Cairo, Luxury Dahabiya & Sharm El Sheikh

from $3499
Duration: 13 Days /12 Nights
Type: private tour
Run: Friday, Saturday ,Sunday
Overview:

We are delighted to offer you one of the best luxury tours to Egypt. Starting from the luxury accommodation in Cairo, and visiting the great Pyramids of Giza, Saqqara Pyramid, Egyptian museum, and many more historical sites! Then you will have a unique chance to sail on the luxury Dahabiya Nour El Nil from Luxor to Aswan to visit the most amazing sites in upper Egypt as large Nile cruisers are not allowed to stop at these fantastic sites. Finally, you will have a Luxury holiday in Sharm El-Sheik, where you will chill and enjoy a great relaxing tour on the beautiful shores of Sharm El- Sheikh.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Your dream Luxury tours to Egypt come true

Welcome to Cairo, Egypt (Around the Clock)
Around Egypt Tours representative will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport (Arrival procedures), and then he will escort you to the hotel by exclusive air-conditioned deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your luxury Egypt tours with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for all the tours. Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome Drink


Meals Included :
• Dinner

Day 2: luxury tours to Pyramids / Saqqara

Check out from your hotel after breakfast, and then you will be accompanied by your private tour guide to start your luxury tours by visiting one of the best attractions in Egypt, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus. Then proceed to visit the Sphinx. The tour also includes a visit to the Valley Temple, which belongs to the Pyramids of Chephren. Then continue to visit the Solar Boat in front of Cheops Pyramid. Stop for lunch at a luxury restaurant during the tour, and then proceed to Sakkara area to visit Saqqara Complex, and the first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid). Next, you will be transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo.


Included Activities :
• Cairo - Pyramids of Giza
• Cairo - Saqqara pyramid
Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Optional Tours :
• Cairo- Sound and Light show

Day 3: Luxury tours to Museum / Old Cairo

Breakfast at the hotel. Then, you will be escorted by your private guide to complete tour luxury Egypt tours by visiting the Egyptian Museum, where you will explore the splendid collection of Tutankhamun alongside many other fascinating artifacts. Next, you transfer to visit Salah El Din Citadel, which was constructed in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of Crusaders. Then, you visit Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque. Lunch will be served in a luxury restaurant. Then, you continue driving to the area of Islamic Cairo, where you will be able to explore Khan El Khalili, Cairo’s old bazaar. After that, we move on to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, and back to the hotel and overnight in Cairo.


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

Day 4: Fly to luxor/ Embarkation the luxury Nour El Nil

After breakfast, you will check out from your hotel in Cairo and transfer to Cairo Airport for flight to Luxor. Next, you will be met and assisted by Around Egypt tours then transfer to Esna to embark on your luxury dahabiya Nour El Nil. Your luxury tours will begin with a brief walk to the temple and a stroll through streets filled with beautiful textiles and other exotic goods.
Back to your luxury Dahabiya. And overnight in Esna.


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

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

Sail to El Kab, on the East Bank of the Nile, which was once the capital of Upper Egypt and is still home to the temple of Nekhbet, and explore the row of fascinating decorated tombs carved into the slope of the mountains. Upon docking, you will embark on a beautiful walk through a small fishermen village to visit the necropolis.
In the afternoon, the luxury Dahabiya will arrive at Edfu, and then you will visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu by horse carriage. After returning to the luxury Dahabiya, you will set sail for a beautiful 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

Sailing after Breakfast, and then, you will stop at an island to swim in the Nile as you will have the chance to walk into the desert along a valley lined with boulders covered in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and stone-age inscriptions. At night, the boat will stop at the temple of Gebel Silsileh. Overnight in Gebel Silsileh.


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

Day 7: Gebel Silsileh

After breakfast, you will have a unique chance. You will usually be the only visitors at this fascinating site, as large Nile cruisers are not allowed to stop here. After visiting the small temple of Horemheb and walking through the sandstone quarries, you will visit a picturesque café to enjoy tea and shisha. You will then sail to a picturesque riverbank where you will stop 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 to fly to Cairo and then fly to Sharm. Upon arrival at Sharm Airport, you will be transferred to your hotel in Sharm and overnight. Most flights from Luxor to Sharm are indirect flights via Cairo Airport. Overnight in Sharm.


Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Optional Tours :
• Aswan - Tour to Nubian Village

Day 10: Sharm El Sheikh

Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to Ras Mohammed National Park, which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve. The 480 square kilometers protected area lies where the Gulf of Suez meets the Gulf of Aqaba in Sinai's southern extremity. The arid desert terrain of dunes, gravel plains, fossilized corals, and granite mountains is home to many rare mammal species: Dorcas gazelle, Nubian ibex, and red fox. More comfortable to spot are the resident birds like terns, herons, gulls, and ospreys. Thousands of white storks pass through Ras Mohammed each year, heading south during September/October and back north during April/May. About 85 flora species live in the park, including mangroves. Overnight in Sharm.


Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Optional Tours :
• Sharm - Ras Mohammed National Park

Day 11: Sharm El Sheikh

Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to the Monastery of St. Catherine located at the heart of Sinai and the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses. Fronted by gardens and cypress trees, the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church. Its rich library houses the world's second-largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican. You can see the Burning Bush and a large number of antique works of art: invaluable icons, beautifully carved doors, exquisite wall paintings, and other beautiful religious ornaments. Overnight in Sharm.


Meals Included :
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Optional Tours :
• Sharm - Tour to the Monastery of St. Catherine

Day 12: Back to Cairo

Breakfast at your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh and then you will be transferred to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for flight to Cairo.
Overnight in Cairo.


Meals Included :
• Breakfast
Optional Tours :
• Cairo - Tour to Alexandria from Cairo by Car

Day 13: Final Departure, End of your luxury tours to Egypt

Breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure. End of your luxury tours to Egypt.


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
•    Domestic flight (Cairo/ Luxor – Aswan-Cairo/Sharm- Sharm/ Cairo)
•    Accommodation for 4 nights in Cairo luxury hotel based on breakfast
•    Accommodation for 5 nights on the Luxury Dahabiya Cruise on full board
•   Accommodation for 3 nights in Sharm at a luxury hotel on full board
•    Private English / Portuguese / German / Spanish speaking tour guide
•    All sightseeing tours in Cairo are private guided tours
•    All sightseeing tours on Dahabiya sharing Dahabiya group
•    Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites in your luxury tours itinerary
•    Meals as mentioned in the above itinerary at healthy restaurants
•    Bottled water during your tours
•    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:

•    International Airfare
•    Egypt entry visa
•    Any optional activities
•    Personal Spendings
•    Tipping

Prices:
Summer Prices: (May to Sep.)
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Winter Prices: (Oct. to April.)
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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 packages; 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 luxury tours to Egypt 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 tour price
6 - 11.99 pay 50% of the tour price
12+ pay full tour price as per adult person
If your Egypt 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 luxury tours to Egypt 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 vacation to Egypt, 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.