Includes: 4 Nights Deluxe Hotel in Cairo. 1 Night Deluxe Hotel in Luxor.
5 Day/4 Night Deluxe Nile Cruise. All Meals & Shore Excursions Onboard Nile Cruise. Continental Breakfast Daily. 3 Full Days Sightseeing with Lunch. All Entrance fees. Local Hotel Taxes & Service Fees. English speaking guides and Egyptologist. All Transfers & Porter age. Roundtrip Airfare Cairo/Aswan / Luxor/Cairo.

Day 1: En Route Depart USA.

Day 2: Cairo
Upon landing at the Cairo International Airport our representative will meet you and assist you through customs formalities. Afterwards you will be escorted to your deluxe hotel.
 
Day 3: Cairo
Visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which houses the world's largest collection of artifacts from the era of the Pharaohs. Later, tour Old Cairo where early Judaism and Christianity flourished in Egypt. Visit sites like the Synagogue of Beni Ezra, the oldest Synagogue in Egypt and El Moallaka Church, where the Virgin Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus took refuge. Then spend the afternoon at the Citadel of Saladin and see the Mohammed Ali Mosque, a replica of the Blue Mosque in Turkey. End the day at the bazaar of Khan El Khalili (breakfast, lunch).

Day 4: Cairo
Tour the great Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx. Go on to visit the first pyramids ever built in Egypt, the step Pyramids of Zoser at Sakkara, then continue to Memphis, Ancient Egypt's one time capital and view the statue of Ramses II. (breakfast, lunch.)
 
Day 5: Cairo * Aswan
Take a short flight to Aswan, a city favored as a winter resort for its pleasantly dry climate. Once there you will embark on the Deluxe Nile cruse. Enjoy the beautiful atmosphere and captivating sights by the river. In the afternoon take a Felucca sailboat to the Elephantine Island for a view of the Nilometer & Kitchner's Botanical Garden, before returning to the cruise. (breakfast, lunch, dinner) Optional: Before Cruise check-in take a scenic half hour flight over lake Nasser from Aswan to Abu Simbel, and tour this magnificent site. Enter the vast chambers and see the towering statues carved thousands of years ago. Then fly back to Aswan.)
 
Day 6: Aswan * Kom-Ombo * Edfu
In Aswan tour the High Dam, one of Egypt's more modern wonders. Also view the Pilae Temple of Isis. Then cruise to Kom-Ombo, to see the Ptolomeic Twin Temple of Sobek and Haroeris (breakfast, lunch, dinner.)
 
Day 7: Edfu * Esna * Luxor
After a morning cruise from Edfu to Esna visit the Temple of Khnum. Then continue to Luxor to visit the Karnak Temple and the famous temple of Luxor, build by the ancient Pharaoh Amenhotep III (breakfast, lunch, dinner.)
 
Day 8: Luxor
Cross the Nile to the Necropolis of Thebes. There, visit the Valley of the Kings, Queens and the Nobles. continue to the Ramesseum and finally to the Colossi of Memnom. REturn to the ship for relaxation (breakfast, lunch, dinner.)
 
Day 9: Luxor * Dendera * Abydos
After breakfast, check out from the Cruise ship and into a Deluxe Luxor hotel for a night's stay. Then travel to Dendera and Abydos for tour and sightseeing of these ancient sites (breakfast, lunch.)

Day 10: Luxor * Cairo
After breakfast transfer to the airport for your return flight to Cairo. Afternoon at your leisure (breakfast.)
 
Day 11: Cairo
Checkout from hotel and transfer to the airport for your return flight.