Tour Details
| Duration |
9 Days / 8 Nights |
|---|---|
| Tour Location |
Cairo / Aswan / Luxor / Hurghada |
| Tour Type |
Daily Tour |
| Pickup |
Cairo Airport |
Enjoyable 9 Day Family Tour to Cairo, Hurghada and Nile Cruise
This 9 day family tour to Cairo, Hurghada, and Nile cruise covers four destinations: Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, and Hurghada in a single continuous itinerary designed around family-friendly pacing that makes it one of our most popular Journey to Egypt Packages. It starts with two days in Cairo at the Pyramids of Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum, moves south to Aswan for the High Dam, Philae Temple, and the Unfinished Obelisk, then boards a Nile cruise sailing northbound through Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Luxor before finishing with two days in Hurghada's Red Sea. The only 9 day family tour that combines Cairo's pyramids, a 3 night Nile cruise through Aswan and Luxor, and a Hurghada Red Sea beach stay built around family friendly pacing with a private guide throughout.
Day 1 covers arrival in Cairo and hotel check in. Day 2 visits the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, and the Grand Egyptian Museum. Day 3 flies to Aswan for the High Dam, Philae Temple by motor boat, and the Unfinished Obelisk, then boards the Nile cruise. Day 4: Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo and sail to Edfu. Day 5: Explore the Temple of Horus by horse carriage and visit LuxorTemple by night. Day 6 disembarks in Luxor for the Karnak Temple and the West Bank of Luxor: the Valley of the Kings by taftaf, the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari, and the Colossi of Memnon, then transfers by road to Hurghada. Day 7 is a full Red Sea family beach day with snorkeling and optional water activities. Day 8 offers an optional Bedouin Desert Safari before the flight back to Cairo. Day 9 is the final departure from Cairo International Airport.
Why Book This Tour
- Cairo, Nile Cruise & Hurghada in One Family Journey
- Maximum Three Sightseeing Stops Per Day
- Private Family-Friendly Egyptologist Guide Throughout
- 3 Nights on a Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor
- Kom Ombo, Edfu & Luxor West Bank Included
- Family Friendly Hotels in Cairo & Hurghada
- Two Domestic Flights Included
- Private Luxor to Hurghada Transfer
- All Entrance Fees Included
- Philae Boat, Edfu Carriage & Valley Taftaf Included
- Built In Afternoon Downtime on Cruise Days
- Flexible Hotel, Cruise & Activity Upgrades Available
- 24/7 Trip Support from Arrival to Departure
Included
- Meet and assist with the Tripidays representative at the Cairo airport
- 3 Nights of accommodations in Cairo hotel
- 3 Nights of accomodations on a Nile Cruise, Aswan to Luxor
- 2 Nights of accommodation in Hurghada hotel
- Meals are provided as mentioned in the itinerary
- Private Egyptologist guide on all touring days
- All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
- Entrance fees to all attractions mentioned in the itinerary
- Horse carriage at Edfu
- Motor boat to Philae Island (Agilkia Island)
- Taftaf transport at Valley of the Kings
- Domestic flight tickets Cairo → Aswan, Hurghada → Cairo
- 1 bottle of water per person per day during tours
- All local taxes and service charges
Excluded
- International flights to Egypt
- Egypt entry visa
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses (souvenirs, extra meals, drinks outside meal plan)
- Tips for guides, drivers, and cruise crew
- Nubian Museum entrance fee (optional visit in Aswan)
- Optional Red Sea activities in Hurghada: diving, windsurfing, sailing, deep-sea fishing
- Optional Bedouin Desert Safari on Day 8
- Any meals not specified in the inclusion list above
Highlights
Cairo Attractions
- The Great Pyramids of Giza
- The Great Sphinx of Giza
- Valley of Khafre Temples
- Grand Egyptian Museum
Aswan Attractions
- The High Dam
- Philae Temple
- Unfinished Obelisk
- Kom Ombo Temple
- Edfu Temple
Luxor Attractions
- Luxor Temple
- Karnak Temple
- The Valley of the Kings
- Hatshepsut Temple
- Colossi of Memnon
Itinerary

Your Tripidays representative meets you at Cairo International Airport and escorts you through arrivals to a private air-conditioned vehicle for the transfer to your hotel. No sightseeing today, check in, settle in, and rest before a full family day at the pyramids tomorrow.

Nile Dinner Cruise
In the evening, experience Cairo from a unique perspective aboard a Nile dinner cruise. Savor a gourmet buffet, live entertainment, and panoramic views of the illuminated city skyline as you glide along the world's longest river, a perfect introduction to the diverse experiences featured in our Egypt travel packages in 9 days.

