8-Day Nile Adventure Tour Sleeping on a Felucca Boat and Train
8 days
By train
About this activity
Day 1 - Arrive Cairo:
Arrival at the Cairo airport. A representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification. From the airport you will be transferred by a private car to your hotel and overnight stay in Cairo. (No Meals)
Day 2 - Pyramids & Saqqara tour - Sleeping train to Aswan
Breakfast. Visit the great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren and Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx, a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. Then onwards to Sakkara to see the first pyramid ever built. The step pyramid of Zosser. visit the Egyptian Museum which contains the fabulous treasures of Tutankamon, especially the solid golden masque and the golden coffer. In the late after noon visit to the famous Khan El Khalili market. You will then have free time before being transferred to Cairo station to catch the sleeping train to Aswan (B, D)
Day 3 - Aswan:
Breakfast on the train, and arrival Aswan. A representatives will meet and assist you in transferring to the hotel for check in. Next, visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries & The Temple of Philae. Overnight in the Aswan hotel. (B)
Day 4 Felucca:
Breakfast, (Optional trip to Abu Simble by plane), on the Nile by felucca around Kitchener’s island and Elephantine, after noon check in your Felucca (a sailing vessel) on your way to Luxor .Dinner and over night on the felucca (B, L, D)
Day 5 - Luxor:
After breakfast on the felucca, drive to visit the ruins of the temple shared by the two Gods Sobek and Haroeies in Kom Ombo and the magnificent great temple of Horus (god of protraction). From there you'll be transferred from Edfu to your hotel in Luxor city. Enjoy an afternoon drive to lovely Luxor temple dedicated to Amoun-Ra the king of Goods in Pharos time. Overnight stay in hotel in Luxor (B)
Day 6 - Luxor , Sleeping Train to Cairo:
Breakfast. Visit The West Bank – the Valley of the Kings, Valley of The Queens and The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari, then proceed to the great Karnack temple witch is considered the worlds largest religious complex. Transfer to the railway station to take the sleeper train to Cairo. (B, D)
Day 7 - Cairo:
Arrive Cairo, Free day or Optional tour to Alexandria. Overnight stay in a Cairo hotel. (B)
Day 8 - Departure:
Breakfast at the hotel then a representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you through final your departure formalities. (B)
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Arrival at the Cairo airport. A representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification. From the airport you will be transferred by a private car to your hotel and overnight stay in Cairo. (No Meals)
Day 2 - Pyramids & Saqqara tour - Sleeping train to Aswan
Breakfast. Visit the great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren and Mykerions. Cheops is the most colossal ever built. Next is a close-up look at Sphinx, a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. Then onwards to Sakkara to see the first pyramid ever built. The step pyramid of Zosser. visit the Egyptian Museum which contains the fabulous treasures of Tutankamon, especially the solid golden masque and the golden coffer. In the late after noon visit to the famous Khan El Khalili market. You will then have free time before being transferred to Cairo station to catch the sleeping train to Aswan (B, D)
Day 3 - Aswan:
Breakfast on the train, and arrival Aswan. A representatives will meet and assist you in transferring to the hotel for check in. Next, visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries & The Temple of Philae. Overnight in the Aswan hotel. (B)
Day 4 Felucca:
Breakfast, (Optional trip to Abu Simble by plane), on the Nile by felucca around Kitchener’s island and Elephantine, after noon check in your Felucca (a sailing vessel) on your way to Luxor .Dinner and over night on the felucca (B, L, D)
Day 5 - Luxor:
After breakfast on the felucca, drive to visit the ruins of the temple shared by the two Gods Sobek and Haroeies in Kom Ombo and the magnificent great temple of Horus (god of protraction). From there you'll be transferred from Edfu to your hotel in Luxor city. Enjoy an afternoon drive to lovely Luxor temple dedicated to Amoun-Ra the king of Goods in Pharos time. Overnight stay in hotel in Luxor (B)
Day 6 - Luxor , Sleeping Train to Cairo:
Breakfast. Visit The West Bank – the Valley of the Kings, Valley of The Queens and The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari, then proceed to the great Karnack temple witch is considered the worlds largest religious complex. Transfer to the railway station to take the sleeper train to Cairo. (B, D)
Day 7 - Cairo:
Arrive Cairo, Free day or Optional tour to Alexandria. Overnight stay in a Cairo hotel. (B)
Day 8 - Departure:
Breakfast at the hotel then a representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you through final your departure formalities. (B)
Included
- 2 nights hotel accommodation in Cairo 3 star deluxe hotel on bed and breakfast basis "Barcelo Pyramids or Similar"
- 1 night hotel accommodation in Aswan 3 star deluxe hotel on bed and breakfast basis "Isis Corniche or Similar"
- 1 night on Traditional felucca boat - full board – excludes drinks
- 1 night hotel accommodation in Luxor 3 star deluxe hotel on bed and breakfast basis "Lotus Luxor Hotel or Similar"
- All transfers in Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan
- All your tours and excursions are with A/C Vans or buses
- The service of meet and assist at all your destinations
- English speaking Egyptologist local guide, one in Cairo and one on the felucca
- Sleeping train Cairo / Aswan – Luxor / Cairo (With breakfast and dinner)
- Our prices include all taxes and service fees
Not included
- Visa Entry for Egypt (US$ 25 per passport)
- Tipping (optional)
- All your visits exclude entrance fees (around 55-65 USD per person for the whole tour)
- Personal expenses (laundry, sauna, telephone…etc)
- Any meals not mentioned in the program
- Any optional tours
- International airfare
- some hotels don't accept triple rooms in that case you should pay single room supplement for the third person
- New Year Gala Dinner or Xmas Eve dinner (it is compulsory at most of the hotels)
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- It is a real adventure, no toilet on board of the traditional Nile Felucca
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Dress code is casual
- some hotels don't accept triple rooms in that case you should pay single room supplement for the third person
- New Year Gala Dinner or Xmas Eve dinner (it is compulsory at most of the hotels)
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
70%
Aquatic
30%
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