Tour Details
| Duration |
6 Days / 5 Nights |
|---|---|
| Tour Location |
Cairo / Luxor / Abu Simbel / Alexandria |
| Tour Type |
Daily Tour |
| Pickup |
Cairo Airport |
6 Day Cairo, Luxor, Abu Simbel & Alexandria Christmas Tour
This 6 day Christmas Egypt vacation covers Cairo, Luxor, Abu Simbel, and Alexandria in a single family-friendly overland itinerary built around the Christmas holiday window. Egypt's dedicated 6-day Christmas family tour covering 4 destinations, Cairo, Luxor, Abu Simbel, and Alexandria, timed for the Christmas holiday window. Travelers looking for more seasonal inspiration can also explore our curated Egypt Christmas & New Year Tours, featuring festive itineraries across the country.
The tour opens in Cairo with the Giza Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Valley Temple of Khafre, and the Grand Egyptian Museum on Days 1 and 2. Day 3 flies south to Aswan for a full day at Abu Simbel's rock-cut temples before continuing by overnight train to Luxor. Day 4 covers Luxor's West Bank Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon, then the East Bank's Karnak Temple Complex and Luxor Temple at sunset. Day 5 takes the group north to Alexandria for the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Greco-Roman Museum, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and the Roman Amphitheatre before returning to Cairo for a final overnight.
Why Book This Tour
- Egypt's dedicated 6-day Christmas family tour covering 4 destinations, timed for the Christmas holiday window
- A licensed Egyptologist guide operates every day of the tour
- All inter-city travel is by private air-conditioned vehicle
- Flexible itinerary with customizable hotels and sightseeing options
- Tripidays support is available throughout your journey
- Perfect Christmas travel weather with mild temperatures across Egypt
Included
- Meet and assist with the Tripidays representative at the airport
- All transfers by modern private air-conditioned vehicle
- Private Egyptologist guide for all touring days
- 3 nights accommodation in Cairo
- 1 night accommodation in Aswan
- 1 night accommodation in Luxor
- Flight Ticket (Cairo-Aswan) (Luxor-Cairo)
- First-class train ticket: Aswan to Luxor
- Entrance fees to all attractions mentioned in the Itinerary
- Meals are provided as mentioned in the itinerary
- One Bottled water throughout touring days
- All applicable taxes and service charges
- Our assistance during your stay
Excluded
- International flights to and from Cairo.
- Personal expenses (souvenirs, extra meals, etc.)
- Tips for guides and drivers.
- Travel Insurance.
- Egypt Entry Visa.
- Any activities not named in the itinerary.
Highlights
Giza Attractions
- Giza Pyramids
- The Sphinx
- The Valley Temple
- The Grand Egyptian Museum
Aswan Attractions
- Abu Simbel Temples
Luxor Attractions
- Valley of the Kings
- Temple of Hatshepsut
- Colossi of Memnon
- Karnak Temple
- Luxor Temple
Alexandria Attractions
- Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
- Greco-Roman Museum
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- The Roman Amphitheatre
Itinerary

Your Tripidays representative meets you at Cairo International Airport and transfers the family by private air-conditioned vehicle to your hotel. Tonight marks the start of this 6 day Christmas in Egypt vacation with an evening on the Nile.

Nile Dinner Cruise
You'll board a river dinner boat as Cairo lights up along both banks, sitting down to a buffet dinner with live traditional music playing through the evening. The Nile after dark looks nothing like it does from the road; the skyline flattens out, the bridges glow, and the city feels larger than it did on the drive from the airport.

Meals
Dinner

An early private vehicle transfer to Giza starts the day; from central Cairo, the trip to the Giza plateau takes roughly 2 hours. After the GEM, your group transfers directly to Cairo Airport for the evening flight south. You'll land in Aswan, check into your hotel, and settle in for an early night.

