Your trip
Cairo & Gizathen Nile & Aswanthen Western Desert
8 nights · 9 days · as a couple
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We suggest a tour for 5 days. Keep them all, then change any day you like.
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Cairo & Giza
Days 1–3 · 3 nightsWhat to know about Cairo & Giza
- How long
- 3 nights recommended. Give Giza and the museum a full day together, then a second day for historic Cairo's mosques, churches and bazaar.
- What deserves priority
- Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum.
- Al-Mu'izz Street
The main street of the Fatimid court city, where for eight centuries anyone with power built to be seen.
Open 09:00–17:00, checked 29 September 2026
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
The synagogue whose storeroom kept a medieval community's paperwork for centuries.
Open 09:00–16:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Cairo Citadel
A medieval fortress above the whole of Cairo, and the seat of Egypt's rulers for more than six centuries.
Open 08:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Dahshur
Where the Egyptians learned how to build a pyramid, by getting it wrong first.
Open 08:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Giza Plateau
Three generations of kings built here; the plateau asks who did the building, and how they lived.
Open 08:00–16:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Grand Egyptian Museum
A museum whose greatest collections belong to places you can see on the same day.
- Day 1Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian MuseumOur suggestion · Full day · about 7 hoursSee day

Our suggestion for this day
Historic Cairo Private Day Tour: Citadel, Coptic Cairo and Khan el-Khalili
- The Citadel
- The Hanging Church
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
- Khan el-Khalili
Keep for day 2More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- Short drives across central Cairo, traffic permitting
- At the sites
- Most of the day at the three sites
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- Any day except Friday morning, when the mosques hold prayers
Our tip: A good second day after Giza. Wear clothes that cover shoulders and knees for the mosque and churches.
The full tour pageOther tours for day 2 (7)
Historic Cairo on Foot: al-Mu'izz Street from Bab al-Futuh to Bab Zuwayla- Bab al-Futuh
- Mosque of al-Hakim
- Mosque of al-Aqmar
Saqqara, Memphis and Dahshur: The First Pyramids- Saqqara
- Serapeum of Saqqara
- Imhotep Museum
Royal Mummies and Old Cairo: The Museum of Egyptian Civilization and Coptic Cairo- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
- Royal Mummies Hall
- The Hanging Church
Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum- The Giza pyramids
- The Sphinx
- The Grand Egyptian Museum
Cairo Layover Tour: the Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum from the Airport- The Giza pyramids
- The Sphinx
- The Grand Egyptian Museum


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- Day 3Saqqara, Memphis and DahshurOur suggestion · About 6 hoursSee day

Nile & Aswan
Days 4–7 · 4 nightsWhat to know about Nile & Aswan
- How long
- 4–5 nights recommended. Temples by day and the river between them: choose a boat by its name and its hours ashore, and the Nile does the rest.
- What deserves priority
- A cruise or dahabiya, Philae and time in Aswan.
- Aswan High Dam
The monument that ended ancient Egypt's calendar.
- Edfu Temple
The temple of Horus, whose walls are a library turned outwards.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Elephantine
A granite island at the first cataract, where Egypt used to end.
Open 08:00–16:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Kom Ombo Temple
A temple built twice over, side by side, for the crocodile and the falcon.
Open 07:00–21:00, checked 15 September 2026
- Lake Nasser
An archive of ancient Nubia that nobody can visit.
- Nubian Village
A living Nubian village on the west bank at Aswan, facing the island of Sehel.
- Day 4Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical GardenTravel day · Our suggestion · About 2 hoursSee day
- Day 5Nile Cruise from Aswan to LuxorOur suggestion · 4 days · 3 nightsSee day
- Day 6Kom Ombo and EdfuOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 2 of 4See day
- Day 7Luxor: both banksOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 3 of 4See day

Western Desert
Days 8–9 · 1 nightWhat to know about Western Desert
- How long
- 1–2 nights recommended. Stay the night: the chalk towers glow at sunset and sunrise, and we arrange the camp and permits for you.
- What deserves priority
- White Desert landscapes and a night under the stars.
- White Desert
Chalk towers in the desert north of Farafra, best seen at the low light of dawn and dusk.

