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Nile & Aswanthen Fayoumthen Luxor

28 nights · 29 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 22 Luxor Hot Air Balloon at Sunrise · About 1.5 hours including transfers
  • Day 23 Luxor's Other West Bank: the Tombs of the Nobles, Deir el-Medina and Medinet Habu · Half day · about 4 hours
  • Day 24 Luxor West Bank: Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut · 5–6 hours
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Nile & Aswan

Days 1–9 · 9 nights
What 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.

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  1. Day 1Arrival in Nile & AswanTime reserved for arrivalSee day
  2. 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
  3. Day 3Kom Ombo and Edfu Day Tour from AswanSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo temples the Ptolemies built in the old Egyptian way, part of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity under Greek rule: Kom Ombo for a crocodile and a falcon, and Edfu for Horus, joined each year by Hathor sailing south from Dendera.See day
  4. Day 4Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High DamSuggested · About 4.5 hoursThree stops that explain Aswan's great works, ancient and modern.See day
  5. Day 5A free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  6. Day 6Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  7. Day 7Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  8. Day 8Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  9. Day 9Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day

Fayoum

Days 10–20 · 11 nights
What 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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  1. Day 10Travel to FayoumTransfer time reservedSee day
  2. Day 11A free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  3. Day 12Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  4. Day 13Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  5. Day 14Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  6. Day 15Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  7. Day 16Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  8. Day 17Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  9. Day 18Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  10. Day 19Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  11. Day 20Another free day in FayoumOpen for us to plan with youSee day

Luxor

Days 21–29 · 8 nights
What 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

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  1. Day 21Travel to LuxorTransfer time reservedSee day
  2. Day 22Luxor's Other West BankSuggested · Half day · about 4 hoursThe New Kingdom hid its kings in the Valley of the Kings.See day
  3. Day 23Luxor East and West Bank Private Day TourSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo banks, one idea.See day
  4. Day 24Luxor Hot Air Balloon at SunriseSuggested · About 1.5 hours including transfersFrom the air, the plan of Thebes is plain: the river down the middle, the temples of the gods on the east bank, and on the west the hills where the kings were buried.See day
  5. Day 25Dendera and Abydos Day Trip from LuxorSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo chapters of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity in one day.See day
  6. Day 26A free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  7. Day 27Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  8. Day 28Another free day in LuxorOpen for us to plan with youSee day
  9. Day 29Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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Egypt from orbit · NASA Terra/MODIS · positions approximate
  1. Nile & Aswan9 nights
  2. Fayoum11 nights
  3. Luxor8 nights

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