Meals
Dinner

Your Egyptologist guide collects your family after breakfast for a full day on the Giza Plateau and at the world's largest archaeological museum, the two sites that define any Egypt family trip.

The Pyramids of Giza
You'll stand at the base of Khufu's pyramid and look up at 2.3 million stone blocks stacked to a height that held the world record for 3,800 years. Your guide will walk your family around all three pyramids, Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, so everyone understands the scale before you get close enough to lose it.

The Great Sphinx
From the viewing terrace, you see the full profile of the lion's body, a human face, 73 metres of limestone carved from a single ridge of bedrock. Your guide points out the Dream Stele between the paws, placed there by Thutmose IV after a vision told him to clear the sand.

Valley of the Khafra Temples
You'll enter through a corridor of massive Aswan granite pillars, each one undecorated and precisely built around 2500 BC and still standing without mortar. The silence inside is disorienting, given how close the tourist crowds are just outside.

The Grand Egyptian Museum
Your guide takes your family through the Grand Egyptian Museum main hall, where a 10-metre statue of Ramesses II marks the entrance to 100,000 artefacts spanning 5,000 years. The complete treasures of Tutankhamun, his gold mask, chariot, throne, and over 5,000 objects, are displayed together here for the first time since Howard Carter opened the tomb in 1922.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, your representative transfers your family to Cairo Airport for the morning flight south to Aswan. Your guide meets you on arrival and takes you directly to the three key Aswan sites before checking you onto the cruise ship for your first night on the Nile. Families looking for a more premium Upper Egypt experience can also upgrade to a luxury Abu Simbel Nile cruise, adding Egypt's most celebrated rock-cut temples to their journey before continuing north toward Luxor.

High Dam
You'll walk the top of the dam and look out over Lake Nasser, a reservoir stretching 500 kilometres south into Sudan, the largest man-made lake in the world by surface area. The dam ended the annual Nile flood that shaped Egyptian agriculture for 5,000 years; your guide will explain what that shift actually meant for the country.

Philae Temple
A short motor boat ride brings your family to Agilkia Island, where the Temple of Isis sits surrounded by water on all sides. The entire complex was dismantled block by block and rebuilt here in the 1970s after the High Dam raised the water level and submerged the original island. Look for the waterline marks on the lower stones that record where it stood before the move.

The Unfinished Obelisk
You'll crouch beside the largest obelisk ever attempted, 42 metres long, still attached to the red granite bedrock of the quarry. A crack appeared during cutting, and the project was abandoned; what's left is the clearest evidence anywhere of exactly how ancient Egyptians shaped stone at this scale.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast on board while sailing to Kom Ombo. Explore the famous twin temple overlooking the Nile, then rejoin the cruise and sail onward to Edfu for an overnight stay.

Kom Ombo Temple
The Kom Ombo temple is built on a bluff above the river, so your family sees it from the water before you dock two identical halves side by side, one dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, one to the falcon god Haroeris. Inside, your guide will show you the medical instruments carved into the rear wall, a catalogue of surgical tools used by priests who doubled as physicians around 300 BC.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast on the sun deck as the ship sails to Edfu. After visiting the remarkably preserved Temple of Horus, return to the cruise and continue sailing north toward Luxor. This evening, explore Luxor Temple beautifully illuminated after dark before returning to the ship for the night.

Edfu Temple
A horse carriage takes your family from the dock through the town to Edfu Temple, where the 36-metre-high entrance pylons rank among the tallest surviving temple gateways in Egypt. Inside, your guide leads you through the hypostyle hall to the sanctuary, home to a granite naos that has remained in its original position for more than 2,000 years.

Luxor Temple
Explore Luxor Temple, strategically located along the ancient processional route of the Opet Festival. Learn how this temple functioned as the ceremonial heart of the city and witness architectural layers spanning multiple dynasties. While this family-friendly vessel focuses on comfort and convenience, travelers seeking the most exclusive Dahabiya Nile cruise experience may prefer upgraded luxury Dahabiya cruise options featuring larger suites, gourmet dining, and private sightseeing arrangements.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembarkation after breakfast. Your guide picks your family up dockside for the East & West Bank temples before the road transfer to the Red Sea.

Karnak Temple
Continue to the extraordinary Karnak Temple Complex, the largest religious structure ever built. Walk through the legendary Hypostyle Hall with its towering columns while your expert guide explains the symbolism, inscriptions, and construction techniques that defined over 2,000 years of continuous worship.

