Signature Egypt & the Nile

Day 01: Arrive Cairo, Egypt

Arrive in Cairo international airport; you will meet Misr Travel tour manager who will escort you through customs and immigration. Transfer from the airport to your hotel by private air-conditioned deluxe coach.

After check-in, you are free to spend the rest of the day/evening at your leisure.

Accommodation: Stay for 02 nights at Four Seasons hotel at The First Residence

Meals:  None

 Day 02: Cairo I Legendary Pyramids & The Egyptian Museum

Meet your Egyptologist guide this morning for a tour of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Visit the stunning Pyramids complex of the great pyramid of Cheops, Chephren, Mykerinus and valley temple. Ride on camelback or horse carriage to see the enigmatic Sphinx, and visit the Solar Boat Museum, where you find the 142-foot-long funerary barge of Cheops. Stop for lunch at local restaurant, before driving to the Egyptian Museum, home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world, including the priceless treasures of  Egypt's most famous teenage king, Tutankhamen. View its famed Royal Mummy room, where nine mummified bodies of ancient royals can be seen on display including RamsesII. Continue to Coptic Cairo to Visit the Hanging Church of St. Mary and Ben Ezra synagogue. Next, stroll in Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, the most interesting local souk in the city’s old district.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

 Day 03: Arrival Aswan I Visit High Dam & Philae temple

Transfer to Cairo airport for short flight to Aswan to board your luxury Nile cruise. After leisurely lunch, start your tour with a visit to Aswan High Dam, engineering marvel; completed in 1970. Ride a motorized boat to Philae Temple, dedicated to the Goddess Isis and UNESCO world heritage site on the island of Agilika. The whole temple dismantled and relocated to its current site to avoid the dam flooding. Welcome cocktail reception and overnight in Aswan.

Accommodation: Stay for 03 nights on MS Sonesta St. George Nile cruise 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 Day 04: Cruising the Nile I Temple of Kom ombo & Temple of Edfu

Your cruise ship sails towards Kom ombo. Explore the fantastic dual-deity temple of the Ptolemaic Period is dedicated to both Haroeris (one of the oldest forms of the falcon-headed God Horus) and appropriately enough, the fearsome Crocodile God Sobek. Return to the ship and enjoy lunch onboard as your luxury vessel continues its journey toward Edfu.visit the Temple of Horus the falcon-headed sun god. This is one of the most beautifully preserved temples surviving from the age of the Pharaohs. Rich in design, intricate in detail and ingenious in its massive construction, the extraordinary quality of every element here attests to the paramount importance of the falcon-headed Horus. Celebrate Egyptian-style this evening, at a Galabeya party and dinner. Overnight in Edfu.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 Day 05: cruising the Nile I Luxor - Temples of Karnak & Luxor

After breakfast and a leisurely morning on board. You might wish to be on deck as the Sonesta traverses through the Esna Lock. You will view rural life, methods of irrigation, farming, and animals. Here you will be fascinated by the contrast and coexistence of the ancient and modern ways of life which adds beauty to the Nile and make cruising Egypt Tours a compelling travel experience. 

After lunch, tour the monumental temple complex at Karnak, the largest religious building ever constructed.  Walkthrough this extraordinary open-air museum and into the Great Court of the Great Hypostyle Hall of 134 columns and the sacred lake. Continue to visit the stunning temple of Luxor which was once connected Karnak temple via 2 kilometers long avenues of sphinxes. Overnight Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

 Day 06: Luxor I the fabled Valley of the Kings & Temple of Hatsheput

Disembark after breakfast. Begin your day of exploration with a journey to the famed location of over 64 tombs for pharaohs and nobles on the West Bank of the Nile. First, visit the famed tombs in the valley of kings and explore the beauty and mystery of King Tutankhamen, Ramses "the Sixth" tomb with its stunning decorations of the origins of heavens, sun, earth, light and life itself. Continue to the rock-cut temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only female ruler, rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces,

Stop for a photo at the gigantic Colossi of Memnon, Return to your luxury Nile cruiser till time for transfer to Luxor airport for flight back to Cairo. Meet and transfer to hotel & overnight. 

Accommodation: Stay for 01 night at Le Meridien Cairo Airport hotel

Meals: Breakfast

 Day 07: Farewell to Cairo

After breakfast, you’ll be escorted by Misr Travel tour director to the airport for your onward flight.

Meals: Breakfast