13 days Relax and Adventure Egypt

Cairo, Alexandria, Aswan, Nile River Cruise, Luxor, Hurghada

Tour Code: TAT-Egypt-07

Tour Type: Private Tour

Price from: US$2400 Free Inquiry

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Day 1 Arrival Cairo -Welcome to the Land of the Pharaohs

Transfer service to hotel

Meals: No meal
Hotel: In Cairo 

 

Upon arrival at Cairo Airport, you will be met in the tunnel by an airport representative who will facilitate the visa process (excluded) and escort you through customs and immigration. Continue on to the baggage claim hall and finally to the passenger pick-up area, where you will be introduced to your driver for a one-hour private transfer to your hotel. Check in, and relax for the rest of the day.

Note:

* Strict dress code for visiting mosques and churches. Men must wear long pants and shirts with sleeves and no tank tops. If you're wearing sandals or flip-flops you must wear socks (no bare feet). Similarly, women must be modestly dressed (no see-through clothes, bare shoulders, etc).

* Observant Muslims do not drink alcohol or smoke. There might not be alcohol served in hotel or local restaurants. If alcohol is not offered, it is better not to ask for it.

Day 2 Cairo

Memphis,Pyramid of Saqqara, pyramids at Giza, Sphinx

Meals: Breakfast

Hotel: In Cairo 

 

This morning, meet your private guide and driver for a full day tour of the ancient Memphis, Saqqara and the pyramids at Giza. Drive south to Memphis first to visit this ancient capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. Then, move on to the Step Pyramid of Saqqara. Finish with the most iconic and largest pyramids at Giza and the mysterious Sphinx, a colossal lion with a pharaoh's head.

 

Optional: night show, Pyramids Sound and Light Show with private transfers between hotel and theatre USD53 per person

SphinxPyramids Giz

Sphinxa

Day 3 Cairo

Egyptian Museum, citadel of Salah El Din, Mohammed Ali Mosque, Khan El Khalili Bazaar

Meals: Breakfast

Hotel: In Cairo 

 

After breakfast, explore the Egyptian Museum which houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities. Later, proceed to Old Cairo to visit the Citadel of Salah El Din, and the Mohammed Ali Mosque situated high above the city. Finish the trip at the Khan El Khalili Bazaar to browse and shop.

Citadel of Salah El Din

Citadel of Salah El Din

Day 4 Cairo - Alexandria - Cairo

Private 3 hours driving to Alexandria, El Montazah gardens, Montazah palace, Catacomb (Kom El Shuqqafa),Library of Alexandria.

Meals: Breakfast

Hotel: In Cairo 

 

After breakfast, transfer to Alexandria (about 3 hours drive) and visit El Montazah gardens (exterior only) and the Montazah palace which was the summer home of the Egyptian Royal family. Then continue to the Catacomb (Kom El Shuqqafa), a remarkable example of the Alexandrian blend of Greco-Roman and Egyptian styles carved into 100ft of solid rock.

 

The next stop will be the newly opened Library of Alexandria. Apart from the main library, the complex includes a library for the blind, and a young people's library. You will pass by the Alexandria Conference Center, a science museum, a planetarium, a Restoration and Conservation Laboratory, and the Hall of Fame (exterior only).

 

After the tour, drive back to Cairo.

Library of AlexandriaLibrary of Alexandria

Day 5 Cairo - Aswan by flight

Flight to Aswan, drive to Abu Simbel, return Aswan after sightseeing

Meals: Breakfast

Hotel: In Aswan

 

Start off for a private transfer to the airport for your short flight to Aswan. Upon your arrival, We local representative and guide will meet you and escort you to Abu Simbel to visit the fabulous Temples of Abu Simbel (about 3 hours drive), with their unique style, considered to be the masterpieces of ancient Egypt. They reflect the glory and grandeur of the new Kingdom. After your visit, drive back to Aswan and check in to the hotel.

