was built to honor two gods simultaneously and with absolute equality — Sobek, the crocodile god of fertility, power, and the Nile's raw natural force, and Horus the Elder, the falcon god of sky, kingship, and divine protection. The temple's perfectly symmetrical double layout — two complete sets of halls, sanctuaries, and courtyards running in precise parallel from entrance to inner chamber — reflects a theological sophistication and a political balance between competing religious traditions that speaks volumes about the complexity of ancient Egyptian civilization. Your Egyptologist guide brings the intricate carved reliefs, the ancient medical instruments displayed along the walls of the Birth House, and the sacred crocodile mummies of the adjacent museum to vivid, meaningful life — and the Kom Ombo experience rewards every moment of attention you give it.

A beautifully prepared lunch is served aboard your vessel as the cruise resumes its northward course toward Edfu — where the afternoon delivers what many travelers describe as the single finest temple experience of their entire best trip to Egypt. The Temple of Horus at Edfu is the most completely preserved ancient temple in all of Egypt — its soaring entrance pylon, colonnaded forecourt, and deeply carved inner sanctuaries surviving in a state of such extraordinary integrity that walking through its corridors feels less like visiting an archaeological site and more like stepping directly into the living religious world of ancient Egypt. A horse-drawn carriage ride through the narrow, bustling streets of the town of Edfu delivers you to the temple entrance in a manner that is both authentically Egyptian and genuinely memorable — the sounds, colors, and energy of a real Egyptian town providing a vivid and deeply human contrast to the ancient grandeur waiting at the end of the ride.

As your trip to Egypt cruise vessel sets sail once more toward Luxor under an evening sky blazing with stars, dinner is served with the warm attentiveness that has characterized every meal on this extraordinary river journey — and the quiet satisfaction of another remarkable day on the Nile settles comfortably around you.

Meals Included :
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Your trip to Egypt arrives this morning at its most historically profound destination — the legendary West Bank of Luxor, the ancient city of Thebes, and the extraordinary funerary landscape that has defined Egypt's identity in the imagination of the entire world more powerfully than any other place on earth. As your Nile cruise vessel docks along the Luxor corniche and the Theban Hills rise golden and dramatic on the opposite bank of the river, the full weight of what awaits across the water begins to assert itself with a quiet, irresistible force that every traveler on this journey has been anticipating since the very beginning.

The Valley of the Kings opens before you with a silence and a scale that feels immediately, unmistakably sacred. Carved into a natural amphitheater of golden limestone hills deep within the Theban necropolis, this royal burial ground contains more than sixty known tombs — each one a world unto itself, its walls covered from floor to ceiling with vivid painted scenes of the afterlife journey, sacred texts from the Book of the Dead, and portraits of the gods appointed to guide the deceased pharaoh through the challenges of eternity. Your Egyptologist guide selects the finest accessible tombs for your visit — whether the astronomical ceiling of the tomb of Ramses VI, the exquisitely painted walls of Seti I, or the intimate, gold-covered chambers of Tutankhamun himself — and contextualizes each painted world with the historical narrative of the ruler within and the religious beliefs that shaped every image on every wall. Entering these tombs is among the most viscerally moving experiences of the best trip to Egypt — the moment when ancient Egypt stops being history and becomes something deeply, personally felt in a way that no museum or textbook can ever replicate.

From the Valley of the Kings, your West Bank journey continues to the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari — one of the most architecturally distinctive and visually dramatic ancient structures in all of Egypt, rising in three elegant colonnaded terraces against the sheer face of the Theban cliffs in a design of breathtaking geometric precision. Your Egyptologist guide tells the extraordinary story of Hatshepsut herself — Egypt's most successful female pharaoh, whose reign brought unprecedented prosperity, ambitious construction projects, and far-reaching trade expeditions that enriched the entire country — giving a human voice and a personal narrative to a monument of exceptional beauty. The Colossi of Memnon, two massive seated statues of Amenhotep III that have stood sentinel over the Luxor floodplain for more than three thousand years, provide a fittingly monumental conclusion to a morning that ranks among the very finest experiences of any Nile Cruise and Cairo Package ever offered.

The afternoon returns you to the peace and luxury of your five-star cruise vessel — where a restful, sun-warmed afternoon on the Nile provides the perfect space for reflection, conversation, and the quiet celebration of a morning that has genuinely exceeded every expectation.

