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A tourist enjoying a Trip on a camel ride in the desert, with the majestic Giza Pyramids Complex in the background, a highlight of a Cairo and Hurghada Holiday Package.

Lit-up night view of the Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt, featuring colossal seated statues and tourists.

A wide, straight pathway lined with rows of Sphinx statues (the kebash Way), leading between the massive mud-brick pylons of the Karnak Temple under a bright blue sky.

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Close-up view of the Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background.

A breathtaking Aerial View of the three great Giza Pyramids Complex and Queen's pyramids, set in the desert sand with the sprawling city of Cairo visible in the distance.

Great Sphinx of Giza and ancient Egyptian pyramids towering under a bright blue sky in the historic Giza Necropolis.

A tour bus driving on a road near the two massive Giza Pyramids in the Egyptian desert.

View through the Valley Temple of Khafre gates to the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza.

A low-angle interior view showing the massive, square-cut Granite stone pillars within the Valley Temple of Khafre near the Great Sphinx at Giza, with a clear blue sky visible overhead.

Three massive Pharaonic Statues stand prominently inside the modern, light-filled hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum Giza (GEM).

The large, modern, brightly lit main hall of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, featuring a line of colossal ancient Egyptian statues, including seated and standing figures.

A modern Grand Egyptian Museum lobby featuring a colossal ancient Egyptian statue of a sphinx, tall inscribed columns.

Monumental statue of Pharaoh Ramses II displayed inside the modern Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

Interior atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) with a colossal statue and modern architectural design.

Colossal Stone Figures RamsesII As Osiris In The Karnak Temple Complex, viewed from a low angle against a blue sky, showcasing the ancient carvings.

The weathered stone statues and monumental pylons marking the entrance to the Ruins Of Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, under a clear blue sky.

A group of Tourists in Karnak Temple Luxor, relaxing and walking in the Hypostyle Hall amongst the enormous, sandstone columns carved with reliefs.

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The Karnak Temple Complex Avenue of Rams Upper Egypt, showing a long row of recumbent ram-headed sphinxes leading toward the massive pylons of the temple.

A beautiful sunset casts a warm glow on the towering obelisk and statues at the entrance of the Luxor Temple

A close-up view of the giant statues and columns at the entrance of the Luxor Temple, showcasing ancient Egyptian art and architecture.

Tourists walk through the vibrant, colorfully painted corridor of the Tomb of Ramesses III in the Valley of the Kings

A long hallway inside the tomb of Ramses III in the Valley of the Kings.

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A view Inside Valley of the Kings showing a burial chamber with brightly painted and well-preserved scenes and hieroglyphs on the walls and ceiling, including a large rectangular sarcophagus pit.

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Tourists walk towards the monumental, multi-tiered facade of the hatshepsut temple, built into the towering cliffs on the West Bank of Luxor.

A row of large, standing Osiride statues, depicting the pharaoh, lining the colonnade at the Osiris Statues At Temple Of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt.

Queen Hatshepsut Temple nestled dramatically beneath cliffs near the Valley of the Kings

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An aerial View of the two massive, seated statues known as the Colossi of Memnon in Luxor, Egypt, standing alongside a busy road.

A male Tourist taking photos in Dendara Temple, focusing his camera on the stunning, detailed relief carvings depicting ancient Egyptian figures and hieroglyphs on a temple wall.

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A wide view of the ancient, well-preserved façade of the Temple of Seti I Abydos Egypt, showing a long pathway leading to its pillared entrance under a blue sky.

A wide shot of the preserved facade of the Ancient Temple Abydos In Luxor, showing a broad courtyard with large stone blocks in the foreground and a colonnade in the background.

A low-angle shot of a row of thick, weathered Ancient Columns Of The Temple In Abydos, showing hieroglyphs carved into the sandstone surfaces.

The brightly decorated walls and ceiling of the Tomb of Nefertari decorated with colorful paintings in the Valley of the Queens, showing ancient Egyptian deities and hieroglyphs in rich detail.

The rocky, mountainous cliff face of the Valley of the Queens Luxor egypt, showing the entrance area to the tombs below the rough desert rock.

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The massive, towering exterior wall and entrance pylon of the Medinet Habu Mortuary Temple of Ramses III West Bank, with a single palm tree to the side and a clear blue sky above.

