Six days in Cairo and Luxor: the pyramids, both museums and Khan El Khalili, then Karnak, a hot air balloon at sunrise and the Valley of the Kings.
A representative meets you as you land at Cairo International Airport, helps with the formalities and transfers you to your hotel. The rest of the day is for settling in.
After breakfast you meet your Egyptologist guide and head to the Pyramids of Giza — the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the Pyramid of Chephren and the smaller Pyramid of Mykerinus — then stand in front of the Sphinx and visit the Valley Temple beside it. The Grand Egyptian Museum follows.
A transfer to Cairo Airport and the flight to Luxor, going straight into the East Bank on arrival: the enormous Karnak complex, with its pylons, sanctuaries and forest of columns, and then Luxor Temple.
An early start for a hot air balloon over Luxor, which is the best way there is to understand the geography — the green strip, the desert, and the tombs and temples scattered between them. After landing you explore the West Bank, starting in the Valley of the Kings where Egypt's most powerful rulers were laid to rest, then the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut and the towering Colossi of Memnon, before transferring to Luxor Airport for the flight back to Cairo.
One last Egyptian breakfast, then a transfer to Cairo International Airport for your departure.