8 Days Cairo & Nile Cruise Tour for Senior

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8 Days Cairo & Nile Cruise Tour for Senior

Prepare yourself for the 8 Days Cairo & Nile Cruise Tour for Senior and explore the golden ancient Egyptian civilization with Egypt tour packages. Egy tour packages offer this Egypt tours for our senior guests with the best services possible, private vehicle, luxury Nile Cruises and private guide. All our seniors will discover the astonishing sights in Giza like the Giza Pyramids and the Great Sphinx. Moreover, the top Egypt attractions in Upper Egypt on board the luxury Nile River Cruise including Valley of the Kings, and Karnak temple. Also, Hatshepsut temple, Edfu temple, Kom Ombo and Philae temple in Aswan. Booking this Egypt vacation packages means you will connect to the sacred land of Egypt and watch the incomparable beauty of Egypt.

Tour Details

Duration 8 Days / 7 Nights

Tour Location Cairo Luxor Edfu Kom Ombo Aswan Cairo

Tour Availability Everyday

Pickup & Drop Off Cairo airport

Tour Type: Senior tour

Wheel Chair: Accessible

Tour highlight

Giza Pyramids Complex

The Grand Egyptian Museum

Valley of the Kings

Hatshepsut Temple

Karnak Temple

Luxor Temple

Edfu Temple

Kom Ombo

Philae Temple

Aswan High Dam

Including in this tour

Meet and assist at Cairo airport

Round transfer with air-conditioned vehicle

Knowledgeable Egyptologist tour guide

3 Nights accommodation at a 5**** Hotel in Cairo

4 Nights accommodation at a deluxe Nile Cruise on full board basis

Fly tickets from Cairo to Luxor

Fly tickets from Aswan to Cairo

Entrance fees to all the places in the itinerary

All Service Charges and Taxes

Excluded in this tour

Entrance fee for Cheops Pyramid & Khafre Pyramid

Tipping

Beverages during lunches and on board the cruise

What to Pack

Sunglasses / Suncream

Hat/ Scarf

Comfortable shoes and clothes

Heavy clothes at Winter

Itinerary

Day 1, Arrival Cairo

Welcome to the land of Pharaohs, once you arrive at Cairo International Airport, our representative will be waiting you in front of the arrival hall with your name on a sign. then he will join you in a private vehicle to your hotel to have smooth check-in.

After the checking in, your tour guide will discuss your itinerary with you and answer any questions. Also, He will arrange the pick-up times for your various tours, and then he will leave you in peace to enjoy the rest of the day as you wish.

Meals:

No meals

Day 2, Cairo

After enjoying breakfast at your hotel, you will start your Cairo tours to some of the top Egypt attractions including

Giza Pyramids Complex

Explore with your guide the famous Giza Pyramids including the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus. Moreover, you will visit the mummification temple and the Great Sphinx.

Later on, you will enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant before you proceed to the Grand Egyptian Museum, where you will enjoy seeing countless artifacts representing more than 5000 years of history. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to visit all the Treasures Room of Tutankhamen in one place for the first time in modern history.

At the end of the tour, you will go back to your hotel for overnight.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch

Day 3, Cairo Luxor Nile Cruise

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel then your guide will join you to Cairo airport to fly to Luxor. Upon arrival at Luxor airport, your guide will transfer you to your Nile Cruise to check-in and lunch on board before you start your tour to Luxor attractions.

Start your tour on Luxor east bank with the largest structures ever build in the history of the mankind, Karnak temples complex. The temple dates back to the middle kingdom and it was extended during the New Kingdom and the Greco-Roman era. There are a lot to see here such as the Red Chapel, Hypostyle Hall, Hatshepsut Obelisk, Sacred Lake and Botanical Garden.

After that, you will proceed to visit Temple of Luxor, which was built by Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty and completed by the well know king Ramses II. This temple was located in the heart of ancient Thebes and, like Karnak, was dedicated to the main god Amun Ka mut. f

Back to the Nile cruise for dinner and overnight in Luxor.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 4, Luxor Edfu

Breakfast on board the Nile cruise then you will start your magical tour on Luxor west bank including Valley of the Kings, the royal cemetery of the Theban kings during the 18^th, 19^th, and 20^th dynasties of the New Kingdom.

After that, you will proceed to visit the Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari. This temple is considered as one of the most wonderful examples of the Architecture in ancient Egypt.

End your tour on west bank with the Colossi of Memnon, which is belonging to king Amenhotep III. Later, back to the Nile Cruise for lunch and sail to Edfu city for the rest of the day via Esna Lock.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 5, Edfu Kom Ombo Aswan

Early departure before breakfast to visit the mysterious temple of Horus. The temple of Horus in Edfu is considered the best well-preserved temples in Egypt. After that, you will go back to the cruise for breakfast and sail towards Kom Obo city.

Upon arrival to Kom Ombo temple after lunch, you will start your visit to the only double temple in Egypt for Sobek and Haroreis. Back to the cruise for dinner and sailing towards Aswan while enjoying the dinner and overnight in Aswan.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 6, Aswan (Optional tour to Abu Simbel)

In case you would like to visit Abu Simbel temples in Nubia, you will depart from the Nile Cruise early morning towards Abu Simbel. It takes three and half hours driving with a coffee break on the way. Upon arrival, you will marvel at the great temple of Ramesses the great and the small one of Nefertari in about two hours before you head back to Aswan.

Enjoy your lunch on board the Nile Cruise before you start your Aswan attractions starting with Aswan High Dam. It was built between 1960 and 1972 and it provides hydroelectricity, flood protection, and irrigation for millions of Egyptians. After the High Dam, you will go to visit one of the most beautiful Pharaonic temples, Philae temple. After enjoying a short motorboat ride, you will reach Agilkia island where you will visit Isis temple.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 7, Aswan Cairo

Enjoy your last breakfast on board then check-out and your guide will accompany you to Aswan airport to fly to Cairo. Upon arrival at Cairo airport, our Representative will transfer you to your hotel in Cairo by a private A/C van assisting you in your check in. Overnight in Cairo.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch

Day 8, Final departure

Enjoy your breakfast at Cairo hotel then our representative will accompany you to Cairo airport for your final departure.

Meals:

Breakfast