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Egypt: Pyramids & Nile Cruise

Egypt: Pyramids & Nile Cruise

8 Days / 7 Nights from £1350/ $1755 per person

The Pyramids & Nile Cruise holiday is an introductory private tour of Egypt that reveals the splendours of the pharaohs and the beauty of the River Nile. Using stylish hotels throughout, this well balanced journey starts in Cairo where you’ll see the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Sphinx, and the golden treasure of the boy king Tutankhamen in the Egyptian Museum. The Pyramids & Nile cruise holiday then flies south to Aswan, one of the most beautiful locations in Egypt. Here, you’ll be able to relax by the pool and drink in the magical views of the Sahara tumbling directly into the Nile and the sleek hulls of lateen sailed feluccas plying the tranquil waters between emerald islands and pink granite boulders. Then, board your chosen Nile cruise for a three-night adventure – either aboard the upscale M/S Acamar or the luxury all-suite Sonesta Sun Goddess – for one of the world’s most scenic and historic river journeys. In between excursions led by your shared on-board Egyptologist to the magnificent pharaonic temples at Philae, Kom Ombo and Edfu you’ll be able to watch the exotic scenery of Upper Egypt glide before your eyes from the sundeck. The magical crescendo of the Egypt: Pyramids & Nile Cruise holiday is reached on arrival in Luxor where you will walk through the giant colonnades of the great Temple of Karnak and visits to the beautifully decorated tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

Itinerary at a Glance

Day	Location/Route	Overnight	Sapphire Hotels	Diamond Hotels
Day 1	Arrive Cairo International Airport. Meet and greet prior to immigration. Private transfer to your hotel.	2 nights Cairo	Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino	Kempinski Nile Hotel Cairo
Day 2	Travel to Giza to see the Great Pyramid of the Pharaoh Khufu and the enigmatic Sphinx. This afternoon visit the Egyptian Museum where you’ll see Tutankhamen’s treasures.
Day 3	Fly south to Aswan, one of the most beautiful places in Egypt. On arrival transfer to your hotel. After check-in the remainder of the day will be at leisure.	2 nights Aswan	Movenpick Resort, Aswan	Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Hotel
Day 4	Today will be at leisure to relax by the River Nile in Aswan.
Day 5	After a leisurely start (or optional visit to Abu Simbel) transfer to your Nile cruise. In the afternoon visit the Temple of Isis on Philae Island and Aswan High Dam.	3 nights Nile Cruise	MS Acamar Cruise	HS Sonesta Sun Goddess Cruise
Day 6	Cruise downriver to Luxor stopping enoute to see the magnificent pharaonic temples at Kom Ombo and Edfu.
Day 7	Visit the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, and Karnak temple.
Day 8	Disembark from your Nile cruise. Private transfer to Luxor International Airport.