Stay: 11 days & 10 nights including 7 nights on the cruise
Day 1: Paris – Cairo
Special flights from Paris to Cairo.
Facilities on board according to the schedule.
Upon arrival, you will receive full assistance in the reception by our representatives from Affari Qui Travel.
Representatives will take you to the hotel to install your bags and belongings in your rooms.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Cairo (About 45 km away)
Breakfast at the hotel.
A visit to Memphis and Sakkara.
Lunch near the pyramids.
In the afternoon, there will be a visit to the Giza Plateau where rise the three great pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Menkaure of. At the Temple of the valley, you can see the Sphinx which is 70m long and 20m high.
Lunch at the bottom of the pyramids.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 3: Cairo (About 30 km away)
Breakfast at the hotel.
A visit to the National Museum of Antiquities, founded by Auguste Mariette, in 1857. It occupies 250,000 pieces that cover the history of Ancient Egypt.
Lunch in town.
A visit to the Citadel of Saladin, Mosque of Mohamed Ali and then wander in the bazaars of Khan El Khalili.
Sound and light at the Giza Pyramids (Optional).
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 4: Cairo – Luxor
Breakfast at the hote.
You will be transferred to the airport for a flight to Luxor.
Upon arrival, you will receive full assistance by our representatives from Affari Qui Travel.
Representatives will take you on board of the cruise to install your bags and belongings in your cabins.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 5: Luxor (Left Bank) – Esna (About 50 km away)
Early breakfast on board.
Crossing the Nile for a visit to the necropolis of Thebes (Valley of the Kings) where tombs are cut in the rock to be safe from the brigands.
Visit the temple of Queen Hatshepsut where rites were held to benefit him and stop the colossi of Memnon.
Back on board for lunch.
Free afternoon where you can wander the souks of Luxor.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 6: Esna – Edfu, Kom Ombo (About 185 km away)
Breakfast on board.
Sail to Edfu.
Free time on the cruise.
At Edfu, a horse-drawn carriage will take you for a visit to the Temple of Horus, which is considered the second biggest temple in Egypt.
Sail to Kom Ombo.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 7: Kom Ombo – Aswan (About 45 km away)
Breakfast on board.
Visit Kom Ombo temple dedicated to the gods Haroeris and Sobek.
Navigation to Aswan.
Lunch on board.
In the afternoon, there will be a visit to the high dam.
A visit to the Philae Temple, dedicated to the cult of Isis and saved from the waters by Unesco.
Sound and light at Philae Temple (Optional)
Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 8: Aswan – Kom Ombo (About 45 km away)
Breakfast on boardRamses.
Opportunity to make the optional excursion to Abu Simbel to visit the two temples of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari. They were to be engulfed by the waters during the commissioning of the high dam on the Nile (Optional).
Lunch on board.
Felucca ride around Elephantine Islands in the afternoon.
Sail to Kom Ombo.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 9: Kom Ombo – Luxor (About 216 km away)
Breakfast on board.
Full day sail to Luxor.
Free time and lunch on board.
Sound and light at the temple of Karnak (Optional)
Dinner and overnight on board.
DAY 10: LUXOR (Right Bank)
Breakfast on board.
A visit to the Karnak Temple, the Great Temple of Amon Ra, with its impressive pillared hall of 134 columns.
A visit to the Temple of Luxor that the Egyptians called “the southern harem of Amon”.
Lunch on board.
Free afternoon.
Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 11: Luxor – Paris
Breakfast on board.
Depending on flight schedules, you will be transferred to the airport for a flight to Paris.
Formalities:
Passport valid six months after the date back.
Visa obtained by us on arrival for all our programs brochure.
NB
The order of visits may be changed due to local requirements (sailing time, passage of the lock difficult to Cairo traffic, crowds of tourists sites …). The entire program will be respected nonetheless.
Because of slots used by airlines, it remains possible that the first or last night or the day does so (are) not fully passed (s) at the hotel or on the boat
Entrance fees included:
National Museum of Antiquities
The Citadel of Salah El Din
Mosque of Mohamed Ali
The sites of Giza (except entry into a pyramid),
The valley temple
The sites of Memphis and Sakkara
The temple of Karnak
Luxor
Queen Hatshepsut
Three tombs at the Valley of the Kings
The temples of Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and the high dam
