8-Day Egypt Standard Tour: Cairo, Alexandria & Nile Cruise

Best Standard Egypt Tour Package Itinerary

1st day: Cairo Arrival

• Meet and assist with airport formalities.
• Transfer to your hotel and check-in. Overnight stay.

2nd day: Alexandria Sightseeing

• After breakfast, travel to Alexandria (3 hours).
• Visit Montazah Palace and gardens.
• Photo stop at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
• Lunch at a seafood restaurant.
• Explore the Catacombs, Pompey’s Pillar, and the Ptolemaic Amphitheatre.
• Visit the Fort of Qaitbay.
• Return to Cairo for an overnight stay.

3rd day: Giza, Saqqara, & Memphis

• After breakfast, visit the Pyramids of Giza, including the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx.
• Enjoy lunch at a countryside restaurant.
• Explore the Pyramids of Saqqara and Memphis, including the statue of Ramses II.
• Optional sound and light show at Giza.
• Overnight sleeper train to Aswan with dinner onboard.

Day 4: Aswan Sightseeing

• Breakfast on the train. Arrive in Aswan.
• Visit the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk.
• Check in to your Nile cruise for lunch.
• Afternoon visit to the Temple of Philae and a felucca ride around Elephantine Island.
• Dinner onboard the cruise.

5th day: Aswan (Sailing)

• Breakfast onboard. Relax while sailing to Luxor.
• Visit the double temple of Kom Ombo and the Temple of Edfu.
• Lunch and dinner onboard the cruise.

Day 6: Luxor Sightseeing

• Breakfast onboard. Visit the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens.
• Explore the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon.
• Lunch onboard the cruise.
• Afternoon visit to Karnak and Luxor temples.
• Dinner onboard the cruise.

7th day: Cairo Sightseeing

• Breakfast onboard. Fly from Luxor to Cairo.
• Visit the Egyptian Museum and Coptic Cairo.
• Lunch by the Nile.
• Explore Islamic Cairo, including the Citadel and Khan El-Khalili bazaar.
• Check in to your hotel for an overnight stay.

Last day: Cairo – Home

• After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport for departure, taking home wonderful memories of Egypt.