Giza Pyramids
You'll stand at the base looking up at the Great Pyramid of Khufu and understand immediately why every photo undersells the scale. Your guide will walk you across the plateau between all three pyramids, Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, pointing out how precisely each is aligned to cardinal north, a margin of error so small that modern engineers still debate the method.

The Valley Temple
Step through granite doorways into a structure that predates the pyramids visible behind it. You'll move between massive monolithic columns cut from single blocks of Aswan granite 100 tonnes each in a hall that once held 23 life-size statues of Khafre during the embalming rituals that preceded his burial.

The Sphinx
Your guide will position you at the lower viewing terrace where the Sphinx fills the frame without the pyramids competing behind it. At 73 metres long and carved from a single limestone outcrop, the scale becomes real only when you notice the people walking along the base; they disappear beside the paws.

Grand Egyptian Museum
End the day at the breathtaking Grand Egyptian Museum, home to over 100,000 artifacts, including the complete treasures of King Tutankhamun. This modern museum offers interactive displays that kids and parents will both love.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch

Wake up early for breakfast boxes prepared by the hotel, then transfer to Aswan Airport for the short flight to Abu Simbel. This is the day that anchors the entire 6 day Christmas vacation in Egypt. Abu Simbel is the reason no other Tripidays 6-day package matches this route.

Abu Simbel Temples
You'll arrive at the forecourt as the sun climbs above Lake Nasser, the two temples carved into the sandstone cliff lit from the east. Your guide will take you inside the Great Temple first, where four seated colossi of Ramses II guard the entrance at 20 metres each; the inner sanctuary was engineered so that sunlight reaches the back wall statues of Amun-Ra and Ra-Horakhty on exactly two dates each year, October 22nd and February 22nd.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch

Overnight train from Aswan delivers the group to Luxor West Bank by morning. This full-day program is the densest in the 6 day Christmas Egypt vacation itinerary, with six monuments across both banks.

Valley of the Kings
You'll descend into tombs cut 60 to 90 metres into the limestone hills of the West Bank, walking corridors painted in colours that have not faded in over 3,000 years. Your ticket covers three tombs of your guide's selection; if Tutankhamun's tomb is on the list, note that his burial chamber is the smallest in the valley.

Hatshepsut Temple
Visit the elegant Hatshepsut Temple, a stunning masterpiece carved into the cliffs of Deir El-Bahari. Built to honor one of Egypt’s most powerful female pharaohs, this beautifully designed temple impresses families with its terraces, columns, and stories of leadership, trade, and ancient innovation.

Colossi of Memnon
You'll pull off beside two seated quartzite statues of Amenhotep III, each at 18 metres, standing in an open field with no modern structure around them. They once guarded the entrance to the largest mortuary temple ever built in Egypt, now entirely gone, swallowed by the Nile floods across two millennia.

Karnak Temple
Explore the massive Karnak Temple Complex, the largest religious site ever built. Walk beneath the towering columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall and uncover stories of powerful pharaohs and sacred rituals.

Luxor Temple
End your day at the enchanting Luxor Temple at sunset, beautifully illuminated as the sun sets. During the Christmas season, the glowing columns and ancient statues create a magical evening atmosphere perfect for family photos and quiet moments of wonder as history comes alive under the night sky.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch

Private vehicle northwest from Cairo to Alexandria, roughly two and a half hours. Alexandria operates as a distinct day inside this Christmas Egypt tour 6-day itinerary: different architecture, different climate, different history entirely.

Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
You'll descend three levels underground into a burial complex where Egyptian, Greek, and Roman funerary traditions merged in the 2nd century CE. The main rotunda is carved with Medusa shields alongside anubis-headed Roman soldiers, a combination that exists nowhere else in the ancient world.

Greco-Roman Museum
Your guide will walk you through 40,000 objects spanning seven centuries of Alexandria's cosmopolitan history, from Ptolemaic coins to Roman portrait mummies with painted faces. The painted mummy portraits are the closest surviving equivalent to ancient personal photography — individual faces, not idealised types.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
You'll enter the modern library built on the approximate site of the ancient Library of Alexandria, the largest in the ancient world before its destruction. The reading rooms hold 8 million books; the exterior wall is inscribed with letters from every writing system on earth.

