Our high-quality 12-day Nile cruise stays in Hurghada are designed for people who want to see and learn about some of Egypt’s most important ancient sites while relaxing in the sun. Visit the Pyramids, Sphinx, and other places in and around Cairo to start your trip. Then embark on a luxury sightseeing cruise from Aswan to Luxor. Transfer to Hurghada on the beautiful Red Sea coast, where you can relax by the water before heading back to Cairo to catch your flight back home. With our exquisite Nile cruises and accommodation packages, you can have the kind of vacation dreams are made of and do it in style from start to finish.
Your tour manager will meet you at Cairo International Airport when you arrive in Egypt for your Nile Cruise and Stay in Hurghada vacation package. They will then take you to the hotel where you will stay during the Cairo part of your trip. We only book our clients into 5-Star or 4-Star hotels, with a few exceptions in more remote parts of Egypt where such hotels might not exist. This ensures that you will be comfortable.
When you get to the hotel, your tour manager will check you in. Then, they will talk to you about your travel plans and confirm the times you will be picked up for your following tours. After this, you’ll be left alone to do whatever you want for the rest of the day.
Meals: Welcome Drink
Night Stay In Cairo
After breakfast, you will be picked up at the agreed-upon time and taken to see the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and the Valley Temple, which are all in the same ancient cemetery.
After your tour of the Giza Plateau, you will be taken to an excellent local restaurant for lunch. Then, you will go to the Sakkara necropolis to see more pyramids, including the Djoser Step Pyramid, the first pyramid ever built in Egypt.
After you’re done in Sakkara, you’ll go to Memphis, the capital of the Old Kingdom. You’ll also have time to look around the old cemetery and be driven back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay In Cairo
After breakfast, you’ll leave your hotel and be taken to the Egyptian Museum by your tour guide. This museum has the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world, and everything is found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Luxor. These artifacts are on display in a room called the “Treasures Room” that is set aside just for them. You can also visit the Mummies Room at the museum, but you’ll need to buy a ticket there.
After you go to the museum, you’ll go to an excellent local restaurant for lunch, then to the Cairo Citadel and the Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque.
Next, you’ll go to Coptic Cairo to see the Hanging Church of Cairo and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Your tour will end with a stop at the famous Khan el Khalili Bazaar, which has been around for hundreds of years.
In the evening, you’ll be driven to the Giza Railway Station and put on a sleeper train to Aswan. The next part of your trip to Egypt will be a cruise down the Nile to Luxor, which you’ll never forget.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay in Aswan
Enjoy your breakfast on the train. upon arrival to Aswan Train Station, our tour guide will meet you and take you to visit three famous landmarks in Aswan: the Aswan High Dam, the ancient Temple of Philae, and the vast unfinished Obelisk.
After your tour, return to your hotel for overnight.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Night Stay in Aswan Hotel
You’ll start your day early with a breakfast box at 4:30 am. You will board a modern air-conditioned vehicle for the excursion to the magnificent Ramses II temples at Abu Simbel, which usually takes around 3.5 hours.
After the tour, you will return to your Nile cruise.
Note: If you prefer to upgrade to a flight from Aswan to Abu Simbel, please let us know, as flights are subject to availability. A small additional fee is charged for upgrades.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
Today, you will have breakfast on board the cruise ship as it sails up the Nile to Kom Ombo. Our tour guide will take you to the magnificent Kom Ombo Temple, which was built for two gods: Sobek, the crocodile god, and Heroes, the falcon-headed god. When you finish the temple, you will return to the cruise ship and have lunch while sailing to Edfu to see the Temple of Horus.
This is the most well-preserved ancient temple in Egypt and is also known as the Temple of Horus. After this tour, you’ll return to the cruise ship in time for afternoon tea, and then the boat will sail back to Esna. Your cruise ship will spend the night in Esna, so you’ll also pay for the night on your Nile cruise there.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
Start your day with a delicious breakfast as the cruise ship sails along the Nile to Luxor. Once the boat arrives, our tour guide will take you to the West Bank of Luxor to see three excellent archaeological sites. Your first stop will be the Valley of the Kings, an ancient royal necropolis where more than 60 tombs have been found, including the tomb of Tutankhamun, which was found in 1922 and is still sealed and in good condition.
From here, our guide will take you to see the stunning tomb of Queen Hatshepsut, which was built in the 15th century BC by the same people who made the tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Your last stop for the day will be the Colossi of Memnon, which you’ll see on your way back to your cruise ship. On this night of your cruise, you will be staying in Luxor on the Nile.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Night Stay on Nile Cruise
Your cruise has ended along the Nile, so after a good breakfast on board the cruise ship, you will disembark and transfer to the east bank of Luxor to see two great archaeological sites: the Karnak temple complex and the well-preserved Luxor temple.
After you tour the East Bank of Luxor, you will be transferred to Hurghada for your stay there. The trip to Hurghada takes about three and a half hours. When you arrive in Hurghada, our tour guide will take you directly to the hotel where you will stay for the next three nights.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch-Dinner
Night Stay on Hurghada Hotel
Your trip down the Nile and your stay in Hurghada do not revolve around sightseeing, so these two days are dedicated to relaxing without worries on Egypt’s beautiful coast on the Red Sea. If you’d prefer to do something else, you can arrange for snorkeling, scuba diving, surfing, deep-sea fishing, and more. Our tour representative, who will also be in Hurghada, will be happy to assist you with anything you need.
Meals: Breakfast-Lunch- Dinner
Night Stay on Hurghada Hotel
Enjoy a good breakfast at your hotel each day, and then you will have time to yourself again. Later that day, at a time that you and our flight representative have agreed upon, he will meet you at the hotel and help you check out. After that, he will take you to the central bus station, where a first-class air-conditioned bus will take you to Cairo. This trip usually takes 6 hours.
When your bus arrives in Cairo, your tour guide will meet you and take you to the hotel where you will spend the last night of your trip to Egypt.
Meals: Breakfast
Start the day with another good breakfast. Your flight manager will get you to the hotel at the right time, help you check out, and then take you to Cairo International Airport for your flight out of Egypt.
Now that your Nile cruise trip and stay in Hurghada are over, we will bid you farewell and wish you a safe and happy journey back home.
Meals: Breakfast
Tipping is not included in any of our packages and is entirely up to the discretion of travelers. Although it is not mandatory, it is of great importance to the people who take care of you while traveling.
Extra personal expenses on the trip may include a food tour, alcoholic beverages, tipping, visa fees, recreational expenses, and other services not listed.
Following are the items with extra costs during the trek:
All our packages and tours of Egypt do not include entrance fees to special archaeological sites such as entering the pyramids from inside, the mummies’ room in Museum, or entering the Tutankhamun tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
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