Eight days: four nights in Cairo for the pyramids and a free day, plus three nights on a five-star cruise from Aswan to Luxor.
A representative meets you at Cairo International Airport, handles the formalities and drives you to your hotel in a private, air-conditioned vehicle. The rest of the day is free.
A privately guided day beginning on the Giza Plateau with the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos, the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple. The afternoon is spent among the collections of the Egyptian Museum.
Breakfast, check out, and a short flight to Aswan. You are met and taken to Philae Temple, built for the goddess Isis and moved stone by stone to Agilkia Island when the dam threatened to submerge it, then on to the Aswan High Dam itself. Afterwards you board your cruise.
Breakfast on board as the boat sails to Kom Ombo, a twin temple divided between Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus the Elder — everything doubled and mirrored down the middle. You continue on to Edfu.
You disembark at Luxor for the West Bank. The Valley of the Kings comes first, where generations of pharaohs including Tutankhamun were buried, then the terraced Temple of Hatshepsut at El-Deir El-Bahari, and a stop at the Colossi of Memnon.
The morning covers Luxor's East Bank: Karnak, an enormous complex of towering columns, sacred lakes and sanctuaries built up over centuries, and then Luxor Temple. Afterwards you fly back to Cairo.
A full day at your own pace — more of the city, shopping in Khan al-Khalili, or nothing at all. Optional tours can be arranged on request.
Breakfast, check out, and a transfer to Cairo International Airport for your flight home.