Luxurious Egypt

including Dahabiya Sailboat

12 Days - 11 Nights

Highlights

• The Egyptian Museum (or the Grand Egyptian Museum, upon its opening)

• The Pyramids of Giza and The Sphinx

• Saqqara Pyramids

• Dahshur Pyramids

  Cruise Sightseeing:

• Karnak Temple

• Luxor Temple

• Hatsheput Temple

• Valley of Kings and Memnon

• Tomb of King Tutankhamun

• Tomb of Ramses VI

• Edfu Temple

• El Kab

• Jebal El Selsela

• Kom ombo Temple

• Aswan High Dam

• Philae Temple

Day by Day Itinerary

Day 1 Thursday: Arrival Egypt

Welcome to Egypt! Upon arrival to Cairo airport you’ll be met and assisted by Egypt Unlimited Tours representative at the Cairo airport, who will help you to go through the security area, luggage claim and customs. Then our representative will escorting you to your Hotel in Cairo.

Overnight Cairo Hotel: 5 star Luxury hotel.

Day 2 Friday: Giza Pyramids & The Sphinx

After breakfast Start your full day tour visiting Giza Pyramids: You will visit the pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, located on the outskirts of Cairo, and considered amongst the seven Wonders of the World. The Great Pyramids are over 4500 years old, and are massive in size, with some of the blocks weighing in excess of two and a half tons each.  

Camel Ride: No trip to Egypt would be complete without a camel ride at Giza Pyramids. so you will have an opportunity to mount your individual camel for a short ride across the sands of Giza to the Sphinx.

The Sphinx: Enter the temple of the mysterious Sphinx, an ancient figure shrouded in legend and mystery. Your Egyptologist will enthrall you with the tales told of this fascinating figure. Have lunch overlooking the Giza Plateau. Then Back to your hotel and overnight.

Overnight Cairo Luxury Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch

Day 3 Saturday: Fly to Luxor/ Karnak and Luxor Temples

After Breakfast. Take an early flight to Luxor. Upon arrival visit the temple of Karnak, the largest religious complex that was ever built for a god. The temple is dedicated to the god Amon Ra, the chief creator god in Ancient Egypt. After Lunch transfer to check in your LUXURY hotel in Luxor. Evening time a visit to the Luxor temple that was predominantly built by Pharaoh Ramses the second. back to your hotel and overnight.

Overnight Luxor Luxury Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch

Day 4 Sunday: Dendara Temple

After Breakfast at Luxor hotel. Drive to visit Dendara Temple. It is one of the best-preserved temple complexes in Egypt and contains the Temple of Hathor. Drive back to Luxor and having Lunch in Sofra Restaurant. back to the hotel and overnight.

Overnight Luxor Luxury Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch

Day 5 Monday: Valley of the Kings / Private Dahabiya Sailboat

Check-out and start the day by visiting the Valley of the Kings, hidden behind the mountains on the west bank of the Nile. Enter the tomb of King Tutankhamun and stand face to face in front of his Mummy. Also, your tour will include an access to Ramses VI, one of the most colorful tombs at the King's Valley. Afterwards a visit to the temple of Hatshepsut, the only female Pharaoh who dressed and ruled Egypt like a king. Have a photo stop by the huge colossi of Memnon. Then drive to Esna to check-in your Private sailing boat on the Nile upon arrival set sailing till the night.  Overnight Dahabiya

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

Day 6 Tuesday: Dahabiya Sailboat 

After breakfast sail to El kab to visit the governor's tombs of the ancient city, have  lunch as you are sailing up the Nile then visit the temple of Horus at Edfu, the most intact temple from the ancient world. set sailing again up the Nile and enjoy a barbecue dinner on the bank of the river.  Overnight Dahabiya

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

Day 7 Wednesday: Dahabiya sailboat 

Breakfast while sailing to el Ramadi , the old village of fishermen on the nile. stop there and walk around the village to learn more about the local culture away from all the crowds.  Sail to visit Jabal el Selesla a unique site to see the place where all the sandstone of Egypt was quarried from. Visit the chapel of Hormoheb over 3200 years old. Set sailing to Kom Ombo. Overnight Dahabiya

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

Day 8 Thursday: Dahabiya Sailboat 

After Breakfast, Visit Kom Ombo Temple dedicated to the crocodile and the falcon gods. Visit the Crocodile Mummification Museum to see crocodile mummies that are thousands of years old. set sailing one more time to Aswan and upon arrival visit the island of Philae and the temple of Isis, the goddess of love and passion in ancient Egypt.

Overnight Dahabiya

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

Day 9 Friday: Aswan/ Cairo 

After breakfast on-board, Disembark your Nile Dahabyia and fly back to Cairo, have a day at leisure to enjoy the facilities of your hotel.

Overnight Cairo Luxury Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast

Day 10 Saturday: Saqqara and Dahshur Pyramids

After Breakfast. Start your day by visiting Saqqara, the necropolis of Memphis and home of the Step Pyramid, the first limestone structure that was ever built. Explore its 4350 year old colored tombs. Go inside a pyramid and see the ancient Hieroglyphics engraved on its walls thousands of years ago. Your tour will include a special entry to one of the recent discovered tombs in Saqqara. Have lunch in a local restaurant then visit the Bent and Red pyramids of Dahshur in the middle of nowhere so you get to experience the way how all the pyramids of Egypt used to look like.  

Overnight Cairo Luxury Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch

Day 11 Sunday: The Grand Egyptian Museum / Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali

After Breakfast we will visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, the largest museum in the world for one single civilization. You will stand face-to-face with the Golden Mask of the boy King Tutankhamun. You will be dazzled with the amount of treasures and artifacts that this museum holds. Afterwards a visit to the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali. Situated on the summit of a centuries-old citadel, this is a fine example of an Ottoman-era mosque. Lunch in one of the best Local restaurant in Cairo. Wrap up the day by walking through old Islamic Cairo; walk in El Muizz Street which has the greatest concentration of medieval architectural treasures in the Islamic world; explore the winding alleyways of the famous Khan El Khalili market, the major souk in the Islamic Cairo district. Back to your hotel and overnight.

Overnight Cairo Luxury Hotel

Meals included: Breakfast / Lunch

Day 12 Monday: Final Departure

After breakfast transfer to Cairo Airport to the final Departure with Unforgettable Memories.

Meals included: Breakfast

What is included in the tour:

o   Meet and Assist by our representatives at all Airports.

o   Private Luxury air-conditioned vehicles throughout.

o   All Airport Transfers as mentioned.

o   Baggage Transfer.

o   5 Night's accommodation in 5* Luxury Hotel in Cairo based on B/B.

o   4 Night's accommodation in 5* Luxury Dahabiya Sailboat based on Full Board.

o   2 Night's accommodation in 5* Luxury Hotel in Luxor based on B/B.

o   Domestic flight tickets Cairo to Luxor and Aswan to Cairo.

o   Entrance Fees to all the sites mentioned in our above itinerary.

o   All meals as mentioned per day.

o   Service of an Egyptologist guide on a private tour throughout your trip.

o   Unlimited Bottles of water during the sightseeing and meals.

o   24 hour "Emergency" Hotline.

o   All Taxes and VAT

What is NOT included in the tour:

o   International Flight Ticket from home.

o   Entry visa to Egypt USD25.

o   Any extra meals or drinks that is not mentioned in the itinerary .

o   Travel Insurance.

o   Items of Personal nature (Laundry, Phone Calls, Service Charges…)

o   Gratuities/Tipping.