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Day 1
Arrive Cairo
Met at the airport and taken to your hotel.
9 nights · 10 days · Cairo to Cairo
Nine Nights, Cairo, the Dahabiya and the Red Sea
Cairo · Aswan · Kom Ombo · Edfu · Luxor · Hurghada · Cairo
The programme, day by day
Cairo · Aswan · Kom Ombo · Edfu · Luxor · Hurghada · Cairo
- 3 nights aboard
- 6 nights ashore
- 1 day with nothing in it
The unhurried version. The sailing is the same three nights between Aswan and Luxor, but the coast gets three nights instead of a single day trip, with one of them left entirely free. It is the itinerary for people who want Egypt's temples and then want to stop moving for a while before they fly home.
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Day 2
Giza · the museum · fly to Aswan
The pyramids, the Sphinx and the museum, then the flight south.
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Day 3
Aswan · Philae · embarkation
Philae by motorboat, and aboard for lunch.
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Day 4
Kom Ombo · sailing
Kom Ombo, and the afternoon on the water.
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Day 5
Gebel el-Silsila · a village · Edfu
The gorge, a village on the bank, and Edfu.
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Day 6
Luxor · the west bank
Disembark after breakfast for the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut. A night in Luxor.
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Day 7
Karnak · on to Hurghada
Karnak in the morning, then the drive east to the coast.
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Day 8
Snorkelling
A day on the reef, and a second night on the coast.
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Day 9
A day at leisure · fly to Cairo
Nothing arranged until the evening flight back to Cairo.
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Day 10
Departure
On to the airport.
From
Book this journey
$1,900 per person
Priced per person, double occupancy. Hotel category can be adjusted up or down.
Gallery
Ashore and aboard.
On this journey
What you will see.
The pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the museum
Philae at Aswan
Kom Ombo, Gebel el-Silsila and Edfu from the water
The Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and Karnak
A snorkelling day on the reef
A free day on the Red Sea
The fine print
What the price covers.
Included
Three nights aboard the dahabiya, all meals included
Six nights in hotels with breakfast, in Cairo, Luxor and Hurghada
Internal flights Cairo–Aswan and Hurghada–Cairo
The snorkelling day trip with equipment and lunch
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
Meals on the free day
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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