Cairo, Alexandria & Luxor Visit And Nile River Cruise

Arrive at Cairo airport and meet your representative who will be there holding the sign of Ramasside Tours. Transfer in an air-conditioned car to your hotel. Stay overnight in Cairo.

Have your breakfast and head for the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. On display in the museum is a rare collection of Egypt's 5,000 years of art, the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world. Included in the collection is an exhibit dedicated to Tutankhamun.

Head for the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerions next. Also see the Sphinx. Stay overnight in Cairo.

Transfer to the domestic airport after having your breakfast. Catch the plane to Aswan. Arrival and transfer to visit the High Dam and the Philae temple.

Transfer to the cruise and have your lunch while sailing on the River Nile. Sail to Kom Ombo. Have your afternoon tea. Visit the temple shared by the two gods, Sobek and Haroeris. Sail to Edfu and stay there overnight.

Have your breakfast on board. Visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu before sailing to Luxor. Have afternoon tea and dinner on board. Enjoy a galabya party. Stay overnight in Luxor.

Have your breakfast on board the cruise. Sail to the West Bank to visit the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Travel to the Necropolis of Thebes before heading for the Valley of the Kings, where you can see the tombs of kings belonging to various dynasties. A visit to the Temple of Deir el-Bahari is also on today's itinerary.

On the return journey, stop at the Colossi of Memnon, which consists of two gigantic statues representing Amenopis III facing the Nile, then visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. You are free in the afternoon.

Have your breakfast before disembarking from the cruise. Transfer to Luxor's airport and catch the flight back to Cairo. Transfer to your hotel upon reaching the Egyptian capital. Stay overnight in Cairo.

Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel after breakfast and drive you to Alexandria. Start the tour with the library of Alexandria, once the biggest and most important library in the world. Visit its open court and free museums. Please note that the library is closed on Fridays and on every public holiday. To enter the reading area you will need to purchase an extra ticket.

Then visit the site of the Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world on which now stands the castle of Qaitbey. Head for the royal garden of King Farouk (the last king in the history of Egypt) and see the royal palaces of Haramlek and Salamlek as well as the private beaches of the queens.

Continue your Alexandria tour with a visit to the biggest mosque in the city, the Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque, as well as the Alexandria Naval Unknown Soldier Memorial and the statue of Alexander the Great.

You can then stop for lunch if you want to (optional) before visiting the Church of St. Mark, which is also the oldest church in the continent, before driving along Alexandria Cornish (30km) to see the whole city.

Stop over the famous Stanley Bridge, the landmark of modern Alexandria, before visiting Alexandria's old town and taking a walk in its city centre, which was built by Alexander the Great.

Travel in comfort back to your hotel in Cairo. Alexandria has so much to explore that if you have time and want to add more to your itinerary, you are welcome to inform us about it. Stay overnight in Cairo.

Breakfast at the hotel our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities.