BRIEF VERSION of the ITINERARY

Day 1, Sat: Arrivals in Cairo. Welcome meeting and dinner. Giza hotel-1.

Day 2, Sun: Dashur – Red & Bent Pyramids, Blue Lotus Guesthouse lunch, Memphis. Giza hotel-2.

Day 3, Mon: Giza Plateau – Great Pyramid, Solar Boat Museum, Sphinx, etc. Private Great Pyramid visit. Giza hotel-3.

Day 4, Tues: Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), if open. If the GEM is not open, sites at Saqqara. Giza hotel-4.

Day 5, Wed: Saqqara: Step Pyramid, tombs, Unas Pyramid, Imhotep Museum. Flight Cairo/Luxor. Luxor hotel-1.

Day 6, Thurs: Tomb of Queen Nefertari, Colossi of Memnon, Ramesseum, Hatshepsut’s Deir El Bahari, Luxor Temple. Luxor hotel-2.

Day 7, Friday: Optional Balloon Ride, Karnak Temples, Luxor Museum, Luxor Bazaar, Luxor hotel-3.

Day 8, Sat: Day-long trip to Abydos and Dendera. Luxor hotel-4.

Day 9, Sun: Valley of the Kings, Medinet Habu. Sail to Esna. Dahabeya-1

Day 10, Mon: Esna Temple. Sail to Edfu. Dahabeya-2.

Day 11, Tues: Edfu Temple. Sail to Silsila Mountain. Dahabeya-3.

Day 12, Wed: Silsila Quarries & Horemheb Temple, Kom Ombo Temple. Sail to Aswan. Dahabeya-4.

Day 13, Thurs, Aswan Unfinished Obelisk, Abu Simbel Temples. Aswan hotel-1.

Day 14, Friday: Philae Isis Temple. Flight Aswan/Cairo. Cairo hotel-1.

Day 15, Sat: Free Day with options – Downtown Cairo or 2nd Grand Egyptian Museum visit (if open). Farewell Dinner. Cairo hotel-2.

Day 16, Sun: Departure flights.