Tour Details
| Duration |
6 Days / 5 Nights |
|---|---|
| Tour Location |
Cairo / Aswan / Luxor |
| Tour Type |
Daily Tour |
| Pickup |
Cairo Airport |
Cairo & Nile Cruise Family Holiday Ancient Egypt in 6 Days
This 6 day Egypt family holiday experience covers Cairo, Aswan and Luxor, combining the Giza Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the Grand Egyptian Museum and an evening Sound and Light Show in Cairo with a 3-night family sailing from Aswan through Kom Ombo and Edfu to Luxor. It is the only 6-day family-focused Egypt holiday combining Cairo's iconic monuments with a cruise from Aswan to Luxor, purpose-built for families travelling with children. Our family tours to Egypt are the perfect way to immerse your entire family in the ancient wonders of Egypt.
Cairo opens the family holiday on Day 1 with an airport arrival and an evening Sound and Light Show at the Giza Pyramids, structured specifically for children. From there, a full family sightseeing day takes in the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Valley Temple of Khafre, the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum, ending with a domestic flight to Aswan and boarding a Nile cruise for the first family overnight.
Why Book This Tour
- The only 6-day family ancient Egypt holiday combining Cairo with a family sailing from Aswan
- Family-dedicated Egyptologist guide assigned to all stages
- Sound and Light Show structured as a first-evening experience for children
- Nubian Village stop included as a family-first living cultural encounter in Upper Egypt
- Private air-conditioned vehicles for all family transfers in Cairo, Aswan and Luxor
Included
- Meet and assist service at Cairo Airport on arrival by Tripidays
- All transfers in private air-conditioned vehicles
- Private family-friendly Egyptologist guide throughout all sightseeing days
- Domestic flight: Cairo to Aswan
- Domestic flight: Luxor to Cairo
- 2 nights in a 5-star Cairo hotel
- 3 nights accommodation aboard a family vessel
- All entrance fees to attractions listed in the itinerary
- Daily breakfast and meals are mentioned in the itinerary
- One bottled water on all tour days
- All taxes and service charges
Excluded
- International flights to and from Egypt
- Egypt entry visa
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses (souvenirs, extra meals, etc.)
- Tips for guides, drivers and vessel crew
- Optional activity upgrades not listed in the itinerary
Highlights
Cairo Attraction
- Pyramid of Giza
- Great Sphinx
- Valley Temple of Khafre
- Grand Egyptian Museum
Aswan Attractions
- High Dam
- The Unfinished Obelisk
- Philae Temple
- Kom Ombo Temple
- Edfu Temple
Luxor Attractions
- Valley of the Kings
- Hatshepsut Temple
- Colossi of Memnon
- Karnak Temple
- Luxor Temple
Itinerary

Your 6 day ancient Egypt family holiday experience begins at Cairo International Airport, where a Tripidays representative meets your family on arrival and transfers you by private air-conditioned vehicle to your 5-star Cairo hotel. After settling in, your family guide collects you in the early evening for the Sound and Light Show at the Giza Pyramids.

Sound and Light Show & Dinner
You'll stand in open desert darkness as the Sphinx and all three pyramids light up in a narrated colour display, giving children their first sense of the Giza complex's scale before they visit it at ground level the following day. The show runs roughly 45 minutes and is available in multiple languages, with the Great Pyramid of Khufu as the centrepiece, a monument that held the title of tallest structure on earth for over 3,800 years. The whole family will have their dinner at a restaurant.

Meals
Dinner

After breakfast, your family-friendly Egyptologist guide picks up your group from the hotel for a full day at Cairo's most iconic sites. In the evening, a private vehicle transfers your family to Cairo Airport for the domestic flight to Aswan, where you board for the first overnight on nile cruise.

Pyramids of Giza complex
You'll approach the Giza plateau and see all three pyramids rise into view in sequence, with the Great Pyramid of Khufu appearing first and establishing a scale that is difficult to absorb until you're standing directly beside it. The site dates to Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, roughly 2600 to 2500 BCE, and the three pyramids were built for pharaohs Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure respectively.

Valley of the Temple Khafre
Your family guide walks you into the granite interior of the Valley Temple, one of the oldest mortuary complexes in Egypt, where the temperature drops noticeably the moment you step out of the desert sun. Built during the reign of Pharaoh Khafre around 2500 BCE, it was here that mummification rituals were performed before his entombment in the pyramid above.

Great Sphinx of Giza
Stand at the base of the Sphinx, and you'll notice that what looks like a freestanding statue in photographs is actually carved directly from a single outcrop of the natural limestone bedrock. At 73 metres long and 20 metres high.

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
You'll want to allow more time in the Tutankhamun galleries than the schedule permits; the collection holds over 5,000 objects from his tomb alone, and the Grand Egyptian Museum houses more than 100,000 artefacts across its floors.

Meals
Breakfast and Lunch

Wake up in Aswan and enjoy breakfast aboard your Nile cruise before meeting your Egyptologist guide. Today combines Aswan’s most famous landmarks with a visit to Kom Ombo Temple, followed by a scenic afternoon and evening sail along the Nile to Edfu.

High Dam
You'll walk along the crest of the dam with Lake Nasser stretching behind you and the Nile flowing ahead, giving the whole family a clear sense of the scale of Egypt's most significant modern engineering project. Completed in 1970 after eleven years of construction, it controls the annual Nile flood and generates around 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.

Nubian Village
A short felucca crossing brings your family to the west bank, where the brightly painted houses of the Nubian Village create an immediate visual contrast with the stone monuments visited throughout the rest of this family holiday.

