Egypt & the Nile

Board your overnight flight to Cairo today.

Welcome to Egypt! Arrive in Cairo and transfer to Giza.

This evening, enjoy an included dinner.

Meet up with a professional Egyptologist, who’s also your Tour Director, and set off on a guided tour of Giza.

• Uncover the Pyramids of Giza, the only Wonder of the Ancient World to have survived the modern era
• Visit the enigmatic Great Sphinx, the largest monolith statue in the world
• Continue to Saqqara, the pharaohs’ royal graveyard for more than 3,000 years, and enter the Imhotep Museum

Gather with your group for a welcome lunch this afternoon.

Enjoy a free day in Giza or add an excursion.

(Please note: Some cruise departures will follow days 5–9 in reverse.)

Fly to Luxor and set off on a guided tour.

• View the painstakingly excavated Temples of Karnak and Luxor, once connected by an avenue of sphinxes
• Step inside the Luxor Museum to see one of the world's highest-quality collections of Egyptian artifacts, including a statue recovered from King Tutankhamen's tomb

Later this afternoon, you’ll board your cruise ship and enjoy an included lunch and dinner aboard the ship.

Spend the day touring the Nile’s West Bank with your Egyptologist as your guide.

• Explore the Valley of the Kings, a series of tombs hidden in the Theban hills
• Tour the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, devoted to one of the few female pharaohs
• View the 64-foot-high Colossi of Memnon

This afternoon, enjoy an included lunch before sailing toward Edfu. Then, sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Continue your exploration of the wonders of Egypt today.

• Sail along the Nile and learn about Edfu’s Temple of Horus during an engaging talk led by your Egyptologist from the comfort of the ship
• Enjoy an included lunch aboard the ship
• Dock in Kom Ombo to visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, built during the Greco-Roman period and noted for its twin deities, Sobek and Horus

Later today, arrive in the busy market city of Aswan and sit down for an included dinner aboard the ship.

Enjoy a free morning on board the ship or add an excursion.

Please note: Depending on flight schedules, the Abu Simbel optional excursion may be offered on day 9 instead of day 8.

Later, enjoy an included lunch before climbing aboard a felucca, a traditional sailboat, to ride past Elephantine Island.

• See the dark granite rocks that resemble a herd of elephants bathing in the river
• Take in panoramic views of the water from the hilltop mausoleum of Agha Khan

Sit down for an included dinner aboard the ship this evening.

Your cruise ends this morning in Aswan, where you’ll visit the Aswan High Dam, one of the crowning achievements of modern Egypt. Then, your Egyptologist will introduce you to the temples at Philae.

After dinner with the group, enjoy a free evening in Aswan or add an excursion.

Please note: The Philae by Night optional excursion may be offered on day 8, instead of day 9, on some departures.

Enjoy a free morning in Aswan or add an excursion.

Please note: The Nubian Village Visit optional excursion may be offered on day 9, instead of day 10, on some departures.

Fly to Cairo this afternoon and transfer to your hotel. Then, sit down for an included dinner.

Explore Cairo on a sightseeing tour lead by your Egyptologist.

• View a number of the city’s 500 mosques, which display some of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in the world
• Visit the citadel that was built in the 12th century by mighty Salah el-Din and originally used as a fortress before it became the residence of the Sultans until 1850
• Stop at Mohammed Ali Mosque, also known as the Alabaster Mosque
• Enter the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, which houses the famous masks of Tutankhamen
• Enjoy an included lunch

Celebrate your trip with your fellow travelers at tonight’s farewell dinner.

Transfer to the airport to board your flight home. If you are continuing your tour in Jordan, fly to Amman today.