7 Day Egypt Tour Packages & Nile River Cruise

Day 1 Arrival & the beginning of 7 days Egypt tour packages

One of our representatives will meet you at Cairo International Airport to help you through the arrival and visa regulations. Transfer to your hotel for free time and get ready to start your 7 days Egypt tour packages.

Overnight in Cairo

Day 2 Giza Great Pyramids, Sphinx and Saqqara

Our professional tour guide will meet you at your hotel in the morning for your visit to the Giza Plateau, where you will have an opportunity to see Khufu’s Great Pyramid, Khafre’s Pyramid, Menkaure’s Pyramid, and the Great Sphinx. Your Egyptologist tour guide will explain to you how and why the Ancient Egyptian kings built the Pyramids. He will tell you about the mystery behind the pyramids. The next thing you will do is take a visit to the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, the first stone structure to be constructed by King Djoser and his architect Imhotep, and then drive back to your hotel.

Overnight in Cairo.

Day 3 Fly to Aswan - Nile River Cruise

Early breakfast in the hotel before flying to Aswan to begin your 3-night Nile River Cruise from Aswan to Luxor which is the most beautiful part of your 7 days Egypt tour packages. Meet your guide just outside the arrival terminal at Aswan Airport to commence your tour. Your first stop will be at the High Dam, a dam built in the 1960s, to generate hydroelectricity and to stop floods. Then take a motorboat to explore the Temple of Philae, which was built primarily during the Ptolemaic period and is one of the most incredible Temples in Egypt. It was due to the construction of the two dams in Aswan that UNESCO had to relocate the temple. End your journey at the granite quarry of the Unfinished Obelisk.

Transfer to your Nile cruise ship.

Overnight in Aswan.

Day 4 Aswan - Kom Ombo Temple

Enjoy a free morning onboard your Nile cruise ship or join us on an optional tour of the phenomenal temples of Abu Simbel.

In the afternoon the ship sails down to Kom Ombo where you can visit the temple which the Egyptians dedicated 2 gods, Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus, the falcon god. At the end of your tour, you will have a short visit to the Mummified Crocodile Museum then the ship will proceed down to Edfu, where it will dock.

Overnight in Edfu.

Day 5 Edfu - Esna - Luxor

After breakfast, you will be taken in a horse-drawn carriage to visit Edfu’s Temple of Horus, which was built during the Greco-Roman era and is the most intact temple in Egypt. Afterward the cruise will sail from Edfu via the Lock of Esna on its way to Luxor.

Once you reach Luxor, you will have the chance to see the largest temple in Egypt, the Temple of Karnak, built by several pharaohs in ancient times, as well as the majestic Temple of Luxor, connected to Karnak by the ceremonial avenue of the Sphinx which was recently restored. These temples were dedicated to Amun, Mut, and Khonsu, the Theban Triad.

Overnight in Luxor.

Day 6 Kings Valley, Hatshepsut Temple and Colossi of Memnon

You will be disembarking from the ship after breakfast in order to explore the western side of Luxor. In the first part of our tour, you’ll have the chance to explore the magnificent tombs found in the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs of the New Kingdom buried their kings to keep them hidden from grave robbers. A total of 64 tombs can be found in the Valley of the Kings. The guide will suggest the top three tombs that are open to the public that you should visit.

Then, you will be driven to the Temple of Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh who served as a solo pharaoh for about 20 years after convincing the people that she was a man. We will then visit the Colossi of Memnon which lies in the Temple of Amenhotep III. After this, we will transfer to Luxor Airport in order to catch our flight back to Cairo.

Overnight in Cairo

Day 7 End of your 7 Day Egypt Tour Packages & Nile River Cruise

Explore the fantastic contents of the historical Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Hundreds of objects from all periods of Egypt’s past are displayed on the two floors of the museum.

In addition to the museum, you drive to the Citadel of Saladin, which was built in 1172 as a line of defense against the Crusades by the Sunni Muslim leader Saladin. In the citadel, one of the most prominent features is the White Mosque of Mohammed Ali Pasha which has the famous clock he received from the French king Lewis Philippe and then he gave them the famous obelisk of Remises II in return.

The tour of Khan El-Khalili will come next, it is one of the oldest bazaars in Egypt, which was created during the Fatimid Era.

This is the end of your 7 days Egypt tour packages, then you will be transferred to Cairo airport in preparation for your final departure.