Tips: • Visit Aswan and embark a Nile cruise before going to Luxor. • Visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo at the end of your journey. By that time, you will have visited many archaeological sites where Egyptian Museum's treasures were discovered.
Day 1
- Fly to Cairo. (Most flights arrive in Cairo in the evening.). Go to your hotel in downtown Cairo by taxi. (£E 45 - £E 55)
Day 2
- Go to Cairo Ramses Station by Metro (£E 0.75) or by taxi (£E 8) to buy the evening train ticket for Aswan.
- Visit Giza Pyramids by taxi (£E 20 - £25, one way) or by bus.
- Leave Cairo for Aswan in the evening by train.
Day 3
- Arrive in Aswan in the morning. Take a taxi to the hotel in Aswan (£E 5).
- Book at the hotel the next day excursion to Abu Simbel. Price: £E 50 in a minibus shared with other tourists.
- Look for a Nile cruise to Luxor, which leaves Aswan the next evening. You can ask your hotel to find a reliable agent. (see Nile Cruise). Visit the boat and check your room before fixing a price.
- Sightseeing: Temple of Philae, Temple of Kalabsha. Don't miss the felucca trip around Elephantine Island and Kitchener's Island (£E30 per boat).
Day 4
- Excursion to the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, 280 km south of Aswan. Three hours by bus under police convoy.
- In the evening, embark a Nile cruise.
Day 5
- The Nile cruise leaves Aswan during the night and arrives Kom Ombo at around 8 a.m.
- Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo.The cruise leaves Kom Ombo for Edfu at around 10 a.m.
- The cruise arrives at Edfu after lunch. Take a calleche or horse-carriage to the Temple of Edfu, (£E 5 - £E10, one way) and visit the Temple, the largest and best preserved Ptolemaic temple in Egypt.
- The cruise leaves for Esna at around 4 p.m.
Day 6
- The cruise arrives at Luxor in the morning. Take a taxi to the hotel in Luxor: £E 5.
- Go to the Luxor railway station to buy your train ticket to Cairo, leaving Luxor the next evening.
- Sightseeing: Luxor Temple, Temples of Karnak.
- In the evening: go back to Karnark to watch the fabulous Sound and Light Show.
Day 7
Sightseeing: Thebes - Westbank. (By taxi: £E 60 - £E80 )
- Popular sights packed with group tourists: Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Hatshepsut Temple.
- Less visited, fabulous sights: Tombs of the Nobles, Medinat Habu, Deir al-Medina.
In the evening: leave Luxor for Cairo by train.
Day 8
Arrive at Cairo Ramses Station by train, go to the hotel (Taxi: £E 5 )
Sightseeing: Egyptian Museum, Islamic Cairo.
Day 9
Excursion: Saqqara and Dahshur.
Highlights: Step Pyramid of Djoser, Magnificent wall paintings in the Tomb of Mereruka and Ankhma-Hor at Saqqara.
Dahshur: Bent Pyramid, considered to be Egypt's first proper pyramid. Red Pyramid, second in size only to the Great Pyramid.
Day 10
Take a taxi to the Cairo Airport, (£E 50). Leave Cairo.