Egypt Nile Tour

DAY 1: WELCOME TO CAIRO

Once your flight landing at Cairo airport, The rock Tours representative will be waiting for you, holding a sign with your name, then he will transfer you to your hotel in Cairo, overnight in Cairo| Welcome drink.

DAY 2: PYRAMIDS OF GIZA , SAQQARA

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel, then met by your Egyptologist Tour guide who will accompany you to the most famous site Pyramids of Giza, to visit the three Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus, then move to Panorama area, enjoy fabulous photos for the three Pyramids, next move to the Sphinx, visit the Valley Temple. Lunch at local restaurant in Cairo, Then proceed to Saqqara, there can be few archaeological sites in all the world, Visit the Step Pyramid and many amazing Tombs there at the end back to your hotel, overnight in Cairo

Optional: Sound and light show at Giza's Pyramids

DAY 3: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, CITADEL AND OLD CAIRO

Breakfast at hotel, Our tour guide will escort you to visit the Egyptian Museum, a unique storehouse of one of the oldest civilization on earth and the home to the world’s great collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts. The museum houses an unbelievable exhibit depicting ancient Egypt’s glorious reign. Mummies, sarcophagi, pottery, jewellery and of course King Tutankhamen’s treasures from jewellery to the famous golden death mask and his gilded , this pharaoh was certainly prepared for the afterlife. Your tour guide will introduce you to the museum’s most important pieces

Lunch at local restaurant in Cairo, Then proceed to visit Coptic Cairo to visit the oldest Coptic churches, the Hanging Church, Church of Abu Serga, and the synagogue .

continue visit the Mosque of Mohamed Ali inside the Citadel of Salah El Din, a Turkish style on the Cairo skyline

Continue driving to the area of Islamic Cairo, where you will visit Khan El Khalili. Later you will be driven back to your hotel in Cairo, overnight in Cairo| Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.

Optional: Enjoy your Dinner on the Nile in a 5 stars Dinner cruise and enjoy belly dancer show and Tanura sufi dancer

DAY 4: FLY TO LUXOR

Early morning, pick up and transfer to Cairo airport for your short flight to Luxor. Upon arrival, start to visit the East bank of the Nile. Start at Karank Temple, where generations of pharaohs wished to record their names. your Egyptologist guide explains how the massive facade was constructed. Explore the Great Hypostyle Hall, Walk along the main corridor as visitors have done since antiquity and ponder the astonishing feats of engineering it took to create them.

Continue to the striking Luxor Temple. View the three large statues of Ramses II along the front of the temple pylons. Explore the Courtyard of Ramses II , see the sanctuary of Amun-Re the principal god of city of Thebes.

After finished, transfer to board your Nile cruise ship. Lunch on board and the rest of the day is free

DAY 5: LUXOR/ EDFU

Optional: You can have Hot Ballon ride and to discover west of Luxor at the early morning

Breakfast on board, today you will explore the west bank of the Nile river and the Necropolis of Thebes. Start with a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon, are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III.

Head out to the Valley of the Kings, burial ground of the pharaohs for a period of 500 years, beginning in the 16th century BC, where tombs were built along this valley for pharaohs and nobles. You will have the chance to explore three tombs. Whilst here, you can visit the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun (Extra ticket on spot).

Continue to the architecturally stunning Temple of Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt’s first female pharaoh and regarded today as one of its most successful.

Return to the Cruise ship for lunch, and begin sailing towards Edfu today you will enjoy a quiet day sailing Up-stream along the Nile Valley to Aswan. During this pleasant journey, free time on board to dip in the pool, catch up on some reading or simply enjoy the Nile Valley view before arriving late evening in Edfu & Overnight

DAY 6: EDFU/ KOM OMBO

After breakfast on board, you will enjoy Horse & Carriage ride (the only mode of transport available) to visit Edfu Temple of Horus, the falcon-headed god of the sky which was built during the Ptolemaic Dynasty between 237BC to 57 BC. This amazingly well-preserved and colorful structure reveals the complete temple construction.

Back on board and continue sailing upstream, with free time to relax on the sundeck and taking in the surrounding sights – desert hills forming a backdrop to lush riverbanks, fishermen casting their nets and farmers working their land.

Heading to Kom Ombo (hill of gold) to visit the double temple dedicated to both Haroeris (the sun god) and Sobek (the crocodile god). The Greco- Roman temple was constructed between

180 BC. See the Nilometer which used to measure the level of the Nile Water, during the annual flood season. View the mummified remains of several crocodiles Return to the ship for overnight, continue sailing to Aswan & overnight

Day 7: ASWAN

optional: Private Tour to Abu-Simbel Temple (3 hours driving) west of Aswan arranged upon request

Breakfast on board, and then disembark to explore the Unfinished Obelisk located in the ancient granite quarry. Discover the skills of Egyptian stonemasons.

Proceed to the Aswan High Dam, the world’s largest embankment dam built across the Nile between 1960 and 1970. Continue with a motor boat ride to visit Philae Temple on the island of Agilika. This sacred complex was dedicated to the goddess Isis and reflects a fusion of three great civilizations — Egyptian, Greek and Roman. The temple complex was dismantled and then painstakingly reassembled when the Aswan High Dam was constructed.

Afternoon, you will enjoy an Egyptian felucca ride on the Nile, pass by the Elephantine Island and visit the Botanical Garden on the Kitchener Island. Lunch & Dinner and overnight aboard the Nile cruise in Aswan.

Day 8: Cairo

Today, bid farewell to your Nile Cruise, disembarking after breakfast and transfer to the airport for a flight back to Cairo. Arrive and transfer to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free at your leisure. Overnight stay in Cairo

Day 9 Final departure

Today we will say goodbye to Egypt, once you enjoy your tasty breakfast, The rock Tours representative will escort you to Cairo International airport for final departure.