Cairo and Nour el Nil Dahabiya Nile Cruise Luxury Tour

from $3700
Duration: 10 Days / 09 Nights
Type: Private Tour
Run: Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Overview:

Experience a 10-day Cairo and Nour el Nil Dahabiya cruise that blends Egypt's greatest ancient treasures and luxurious amenities at their best. You can begin your tour in Cairo, where you have the chance to enjoy iconic world figures such as the Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, and Egyptian Museum. Then, Enjoy a luxurious Nour el Nil Dahabiya cruise down the timeless splendor of the Nile River, surrounded by impeccable service and amenities. Visit the breathtaking temples of Luxor, including Karnak and Luxor Temple, and the Valley of the Kings, then to Aswan to witness the Philae Temple and High Dam. This Egypt luxury tour is an exclusive, personalized experience of Egypt's bountiful history in style. Specially designed for the traveler with a taste for the finer things, this Egypt travel package ensures a unique experience of history, culture, and luxury.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Your dream Egypt luxury vacation come true

Around Egypt Tours representatives will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport-oriented exclusive meet-and-greet services. Then, he will take you to your luxury hotel via Mercedes-Benz. At the hotel, the representative will assist you with check-in and discuss your Cairo and Nour el Nil Dahabiya Nile Cruise Luxury Tour itinerary to confirm each tour's pick-up time. Welcome Drink.


Day 2: Start your Luxury vacation Pyramids / Saqqara

After breakfast, check out of your hotel and start your luxury tour with one of Egypt's finest sites, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus, accompanied by your private tour guide. Then visit Sphinx. The visit includes a stop at the Valley Temple of the Pyramids of Chephren. Stop for lunch at a luxury restaurant during the tour and a visit to the Solar Boat by the front of the Cheops Pyramid. Afterward, you will continue to the Sakkara area to visit Sakkara Complex and the first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid). Then you will be dropped off at your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo.


Included Activities :
• Cairo - Pyramids of Giza
• Cairo - Djoser Pyramid
Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Optional Tours :
• Cairo- Sound and Light show

Day 3: Luxury vacation to Museum / Old Cairo / Khan El Khalili

Hotel breakfast. After this, your private guide will take you to finish your luxury Egypt tours by visiting the Egyptian Museum with its splendid collection of Tutankhamun and many other fascinating artifacts. After this, you transfer to visit Salah El Din Citadel, built in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of the Crusaders. Next, you visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque, which will be the venue for lunch at a high-end restaurant. Thereafter, you will drive to Islamic Cairo and discover Khan El Khalili, Cairo's old bazaar. Next, we continue our trip in Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, and return to the hotel to spend the night in Cairo.


Included Activities :
• Cairo - Egyptian Museum
• Cairo - Salah El Din Citadel
• Cairo - Coptic Cairo
• Cairo - Khan El Khalili
Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 4: Fly to luxor from cairo/ Embarkation luxury Dahabiya

After breakfast, you check out of your Cairo hotel and head to Cairo Airport for an onward flight to Luxor. There, you will be met and assisted before being transferred to Esna to board the luxury dahabiya Nour El Nil. Your luxury tour commences with a quick visit to the temple and a walk through streets lined with exquisite textiles and other exotic wares. Back to your luxury Dahabiya. Overnight in Esna.


Included Activities :
• Esna - Esna Temple
Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Optional Tours :
• Luxor - The Valley of the Kings
• Luxor - Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
• Luxor - the Colossi of Memnon

Day 5: El Kab & Edfu on Nour El Nil luxury Dahabiya

Sail towards El Kab, lying on the East Bank of the Nile, which was once the capital of Upper Egypt and still remains home to the temple of Nekhbet---and a row of fascinating decorated tombs carved into the slope of the mountains. When docked, a wonderful walk through a small fishermen village will take you to the necropolis. In The afternoon, the luxury Dahabiya arrives at Edfu. Next, you will visit the next wondrous preserved Edfu Temple by horse carriage. After you return to the luxury Dahabiya, set sail for a magnificent island.
Overnight on the island.


Included Activities :
• El Kab - temple of Nekhbet from the sun deck
• Edfu - the Horus Temple
Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 6: Sail & Swim

Set sail after breakfast, then stop at an island for a swim in the Nile; from here, you will have the chance to walk straight into the desert down a valley lined with boulders adorned with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and prehistoric inscriptions. Later in the evening, the boat pulls up at the temple of Gebel Silsila. Stay overnight at Gebel Silsila.


Included Activities :
• Stop at an island to swim in the Nile
Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 7: Gebel Silsila

After breakfast, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity awaits you. At this enchanting site, you'll typically be the only guests since large Nile cruise ships cannot stop here. Following your visit to the small temple of Horemheb and a walk through the sandstone quarries, you shall stop for tea and shisha at the beautiful little café. From there, you will navigate to a charming bank for lunch and swimming.
Overnight in Kom Ombo.


Included Activities :
• Gebel Silsileh - Temple of Horemheb
Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 8: Kom Ombo Temple

After Breakfast, visit the temple of Kom Ombo. The temple was dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile-headed god. After enjoying the temple, you will visit the new Crocodile Museum, which contains many mummified crocodiles, attesting to the importance the creature played in this region in ancient times. back to the luxury Dahabiya and sail to Aswan.
Overnight in Aswan.


Included Activities :
• Kom Ombo - the Temple shared by two gods Sobek & Haeror
Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 9: End of your Luxury Dahabiya Nour El Nil

After Breakfast. Here your luxury dahabiya comes to an end. Check out and transfer to Aswan Airport for your flight back, where you will be met and assisted and transferred to your hotel in Cairo for free time at leisure and Overnight in Cairo.


