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Abu Simbelthen Cairo & Gizathen Nile & Aswan
8 nights · 9 days · as a couple
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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.
Nile & Aswan
Days 4–9 · 5 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
Our suggestion for this day
Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor: 3 Nights
- Philae
- The High Dam
- Kom Ombo
- Edfu
- Valley of the Kings
Keep for day 5More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- Sailing between sites; short transfers ashore
- At the sites
- Guided visits at every stop, set by the river schedule
- Format
- Shared
- Best time
- October to April
Our tip: Judge a cruise by the boat's name and the hours ashore, not its star label. Ask for both before you book.
The full tour pageOther tours for day 5 (4)
10 Days in Egypt: the Pyramids, a Nile Cruise and Sharm el-Sheikh- Egyptian Museum
- The Giza pyramids
- The Sphinx
Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan: 4 Nights- Karnak
- Luxor Temple
- Valley of the Kings
- Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical Garden
- Elephantine Island
- Kitchener's Island Botanical Garden
- A felucca at Aswan
Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam- Unfinished Obelisk
- Philae
- The High Dam
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A local experience alongside it
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- 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
- Day 8Disembark in LuxorOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 4 of 4See day
- Day 9Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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