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Nile & Aswanthen Abu Simbelthen Luxor
17 nights · 18 days · As a couple
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- Day 2 Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical Garden · About 2 hours
- Day 3 Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam · About 4.5 hours
- Day 11 Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise · About 1.5 hours including transfers
- Day 12 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
- Day 13 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours
Nile & Aswan
Days 1–3 · 3 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 1Arrival in Nile & AswanTime reserved for arrivalSee day
- Day 2Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical GardenSuggested · About 2 hoursA slow afternoon on the river at the first cataract, where Egypt used to end.See day
- Day 3Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High DamSuggested · About 4.5 hoursThree stops that explain Aswan's great works, ancient and modern.See day
Abu Simbel
Days 4–8 · 5 nightsWhat to know about Abu Simbel
- How long
- From an Aswan base. Ramses II's colossal temple on Lake Nasser, reached from Aswan by an early road trip of about six hours there and back, or by a short flight.
- What deserves priority
- The temples of Ramses II and Nefertari.
- Abu Simbel
Two temples cut into a cliff above the Nile, taken apart and rebuilt higher to save them.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Day 4Travel to Abu SimbelTravel estimate: roughly 3½ hours each way by road, or a short flight.See day
- Day 5A free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 6Another free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 7Another free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 8Another free day in Abu SimbelOpen for us to plan with youSee day
Luxor
Days 9–18 · 9 nightsWhat to know about Luxor
- How long
- 2–3 nights recommended. Stay in Luxor and you reach the West Bank tombs in the cool of the morning, with Karnak in the afternoon light.
- What deserves priority
- Valley of the Kings, West Bank and Karnak.
- Colossi of Memnon
Two seated colossi of Amenhotep III, the gatekeepers of a temple the flood once filled.
- Karnak
Not a temple. A temple city.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Luxor Temple
The temple the god came to visit.
Open 06:00–20:00 · checked 15 September 2026
- Medinet Habu
Ramesses III's temple and fortress, where the builders of the royal tombs came to demand their pay.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026
- Temple of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut's terraced temple against the cliffs, facing Karnak across the river.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- The Ramesseum
The temple and grain store of Ramesses II, where the fallen colossus of Ozymandias lies.
Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 17 October 2026
- Day 9Travel to LuxorTransfer time reservedSee day
- Day 10Dendera and Abydos Day Trip from LuxorSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo chapters of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity in one day.See day
- Day 11Luxor's Other West BankSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe New Kingdom hid its kings in the Valley of the Kings.See day
- Day 12Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo banks, one idea.See day
Our suggestion for this day
Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise
- Valley of the Kings
- Hatshepsut's temple
- Colossi of Memnon
Add to day 13More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- Short transfer to the launch site before dawn
- At the sites
- About 45 minutes of flight
- Format
- Shared
- Best time
- Early in your Luxor stay, to leave a spare morning if weather cancels the flight
- Published departure window
- Before sunrise; exact time confirmed the day before
Our tip Book it for your first Luxor morning, so a weather cancellation still leaves you a second chance.
The full tour pageCompatible tours for day 13 (3)
Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu- Tombs of the Nobles
- Tomb of Rekhmire
- Tomb of Sennefer
- Luxor East and West Bank Private Day Tour
- Valley of the Kings
- Colossi of Memnon
- Hatshepsut's temple
Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut- Valley of the Kings
- Hatshepsut's temple
- Colossi of Memnon
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- Day 14A free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 15Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 16Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 17Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 18Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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- Nile & Aswan3 nights
- Abu Simbel5 nights
- Luxor9 nights
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- 17 nights · 18 days
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