Best of Egypt Private Tour Package, 9 Days 8 Nights: Cairo, Nile Cruise, Alexandria

Our tour guide will pick you up to start your trip by visiting the Giza Pyramids, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. You will see the Great Pyramid of Cheops and the pyramids of Chefren and Menkaure, the Valley Temple of the second pyramid, and the Great Sphinx statue with a lion’s body and a human face guarding the pyramids. After lunch, drive to the ruins of Memphis, the first capital of Egypt, to see the colossi of Ramses II and the beautiful Alabaster Sphinx. Finish your tour at Sakkara, the first great necropolis, which has the first pyramid built in the world, the Step Pyramid of King Djoser. Return to the hotel and stay overnight in Cairo.     

Our tour guide will pick you up to start your trip to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), also known as the Giza Museum, a major archaeological museum located near the Pyramids of Giza. 
Overview: 
*Location: 
Approximately 2 kilometers from the Giza Pyramids, on the outskirts of Cairo

*Size: 
It is anticipated to be the largest archaeological museum in the world, with around 100,000 artifacts on display. Right now it holds the most important treasure ever found in the world: Tutankhamun’s tomb, which was found in 1922 by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings. The treasure collection includes more than 3,500 masterpieces of antiquities  

Then drive to the Citadel of Salah Eldin, which was built in 1173 to protect Cairo from the Crusaders and has the Turkish masterpiece, the Mohamed Ali Mosque. Then have your lunch. After that, visit Old Coptic Cairo: the Hanging Church, Abu Serga Church, known as the Holy Crypt Church, and the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Finish your tour in the heart of the old Islamic city, at the Khan El Khalili Bazaar.       
After finishing, fly to Aswan and stay overnight in Aswan.  

At the time we mentioned, you will be transferred to embark on your ship. After check-in, have lunch, then drive to visit the Unfinished Obelisk, which was made of red granite and belongs to Queen Hatshepsut. Then drive to the High Dam, which was built by the Russians and finished in 1962. Finish your tour by visiting Philae Temple on Agilkia Island, with an amazing boat trip back to the ship.   
Enjoy dinner on board    
folklore dance show    
Note: optional Nubian village visit for $30 per person    

Breakfast   

Optional Tour 4 AM

The Abu Simbel twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty. They serve as a lasting monument to the king and his queen Nefertari. They were submerged under the water of Lake Nasser after the High 
Dam was built, so UNESCO cooperated with the Egyptian government to move them onto an artificial hill.  
This temple, known as the Temple of Ramses II, beloved by Amun, is dedicated to Ptah, Re-Her-Akhtey, Amun-Re, and to Ramses II himself. The small temple of Nefertari is called the Temple of Hathor.  

Sail to Kom Ombo Temple, which is dedicated to Sobek and Horus, and visit the crocodile mummies museum. Return to the ship and sail to Edfu.    
Lunch on board    
Visit Edfu Temple, dedicated to Horus    
Afternoon tea while enjoying the sunset    
Dinner on board    
Galabia party    
  

Breakfast    
Sail to Luxor    
Free time on board    
Lunch on board    
Visit Karnak & Luxor Temples    
Dinner onboard    

Breakfast    
Disembarkation    
Visit the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon.    
Fly to Cairo and stay overnight at a hotel    
  

Optional Tour 

Hot Air Balloon

After breakfast, early in the morning, drive to Alexandria, 220 km north-east of Cairo, which takes around 3 hours. Your first sightseeing stop is the Catacombs, a tomb built between the 2nd and 4th centuries by the Romans and excavated by accident in 1900 AD. It is one of the largest necropolises. After finishing, 2 km from the Catacombs, is the location of Pompey’s Pillar. Pompey’s Pillar is a Roman triumphal column, and it is one of the largest of its type constructed outside the imperial capitals of Rome  
and Constantinople. Then drive to the shore of Alexandria, to the spot of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the old lighthouse, which collapsed completely and was replaced by Qaitbay Castle, built in the 15th century. Enjoy walking around the outside. After this, you will have a chance to take a picture of the famous Abu-Alabbas Al-Mursi Mosque. Drive along the Corniche of Alexandria with one stop at the Alexandria Library (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), which is the number one library in the world and contains more than 8 million books. 
Back to Cairo and overnight at hotel   

Transfer to Cairo Airport for final departure