The impressive Column hall with reliefs and original colours in the death temple of Ramses III Medinet Habu, showing towering sandstone columns covered in detailed carvings and traces of ancient paint.

The colossal exterior walls of the View of the Medinet Habu Temple in Luxor, showing the side perspective of the ancient Egyptian structure against a clear blue sky.

A row of large, rock-cut statues of Ramesses III lining the entrance to the inner court at the Statues in the Court of the Temple of Medinet Habu in Luxor, Egypt.

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A wide View of Deir el-Medina ancient Egyptian village Luxor Egypt showing the extensive stone and mud-brick foundations of the homes of the workers who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

A wide Aerial view of Deir el-Medina Valley of the Workers, showing the extensive ruins of the ancient village nestled against the rugged desert cliffs of the Theban Necropolis.

A group of tourists approaches the massive, awe-inspiring entrance of the Edfu Temple in Egypt

The impressive Hypostyle Hall inside the Edfu Temple, featuring towering columns adorned with intricate carvings and illuminated by soft lighting.

Sunlit temple passage with steps flanked by ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs Edfu Temple interior

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The colossal entrance pylons of Edfu Temple, which is Dedicated to Horus God in Egypt, featuring massive carved reliefs and a central doorway.

The Kom Ombo Temple at sunset, with its columns and walls as seen from the Nile River, with palm trees and a sandy bank in the foreground.

A woman closely examining the detailed hieroglyphic carvings on a wall inside the Kom Ombo Temple.

The illuminated inner pathway of Kom Ombo Temple at Night, with tall, carved walls glowing brightly under warm lighting in Egypt.

The ancient Kom Ombo Temple is seen from the Nile River at sunset, with its columns and walls.

The impressive facade of the Temple Of Queen Nefertari Abu Simbel Egypt, featuring carved colossal statues of Nefertari and Ramses II, built into the sandstone cliff.

The dimly lit interior of The Large Hall Of The Temple Of Hathor At Abu Simbel, showing large columns, carved walls, and a wooden pathway leading deeper into the temple.

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A towering Osiride pillar statue of Ramesses II deep Inside The Great Ancient Egyptian Temple Of Ramses II At Abu Simbel, illuminated by interior light and surrounded by carved wall reliefs.

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The impressive interior of the Inside The Great Temple Of Ramses II At Abu Simbel, showing large rock-cut statues of Ramesses II lining the hypostyle hall.

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The modern entrance of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) building with a water feature and clear blue sky.

The interior of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) with a large circular display featuring illuminated ancient Egyptian symbols and hieroglyphs.

A bronze bust of Khedive Ismail on display within a modern, well-lit gallery of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization Cairo.

Tourists viewing an elaborately painted ancient Egyptian sarcophagus at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo.

An ancient Egyptian sarcophagus with vibrant patterns and hieroglyphs is showcased in a glass case at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

A Sideview Of Citadel Salah Eldin in Cairo, showing the massive, round-towered fortress walls towering over a lush green garden area with palm trees.

The majestic Mosque of Mohamed Ali within the historic Citadel of Salah El Din, a prominent landmark in Cairo.

The grand stone facade of the Al-Rifai Mosque, showing its monumental entrance and exterior walls against a blue sky, surrounded by palm trees and a small park.

The richly decorated interior of the Inside Al-Rifai Mosque Cairo, showing the tombs of the royal family, ornate marble walls, and plush carpets.

The massive exterior, central dome, and minarets of the mosque madrassa of sultan hassan Cairo at sunset, showcasing its Mamluk architectural grandeur.

The richly adorned Qibla wall and Mihrab Inside Sultan Hassan Mosque in Islamic cairo, showing the dramatic vaulted ceiling, intricate colored marble panels, and hanging glass lamps.

Al Muizz Street in Old Cairo at night, illuminated by yellow streetlights, with historic buildings.

Historic Islamic architecture and dome of a mosque complex on the famous Al-Muizz Street in Cairo.

Night view of the historic Al-Muizz Street in Cairo, illuminated by warm street lights and showcasing ancient Islamic architecture.

A colorful, arched alleyway of the Khan El Khalili Bazaar Cairo Egypt, with shops overflowing with metallic lamps, glass, and ceramic artisan goods.

