About this trip
Eleven days across Egypt's headline sights, from Cairo's pyramids to the temples of Abu Simbel, with a private guide throughout and a Nile cruise linking Luxor and Aswan.
You start in Cairo for the Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara, then head north to Alexandria on the Mediterranean before flying south to Luxor. From there a deluxe Nile cruise carries you down to Aswan, stopping at temples along the way, before a final leg south to Abu Simbel.
Run as a private, fully guided trip at an easy pace, with 5-star hotels and full-board on the cruise, it suits families or groups wanting the classic Egypt route without organising the logistics themselves.
What you'll do
- Stand before the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
- Wander the Sakkara pyramids and tombs
- See treasures of ancient Egypt at the Grand Egyptian Museum
- Explore Alexandria's old city on the Mediterranean coast
- Walk through the Valley of the Kings and the temples of Karnak and Luxor
- Cruise the Nile by deluxe boat, stopping at Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae and Abu Simbel
- Private and fully guided, so the pace and itinerary can flex to suit your group
- Rated easy going, suited to families as well as couples or friends travelling together
- Domestic flights, 5-star hotels and full board on the Nile cruise are all part of the package
Worth it if you want hassle-free access to Egypt's unmatched history with reliable guides and logistics. Think twice if crowded monuments, aggressive hawkers, Cairo traffic, and visible poverty will unsettle you.
- Guides like Dalia, Remon, Sobhy and Mahmoud were intelligent, experienced, and picked you up at exact times without needing to call.
- Peak season means thousands at monuments simultaneously; most tour groups arrive together, so expect zero solitude at temples.
- Cairo's traffic is genuinely challenging, hawkers are persistently aggressive, and trash pollution in tourist areas rivals worst you've seen globally.
- The Nile cruise ship MS Minerva is older but well-maintained; request a renovated hotel room at Conrad, as unrenovated ones show their age badly.
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Where to stay
A night before your tour in Cairo · 20 Jul – 21 Jul
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