7 Day Overland Cairo, Luxor, Aswan & Abu Simbel Tour

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Duration
7 Days / 6 Nights
Tour Location
Cairo / Luxor / Kom Ombo / Edfu / Aswan / Abu Simbel
Tour Type
Daily Tour
Pickup
Cairo Airport or Your Hotel

7 Day Cairo and Upper Egypt Overland Tour

This 7-day Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel overland tour covers six destinations across Egypt in a single private itinerary: Cairo, Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan, and Abu Simbel. All travel is by domestic flight and private road transfer — no ship schedules involved. It delivers the highest temple density of any overland tour in the portfolio, with Karnak, Luxor Temple, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and Abu Simbel all visited within 7 days.

Day 1 is an arrival day in Cairo with an evening Nile dinner. Day 2 covers the Giza Pyramids Complex, the Great Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Valley Temple of Khafre, and the Grand Egyptian Museum before an evening flight to Luxor. Day 3 visits the West Bank (Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon), then the East Bank (Karnak Temple Complex and Luxor Temple).

Why Book This Tour

  • One of the few overland Egypt tours that combine Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Abu Simbel
  • Carefully curated itinerary that covers all the must see sites
  • Six named temple sites in one itinerary
  • Travel with the same private Egyptologist guide throughout your journey
  • Includes domestic flights and private transfers, maximising sightseeing time
  • Private Abu Simbel excursion from Aswan for a more flexible
  • Fully customizable itinerary with 24/7 Tripidays support before and during your trip
  • Affordable prices without compromising on quality or service

Included

  • Meet and assist with the Tripidays representative at the airport
  • Private licensed Egyptologist guide across all sightseeing days
  • All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
  • Domestic flight, Cairo to Luxor
  • Domestic flight, Aswan to Cairo
  • 2 nights in a Cairo hotel
  • 2 nights in a Luxor hotel
  • 2 nights in an Aswan hotel
  • Entrance fees to all attractions listed in the itinerary
  • Motorboat transfer to Philae Temple
  • One bottled water throughout all touring days
  • All applicable taxes and service charges

Excluded

  • International flights to Egypt.
  • Personal expenses (souvenirs, extra meals, etc.)
  • Tips for guides and drivers.
  • Travel Insurance.
  • Egypt Entry Visa.
  • Optional upgrades not listed in the itinerary.

Highlights

Cairo Attractions

  • Pyramids of Giza
  • Valley of Khafre Temple
  • The Great Sphinx
  • Grand Egyptian Museum

Luxor Attractions

  • Valley of the Kings
  • Hatshepsut Temple
  • Colossi of Memnon
  • Karnak Temple
  • Luxor Temple

Aswan Attractions

  • Edfu Temple
  • Kom Ombo Temple
  • High Dam
  • The Unfinished Obelisk
  • Philae Temple

Abu Simbel Attractions

  • Temple of Ramses II
  • Temple of Queen Nefertari

Itinerary

  • Day 1: Cairo Arrival and Nile Dinner

    Your Tripidays representative meets you at Cairo International Airport, handles all arrival formalities, and transfers you by private air-conditioned vehicle to your 5-star hotel in Cairo.

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    Nile Dinner Cruise

    As evening falls, drift along the Nile on a magical dinner cruise. The reflections of Cairo’s skyline shimmer on the water while you enjoy live entertainment and local cuisine, the perfect first chapter of your adventure.


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    Meals

    Dinner 

  • Day 2: Cairo Pyramids and Flight to Luxor

    After breakfast, your Egyptologist guide picks you up for a full day on the Giza Plateau, then transfers you to Cairo Airport for the evening flight to Luxor. All travel today is by private vehicle and domestic flight.

    The Great Pyramids 

    Stand in front of one of the seven wonders of the world, the iconic Giza Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, everlasting symbols of power and genius. Your expert guide brings their mysteries to life with stories of kings, workers, and myths.

    The Great Sphinx 

    You approach the Sphinx from the east, the direction it has faced since it was carved, and the scale only registers when your guide is standing beside it. At 73 metres long and 20 metres high, it is the largest single-stone sculpture produced in the ancient world.

    Valley of Khafre Temples 

    Enter through the corridors of polished Aswan granite, and your guide will walk you into one of the oldest roofed structures still standing in Egypt. The T-shaped hall inside was where the purification rites of Khafre's mummification took place; the floor channels are still visible.

    Grand Egyptian Museum

    Your journey continues at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), home to the world’s largest Pharaonic collection, where ancient monuments and treasures meet modern storytelling, and where you can discover ancient Egyptian civilization.