A woman strolls through Cairo's lively Khan El Khalili Bazaar, surrounded by vibrant stalls of lamps, textiles, and traditional goods.

Tour Details

Duration	11 Days / 10 Nights
Tour Location	Cairo / Luxor / Dendera / Abydos / Aswan / Abu Simbel
Tour Type	Daily Tour
Pickup	Cairo Airport

Overview

11-Day Classic Egypt Fly-Cruise: Abu Simbel, Dendera & Abydos

This 11-day classic Egypt tour covers Cairo, Luxor, Dendera, Abydos, Aswan, and Abu Simbel across a fly-and-cruise format: a domestic flight takes you directly to Luxor on Day 3, and the Nile Cruise then travels south through Edfu and Kom Ombo to Aswan. It is the only tour in the portfolio to include Abu Simbel as a guaranteed itinerary day and to combine that with the exclusive temples of Dendera and Abydos.

Day 1 opens in Cairo with an evening Nile Dinner Cruise. Day 2 covers the Giza Pyramids Complex, the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, the Valley Temple, and the Grand Egyptian Museum. Day 3 flies to Luxor for Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. Day 4 visits Dendera Temple and Abydos Temple before boarding the Nile Cruise. Day 5 crosses to the West Bank for the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon.

Why Book This Tour

More Than a Nile Cruise, More Than a Temple Tour

The only 11-day fly and cruise with Abu Simbel is guaranteed
Abu Simbel is included as a confirmed day — never an optional upgrade
Licensed guide on every touring day from arrival to departure
Dendera and Abydos — exclusive temples
Four nights on board, sailing with the current rather than against it
Four nights in Cairo, two nights in Luxor
Two domestic flights are included
Modern air-conditioned vehicles for all ground transport
Tripidays representative available from arrival to departure
Itinerary customisable on request

Only on this route

Most Nile cruise itineraries treat Abu Simbel as an optional add-on and skip Dendera and Abydos entirely the southbound route from Aswan simply doesn't pass them. This tour flies to Luxor first, visits Dendera and Abydos before boarding, then cruises south to reach Abu Simbel on Day 8 as a confirmed included stop.

What You Get

Inclusion & Exclusion

Included

Airport meet-and-assist on arrival and departure by Tripidays
4 nights in a Cairo hotel
2 nights in a Luxor hotel
4 nights on a Nile Cruise
Domestic flight: Cairo to Luxor
Domestic flight: Aswan to Cairo
Private licensed Egyptologist guide on all touring days
All transfers by modern private air-conditioned vehicles
Entrance fees to all attractions in the itinerary
Meals as specified in the itinerary
One bottled water during all touring days
All applicable taxes and service charges

Excluded

International flights to and from Egypt
Egypt entry visa
Travel insurance
Personal expenses (souvenirs, extra meals, etc.)
Tips and gratuities for guides and drivers
Optional Felucca ride or sunset sailing in Aswan
Optional camel ride at the Giza Plateau

What You See

Highlights

Giza Attractions

Pyramids of Giza
Sphinx of Giza
The Valley Temple
Grand Egyptian Museum

Cairo Attractions

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Salah El Din Citadel
El Refaay Mosque
El Sultan Hassan Mosque
Al Muizz Street
Khan El-Khalili Bazaar

Luxor Attractions

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

Luxor Attractions

Valley of the Queens
Habu Temple
Deir El Medina
Dendera Temple
Abydos Temple

Aswan Attractions

Edfu Temple
Kom Ombo Temple
Abu Simbel Temples
Aswan High Dam
Philae Temple
Unfinished Obelisk

Day by Day

Itinerary

Arc I · Cairo Foundations
Pyramids, Sphinx, and the GEM — ancient Egypt at scale
Your Tripidays representative meets you at Cairo Airport, handles your transfer, and gets you checked in without delay — the rest of Day 1 is yours to decompress before the itinerary begins in earnest.
Nile Dinner Cruise
You'll board a lit-up vessel as Cairo's skyline slides past on both banks, close enough to feel the city before you've seen a single temple. The evening runs traditional Egyptian music and a folkloric show alongside a full dinner it's the one night on this tour where Egypt comes to you.

