Day 1

Arrive Cairo Airport Meet & Assist through Passport Control and customs. Transfer to hotel. Check in and overnight at Cairo hotel.

Day 2

Breakfast. Half day tour to visit the Great Pyramid of Cheops which was built by manual labor, is the largest of the three main Pyramids and is the only survivor of the Seven Great Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid of Chephren, which is the best preserved, and the Pyramid of Mycerinus. Nearby see the Sphinx, a marvelous sight carved out of a natural rocky outcrop, the lion's body stretching 45m, with its paws 15m long. Lunch at local restaurant. Learn how paper was made in the ancient times with a visit to the Papyrus Institute... back to hotel. Overnight in Cairo

Day 3

Breakfast. Full day tour of the world famous Egyptian Museum with its 100,000 objects covering 4,000 years of ancient Egyptian civilization. Lunch during tour at local restaurant. Continue to visit Citadel of Mohamed Ali, Sultan Hassan Mosque and then to Khan El Khalili Bazaars. Overnight at hotel in Cairo.

Day 4

Cairo – Luxor (Cruise Mondays) Breakfast. Transfer to Cairo airport for departure to Luxor. Arrive Luxor. Transfer to Nile Cruise .Embarkation. Lunch on board. Then we tour the awe inspiring Temple of Luxor and Karnack. Back to Cruise at 05:00 P.M. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 5

After breakfast, we cross to the west bank of the Nile today past the Colossi of Memnon and visit Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, before going the Valley of the Kings. Lunch on board. Sail to Edfu through Esna Lock Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 6

After Breakfast we visit Edfu's beautiful preserved Temple of Horus, the best preserved of all large Egyptian temples and built by the Ptolemies. Sail to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board .Visit the Temple of Sobek the crocodile god, conveniently situated on the riverbank. Continue to Aswan. Tonight we'll enjoy a sumptuous Oriental Dinner and dance all night away to the Egyptian Galabea Party.

Overnight on board Nile Cruise.

Day 7

Breakfast .We view the Aswan High Dam and then to the Temple of Philae. Lunch on board. Then will sail on the traditional Nile Felucca along the shores of Elephantine Island and Botanical Gardens. Dinner and overnight on board

Day 8

Breakfast. (Optional tour to Abu Simbel Temple) Transfer to Aswan airport for departure to Cairo. Upon arrival Cairo airport, transfer to hotel (Optional Gala dinner at Nile Pharaoh restaurant (cruising restaurant down the Nile for 2 hours including, Show, belly dancer, open buffet.). Overnight at hotel.

Day 9

Transfer to Cairo Airport for final departure.