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    Meals

    Breakfast and Lunch

  • Day 3: Luxor Overland  Temples & Tombs

    Your guide meets you at the hotel after breakfast for a full-day overland sweep of Luxor's West Bank then East Bank. All movement is by private vehicle — no ferry crossings on a timetable.

    Valley of the Kings 

    Your guide leads you down into three royal tombs cut directly into the limestone cliffs of the Theban hills, where painted ceilings and walls of hieroglyphic spells have survived 3,000 years underground. The colours in the deeper chambers are disorienting — vivid blues and ochres that look applied last season, not three millennia ago.

    Hatshepsut Temple 

    You approach along the processional causeway and the three-tiered façade rises out of the cliff face at Deir el-Bahari in a way that stops most visitors mid-sentence. Hatshepsut ruled as pharaoh for over two decades and commissioned this structure as her own mortuary monument — her statues line the upper terrace.

    Colossi of Memnon 

    Two seated figures of Amenhotep III rise 18 metres from the plain with nothing behind them — the mortuary temple they once guarded is long gone. Your guide will tell you why Greek and Roman travellers made the journey here just to hear them "sing" at dawn.

    Karnak Temple

    After lunch, continue to the East bank of Luxor and spend your afternoon exploring the monumental Karnak Temple complex. Walk through the grand halls, marvel at towering columns, and admire the intricate hieroglyphs that tell stories of ancient kings and gods.

    Luxor Temple 

    Continue to Luxor Temple, where history comes alive amid its magnificent architecture. Stroll along the beautifully preserved colonnades and the Avenue of Sphinxes, and feel the legacy of pharaohs echo through the centuries.


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    Meals

    Breakfast and Lunch

  • Day 4: Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan Arrival

    After breakfast and checkout, your driver heads south from Luxor on the desert road. Today covers two temple stops before you arrive in Aswan by private air-conditioned vehicle and check into your hotel, a tranquil retreat overlooking the Nile.

    Edfu Temple

    Edfu Temple 

    From the outside, the pylon towers look intact; step through the entrance gate and you are inside the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, with every chamber, corridor, and sanctuary still roofed. The walls record the mythological conflict between Horus and Set in such detail that Egyptologists reconstructed the entire narrative from this single building.

    Kom Ombo Temple

    Kom Ombo Temple 

    The double-entrance design is immediately visible when you arrive: the left axis belongs to Sobek, the crocodile god, the right to Haroeris, the falcon, and every relief, column, and offering table is precisely mirrored across the central axis. If you enjoy exploring multiple destinations in a single week, travelers often compare this route with our 7 day classic Egypt tour 6 cities.


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    Meals

    Breakfast and Lunch

  • Day 5: Abu Simbel Excursion

    Pick up your breakfast box and begin the desert journey early in the morning. You leave Aswan before dawn by private vehicle, driving south through the Nubian desert. The transfer takes roughly three hours each way, and the landscape shifts from cultivated Nile bank to open desert within the first 30 minutes.

    Abu Simbel Temples

    Four colossal seated figures of Ramses II, each 20 metres tall, are cut directly into the sandstone cliff face, and you walk between them to enter the inner sanctuary. In 1968, the entire structure was relocated 65 metres uphill and 200 metres back from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, a feat involving 30 nations, 2,000 engineers, and five years of work.


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    Meals

    Breakfast and Lunch

  • Day 6: Aswan Highlights and Flight to Cairo

    Your guide meets you after breakfast and checkout to visit Aswan's three major monuments, then transfers you to the airport for the evening flight back to Cairo. All movement today is by private vehicle and motorboat.

    High Dam Tour

    You stand on top of a structure that holds back Lake Nasser, one of the largest man-made reservoirs on earth, and your guide will explain how its completion in 1970 ended the annual Nile flood cycle that Egyptian agriculture had depended on for 5,000 years.

    The Unfinished Obelisk

    Still attached to the bedrock of the ancient granite quarry, this obelisk would have been the largest ever erected, 42 metres tall and weighing an estimated 1,200 tonnes if a crack had not appeared in the stone during cutting.

    Philae Temple 

    A short motorboat ride brings you to Agilkia Island, where the entire temple complex of Isis was relocated stone by stone between 1972 and 1980 before the rising waters of Lake Nasser submerged the original site.


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    Meals

    Breakfast and Lunch

  • Day 7: Departure

    After breakfast and checkout, your driver transfers you to Cairo International Airport. Your Tripidays representative assists with departure formalities.