Valley of the Kings
You'll descend into tombs cut 60 to 100 metres into the limestone cliffs, where walls covered floor to ceiling in the Book of the Dead guided pharaohs through the afterlife. The valley holds 63 known tombs; your ticket covers three, and your guide will select the ones with the best-preserved colour given current access conditions.

Hatshepsut Temple
From the floor of the valley, you see three colonnaded terraces rising against the cliff face, the mortuary temple of Egypt's most successful female pharaoh, built around 1479 BC. Your guide will take your family up through each level to the inner sanctuary, where the scale of the cliff behind makes the architecture feel carved from the mountain rather than built against it.

Colossi of Memnon
Two seated figures of Amenhotep III, each 18 metres tall, stand in an open field with nothing around them, no temple, no enclosure, just wheat and the Theban hills. They have been here since 1350 BC; your guide explains why Greek and Roman travellers made the journey specifically to hear one of them sing at dawn.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch

A free family day on the Red Sea with optional activities arranged through your guide. The house reef at most Hurghada resort areas begins within swimming distance of the shore, making it easy for children of all ages to get straight into the water. Families planning future Red Sea getaways often compare budget Egypt Hurghada options, but Hurghada's appeal becomes even greater when paired with the pyramids, temples, and cultural experiences included in a broader Egypt itinerary.

Optional Family Water Activities
Glass-bottom boat tours, paddleboarding, and beginner snorkeling lessons are available through the resort for younger children. The Red Sea's calm, shallow inshore waters make Hurghada one of the most accessible beach destinations in the region for families.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

An optional Bedouin Desert Safari by 4x4 runs in the morning before your afternoon transfer to the airport for the flight back to Cairo. This is the Cairo, Nile Cruise, and Hurghada family itinerary's last full activity day before departure.

Optional Bedouin Desert Safari
Your desert guide picks your family up at the hotel by 4x4 for 35 kilometres through the mountain desert behind Hurghada to a Bedouin village. You'll ride camels, drive a quad bike around the village perimeter, and watch the sunset from the desert before a barbecue dinner under the open sky.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch

Check out after breakfast. Your representative transfers your family to Cairo International Airport for your international departure.

Departure
Depart Egypt with lasting memories of a carefully curated luxury journey.

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
This tour includes 3 nights in a Cairo family hotel, 3 nights on a Nile cruise sailing from Aswan to Luxor, and 2 nights in a Hurghada family resort, with a private Egyptologist guide, all entrance fees across 14 sites, 2 domestic flights (Cairo to Aswan, Hurghada to Cairo), all transfers, and meals as specified in the itinerary. International flights, visa, travel insurance, and tips are not included.
This is the only 9 day family itinerary that combines a 3-night Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor with a Red Sea beach stay in Hurghada, structured with a maximum of three sites per day and rest time built into cruise days so the pace works for families travelling with children. The cruise covers Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Luxor's West Bank from the river, then the itinerary exits directly to Hurghada rather than looping back to Cairo.
The cruise boards in Aswan on Day 3 and sails north to Luxor over 3 nights, stopping at the Temple of Kom Ombo and the Temple of Horus at Edfu, and covering Luxor's West Bank Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, and the Colossi of Memnon. Disembarkation is on Day 6 in Luxor after breakfast, with all meals, entrance fees, and specialist guiding included throughout the cruise segment.
After the East & West Bank temples on Day 6, Karnak and Luxor Temple, your private air-conditioned vehicle transfers your family by road directly to Hurghada, a journey of approximately three hours through the Eastern Desert. No additional flight is needed for this leg, and the road transfer is included in the tour price.
Yes, two domestic flights are included: Cairo to Aswan on Day 3, and Hurghada to Cairo on Day 8. The Luxor to Hurghada leg is covered by a private road transfer, not a flight.
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Tour Prices
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1890
- 5 - 8 Pax $1590
- 9 - 16 Pax $1540
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- 9 - 16 Pax $1770
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- 5 - 8 Pax $2030
- 9 - 16 Pax $1990
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- 2 - 4 Pax $2080
- 5 - 8 Pax $1770
- 9 - 16 Pax $1730
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1960
- 5 - 8 Pax $1650
- 9 - 16 Pax $1620
- Solo $3390
- 2 - 4 Pax $2120
- 5 - 8 Pax $1810
- 9 - 16 Pax $1770
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- 2 - 4 Pax $2350
- 5 - 8 Pax $2030
- 9 - 16 Pax $1990
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- 2 - 4 Pax $2420
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