Arrival in Cairo on Wednesday, reception, assistance with customs formalities and support, then support and installation in your hotel with swimming pool (subject to availability), 5* Cairo Airport Passage, or 5* in the city of 6 October 5* Hilton Pyramids Golf 15 km from the Giza pyramids, or near the city center, 4* luxury Steigenebereger el Tahrir , or 4* Novetel el Borg. Night at the hotel.
Departure for the giza plateau, visit the exterior of the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos as well as the mysterious Sphinx.
Then, departure off the beaten track, you will visit the very modest remains of High Temple, where only the basalt soil remains, within which the 42 priests used to perform the ceremony of opening the mouth of the royal mummy before burying it in the pyramid, then visiting of empty pits gigantic hollows dug into the rock, which were intended to welcome solar boats of the king during his journey into the afterlife.
Then you will visit the small low temple of the pyramid of King Chephren, whose walls and ceilings are made of granite, and the floor is covered with white alabaster. In the middle of the room is the famous "well", it is here where the statue of Chephren, unique of its kind, was discovered in 1860. Barbecue lunch in a restaurant in the pyramid district.
Visit of the new Egyptian museum as well as the treasure of King Tutankhamun.
With 100,000 objects on display in 80 rooms, it is the world's largest museum dedicated to ancient Egypt.
After a long construction project lasting more than 20 years, the museum finally opened in October 2024 and was officially inaugurated on the 1ster November 2025.
The idea of building such a museum originated in the 1990s. A study for a "Grand Egyptian Museum" project was launched and concluded on February 4, 2002.
To design this new archaeological museum, an international competition under the patronage of UNESCO was launched.
Transfer to the airport from Cairo, and flight to Aswan, welcome, support and installation in your hotel, 5* (2-3* European standard) Tolip Aswan. Night at the hotel.
Departure by car then by small motor boat on the small lake to get to “Agilika Island”, in-depth visit to the Philae temple, which is undoubtedly the "Pearl of the Nile", built on an island submerged in the 1970s by the rise in the level of the reservoir of the old Aswan Dam, following the construction of the high dam.
You will visit among other things, the temple of Isis, which is obviously the main construction of Philae. It is one of the major sanctuaries of the goddess in Egypt. After that departure to visit the little-known chapel of the goddess of love Hator, and, to conclude visit the Kiosk of Trajan which is the main feature of the site.
Isis is a mythical queen. Most often, she is represented as a young woman wearing a throne or, in the likeness of Hathor, of a wig surmounted by a solar disk inserted between two horns of cow. She is the sister and wife of the king. Osiris, a generous being who placed his reign under the sign of cosmic harmony. Isis in the form of a bird of prey united with the mummy of her husband and conceived Horus. Isis makes him the eternal sovereign of the Douat, a paradise world populated by immortal spirits. To ensure his protection, she places him under the watchful eye of the canine god. Anubis, his adopted son.
Boarding your boat. Your centuries-old Nile cruise including the 3 meals of the day will be carried out on one of the following 5* boats (boarding on Friday) on one of the boats Princess Sara, Where Nile Story, Where Hapi V.
Departure for a felucca ride (small private sailing boat) near Elephantine Island. A moment of pure relaxation, letting yourself be rocked by the light breeze and sailing in the calm, blue waters. Dinner and overnight stay on board.
Free morning, optional: car tour of the temples of Abu Simbel (270 km).
Navigation in the early afternoon to reach the small town of Kom Ombo (3 hours of navigation), on arrival departure for the visit of the temple of Kom Ombo located on the banks of the Nile.
Infact the temple is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. Then navigation on Edfu (5 hours of navigation). Dinner and overnight on board.
After breakfast, departure for the visit of edfu temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, son of Isis. In fact Edfu owes its fame, not to its great antiquity, but to the colossal temple which rose in the Ptolemaic period in the city. Moreover, it is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt and the second largest building after Karnak: 137 meters long, 79 meters wide, 36 meters high for the pylons. The temple was erected on a much older temple. Its construction work was started under Ptolemy III in -237. To end under Tiberius, 180 years later. Entirely built in sandstone, this temple is remarkable for its harmonious plan with perfect proportions.
Then return to the boat for navigation (about 4 hours) to reach the city of Esna with the passage of the lock. Arrival in Luxor.
Then, at the end of the afternoon, departure for the visit of the temple of Luxor illuminated under a very beautiful lighting which puts it in its most beautiful beauty. Dinner and overnight on board.
After breakfast on board, release from your cabin. Departure for the visit of a part of the grandiose necropolis of Thebes where the sovereigns of the New Empire were buried in hypogeums, dug in the mountain, having a luxurious and abundant funerary furniture. We will visit three remarkable tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Then stop at the foot of the Colossi of Memnon, once guardian of the castle of King Amenophis III for millions of years.
Lunch in a typical restaurant on the West Bank.
Then in the afternoon, departure we will make an in-depth visit of the temples of Karnak. Infact the religious complex includes a vast collection of ruins of temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings.
It should be noted that it was rebuilt and developed for more than 2,000 years by successive pharaohs. In addition, the complex was connected to the Luxor temple by an aisle of sphinxes almost three kilometers long.
Then, visit a small little known much appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, where you will be almost the only ones!.
Evening transfer to the airport from Luxor and fly to Cairo, on arrival, assistance and installation in your 5* hotel Cairo Airport Passage, or similar near Cairo airport. Overnight at hotel.
Transfer to Cairo airport, and assistance with customs formalities.
Price per person
2 – 3 attendees
Per person in a double or triple room / cabin €1,880 / $ 1,880(*)
Single room/cabin (one person only) €2,080 / $ 2,080 (*)
4 participants or more
Per person in a double room €1,830 / $ 1,830 (*)
Single room/cabin (one person only) €2,030 / $ 2,030 (*)
(*) Price per adult (from 12 years old)
* An increase of 40 % to the prices mentioned during the All Saints' Day school holidays from October 10 to November 15, the end-of-year school holidays from December 15 to January 10, the Easter from March 27 to April 18.
