9 Days Egypt Small Group Tour
Tour Location
Cairo, Luxor, Aswan
Availability
Every Wednesday
Pickup & Drop Off
Cairo Airport
Tour Type
Small Group
Duration
9 Days
the best and most affordable 9 Days Egypt Small Group Tour
Learn about Egypt’s most popular destinations on an exciting 9-day small-group tour. A group of no more than ten people will explore Cairo and learn about the Nile River and railroads. This 9-day group travel to Cairo, the Pyramids, Luxor, and Aswan is the best and most affordable. You’ll be traveling to Aswan by sleeper train. You will first see Cairo’s Great Pyramids of Giza. The magnificence of the last intact edifice of the old seven wonders of the world can be seen here. View Egyptian artifacts at the Grand Egyptian Museum before taking a sleeper train to Aswan, where a luxurious cruise liner awaits you to spend four days floating on the Nile. As you travel between Aswan, Luxor, and Cairo, prepare to explore and take in the sights.
Cairo Highlights:
- Giza Pyramids
- The Great Sphinx
- The Valley Temple
- The Grand Egyptian Museum
- Khan El Khalili Bazaar
- Coptic Old Cairo
Aswan Highlights
- Philae Temple
- Felucca Experience
- Kom Ombo Temple
- Edfu Temple
Luxor Highlights:
- Karnak Holy Temple Complex
- The Valley of the Kings
- Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
- Colossi of Memnon
Day 1: Arrival in Cairo – Welcome to the Land of the Pharaohs
Your tour manager will meet you and help you with the airport’s arrival formalities before driving you in a luxurious, air-conditioned vehicle to your hotel in Cairo. Your tour manager will help you check in easily at the hotel and go over your schedule with you to determine and confirm pick-up timings for each excursion. Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome drink included.
Day 2: Pyramids & Museum Tour in Cairo – Train to Aswan
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel in Cairo before leaving, and then your private tour guide will drive you to the Giza Plateau to see the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus, together with the well-known Sphinx and Valley Temple, which is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Go to the Egyptian Museum after that. When you reach the tourist market, you may, if you have time, visit Khan El Khalili, one of Cairo’s oldest and most enticing bazaars. You will then be taken to the stunning Giza railway station where you may board the sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan. Breakfast and dinner will be provided on board. A bed inside your railway cabin for the night.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner.
Day 3: Tours of the Aswan Nile
You will be greeted and accompanied by a representative of Egypt Tours Inn when you arrive at the Aswan railway station, and they will then drive you to your Nile cruise ship. Enjoy a meal on board before being taken to see the revered Philae temple, which is dedicated to the twin goddesses Isis and Hathor, and take a tranquil felucca ride down Aswan’s Immortal Nile River. After that, return to the cruise ship and eat dinner aboard. Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 4: Visit the Kom Ombo Temple
After eating breakfast on board, you will set sail towards Kom Ombo, where you will see the identical Temple of Kom Ombo. Here, you may learn about the crocodile deity Sobek and the falcon god Horus, whose figures adorn each half of the temple. Back on board the cruise, you’ll eat lunch before continuing on to Edfu and eating dinner there as well. Overnight aboard your cruise in Edfu.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 5: Tours of the Luxor and Nile
You will see the Horus Temple in Edfu after breakfast on board your Nile cruise ship, and then set sail for Luxor afternoon. The Nile cruise ship will arrive at Luxor. Enjoy dinner and a belly dance performance while sailing.
Spend the night on board in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 6: Luxor Nile Cruise – Train to Cairo
Take pleasure in a leisurely breakfast on board in the early morning. After breakfast, disembark and have a beautiful tour of Luxor, stopping first at the East Bank of the River Nile to see the Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple, then moving on to the West Bank to see the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari, and the Colossi of Memnon. You’ll afterward go to the Luxor railway station to board the sleeper train bound for Cairo. There will be dinner service aboard the train. Overnight in your private compartment on the train.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner.
Day 7: Cairo – Free Day
Breakfast is served on board the sleeper train before you arrive at the Giza railway station, where an Egypt Tours Inn representative will be waiting to greet you and then transport you to your hotel in Cairo. This day is free Day at Leisure. Overnight at the hotel
Meals: Breakfast.
Day 8: Coptic Cairo Tour
After breakfast in your hotel in Cairo, your Egyptologist tour guide will pick you up and start our tour to Coptic Cairo to explore the oldest religious buildings in Africa including the Church of Saint Sergius, the synagogue of Bn Ezra, and the so-called hanging up Church. Transfer back to your hotel for the night.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 9: Cairo – Departure
After breakfast in your hotel in Cairo, our representative will pick you up and transfer you to Cairo international Airport for your departure.
Meals: Breakfast
Cairo Hotels (All the below hotels or equivalent):
- Movenpick Media City
- Helnan Dream
- Cairo Pyramids
Nile Cruises ( All the below Cruise ships or equivalent)
- M/S Royal Isadora
- M/S Royal Viking
- M/S Blue Shadow I & II
- Meet and greet service by our representatives upon your airport arrival
- Assistance with guest relations during your stay
- All transfers in a private air-conditioned vehicle
- Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo including bed and breakfast
- Accommodation for 3 nights on a 5-star superior Nile cruise ship, full board
- Accommodation for 2 nights on the sleeper train, half board
- Re-fill minbar with mineral water and soft drink is included in the offer
- Private sightseeing tours in Cairo (listed on itinerary)
- Sightseeing tours on the cruise
- All meals mentioned on the itinerary
- Local English-speaking tour guide.
- Bottled water during outings outside of hotel or cruise ship
- Portage as needed
- All service charges and taxes
- International airfare
- Entry visa to Egypt
- Entrance fees to the sites ($100 USD to be paid in Cairo)
- Any optional tours
- Personal spending
- Tipping / Gratuities (Recommended)