7 Days Best of Egypt Tour from Abu Simbel to Alexandria

Aswan, Egypt

Explore the best ancient monuments and tourist sights Egypt has to offer in a 6 nights, 7 days program from Aswan to Alexandria. Along the way you will board a 3 nights, 4 days Nile cruise and make guided visits to Abu Simbel (including Abu Simbel Temple), Aswan, Kom Ombo, Edfu and Luxor (including Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun, Karnak and the Luxor Temples). Then continue on to Giza, Cairo and Alexandria, where you can enjoy the most famous sights, such as the Pyramids, the Egyptian Museum and the Library of Alexandria.

Day 1: You will be picked up at any port in Aswan and you will be taken to enjoy a guided tour of Philae Temple and the Aswan high dam. After your tour you check into your 5-star Nile cruise, where you can enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. You spend your first night on board in Aswan. (Meals included: LD)

Day 2: Early in the morning you will be transferred to Abu Simbel by car. After arrival you visit the Temples of Abu Simbel. Then you will be taken back to your cruise ship, while it starts sailing to Kom Ombo. Upon arrival you will visit Kom Ombo Temple with your tour guide. You spend the night aboard in Edfu. (Meals included: BLD)

Day 3: After breakfast in the morning you will enjoy a guided visit to Horus Temple in Edfu. The rest of the day you can spend at leisure on board, while the ship sails to Luxor. (Meals included: BLD)

Day 4: As an optional tour, you can take a hot-air balloon flight early in the morning to see the sun rise over the ancient West Bank monuments (weather permitted and additional costs apply). After breakfast on board, you will check out at 8am to start your guided day tour to the West Bank of Luxor. Here you visit Valley of the Kings, Tomb of King Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut Temple (Deir al-Bahari), the Colossi of Memnon, Karnak and Luxor Temple. In the evening you take the sleeping train to Cairo. (Meals included: BLD)

Day 5: Upon arrival in Cairo in the morning, your guided day tour of Cairo and Giza begins. You visit the Pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza, the Egyptian Museum and Khan el-Khalili Bazaar. Overnight in your 5-star hotel in Cairo. (Meals included: BL)

Day 6: In the morning you will be transferred to Alexandria by car for a guided day excursion. There you visit the Library of Alexandria, the Qaitbey Citadel, the Roman Catacombs of Kom el-Shofaqa, Pompey's Pillar and the Roman amphitheater. After your visits you will be taken back to your hotel in Cairo, where you spend the night. (Meals included: BL)

Day 7: After breakfast in your hotel you will be taken to Cairo Airport for your departure. (Meals included: B)