Meals
Dinner
After breakfast, your Egyptologist guide picks you up and drives directly to the plateau — no city traffic once you're there, just the three pyramids appearing ahead of you as the road opens up.
The Great Giza Pyramids
You'll stand at the base of Khufu's pyramid and look straight up a surface that rises 138 metres at an angle that makes your eye lose its footing. Each of the 2.3 million stones was placed without a crane, a wheel, or iron tools — a fact your guide will return to more than once.
The Valley Temple
Your guide walks you through one of the best-preserved Old Kingdom structures on the plateau, where the granite walls still carry the weight and precision of a builder's culture at its peak. This is where purification rites for the pharaoh's body took place before the journey to the pyramid above.
The Sphinx
You'll come around the corner of the enclosure, and the scale of it stops most people mid-step — 73 metres long, carved from a single limestone ridge, wearing the face of a king whose identity still divides Egyptologists. Your guide will show you the Dream Stele standing between its paws, placed there by Thutmose IV 3,400 years ago.
Grand Egyptian Museum
You'll spend the afternoon in the world's largest archaeological museum, purpose-built for a collection that outgrew the old Cairo Museum decades ago. The full treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb are here — 5,000 objects displayed together for the first time since they were excavated in 1922.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch
Arc II · Luxor and the Temples
East Bank, West Bank, Dendera and Abydos before the cruise boards
After breakfast, you check out and transfer to Cairo Airport for the short domestic flight south. Luxor arrives in under an hour; your guide meets you on the other side.
Karnak Temple
Your guide will walk you into the Great Hypostyle Hall, where 134 columns rise so close together the sky almost disappears above you. The complex took more than 2,000 years and 30 successive pharaohs to build — you're standing inside the largest religious structure ever raised on earth.
Luxor Temple
You'll enter through the Avenue of Sphinxes as the late afternoon light hits the pylon faces, and the scale of the entrance statues becomes clear only when people walk past them. Ramses II built the façade, but Alexander the Great added his own sanctuary inside — two conquerors, one temple, 1,500 years apart.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch
After breakfast, you check out of the Luxor hotel and drive north — this is the day that separates this classic Egypt tour from every other Nile itinerary operating in the same price range. After the visits, return to Luxor and board your Nile cruise.
Dendera Temple
You'll step into the hypostyle hall and look up at a ceiling covered in astronomical charts that map the Egyptian zodiac, the lunar calendar, and the movements of planets observed 2,000 years ago. The colours in the inner sanctuary are among the most intact in Egypt — the temple was buried under sand for centuries, which is the only reason they survived.
Abydos Temple
Your guide will take you to the wall that holds the King List — a carved register of 76 pharaohs in sequence, the closest thing ancient Egypt produced to an official dynasty record. If you want a cruise that extends north to the Mediterranean instead, you can add Alexandria to your Egypt cruise journey, the only 11-day Nile itinerary that reaches Egypt's cosmopolitan sea city.

Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner
After breakfast onboard, meet your guide for a journey across the Nile to Luxor's legendary West Bank, home to the royal necropolis of ancient Thebes and some of Egypt's most extraordinary monuments.
Valley of the Kings
You'll descend into tombs that were cut deep into the limestone cliffs, specifically to hide them — none were hidden well enough. Your guide takes you into three chambers where the painted ceilings are still vivid after 3,000 years, including the tomb of Tutankhamun, the smallest royal burial in the valley, and the only one found intact.
Temple of Hatshepsut
You'll approach across a wide forecourt, and the three-tiered structure rises against the cliff face behind it in a way that feels more modern than ancient. Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for 22 years as pharaoh and built this mortuary temple at Deir El-Bahari — her successor spent years trying to erase her name from every wall inside.
Colossi of Memnon
You'll pull up alongside two seated figures that rise 18 metres from the plain with nothing else around them, the last visible remnants of a mortuary temple that was once the largest in Thebes. For centuries, Greek and Roman travellers came at dawn to hear one of the statues emit a sound — a crack in the stone that the ancient world read as the voice of a king.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch
Arc III · Nile South to Abu Simbel
Four nights sailing south Valley of Queens, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Abu Simbel
Breakfast is served on board, then a private car takes you back across to the West Bank for a second full day among the Theban monuments — sites that most Nile cruise itineraries skip entirely.
Valley of the Queens
You'll enter the burial ground where the queens and royal children of the New Kingdom were interred, separated from the pharaohs' valley by a ridge of cliffs. Queen Nefertari's tomb — wife of Ramses II — holds the most celebrated paintings in Egypt; the figures still carry their original pigment after 3,200 years.
Habu Temple
Stand inside the mortuary complex of Ramses III, and you'll find wall carvings that read like a military chronicle — the Sea Peoples' naval battle, recorded in relief across an entire exterior wall, is the only depiction of ancient naval warfare to survive from pharaonic Egypt.
Deir El Medina
Your guide will walk you into the village where the craftsmen who cut and painted the royal tombs lived, worked, and were eventually buried. For travellers who want more, the maximum temple coverage in 11 days - a hotel-based option visits 13 pharaonic sites.

Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner
After breakfast on board, you step onto the bank at Edfu, where your guide has arranged a horse carriage for the short ride to the temple entrance — one of the more distinctive arrivals on this itinerary.
Edfu Temple
You'll ride through the town by horse carriage and arrive at a temple so well preserved it looks almost recent — the Ptolemies finished it just 57 BCE, young by Egyptian standards, which is exactly why the roof is intact, and the reliefs are still sharp enough to read without a torch.
Kom Ombo Temple
You'll arrive by river in the late afternoon and walk into the only double temple in Egypt, two complete sanctuaries built side by side, the left dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god, and the right to Horus the falcon.

Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner
The alarm is early, a breakfast box, and a private car waiting before sunrise for the three-hour drive south into Nubia. This is the day that no other tour in this portfolio can claim as a guaranteed included stop.
Abu Simbel Temples
You'll arrive as the light is still low and the four seated colossi of Ramses II face east to catch it — each figure stands 20 metres tall and was carved directly from the sandstone cliff in the 13th century BCE. In 1968, the entire complex was cut into 807 numbered blocks and relocated 65 metres uphill to save it from the rising waters of Lake Nasser — the largest archaeological rescue operation in history, and the reason you can still stand in front of it today. You return to the cruise for lunch and dinner on board as the vessel completes its approach to Aswan.

Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner
Arc IV · Aswan and Islamic Cairo
High Dam, Philae, and a full day through Cairo's medieval quarter
After breakfast on board, you check out of the cruise and transfer to Aswan's attractions by private car, a full city day before the afternoon flight back to Cairo.
Aswan High Dam
You'll stand on the crest of a structure that holds back 132 cubic kilometres of water and look out over Lake Nasser, which is large enough to be visible from space. Completed in 1970, it ended the annual Nile flood cycle that had defined Egyptian agriculture for 5,000 years — your guide will tell you both what that solved and what it cost.
Unfinished Obelisk
You'll crouch beside a granite shaft still attached to the bedrock of the ancient quarry, abandoned mid-cut after a crack appeared in the stone. Had it been completed, it would have been the largest obelisk Egypt ever raised — at 42 metres and roughly 1,200 tonnes, the engineering problem it presents is still debated.
Philae Temple
Your guide takes you by motorboat across to Agilkia Island, where the Temple of Isis was dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt on higher ground before the Aswan Dam flooded its original island. You'll arrive by water, which is the correct way — the approach from the river is how every worshipper arrived for 700 years.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch
After breakfast at the hotel, your guide collects you for a full day across Cairo's Islamic and civilizational landmarks — a deliberate change of register after the pharaonic intensity of the previous nine days.
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
You'll move through a collection that spans 7,000 years of continuous Egyptian history, from prehistoric flint tools to 20th-century artefacts, all under one roof in Fustat.
Salah El Din Citadel
Your guide takes you to the medieval fortress that sat above Cairo for 700 years as its military and administrative heart, built by Saladin in 1176 to defend against Crusader campaigns. The view from the ramparts takes in the whole city and, on a clear morning, the Giza plateau beyond it.
Al Rifai Mosque
You'll enter one of Cairo's grandest royal mosques, built in 1912, where the last Egyptian king, Farouk, and the last Shah of Iran are both buried — an unlikely pair sharing a building you can walk through any morning.
El Sultan Hassan Mosque
Stand in the central courtyard and you'll understand why this 14th-century Mamluk complex is considered the high point of Islamic architecture in Egypt — the proportions are calculated to make the space feel larger than its footprint and quieter than the street outside.
Al Muizz Street
Your guide will walk you through the oldest surviving medieval Islamic street in the world, where the facades date from the 10th to the 19th century and the stonework changes style every 50 metres.
Khan El-Khalili Bazaar
You'll enter the covered market that has been trading continuously since 1382, where the lanes divide into specialist quarters for gold, spices, papyrus, and copperwork. The last hour of the day is yours to spend here without a schedule.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch
After a final breakfast at the hotel, your Tripidays representative handles check-out and transfers you to Cairo International Airport for your onward flight.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch

Notes:

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Good to Know

Frequently Asked Questions

This tour includes 4 nights in 5-star Cairo hotels, 2 nights in a 5-star Luxor hotel, 4 nights on a 5-star Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan, two domestic flights (Cairo to Luxor and Aswan to Cairo), a private Egyptologist guide throughout, all entrance fees, daily breakfast, and all lunches and dinners on board the cruise. Abu Simbel, Dendera Temple, and Abydos Temple are all included as guaranteed itinerary days.

This is the only 11-day tour in the portfolio that includes Abu Simbel as a guaranteed itinerary day and combines it with the exclusive temples of Dendera and Abydos — no other 11-day package in this range covers all three. The fly-to-Luxor-first format means the cruise runs south with the current, reaching Aswan in a direction no other itinerary here operates.

Abu Simbel sits in southern Nubia, 280 kilometres from Aswan, and the drive there before sunrise puts you at the temples as the morning light hits the four colossi of Ramses II directly — the orientation of the façade was engineered in the 13th century BCE specifically for that effect. The entire complex was relocated 65 metres uphill in 1968 in a UNESCO-led rescue operation involving 807 numbered stone blocks, the largest archaeological salvage project ever carried out.

The cruise boards in Luxor on Day 5 after the Dendera and Abydos excursion and sails south — the opposite direction to most Nile cruise packages, which start in Aswan and travel north. Over four nights, the vessel stops at Habu Temple and the Valley of the Queens (Day 6), Edfu and Kom Ombo (Day 7), and holds position near Aswan while you make the road transfer to Abu Simbel (Day 8). You check out in Aswan on Day 9.

Yes, two domestic flights are included. The first flight from Cairo to Luxor on Day 3 morning, which is what allows the itinerary to begin sightseeing on the East Bank the same afternoon. The second flies Aswan to Cairo on Day 9 after the Aswan city tour.

What to Pack

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Solo $4485 / person
2 - 4 Pax $3260 / person
5 - 7 Pax $2915 / person
8 -14 Pax $2885 / person

Solo $3735 / person
2 - 4 Pax $2720 / person
5 - 7 Pax $2430 / person
8 - 14 Pax $2405 / person

Solo $4670 / person
2 - 4 Pax $3395 / person
5 - 7 Pax $3035 / person
8 - 14 Pax $3005 / person

Cairo : JAZ Pyramids, Sonesta Cairo, Holiday Inn, Stay Inn Pyramids or a Similar Hotel

Luxor : Iberotel Luxor, Pyramisa, Aracan Eatabe, Jewel Luxor or a Similar Hotel

Cruises : Nile Treasure, Royal Elite, Beau Rivage, Blue Shadow III or a Similar Nile Cruise

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Solo $4590 / person
2 - 4 Pax $3315 / person
5 - 7 Pax $2965 / person
8 - 14 Pax $2940 / person

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Solo $3825 / person
2 - 4 Pax $2760 / person
5 - 7 Pax $2470 / person
8 - 14 Pax $2450 / person

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Solo $4780 / person
2 - 4 Pax $3450 / person
5 - 7 Pax $3090 / person
8 - 14 Pax $3060 / person

Cairo: Renaissance, Mövenpick Media City, Ramses Hilton, Helnan Dreamland or a Similar Hotel

Luxor : Sonesta St. George, Jolie Ville, Achti Resort, Steigenberger Nile Palace or a Similar Hotel

Cruises : Alma, Alyssa, Nile Style, Royal Liberty or a Similar Nile Cruise

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Solo $5140 / person
2 - 4 Pax $3645 / person
5 - 7 Pax $3295 / person
8 - 14 Pax $3270 / person

Solo $4280 / person
2 - 4 Pax $3035 / person
5 - 7 Pax $2745 / person
8 - 14 Pax $2725 / person