Abu Simbel Temple

Abu Simbel Temple

Day 6 Embark Nile River Cruise

High Dam, Temple of Philae, Take Egyptian Felucca to sail on the Nile, Botanical Gardens

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch on ship, Dinner on ship

Hotel: On board

 

Free to relax or explore the city at your leisure before a private transfer to the dock to board the ship.

 

After settling in to your cabin, disembark for a guided trip to the High Dam and the Temple of Philae. The latter is a special site, a shrine to Isis: your guide will explain how UNESCO took steps to relocate it to save it from flooding. Later in the afternoon, you will take an Egyptian Felucca to sail on the Nile, passing by the Elephantine Island, and step ashore the Botanical Gardens on the Kitchener Island.

High Dam

High Dam

Day 7 Nile River Cruise

Greco-Roman Sobek Temple, Temple of Edfu

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Hotel: On board

 

Early in the morning, you will set sail to Kom Ombo to visit the Greco-Roman Sobek Temple, the temple is unusual in that it is a double temple, with one side dedicated to the god Haroesis and the other side to Sobek. The cruise will continue to sail to Edfu to visit the Temple of Horus (also known as the Temple of Edfu), which is considered the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt. This is partly because it was built later than most: in the Ptolemaic era from 237 to 57 BC. Despite its later date, it reflects the traditional pharaonic architecture and so provides an excellent idea of how all the temples once looked. Edfu is also very large: the second largest in Egypt after Karnak Temple.

Nile Cruise

Nile Cruise

Day 8 Nile River Cruise

Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Hotel: On board

 

Early morning sail to Luxor. After breakfast on board, explore some of the most incredible sites in the country. You will visit the Valley of the Kings where you will have the chance to explore three tombs of the ancient Pharaohs. You will then visit the recently renovated mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Hatshepsut was the second pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. The tour also includes a visit to the huge Colossi of Memnon which are all that remains of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III.

Colossi of Memnon

Colossi of Memnon 

Day 9 Luxor - Hurghada

Disembark cruise. Temple of Karnak, Luxor Temple, drive to Hurghada

Meals: Breakfast on ship, Dinner

Hotel: In Hurghada

 

After breakfast on board, start your day with a visit to the Temple of Karnak. Walk along the Avenue of Sphinx to enter the complex as your guide explains how the massive facade was constructed. Continue to Luxor Temple which was once joined to the Temple of Karnak by a two-kilometre long Avenue of Sphinx, a portion of which marks the entrance to the temple. Your private guide will offer interpretation and lead you through the most important parts of the temples.

 

After the tour,  take a road transfer from Luxor to Hurghada on the Red Sea. This 350 kilometer drive cross the desert and rock terrain covers most of Egypt.

Karnak Temple

Karnak Temple

Day 10 Hurghada

Free whole day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Hotel: In Hurghada

 

You have the day at leisure to soak up the sun, relaxing by the swimming pool or on the beach. If you like, sign up for optional activities at your resort (not included in tour price), including deep sea fishing, boat excursions, scuba diving, and others.

 

Day 11 Hurghada

Free whole day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Hotel: In Hurghada

 

Pack your day with activities as you could want.

Day 12 Hurghada - Cairo

Flight to Cairo, pick up at Cairo airport and drive to hotel, free at leisure

Meals: Breakfast

Hotel:  In Cairo 

 

Make a private transfer to Hurghada Airport for a short flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival, our representative will pick up you and transfer to your hotel for overnight.

