ᐈ Egypt Budget tour | 9 Days Cairo, Aswan & Luxor

12+

Age

Year-round

Dates

9 Days

Duration

Aswan, Cairo, Giza, Luxor

Location

10/10

Physicality

Egypt Budget tour → 9 Days/8 Nights including Cairo, Aswan, Luxor :

This is a tour that rewards your savings on hotel accommodations by allowing you to extend your stay to enjoy Egypt as few people get to do. This is a tour without the luxury blanket but with the close personalized attention that has made our company famous.

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION

Cairo International Airport

DEPARTURE TIME

Please arrive at least 2 hours before the flight.

TOUR INCLUDEDS

English speaking licensed Egyptologist

All sightseeing

First class sleeper train

4 & 3 star hotels

All transfers by air-conditioned

Meals

TOUR NOT INCLUDEDS

Phone calls, laundry

Personal nature such as tips

Entry visa

TOUR SIGHTSEING

Memphis, capital of the ancient kingdom

Statue of Ramses II | Sakkarra

Pyramids of Giza and the inscrutable Sphinx

Egyptian museum, home of King Tut’s treasures

Citadel of Salah el Din | Mohammed Ali Mosque

Khan el Khalili bazaar

Old Cairo with it’s famous churches

Temple of Karnak

Nubian Museum | High dam |Temple of Philae

Valley of the Kings | Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

Necropolis of Thebes | Colossi of Memnon

This tour includes: 3 and 4 star hotels (based on double occupancy), meals as outlined by B: breakfast, L: lunch, D: dinner, all sightseeing as listed with the services of a licensed Egyptologist throughout, all transfers pertaining to the tour outline in air-conditioned vehicles, first class sleeper train, service charges and taxes.

NOT included: items of a personal nature such as entry visa, entry fees to antiquity sites, telephone, laundry, tips, bar bills, any item not specifically mentioned as included.

Tour cost: $945US per person, double occupancy Single supplement: $295US per person (only available with a minimum party of two travelers) Triple reduction: $40 per person or $905 each.

NOTE: This is applicable to where meals are not already included. Prices are only an indication of providing these tours and services.Actual pricing will be done for a specific program custom designed for your party.

Day 1

Arrive Cairo, be met by a our staff representative who will assist you will clearing immigration and customs. He will then take you to a quality 3 star or 4 star hotel for the evening similar to the Novotel, The Oasis or the Longchamps. The evening is free.

Day 2

Today our Egyptologist will take you to Memphis, capital of the ancient kingdom, one of ancient Egypt’s most important cities. Most of its ancient splendors have been destroyed, but the Alabaster Sphinx built in the 19th dynasty still remains, as does a beautifully carved statue of Ramses II. Then continue to Sakkarra and on to the last existing seven wonders of the world, the Pyramids of Giza. Look into the face of the inscrutable Sphinx and experience the grandeur that these monuments present. O/N Cairo (B)

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel then its off to the Egyptian museum, home of King Tut’s treasures. Afterward enjoy a visit to the Citadel of Salah el Din and the Mohammed Ali Mosque. From there off to the Khan el Khalili bazaar where bargains abound. The evening is free. (B)

Day 4

Morning free then an afternoon tour of Old Cairo with it’s famous churches, synagogues and mosques. Transfer to the train station for your overnight sleeper train to Aswan which departs about 7:45PM. (B at the hotel, Dinner on the train)

Day 5

Arrive Aswan about 9AM and transfer to the Basma Hotel, a top four star property. Located on the highest elevation in the area it offers commanding views of the Nile, the city of Aswan and the desert. Afternoon free or enjoy a stroll across the street to the Nubian Museum. Opened in 1997 it is a world class presentation on the Nubian history and culture. (B on the train)

Day 6

Visit the high dam, the old dam and the Temple of Philae. Board the train about 5PM for Luxor. Arrive about 8PM and transfer to the Pharaon, a fine three star hotel right on the shore of the Nile in the heart of Luxor. (B)

Day 7

Cross to the West bank, visit the Necropolis of Thebes including the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Also on the East bank visit the Temple of Karnak and Luxor. Depart about 9PM on the overnight sleeper train to Cairo. (B on the train)