CAIRO – LUXOR – ASWAN

This tour focuses on the history of Egypt from Pharaonic to Graeco-Roman times visiting monuments in Cairo and the Nile Valley.

Day 1: Meet & assist upon arrival at Cairo Airport by Excel Travel representative & transfer to hotel in Cairo. Overnight Cairo.

Day 2: Visit the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx in the morning. Drive back to the hotel to check out. Visit the Egyptian Museum. Transfer to the train station. Dinner on the train. (B + L + D)

Day 3: Breakfast on the train before you arrive in Aswan. Check into your hotel & start a tour to the Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk & the High Dam. Later in the afternoon enjoy a sailing trip around the islands in Aswan and view the Agha Khan Mausoleum & the Elephantine Island. Overnight in Aswan. (B + L) 

Day 4: A free morning in Aswan. In the afternoon drive to Luxor & check into your hotel. (B)

Day 5: A morning tour takes you to the West Bank (Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens & Colossis of Memnon). Check out of the hotel. Tour the Karnak & Luxor Temples and in the early evening transfer to the train station for the sleeper train to Cairo. Dinner & overnight on the train to Cairo. (B + L + D)

Day 6: Arrive to Cairo in the morning and transfer to the hotel. Free day. (B)

Day 7: Transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure.