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Fayoumthen Nile & Aswan
22 nights · 23 days · as a couple
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Fayoum
Days 1–10 · 10 nightsWhat to know about Fayoum
- How long
- A day from Cairo, or a night. About two hours from Cairo each way. A day covers Wadi El Rayan or the Valley of the Whales; a night by Lake Qarun lets you see both without rushing.
- What deserves priority
- Wadi El Rayan's lakes and waterfalls, and the whale fossils of Wadi El Hitan.
- Wadi el-Hitan
A desert valley of fossil whales with legs, from a sea that covered Egypt forty million years ago.
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A good fit for this day
Fayoum Oasis Day Trip from Cairo: Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls, Magic Lake and Sandboarding
- Wadi El Rayan
- The Magic Lake
- Tunis village
- Lake Qarun
Choose for day 10More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- About 2 hours each way from Cairo
- At the sites
- About 6 hours in Fayoum
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- October to April; summer afternoons are very hot
Our tip: Wear shoes you do not mind filling with sand. Sandboarding is easy to try and hard to master.
The full tour pageOther tours for day 10 (1)
Wadi El Hitan and Wadi El Rayan Day Trip from Cairo: The Valley of the Whales- Wadi El Hitan
- Wadi El Rayan
- Tunis village

Nile & Aswan
Days 11–23 · 12 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 11Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical GardenTravel day · Our suggestion · About 2 hoursSee day
- Day 12Nile Cruise from Aswan to LuxorOur suggestion · 4 days · 3 nightsSee day
- Day 13Kom Ombo and EdfuOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 2 of 4See day
- Day 14Luxor: both banksOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 3 of 4See day
- Day 15Disembark in LuxorOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 4 of 4See day
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