Meals Included :
• Breakfast
Optional Tours :
• Aswan - the High Dam
• Aswan - Temple of Philae
• Aswan - Tour to Nubian Village

Day 10: End of your Egypt Luxury Vacation / Fly Back Home

Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure. End of your Cairo and Nour el Nil Dahabiya Nile Cruise Luxury Tour.


Meals Included :
• Breakfast
Included:

•    Exclusive meet and greet services by Around Egypt Tours representatives at Cairo international airport with a nominative sign at the passport control area
•    Assistance of our personnel during your stay
•    All transfers by a private air-conditioned deluxe vehicle equipped with free WiFi
•    Flight ticket from (Cairo / Luxor - Aswan / Cairo)
•    Accommodation for 4 nights in Cairo hotel based on breakfast, the Luxury hotel earned the “Hygiene Safety” certificate for operation
•    Accommodation for 5 nights on the Luxury  Dahabiya Cruise Nour el Nil on full board, the Luxury Dahabiya cruise earned the      “Hygiene  Safety” certificate for operation
•    Private English / Portuguese / German / Spanish speaking tour guide
•    All sightseeing tours are private guided tours
•    Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites in your vacation itinerary
•    Meals as mentioned in the above itinerary at healthy restaurants
•    Bottled water during your tours
•    Free alcohol sanitizer bottle will be provided every day in your tour
•    30 minutes of local calling (5 minutes international) and a mobile phone loaned for the length of your stay or an Egyptian sim card for your unlocked mobile device
•    All service charges and taxes

Excluded:

•    Airfare to and from Egypt
•    Entry Visa to Egypt
•    Personal spending
•    Optional Activities
•    Tipping 

Prices:
Summer Prices: (May to Sep.)
Single Solo Traveler Per Person in Double Per Person in Triple
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Winter Prices: (Oct. to April.)
Single Solo Traveler Per Person in Double Per Person in Triple
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Notes:
• Prices

Tour prices are quoted in US dollars per person per trip except during Christmas, New Year & Easter Egypt travel pacakges; however, you can pay in Euro or GBP. Moreover, we always update our prices to ensure that you receive the lowest price possible. Once your Egypt Luxury Vacation is confirmed, no change to the rates is guaranteed from our part.

• Domestic flights

There are two domestic flights included on this trip. We usually use Egypt Air or Nile Air for this service. Baggage allowance is as follows:
Checked-in   - 1 Bag, max 23kg
Hand luggage - 1 bag, max 7kg

• Tips for the final departure

On your last day, we would recommend not booking any outgoing international flight until after 3.00 pm, or consider spending an extra night in Cairo. Our Tour Manager can assist with additional services like accommodation and transfers.

• Children Policy

0 - 01.99 Free of Charge
2 - 5.99 pay 25% of the Egypt Luxury Vacation price
6 - 11.99 pay 50% of the Egypt Luxury Vacation price
12+ pay full tour price as per adult person
If your Egypt Luxury Vacation includes airfare, extra charges for your children may be applied.

•    Payment Policy

Reservations should be made as early as possible to confirm the desired Egypt travel packages. Spaces will be secured as well as Your request will be confirmed upon receiving a deposit of 25 % of the required payment.
During the peak season (X-Mas, New Year), the required deposit will 50%of the required payment. This deposit forms part of your final payment. The remaining balance should be paid up to a week before your arrival date or cash upon arrival.


•  Installments policy

Around Egypt Tours offers you a new payment plan that allows you to pay your booked Egypt Luxury Vacation in monthly installments.
You will pay in monthly installments of 6 months, nine months, or 12 months leading up to your arrival. You will pay the Rest of
payment upon your arrival to Egypt in cash or by credit/debit cards, or you can pay the full cost in monthly installments before your
Arrival to Egypt.
    
•    Additional Entry Tickets

All our Egypt travel packages don't include the entrance fees to the specific archaeological sites such as :
 Entering one of the Pyramids inside
Visit the Mummies Room at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Visit the Solar Boat Museum at the Pyramids area
Enter the Tomb of Tutankhamen at Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

•    Tipping

It is a customary attitude for expressing one’s satisfaction with good services rendered to him by staff on duty with him. We advise If you are willing to offer it, this will be great, and if not, you are not obliged to do it.

•  Cancellation Policy

 In case you cancel your Egypt Luxury Vacation package, the following scale of charges will be applied:
From the date of booking until 61 days before your arrival date, 10% of the entire tour price will be charged.
Between 60 and 31 days before your arrival date, 20% of the entire tour price will be charged.
Between 30 and 15 days before your arrival date, 50% of the entire tour price will be charged.
Between 14 and 1 days before your arrival date, 100% of the entire tour price will be charged.
 Additionally, there are cancellation fees on all domestic flights within Egypt. If you cancel a tour at any time, you will be subject
to any fees according to the airline’s cancellation policy.

• Emergency Cancellation Policy

Around Egypt Tours offers a highly flexible cancelation policy, in case your government or the airline declared a travel warning
for War, riot, civil strife, natural or nuclear disaster, fire, flood, conditions, epidemics, infections, or outbreaks of COVID-19. If that happened, we would be refunding you the amount paid for the booked tour, or in some cases, your payment will be a credit for future travel. You have the flexibility to apply this amount towards new travel services booked within 12 months.
According to the airline's terms and conditions, only flights’ cancellation/changing fees are charged, and bank surcharges fees are applied on the deposit amount paid.

 We as Around Egypt Tours prioritize your well-being, health, and safety; for that reason, we've amended our cancellation policy. We've also modified our procedures to develop the global health and safety protocols to match the recommendations (WTTC).
Our Hotels have been chosen carefully to obtain the “Hygiene Safety” certificate to match the recommendations of the Ministries of tourism and health in Egypt to reflect our interests and values towards our Guests.