Day 13 Departure Cairo

Transfer to airport

Meals: Breakfast 

 

Enjoy leisure time in Cairo before a private transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

 

 

Ends of Service

Price Includes

  • Internal flight or train as specified
  • Private transfer between the airport or railway station, attractions, and hotels
  • Private licensed English speaking guide and driver service
  • Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast on sharing basis
  • All attraction entrance fees as specified
  • Meals mentioned in the itinerary

 

Price Excludes

  • International air tickets or train tickets for arrival and departure
  • Gratuities to your tour guide and driver at your own discretion
  • Visa Fees
  • Personal expenses
  • Optional tours, meals, activities, and services
  • Comprehensive travel insurance

 

Remarks:

-The reference prices are based on a group of 6 persons, with local 4- start superior accommodation

-The prices are not valid during the national holidays. Please feel free to contact us to ask the detailed prices based on your traveling dates and group size.

What our clients say

4.9/5.0 | Excellent

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Luisa Cando

5.0

Jun 01 ,2022

The trip is divided into two very different weeks. During my stay in Egypt, I was always accompanied by my guide and driver, who ensured I had a great time visiting the different sites while learning a lot about Egyptian history. I was also supported during the check-in at the different airports. All the staff is reliable, friendly and they are very client-oriented. The hotels were fantastic. Unfortunately, the Nile cruise was rather old but clean. During the second week in Jordan, I was accompanied by my driver, Moayad. I had a guide only in Jerash and Petra which were ok. Moayad was friendly, accommodating, and caring and he ensured we reached all the sites safely and on time. He was also explaining things along the way. I highly recommend this tour, especially for solo travelers.

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Janus Lazarus

5.0

May 23 ,2022

This trip was phenomenal! I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to experience Egypt. I took this trip with my sister and her family, including young children. Our tour guide, Ali, was very accommodating and really made ancient Egypt come to life with his knowledge of the history and awareness of our age and interest levels. The Nile cruise, camel rides, pyramids, sphinx, Alexandria, ... all of it, the entire trip was amazing! Everything was arranged and went smoothly. I look forward to another trip to Egypt and will definitely book through Top Asia Tour!

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Senthil Reddy

5.0

May 06 ,2022

My trip to Egypt was amazing. I met so many amazing people and the Top Asia Tour team took great care of us. Everyone was so much fun to be around. My favorite place to visit in Egypt was Nefertari's tomb. It was just stunning! I never expected to see something like that. The beautiful intense colors, it really was great there. The whole trip was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I will never forget it. I have learned so much on this Egypt tour. I have been interested in Egypt my whole life and our guide was able to tell us things I have never heard before. He was very engaged and passionate. It was very exciting to see this passion. The service was fantastic, and all the food in Egypt was delicious. The Four Seasons hotel in Cairo was amazing, my room was gorgeous. I enjoyed every second of this Egypt vacation. Come to Egypt with Inside Egypt. It is a wonderful country, and you will have an amazing time! Don't be afraid to come. I never felt unsafe there. Come and see everything you can.

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Haegeman

5.0

Apr 15 ,2022

Did an amazing tour across Egypt and Jordan! ! Dahab was a highlight! The blue hole there was fantastic do not miss out! Jordan was cool as well but loved Egypt more! Petra was amazing but full on, bring appropriate shoes as you will be walking 20km round trip just there! Amazing time with amazing people!

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Michael Schmidt

4.9

Apr 13 ,2022

TopAsiaTour arranged an excellent 12-day tour of Turkey and Egypt for me at very short notice. Customer service was excellent and all arrangements ran quite smoothly. I would highly recommend his services. I will also be grateful that he encouraged me to keep a hot air balloon ride over Cappadocia on my itinerary when I was thinking of canceling. It was a wonderful experience that I absolutely loved.
This entire trip was such a memorable experience that crossed off so many items on my bucket list. It overshadowed any of the negatives. I will treasure this trip always. Importantly, I felt very well looked after as a solo female traveling across two continents. I highly recommend this tour and will be using TAT again.

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Lois Gibson

5.0

Apr 12 ,2022

This was an amazing trip . We felt we got a lot of value for the price. Some of the hotels were iffy though. I got hurt on the Red Sea snorkeling, and it wasn’t part of the tour I was told. I hurt my knee and will need an MRI here at home. We were well taken care of and protected. Wondering already about a trip for next year. Is there a discount?

