Eight days covering the essentials: Cairo and the Pyramids of Giza, a five-star boat from Aswan to Luxor, and a free last day in Cairo.
A representative meets you at Cairo International Airport, handles the formalities and transfers you to your hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle. After check-in the rest of the day is yours.
A privately guided morning at the Great Pyramids of Giza — Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos — with the Sphinx and the Valley Temple below them. A traditional Egyptian lunch at a local restaurant, then the Egyptian Museum of Cairo in the afternoon, and the antiquities that have been arriving there for over a century.
Breakfast on board as the boat sails to Kom Ombo, a twin sanctuary built for Sobek and Horus the Elder with a mirrored half for each. On to Edfu, where a horse-drawn carriage takes you from the mooring to the Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved in Egypt. Dinner back on board.
You leave the boat at Luxor for the West Bank. The Valley of the Kings first, the burial place of pharaohs including Tutankhamun, then the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Afterwards you check out of the cruise and transfer to a hotel in Luxor.
The Karnak Temple Complex after breakfast, with its colossal columns and sacred halls, then Luxor Temple in the middle of town. A transfer to Luxor Airport in the afternoon and a flight to Cairo, where you check in for a free evening.
Nothing scheduled. Khan El Khalili Bazaar is the obvious use of it, and the easiest place in the city to find something worth taking home. Optional tours can be arranged on request.
Breakfast and check-out, then a representative accompanies you to Cairo International Airport for your flight home.