8 DAYS CAIRO & NILE CRUISE BY TRAIN

Discover Egypt Top Highlights through exciting tour across the country. It is a tailor-made tour over Nile River and railways. This is a cheaper alternative to our popular Egypt Travel Package made by flight. You’ll be traveling to Aswan via sleeper train. You’ll visit the Great Pyramids of Giza. This is the place where you witness the greatness of the last standing monument of ancient seven wonders of the world. Then travel to Aswan by the sleeper train. A 5 Star cruise ship awaits you to spend three days sailing on the Nile. Be ready explore and enjoy the sightseeing between Aswan and Luxor.

Price: Starting from $00

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Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Cairo - Welcome to the Land of the Pharaohs

Journey To Egypt representative will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures) and will then escort you to your hotel in an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle.
At the hotel, he will assist you with a smooth check-in and review your budget vacation itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour.
Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome drink included.

Day 2: Pyramids and Cairo Sightseeing - Train to Aswan

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo before checking out, then your personal tour guide will accompany you to Giza Plateau to visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world: the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus, along with the famous Sphinx and Valley Temple.
Then, head out to the Egyptian Museum. Continue to Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s oldest and most alluring bazaar. Later, you will be transferred to the gorgeous Giza train station to catch the sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan.
Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.
Overnight accommodations inside your compartment.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 3: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours

Upon your arrival at the Aswan train station, you will be met and assisted by Journey To Egypt tour guide, who will then transfer you to your Nile Cruise ship.
Enjoy lunch on board, after which you will be guided to visit the famous High Dam, majestic Philae temple of devotion to the two goddesses Isis and Hathor, and the massive Unfinished Obelisk, still resting on its side in the stone quarries of ancient Egypt.
Then, back to the cruise ship with dinner on board and overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 4: Kom Ombo Temple & Museum

After breakfast on board, you’ll sail to Kom Ombo, where you’ll encounter the twin temple of Kom Ombo, where you’ll learn about the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon god Horus, whose monuments decorate each half of the temple.
You’ll have your lunch back on board the ship and sail on to Edfu.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 5: Edfu Temple

Breakfast on board your Nile cruise ship then visit Hours temple in Edfu before sailing to Luxor with lunch on board the vessel.
You will be transferred back to the Nile cruise ship for dinner and Belly dance show on board with overnight aboard the Nile cruise vessel in Luxor.
Dinner on board and overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 6: Luxor Tours - Train to Cairo

In the early morning, enjoy a relaxed breakfast on board.
Disembarkation after breakfast, Enjoy a wonderful tour to visit East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to the Karnak and Luxor temples followed by a visit to the West Bank of the River Nile in Luxor to the Valley of the Kings, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir EL Bahari and the Colossi Memnon.
Later, you’ll head to the Luxor train station to catch the sleeper train back to Cairo. Dinner will be served aboard the train.
Overnight in your private compartment.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner.

Day 7: Cairo - Optional Excursions

Breakfast aboard the sleeper train before arriving at the Giza train station, where you will be met and assisted by Journey To Egypt representative who will transfer you to your hotel for some leisure time (you will check into your room as early as possible).
There are some optional excursions available in Cairo: you may wish to visit the Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Sakkara and Memphis.
Overnight stay at your hotel in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast.

Day 8: Cairo - Fly Back Home

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel in Cairo, with some free time before your flight.
After check out, you’ll be escorted to Cairo International Airport for final departure.
Meals: Breakfast.

City	Things You'll Do
Giza	Giza Pyramids The Sphinx
Cairo	Egyptian Museum Khan El Khalili
Luxor	Karnak Temple Luxor Temples Hatshepsut Temple Valley of the Kings Colossi of Memnon
Edfu	Temple of Horus
Kom Ombo	Kom Ombo Temple
Aswan	Philae Temple The Unfinished Obelisk Aswan High Dam

The Package Includes and Excludes the following

Included
Excluded

▪ Meet and greet service by our representatives upon your airport arrival.
▪ All transfers in a private air-conditioned vehicle.
▪ Accommodation for 2 nights in Cairo including bed and breakfast.
▪ Accommodation for 3 nights on a 5-star Nile cruise ship, full board.
▪ Accommodation for 2 nights on sleeper train, half board.
▪ Private sightseeing tours in Cairo.
▪ Sightseeing tours on the cruise.
▪ Entrance fees to all sites mentioned on the itinerary.
▪ All meals mentioned on the itinerary.
▪ Local English speaking tour guide.
▪ Bottled water during outings outside of hotel or cruise ship.
▪ All service charges and taxes.

▪ International airfare.
▪ Entry visa to Egypt.
▪ Any optional tours.
▪ Tipping (Gratuities for your tour guides, drivers and Nile Cruise staff).