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Donna Cambre

5.0

Apr 03 ,2022

I can’t overstate how extraordinary my Egypt tour is. It is run by the kindest, most considerate, most knowledgeable people. And the experience inside is unreal. The tour guides are all highly educated in their fields and share their passion in their heart and soul. The drivers are so kind and fun to be around. What're more the relationships that all members of this team share with the most interesting people in Egypt open doors that would otherwise remain closed. We saw more than we could have imagined thanks simply to them being who they are. We loved every moment and would only ever use them again.

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Paul Singleton

5.0

Mar 20 ,2022

Just a short note to say how much we enjoyed our 11-day tour of Egypt and Jordan. This exceeded our expectations by far!!! I especially would like to commend the drivers and guides provided, especially Ahmed and Ibrahim in Egypt and Mohamad in Jordan. They took such good care of us that I will most certainly recommend this trip to my friends. Thank you so much again.

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Veronica Ong

5.0

Feb 16 ,2022

Essential Egyptian sights in 6 days
So the tour in itself is 4 days with the first and the last day being your travel days which I liked and every day is nice and packed with the highlights so it’s a nice little tour!

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Nivi Das

5.0

Feb 10 ,2022

The tour was wonderful. I mean.....so much to learn & so much to see. Beautiful things that I have never thought I would see. I hope I will come back and learn more about it. I felt absolutely safe, and have never felt uncomfortable in any situation whatsoever throughout the tour. Egyptians are so friendly and kind. Top Asia Tour is doing a good job, in fact, a wonderful job! Very personable and very adaptable to what people want to see. They sort of having a sense of what the group is interested in and they focus on those areas.

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Pradipkumar

5.0

Jan 12 ,2022

Just a quick note to say that we had a great time in Egypt and Jordan. These are 2 very amazing countries with very friendly people everywhere we went. The extra camel ride at sunset to the Pyramids was fantastic. A much better view of such a special place.

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Catherine Moran

5.0

Dec 10 ,2021

Top Asia Tour did a great job organizing and structuring my trip to Egypt. I went with 4 of my friends for a 9-day trip, and we were able to completely customize our experience to what we wanted to do and see. Top Asia Tour was extremely accommodating and easy to work with to make our stay enjoyable and carefree. We were taken care of and informed of everything from the moment we entered the airport. I would highly recommend using them for organizing your trip to Egypt. All of the tour guides were extremely knowledgeable in the areas we visited, easy to understand, and friendly. I would like to specifically recommend Mahmoud Hassan to anyone traveling to Luxor or Aswan. He did a great job and was extremely informative, fun, and a pleasure to work with. We even exchanged contact information, and plan to keep in touch. Overall great experience, and highly recommend TAT.

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Ayanda P Masina

5.0

Nov 02 ,2021

Egypt and Jordan. Spectacular! We felt that we were treated so wonderfully. We were well cared for.

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Julia savage

4.8

Jan 28 ,2021

I enjoyed every aspect of my trip. The tour guides knew their history and articulated the historical details of each site that we visited very well. The hotels in which we stayed were clean, spacious, and comfortable. There also was more than enough food for everyone and it tasted good.

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Alet van Schaik

5.0

Jan 17 ,2021

I cannot recommend this Egypt tour enough. As a travel destination, Egypt is exciting, interesting, and inspirational- people were friendly and I felt safe the whole time and would happily go back. The tour was organized, and efficient, and while offering autonomy to do your own thing [could make decisions to stay at sites longer]. The itinerary (and guides) made you not want to miss any of the activities.