Solo $5355 / person
2 - 4 Pax $3795 / person
5 - 7 Pax $3435 / person
8 - 14 Pax $3405 / person

Cairo : JW Marriott, Hilton Heliopolis, Triumph Luxury, Fairmont Nile City or a Similar Hotel

Luxor : Winter Palace, Pavillon Winter, Sonesta St. George, Nile Palace or a Similar Hotel

Cruises : Chateau Lafayette, Sonesta St. George, Mövenpick Hamees, Acamar or a Similar Nile Cruise

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Solo $7210 / person
2 - 4 Pax $4895 / person
5 - 7 Pax $4550 / person
8 - 14 Pax $4520 / person

Solo $6005 / person
2 - 4 Pax $4080 / person
5 - 7 Pax $3790 / person
8 - 14 Pax $3770 / person

Solo $7510 / person
2 - 4 Pax $5100 / person
5 - 7 Pax $4740 / person
8 - 14 Pax $4710 / person

Cairo : Four Seasons, Waldorf Astoria, Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis or a Similar Hotel

Luxor : Sofitel Winter Palace, Hilton Luxor, Al Moudira, Pavillon Winter or a Similar Hotel

Cruises : Esmeralda, Sun Ray, Sun Goddess, Historia or a Similar Nile Cruise

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Abu Simbel was the reason I booked this tour, and I'll be honest — I wasn't sure the early start on Day 8 was worth it. We left before sunrise with a breakfast box in the car and drove three hours through the desert in the dark. Then the temples appeared out of nowhere. Nothing I'd read prepared me for the actual scale of those figures. My guide explained that the façade faces east on purpose, that the ancient Egyptians engineered the sunrise alignment themselves. I don't know why that hit me harder than anything else on the trip, but it did. By the time we boarded the cruise that evening, I'd already had a better day than anything I'd experienced on a previous Egypt trip I did years ago.

Margaret Sullivan

United States

I've done a few Egypt tours over the years, all of them starting in Aswan and working north. This one goes the other way, which sounds like a small thing until you realise what it means in practice. Flying into Luxor on Day 3 and cruising south means you visit Dendera and Abydos before you even board the boat. On every other itinerary I've seen, those temples are either optional extras or missing completely. The horse carriage ride into Edfu Temple on Day 7 was a nice touch a bit chaotic, genuinely fun. Abu Simbel was extraordinary.

James Whitfield

United Kingdom

We almost chose a different tour because it was cheaper, and it didn't include Abu Simbel as a guaranteed day — just as an optional extra. I'm glad we didn't. The whole point of coming this far south is Abu Simbel, and having it confirmed in the itinerary rather than dependent on group interest made a real difference for planning. What I didn't expect to love as much were the Islamic Cairo sites on Day 10. After nine days of pharaonic temples, it felt strange to switch register completely, but El Sultan Hassan Mosque stopped me in my tracks.

Sophie Marchand

France

I travel alone fairly often and usually worry about pacing — group tours tend to either drag or sprint. This one was well-calibrated. The Egyptologist guide was with us from Day 2 through Day 10 and knew when to talk and when to let you stand somewhere in silence. The Grand Egyptian Museum on Day 2 needs more time than the schedule gives it; honestly, we could have spent an entire day there. The Nile Cruise was four nights, which felt right. Not so short that it felt like a gimmick, long enough that waking up to a different landscape became normal. Deir El Medina on Day 6 was the site I expected least and came away thinking about most. The idea that the people who built the Valley of the Kings were buried down the road in tombs they painted themselves I keep coming back to it.

Carlos Mendoza

Mexico

The itinerary looks demanding on paper, and it is, but it never felt punishing. The domestic flights from Cairo to Luxor are under an hour, which is a much better start to Day 3 than a six-hour overnight train would be. Day 5 is the day I'd point anyone to as the reason to choose this tour over the others. Dendera Temple in the morning, Abydos in the afternoon, then boarding the cruise in Luxor that evening it's a lot, but the guide kept the transitions smooth. The astronomical ceiling at Dendera is something I hadn't read much about beforehand and found genuinely strange and detailed in a way that the more famous sites aren't. Abu Simbel on Day 8 was worth every minute of the early start. The Philae Temple on Day 9 is also underrated; arriving by motorboat across the water in the late morning is a good way to end the cruise section of the tour.

Yuki Tanaka

Japan