Elite Egypt 10 Days Signature Experience

Arrive in Cairo, where you are met Melia Travel Egypt representstive(visa is included) and transferred to your historic hotel with fantastic views of the pyramids.

Tour the Giza Plateau, site of the ancient pyramids of Mycerinus, Chefren and the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Explore the interior of one of these legendary pyramids. Ride Like a Local on camel Then, view the Great Sphinx, the ancient world’s largest monumental sculpture, carved from a single ridge of limestone. After lunch, return to your hotel and enjoy time at leisure.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Fly to Luxor (internal flights included) and journey to the Temple of Karnak. Walk through the Great Hypostyle Hall, with its expertly aligned columns. and enjoy lunch on board. Afterward, explore the west bank of the Nile and the Necropolis of Thebes, the burial site of the Great Pharaohs of the New Kingdom. Discover the Valley of the Kings . You also visit the Valley of the Queens (Biban el-Harim). Later, explore the Temple of Hatshepsut.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Cruise north on a scenic route — far from other ships and crowds — to the Temple of Hathor at Denderah. Sail back to Luxor. This afternoon, return to the east bank of the Nile, this time visiting the city of Thebes and the striking Temple of Luxor.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Continue cruising to Edfu and the Temple of Horus. Join your chef on board for a local cooking lesson. Later, disembark at Kom Ombo (“Hill of Gold”) to visit the Greco-Roman temple dedicated to Haroeris (the sun god) and Sobek (the crocodile god).

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Cruise to Aswan and ride a motorized boat to Philae Temple on the island of Agilika, moved and reconstructed here to avoid flood damage from Aswan’s High Dam. Continue to the granite quarries and site of the Unfinished Obelisk. Then sail amid the Aswan islands like a local — by felucca, weather permitting.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembark from nile cruise boat and fly to Abu Simbel. See the twin temples of Ramses II and his wife, Queen Nefertari. Return to Cairo for an evening at leisure.

Visit the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest archaeological museum in the world, where you will discover an extraordinary collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts including the complete treasures of Tutankhamun displayed together for the first time. Explore advanced interactive galleries, monumental statues and immersive halls that showcase Egypt’s civilization from pre-dynastic time through the late periods. After discovering the museum, enter also the fascinating Mummy Room experience section which highlights the story, technology and secrets behind royal mummification.

After lunch, walk from Bab el-Fotouh to Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, where tightly packed stalls display everything from spices and leather goods to jewelry and birds. Explore the Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan, built in 1356, and among the finest examples of early Mamluk architecture..

Meals: Breakfast

Drive to Sakkara, home to hundreds of tombs and 14 pyramids, including the famous Step Pyramid of Djoser, which stands 204 feet tall and was the largest building of its time. Continue to Memphis, capital of the ancient kingdom and now home to an open-air museum and the giant statue of Ramses II.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, transfer to the airport and depart.

Meals: Breakfast