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Simeily Rodriguez

5.0

Nov 25 ,2020

Words can't describe how wonderful this trip was, but I will give it a try. A true trip of a lifetime! I felt safe and secure (thank you Mohammed and Asham). I learned so much thanks to our guide, Noura. She is incredibly knowledgeable. All transfers from place to place came off without a hitch, thanks to Hany. The tours were well planned. Lily responded in a timely manner before the trip, easing any anxiety I might have had. The optional trips were just perfect on so many levels. I have already recommended Top Asia Tour-Egypt to my friends. Thank you again for making this trip a memory of a lifetime.

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Frank Devlin

5.0

Mar 20 ,2020

From start to finish this tour was very well organised and delivered. We were met by two travel agency staff inside the airport in Cairo to assist us through the customs department and then onto the bus to take us to the hotel where we met up with our experienced Travel Guide. The tours to each and every wonderful sight were full of detail and while I think I already knew a lot about ancient Egypt. Our cruise was the highlight, being able to relax and enjoy the varied scenery along the Nile. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone over 10 yrs old.

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Sam Duong

5.0

Feb 19 ,2020

We accomplished everything we wanted to and more during this trip. The guides all bent over backward to make sure we were happy and completely satisfied. The tour became family and we plan to travel together again. We are already planning a trip back to Egypt.

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Angela Lee

5.0

Dec 08 ,2019

I traveled with my 12-year-old daughter. The agency made our trip as comfortable as possible. They were always responsive to any questions, feedback, or inquiries; any slight problems we were facing, the agency made sure to address them immediately. The tour guides and drivers in Egypt, Jordan & Israel were like family - prompt, reliable, and thoughtful. We felt safe under their watch. They went above and beyond their call of duty to make sure we were well taken care of. They didn't look at their watches or their designated duties and squabble with our little requests.

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Catherine Carpentier

5.0

Nov 12 ,2019

What a trip of a lifetime! 
An Experience I will never forget. I've been back two weeks and still think about it every day. Our guide, Noura, is probably the reason. She is extremely knowledgeable, but it is her passion for the country, its people, and its wonders that truly brought to life all of the histories this country offers. The entire team, especially Haney was there every step of the way. From our arrival to anything, we needed every minute. Haney always had a smile on his face. The people behind the scenes - Lily and all the rest of the team. I always felt safe and don't think I missed one thing. Egypt will forever be in my heart

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JOSE RAMON PEDRERA

4.5

Nov 03 ,2019

Knowledgeable, experienced, knew what the group might need ahead of time, handled lost group members quickly and efficiently, and easy to understand. Assisted everyone with their various post-trip transportation needs - gave us excellent advice on the best way to get to, cross the border, and continue on to Jerusalem with public transportation.

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Lawton

4.0

Oct 18 ,2019

A great itinerary with a couple of weeks could improve the Jordan experience.

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Jane Wyman

5.0

May 06 ,2019

Our Best of Egypt, Jordan and Israel tour is an amazing, lifetime experience. Egypt was beyond awesome. This tour far exceeded all our expectations and was thoroughly enjoyable in every aspect. There were absolutely no hitches or setbacks for the entire duration of the tour starting in Cairo and ending in Tel Aviv. It was smooth sailing from beginning to end. Representatives from the company promptly met us on arrival and assisted us all the way through from acquiring our visas to welcoming us to the hotel and briefing us accordingly. Likewise, similar courtesies were also extended to us through Jordan and Israel by their resident tour companies. All internal flight arrangements were also expertly handled. The 4 day Nile River cruise on the Sonesta Star Goddess was awe-inspiring. Similarly thanks to those staff who were excellent in leading us through Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

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Joan Homeyer

4.5

Mar 23 ,2019

We just returned from a family trip to Egypt and Jordan. All our guides were outstanding. I didn’t like Mazayen camp, especially the bathroom needs some updates We enjoyed everything else, and wish we stayed longer .. thank you

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Flora Figueroa

5.0

Mar 08 ,2019

We had an amazing trip to Egypt and Jordan, It was very well organized and the trip of a lifetime. Every hotel and meal was excellent, guides were outstanding Thank you

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