Meals Included :
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The final morning of your trip to Egypt Nile cruise experience opens with one last, extraordinary act of ancient grandeur — a guided exploration of the East Bank of Luxor that delivers the two greatest temples on earth in a single, magnificent, deeply memorable morning. Disembarking your luxury cruise vessel for the final time and carrying with you the accumulated memories of a river journey that has fundamentally changed your understanding of human civilization, you set out with your Egyptologist guide toward the Temple of Karnak — the largest, most complex, and most overwhelmingly impressive religious structure ever built by any civilization anywhere in the world, at any point in human history.

Karnak is not simply a temple — it is an entire sacred city, covering more than one hundred hectares and representing the accumulated building ambitions and religious devotion of more than thirty successive pharaohs across a period spanning nearly two thousand years. The Avenue of Ram-Headed Sphinxes, the towering first pylon, and the Great Hypostyle Hall — a forest of one hundred and thirty-four colossal columns, the tallest rising more than twenty-three meters above the stone floor — combine to create an architectural experience of such overwhelming scale, beauty, and historical depth that it renders every first-time visitor genuinely speechless. Your Egyptologist guide transforms the sheer visual spectacle of Karnak into a coherent, fascinating narrative of power, faith, competition, and artistic genius — decoding the hieroglyphic inscriptions, battle reliefs, and divine imagery that cover every surface and revealing the human stories behind the stone. This is the grandest conclusion to any Nile Cruise and Cairo Package experience — a monument that stays permanently in the memory of every traveler who walks its corridors.

From Karnak, a short journey along the Luxor corniche leads to the Temple of Luxor — a monument of refined elegance and intimate grandeur that provides a perfect emotional counterpoint to the overwhelming scale of Karnak. The entrance pylon of Ramses II, the single remaining obelisk, and the magnificent colonnade of Amenhotep III lead through courts and sanctuaries of exceptional beauty toward the innermost chambers of a temple that has been in continuous use for worship for more than three thousand years. This final temple visit brings your best trip to Egypt to a conclusion of extraordinary beauty and cultural resonance — a last, lingering encounter with the ancient world before the journey home begins.

A high-quality lunch follows before your transfer to Luxor Airport for the evening flight back to Cairo — where your final night in the Land of the Pharaohs awaits in a five-star hotel that provides the perfect setting to reflect on eight days that have genuinely redefined your understanding of what travel can be. The magic of your trip to Egypt travels with you as you land in Cairo — and it will remain with you long after you return home.

Meals Included :
Breakfast

Every extraordinary journey must eventually arrive at its final morning — and the last day of your trip to Egypt carries with it the particular, bittersweet beauty of a chapter that has been remarkable in every possible sense drawing gently and inevitably to its close. Your final Egyptian breakfast at the hotel is a leisurely, unhurried, deeply satisfying affair — a last opportunity to savor the flavors, the warmth, and the uniquely Egyptian atmosphere of a country that has given you eight days of discovery, wonder, and genuine personal transformation that simply cannot be replicated anywhere else on earth.

The morning is entirely and generously yours. Cairo, one of the world's truly great capital cities, rewards even the most casual final exploration with its extraordinary depth and variety — whether that means a last, unhurried walk through the atmospheric streets of Islamic Cairo, where centuries of history are layered into every building, doorway, and minaret, or a final visit to the legendary Khan El Khalili Bazaar to secure those last, carefully chosen gifts and treasures that will carry the memory of Egypt back to everyone waiting at home. Perhaps it means simply sitting with a coffee at the hotel, looking out over the city that began this adventure, and allowing the full weight of everything you have seen, felt, and discovered across eight extraordinary days to settle into something permanent and deeply personal.

When the time comes, a private vehicle carries you to Cairo International Airport for your final departure — and as your aircraft lifts above the Cairo skyline and the golden edge of the Sahara appears one last time through the window before disappearing into the clouds, you carry with you something that no luggage allowance could ever contain. You carry the first sight of the Great Pyramid on the Giza Plateau. You carry the golden sunset over the Nile at Aswan and the impossible grandeur of Abu Simbel at dawn. You carry the painted ceiling of a pharaoh's tomb in the Valley of the Kings and the echo of your footsteps in the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. This is what the best trip to Egypt truly delivers — not simply a holiday, but a permanent, irreversible expansion of your understanding of what human civilization is capable of achieving.

This has been your Nile Cruise and Cairo Package — and it has been everything it promised, and far more. Safe travels, and until Egypt calls you back.

Meals Included :
Breakfast

Prices

Notes

A deposit of 25% of the total trip to Egypt package value is required upon booking. Festive season reservations — Christmas, New Year, and Easter — require a 50% deposit to secure your best trip to Egypt experience. The outstanding balance is payable prior to or upon arrival. Independent payment terms may apply to select accommodation providers included in your Nile cruise and Cairo package.

A signed authorization letter is mandatory for all credit card payments related to your trip to Egypt. The client's signature must match those on their credit card and passport.

Refunds for your trip to Egypt are processed to the original payment channel promptly upon approval. No-show reservations are non-refundable. A 6% bank fee is deducted from all refund amounts.

Rates reflect double occupancy pricing for your Nile cruise and Cairo package. A single supplement applies to solo travelers. Properties are selected on the basis of quality and comfort to ensure the best trip to Egypt. Pricing is subject to revision without advance notice.

Domestic fares and schedules are estimates subject to change. International flights are available at competitive rates from the client's country of origin, ensuring a seamless trip to Egypt from start to finish.

The company is not liable for disruptions caused by weather, political events, or changes imposed by third-party suppliers during your trip to Egypt. Costs arising from force majeure events are not covered, even within a Nile cruise and Cairo package.

Gratuities during your best trip to Egypt are discretionary and not obligatory.

Concerns must be raised with the tour guide immediately during your trip to Egypt. Unresolved matters should be directed to the Customer Care Manager during the tour. Post-tour complaints regarding your Nile cruise and Cairo package require written submission to Customer Care Management.

Cancellation policy for your trip to Egypt

  • 61+ days prior — 15%
  • 60–31 days prior — 35%
  • 30–15 days prior — 50%
  • 14–1 days prior — 100%

Festive bookings for the best trip to Egypt

  • 61+ days prior — 25%
  • 60–31 days prior — 50%
  • 30–15 days prior — 75%
  • 14–1 days prior — 100%

Airline fees and 6% bank charges apply to all cancellations.

A full refund or transferable travel credit will be issued in the event of an official travel prohibition affecting your trip to Egypt. Airline and bank fees remain applicable.

Children policy for your Nile cruise and Cairo package

  • Under 2 — no charge
  • Under 6 — 25% of adult rate
  • Under 12 — 50% of adult rate
  • 12 and above — full adult rate

Flight supplements may apply.

Real experiences from our happy guests

What Our Travelers Say

“Our 5-day Luxor to Aswan Nile cruise on the Movenpick Royal Lotus was absolutely magical. The ship was elegant, the food excellent, and our Egyptologist guide made every temple visit come alive. The sunset views from the deck were breathtaking. Highly recommended for anyone wanting a luxury Egypt experience!”

Sarah & Michael Thompson (USA)
Sarah & Michael Thompson (USA)
An Unforgettable Nile Journey!

“I traveled solo and felt completely safe and pampered. The Acamar Nile Cruise was beautiful and comfortable. The temples were even more impressive than I imagined, especially Karnak at sunrise. The crew was attentive and the food was delicious. This Nile cruise tour exceeded all my expectations.”

Emma Richardson (UK)
Emma Richardson (UK)
Perfect Balance of History and Relaxation

“We celebrated our 30th anniversary on the Le Fayan Nile Cruise and it was perfect. The ship felt like a floating boutique hotel. The Valley of the Kings at sunrise was emotional and unforgettable. Excellent service and wonderful memories created. We can't wait to return!”

David & Linda Chen (Canada)
David & Linda Chen (Canada)
Best Anniversary Trip Ever!

“Abu Simbel is one of the best monuments I've ever seen in my life. The scale and beauty are unbelievable. Our guide was fantastic. This is a must-do on any Egypt itinerary.”

Robert Müller (Germany)
Robert Müller (Germany)
Abu Simbel at Sunrise

“Aswan was our favorite part — so peaceful and romantic. The Philae Temple at sunset and the Nubian Villages were magical. The Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan was the perfect combination.”

Olivia Moreau (France)
Olivia Moreau (France)
Getaway in Aswan

“We celebrated New Year on a Nile cruise and it was spectacular! The gala dinner, fireworks over the Nile, and the ancient temples made it truly special. Best New Year’s Eve of our lives.”

Marco Rossi (Italy)
Marco Rossi (Italy)
Egypt New Year Celebration
FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

The best time is between October and April. The weather is cool and pleasant for visiting temples in Luxor and Aswan. Summer (June to August) can be very hot, with temperatures exceeding 40°C.

The drive takes approximately 2.5 to 3 hours each way via the Desert Road, covering about 220 km (136 miles).

We usually stop at a local restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean. You can enjoy fresh seafood, but please check your booking 'Inclusions' to see if lunch is prepaid or optional.

Yes, we visit the outer plaza and can arrange for an internal tour during opening hours (closed on Fridays and Saturdays in some sections). Your guide will provide all the historical context.

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