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Day 1
Arrive Cairo
Met at the airport and taken to your hotel.
7 nights · 8 days · Cairo to Cairo
Seven Nights, Cairo and the Dahabiya
Cairo · Aswan · Kom Ombo · Gebel el-Silsila · Edfu · Luxor · Cairo
The programme, day by day
Cairo · Aswan · Kom Ombo · Gebel el-Silsila · Edfu · Luxor · Cairo
- 3 nights aboard
- 4 nights ashore
- 2 internal flights
The shortest way to see both halves of Egypt. Two nights in Cairo bracket the trip — the Giza plateau and the museum at the start, a night by the airport at the end — and between them you fly south to Aswan and sail north to Luxor. Every internal flight, transfer and guide is arranged, so the only thing you book is the one arriving flight.
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Day 2
Giza · the museum · fly to Aswan
The pyramids and the Sphinx in the morning, the museum after, and the evening flight south. The night is spent in an Aswan hotel.
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Day 3
Aswan · Philae · embarkation
Philae by motorboat, then aboard for lunch and the first afternoon on the water.
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Day 4
Kom Ombo · sailing
Kom Ombo, and a long afternoon under sail.
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Day 5
Gebel el-Silsila · a village · Edfu
The gorge, a village on the bank, and the temple of Horus.
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Day 6
Luxor · the west bank
Disembark after breakfast for the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut. The night is spent in a Luxor hotel.
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Day 7
Karnak · fly to Cairo
Karnak in the morning, then the flight back north and a last night in Cairo.
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Day 8
Departure
On to the airport, whenever your flight goes.
From
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$1,600 per person
Priced per person, double occupancy. Hotel category can be adjusted up or down — tell us what you have in mind.
Gallery
Ashore and aboard.
On this journey
What you will see.
The pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
The Egyptian Museum
Philae at Aswan
Kom Ombo, Gebel el-Silsila and Edfu from the water
The Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut
Karnak
All internal flights and transfers arranged
The fine print
What the price covers.
Included
Three nights aboard the dahabiya, all meals included
Four nights in hotels with breakfast, in Cairo, Aswan and Luxor
Internal flights Cairo–Aswan and Luxor–Cairo
An Egyptologist guide at every site
Air-conditioned transport and licensed drivers
All transfers, door to door
All taxes and service charges
Entrance fees to every site on the programme
Not included
International flights
The Egyptian visa
Tips for the crew and guides
Spa treatments and massages, by appointment
Alcoholic drinks — from the bar, or bring your own with no corkage
Anything not named in the itinerary above
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