The Philae Temple
Your family guide leads you onto a motorboat at the Shellal landing stage, and the temple appears from the water as a complete walled complex on its own island before you set foot on it. Built during the Ptolemaic period and dedicated to the goddess Isis, the entire complex was dismantled stone by stone and relocated to Agilkia Island between 1972 and 1980 to save it from the rising waters of Lake Nasser.

Sail to Kom Ombo
After the day's sightseeing, return to your Nile cruise and relax as the ship sails north along the Nile toward Kom Ombo.

Visit Kom Ombo Temple
The moment you step onto the Kom Ombo temple platform, the river is directly behind you, and the twin sanctuaries divide the entire structure symmetrically in two, the only temple in Egypt built and dedicated simultaneously to two separate gods.

Sail to Edfu
After visiting Kom Ombo Temple, return to your cruise and continue sailing north toward Edfu.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

After breakfast aboard your vessel, meet your Egyptologist guide for a visit to Edfu Temple. Following your visit, return and spend the day relaxing on board as the vessel sails north through the Nile Valley toward Luxor.

Edfu Temple
From the outside, Edfu Temple's entrance pylon stands taller than you expect from the approach, and your family enters through a gateway flanked by two granite falcon statues of Horus.

Sail to Luxor
After exploring Edfu Temple, return to your cruise and enjoy a leisurely sail through the scenic Nile countryside toward Luxor.

Explore Luxor Temple
Upon arrival in Luxor, your guide leads the family through Luxor Temple, where colossal statues, towering columns, and illuminated courtyards reveal one of ancient Egypt’s most impressive temple complexes.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

The final day of your family holiday begins in Luxor, where your Egyptologist guide meets the group after breakfast for a full day exploring Luxor. After the day's sightseeing, your family will transfer by private air-conditioned vehicle to Luxor Airport for the flight to Cairo. Upon arrival, you'll check in to your Cairo hotel for an overnight stay.

Karnak Temple
The Avenue of Sphinxes leads your family into the Karnak complex and deposits you at the entrance of the Hypostyle Hall, where 134 columns stand so densely packed that you lose sight of the far wall within the first few steps.

Valley of the Kings
You'll descend into rock-cut corridors that are cooler than the desert above, with painted walls at close range preserving the vivid colours of scenes depicting each pharaoh's passage to the afterlife. The valley holds over 60 royal tombs from Egypt's New Kingdom period, roughly 1570 to 1070 BCE, and your family's entrance covers three tombs of your choice.

Hatshepsut Temple
From the forecourt, a sheer cliff face rises directly above the three colonnaded terraces, and the relationship between the carved stone and the natural rock becomes clearer the closer your family walks toward it.

Colossi of Memnon
Your family guide pauses the group in front of two seated figures that rise 18 metres from the Luxor plain, the only remains of what was once the largest mortuary temple in ancient Egypt. Carved around 1350 BCE during the 18th Dynasty.

Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Your family checks out of the Cairo hotel at the end of this 6 day Egypt family holiday experience, and a Tripidays representative transfers you to Cairo International Airport for your international departure.

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 family Egypt holiday includes 2 nights in a 5-star Cairo hotel, 3 nights aboard a 5-star family vessel from Aswan to Luxor, domestic flights on both the Cairo to Aswan and Luxor to Cairo routes, a family-friendly Egyptologist guide throughout, all entrance fees, and daily breakfast plus full board on the sailing days.
It is the only 6-day ancient Egypt holiday purpose-built for families, combining a Sound and Light Show at Giza designed for children, a Nubian Village cultural stop and a family-paced sailing from Aswan to Luxor rather than a general-audience itinerary. For families considering a culture-focused Cairo alternative, the Coptic Cairo Cultural tour covers six days of Coptic and Islamic heritage in the capital.
The 3-night family sailing departs Aswan and heads north to Luxor, with temple stops at Philae in Aswan, then Kom Ombo and Edfu on Day 4, before the West Bank and Karnak programme in Luxor on Day 5. All meals are included from Day 3 to Day 5, and the vessel docks directly at or near each temple site to keep transfers short for families. For families considering a broader 4-destination Egypt itinerary, the Grand Egypt Four-City tour Package covers Cairo, Upper Egypt, and Abu Simbel.
The family sailing visits Philae Temple and Kom Ombo Temple on Day 3, followed by Edfu Temple on Day 4. On Day 5, the itinerary continues in Luxor with Karnak Temple, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, and the Colossi of Memnon. The 3-night cruise sails from Aswan to Luxor, with all temple visits conveniently accessed from nearby docking points and minimal road travel.
Yes, two domestic flights are included: Cairo to Aswan on the evening of Day 2, and Luxor to Cairo on Day 5. Both are covered in the family price with no additional booking required.
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1530
- 5 - 8 Pax $1320
- 9 - 16 Pax $1280
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- 9 - 16 Pax $1520
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- 9 - 16 Pax $1340
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- 2 -4 Pax $1420
- 5 -8 Pax $1220
- 9 - 16 Pax $1190
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- 5 - 8 Pax $1420
- 9 - 16 Pax $1380
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- 2 - 4 Pax $1850
- 5 - 8 Pax $1640
- 9 - 16 Pax $1610
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- 2 - 4 Pax $2120
- 5 - 8 Pax $1910
- 9 - 16 Pax $1880
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- 5 - 8 Pax $1580
- 9 - 16 Pax $1540
- Solo $3600
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- 5 - 8 Pax $2040
- 9 - 16 Pax $2000
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- 2 - 4 Pax $2580
- 5 -8 Pax $2360
- 9 -16 Pax $2320
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- 2 - 4 Pax $3080
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- 9 - 16 Pax $2550
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- 5 - 8 Pax $3230
- 9 - 16 Pax $3200
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