November 2-11, 2024
Arrival at Cairo International Airport, where the Nubia Representative will assist you with customs clearance, luggage and airport procedure.
Transfer to hotel
Overnight Four Season Nile Plaza Hotel
Breakfast at the hotel.
This late morning, your English Egyptologist guide will escort you on a tour of 7,000 years of Egyptian history with a visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which includes the world-famous golden treasures from King Tutankhamun’s tomb.
Enjoy a typical street food stop and try the delicious Egyptian Shawerma wraps.
This late afternoon, start your day’s visits with your guide where you will be escorted to one of the Old Gates of Cairo; Bab El Fotouh, to start this amazing walk through the ancient Islamic quarter, with its
narrow streets, and bustling road-side shops and "wekalas" – trading places, that still actively trade in all sorts of wares. Walk down Al Moez Street until you reach the recently renovated Beit El Seheimi, one of the most impressive of the homes of the 17th-century Islamic era. Tour at the Khan El Khalili Bazaar: proceed to the fascinating Khan El-Khalili Bazaar – reputed to be the largest bazaar in the Middle East. Originally founded as a watering stop for caravanserai in the 14th century, the bazaar has now grown to vast proportions. As you wander through the labyrinth of narrow streets, you will find workshops and stalls selling all manner of things, from woodwork, glassware and leather goods to perfumes, fabrics and Pharaonic curiosities.
Welcome dinner at the Zyara restaurant which is an authentic rooftop restaurant located in the heart of the Old City.
Overnight at Four Seasons Nile Plaza Hotel
Breakfast at your hotel
Fly from Cairo to Luxor.
Upon the arrival to Luxor, your guide the Temple of Karnak built over more than a thousand years by generations of Pharaohs. The great “Hypostyle Hall” is an incredible forest of giant pillars, covering an area larger than the whole of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Transfer to your deluxe 5 stars Nile Cruise, Historia Nile Cruise for embarkation
Buffet lunch on board
Continue on the visit where your guide will take you around the sunset to the strikingly graceful Temple of Luxor dedicated to the God Amon.
Overnight on board
Breakfast on board
Begin your day with a visit to the West Bank of Luxor to explore the Valley of the Kings, a vast City of the Dead where magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rocks, decorated richly, and filled with treasures for the afterlife by generations of Pharaohs. You will also see the Valley of the Queens.
The Tomb of Nefertari: Long praised as the most beautifully decorated of all the tombs on the West Bank of Luxor, this masterpiece of Egyptian art was restored by the Egyptian Antiquities Authority and the Getty Conservation institute in the USA. Specialists worked for 6 years to clean the paintings and
re-affix them to the plaster walls from where they had been flaking, and today it is hardly conceivable that such vibrant colors have actually not been retouched since they were first laid thousands of years ago.
Hatshepsut Temple: Rising out of the desert plain in a series of terraces, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Ancient Egypt’s only female Pharaoh) merges with the sheer limestone that surround it, as if nature herself had built this extraordinary monument.
Buffet lunch on the sun deck while sailing to Esna. Return to your cruise for afternoon tea in the Captain's lounge.
Dinner on board
Overnight on board
Breakfast on board
Morning visit to the temple of Edfu in horse carriages.
Enjoy lunch while passing by the amazing sceneries while sailing to Kom Ombo.
Afternoon visit to the temple of Kom Ombo on foot.
Dinner on board
Overnight on board
Breakfast on board
Morning visit to the temple of Philae.
Lunch on board
Afternoon tour with a motorboat sailing around the islands and visit the botanical garden.
Dinner on board
Overnight on board
Breakfast on board
Day at leisure
Overnight Sofitel Old Cataract Hotel
Breakfast at hotel
Fly to Abu Simbel where Nubia representative and private van will be waiting for you to transfer you to the Great Temple of Ramses II
Abu Simbel: The two temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel are each fronted by colossal statues up to 20
meters high, and are famed as the most impressive monuments remaining of Ancient Egypt in modern times. Recently the temples were threatened by the waters of Lake Nasser, and with the help of a UNESCO campaign they were cut into blocks, raised piece-by-piece, and reassembled in a new
position higher up the hillside.
Fly back to Cairo
Overnight Four Seasons Nile Plaza Hotel
Breakfast at hotel
Grand Egyptian Museum
Lunch at 9 Lounge Restaurant with a view of all the main Pyramids
After lunch, your Egyptologist will escort you on an unforgettable tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza;
the only present-day survivors of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They are among the world’s greatest tourist attractions and never lose their ability to inspire and overwhelm visitors.
No trip to Egypt would be complete without a ride on a “ship of the desert”, and so today you have the opportunity to mount your individual camel for a short ride across the sands of Giza. Enter the temple of the mysterious Sphinx, an ancient figure shrouded in legend and mystery. Your Egyptologist will enthrall you with the tales told of this fascinating figure.
Farwell Dinner at Crimson Bar and Grill restaurant with a view of the Nile.
Overnight Four Seasons Nile Plaza Hotel
Breakfast at the hotel