Frequently Asked Questions

This package includes airport transfers, two domestic flights (Cairo to Luxor and Aswan to Cairo), 6 nights in 5-star hotels across Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan, daily breakfast and selected lunches, a private licensed Egyptologist guide across all sightseeing days, and entrance fees to every attraction in the itinerary — including the Grand Egyptian Museum, Valley of the Kings, Karnak Temple, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and Abu Simbel. All overland movement is by private air-conditioned vehicle throughout.

Abu Simbel is a pair of rock-cut temples in the Nubian desert south of Aswan — the Great Temple of Ramses II, fronted by four 20-metre colossal statues, and the smaller Temple of Queen Nefertari, the only Egyptian temple where a queen is depicted at the same scale as a pharaoh. The round trip from Aswan by private vehicle takes a full day, which is why this tour dedicates Day 5 entirely to the site rather than pairing it with other stops. Travelers weighing this itinerary against a fly-in alternative can also review the Nile cruise alternative Luxor to Aswan.

All movement between cities is by domestic flight or private air-conditioned vehicle. You fly from Cairo to Luxor on Day 2, travel by road from Luxor south through Edfu and Kom Ombo to Aswan on Day 4, drive to Abu Simbel and back on Day 5, and fly from Aswan to Cairo on Day 6. There is no shared coach, no group departure timing, and no fixed schedule beyond your own itinerary.

Yes, the itinerary is built specifically around the sites that first-time visitors most want to see, sequenced so that Cairo's monuments come first and the Nubian temples close the trip. Your private Egyptologist guide provides context across all six destinations, and all logistics flights, transfers, entrance fees, and accommodation are handled before you arrive.

Yes, all domestic flights from Cairo to Luxor and from Aswan back to Cairo are included, ensuring convenience and maximum sightseeing time.

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From Jan 2026 to Apr 2026
  • Solo $2800
  • 2 - 4 Pax $1805
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1470
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1420
From May 2026 to Sep 2026
  • Solo $2660
  • 2 - 4 Pax $1705
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1385
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1340
From Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
  • Solo $2925
  • 2 - 4 Pax $1870
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1540
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1485
Xmas 21 Dec - 7 Jan Easter 29 Mar - 11 Apr
  • Solo $3035
  • 2 - 4 Pax $1925
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1595
  • 9 -16 Pax $1540
Cairo : Cleopatra Hotel – Cosmopolitan Hotel – Pyramids Park Resort or similar
Aswan : Citymax – Basma or similar
From Jan 2026 to Apr 2026
  • Solo $3175
  • 2 - 4 Pax $2000
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1670
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1615
From May 2026 to Sep 2026
  • Solo $2980
  • 2 - 4 Pax $1880
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1560
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1505
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  • Solo $3330
  • 2 - 4 Pax $2075
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1745
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1705
Xmas 21 Dec - 7 Jan Easter 29 Mar - 11 Apr
  • Solo $3715
  • 2 - 4 Pax $2285
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1955
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1900
Cairo : Hilton Pyramids Golf – Mövenpick Media City – Helnan Dreamland Hotel or similar
Aswan : Tolip Hotel Aswan or similar
From Jan 2026 to Apr 2026
  • Solo $3650
  • 2 - 4 Pax $2240
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1910
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1855
From May 2026 to Sep 2026
  • Solo $3155
  • 2 - 4 Pax $1965
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1650
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1595
From Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
  • Solo $3725
  • 2 - 4 Pax $2295
  • 5 - 8 Pax $1955
  • 9 - 16 Pax $1910
Xmas 21 Dec - 7 Jan Easter 29 Mar - 11 Apr
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  • 2 - 4 Pax $2540
  • 5 - 8 Pax $2200
  • 9 - 16 Pax $2145
Cairo : Hilton Heliopolis – Hyatt Regency – Triumph Luxury or similar
Aswan : The Zen Wellness Resort – Mövenpick Aswan or similar
From Jan 2026 to Apr 2026
  • Solo $6690
  • 2 - 4 Pax $3855
  • 5 - 8 Pax $3505
  • 9 - 16 Pax $3460
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  • Solo $5540
  • 2 - 4 Pax $3250
  • 5 - 8 Pax $2925
  • 9 - 16 Pax $2870
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  • 2 - 4 Pax $4310
  • 5 - 8 Pax $3955
  • 9 - 16 Pax $3910
Xmas 21 Dec - 7 Jan Easter 29 Mar - 11 Apr
  • Solo $8295
  • 2 - 4 Pax $4735
  • 5 - 8 Pax $4385
  • 9 - 16 Pax $4330
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