Nile and Red Sea 12 Days / 11 Nights

CAIRO Breakfast. Day dedicated to the excursion to Memphis, where you can see the recumbent limestone statue of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx, and the necropolis of Saqqara, where you can admire Djoser's funerary complex containing the world's first stone construction, the Step Pyramid. Lunch. In the afternoon, visit the Pyramids of Giza: Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus (with entry to the interior of Chephren or Mycerinus).

Overnight at the hotel.

CAIRO Breakfast. Full-day tour of Cairo visiting the Museum of Pharaonic Art with its masterpieces belonging to different empires and the treasure found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, the Citadel of Saladin with the splendid Mosque of Muhammad Ali, also called the Alabaster Mosque. Lunch. In the afternoon, continue to the Coptic quarter where the Church of Saint Sergius is located—where the Holy Family took refuge when fleeing Herod in Egypt—finishing with a walk through the medieval district of Khan el-Khalili. Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and at the scheduled time, transfer to Cairo Airport for your domestic flight to Aswan. Arrival and transfer to the hotel, and at the scheduled time, departure by coach to Abu Simbel. Arrival and lunch at the hotel or restaurant. Visit the Aswan Dam, the Philae Temple dedicated to the goddess Isis and located on Agilkia Island, and the granite quarry where the Unfinished Obelisk is located. Embarkation and lunch. In the afternoon, a felucca ride on the Nile to admire a panoramic view of the Agha Khan Mausoleum, Elephantine Island, and the Botanical Garden. Return to Aswan and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and opportunity to take an OPTIONAL excursion to the temples of Abu Simbel. Return to Aswan and transfer to the cruise ship. Lunch and dinner on board. Overnight on board.

Breakfast. Navigation (the night before or that same morning) to Kom Ombo to visit its temple shared by the gods Sobek and Haroeris. Continuation to Edfu. Upon arrival in Edfu, visit the Temple of Edfu, dedicated to the god Horus. Continuation to Esna to cross the lock. Sail to Luxor. Overnight on board.

Early in the morning, visit the Theban necropolis: Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Workers known as Deir el-Medina, the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III known as Madinat Habu, panoramic view of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut known as Deir el-Bahari, and the Colossi of Memnon. In the afternoon, visit the temples of Karnak and Luxor. Overnight on board in Luxor.

LUXOR Breakfast and disembarkation. At the scheduled time, departure by air-conditioned vehicle by road to the Red Sea (Hurghada). Arrival. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

HURGHADA. Free days to relax, enjoy the resort facilities, scuba diving, snorkeling, desert safari, etc.

HURGHADA / CAIRO Breakfast. At the scheduled time, transfer to the airport for your return flight to Cairo.

Breakfast. At the scheduled time, transfer to Cairo International Airport for your return flight to your destination.