The Roman Amphitheatre
Stand on marble seating that has been in place since the 2nd century CE, the only intact Roman theatre ever excavated in Egypt. The stage area is still visible; the acoustics were engineered so a speaker at the centre can be heard from the back row without amplification.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch

Final breakfast at the hotel and private vehicle transfer to Cairo International Airport. Departure assistance provided.

Meals
Breakfast
* You can let us know if you'd like to customize your tour itinerary to meet your needs. We value your input and aim to accommodate your requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
The package covers airport assistance, 5 nights in 4-star-or-above hotels across Cairo (3 nights), Aswan (1 night), and Luxor (1 night), a private Egyptologist guide every day, both domestic flights, the overnight first-class train from Aswan to Luxor, entrance fees to all 14 attractions in the itinerary, daily breakfast, touring lunches, and the Day 1 evening Nile dinner boat.
Abu Simbel is a pair of rock-cut temples in southern Egypt built by Ramses II around 1264 BCE, relocated in the 1960s to save them from rising Lake Nasser floodwaters, one of the largest archaeological rescue operations ever undertaken. It is included as a full dedicated day on this Christmas Egypt tour because the December light and lower visitor numbers make it one of the most photogenic times to visit. For a tour built around all four of Egypt's major destinations, including Aswan, see the Grand Egypt Overland Package.
Yes, two domestic flights are included: Cairo to Aswan on Day 2 evening, and Luxor to Cairo on Day 4 evening. Both are booked and confirmed as part of the package.
Yes, the pace, hotel choices, private guiding, and pre-scheduled early starts at each site are all structured with families in mind. The Grand Egyptian Museum's interactive displays and the Luxor tomb visits engage children directly, and December temperatures across all four cities average 18–26°C, making full days outdoors manageable for all ages.
No other Tripidays 6-day package puts Abu Simbel and Alexandria in the same itinerary. This is Egypt's dedicated 6-day Christmas family tour covering Cairo, Luxor, Abu Simbel, and Alexandria in a single route timed for the Christmas holiday window. If you’re travelling solo and want built-in safety, female-friendly guides, secure hotels, and a dedicated briefing, our 6 Day Solo Female Egypt Tour has everything included as standard.
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1510
- 5 - 8 Pax $1220
- 9 - 16 Pax $1180
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- 9 - 16 Pax $1140
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- 5 - 8 Pax $1270
- 9 - 16 Pax $1230
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1600
- 5 - 8 Pax $1310
- 9 - 16 Pax $1270
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- 5 -8 Pax $1370
- 9 - 16 Pax $1320
- Solo $2490
- 2- 4 Pax $1580
- 5 - 8 Pax $1300
- 9 - 16 Pax $1250
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1680
- 5 - 8 Pax $1400
- 9 - 16 Pax $1350
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1840
- 5 - 8 Pax $1550
- 9 - 16 Pax $1500
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1870
- 5 - 8 Pax $1580
- 9 - 16 Pax $1540
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1650
- 5 - 8 Pax $1370
- 9 - 16 Pax $1330
- Solo $3020
- 2 - 4 Pax $1860
- 5 - 8 Pax $1570
- 9 - 16 $1530
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- 2 - 4 Pax $2040
- 5 - 8 Pax $1750
- 9 - 16 Pax $1700
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- 2 - 4 Pax $3080
- 5 - 8 Pax $2780
- 9 - 16 Pax $2730
- Solo $4380
- 2 - 4 Pax $2540
- 5 - 8 Pax $2250
- 9 - 16 Pax $2210
- Solo $6120
- 2 - 4 Pax $3420
- 5 - 8 Pax $3120
- 9 -16 Pax $3070
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- 2 - 4 Pax $3590
- 5 - 8 Pax $3280
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