13 days / 12 nights

Includes a Deluxe 5* 5 day/4-night Nile cruise

MYSTERIES OF EGYPT TOUR

Cairo / Alexandria / Luxor / Aswan / Abu Simbel with an optional Red Sea Beach holiday extension

THIS PRIVATE TOUR Highlights include:

Tour Overview

The Romance of Egypt tour provides the opportunity to immerse yourself in ancient Egypt with guides who can bring to life over 5000 years of history. Whether you are celebrating your recent marriage or renewing vows made decades ago this Travel Egypt tour offers a combination of luxury, entertainment, and educational experiences in a setting like none other on Earth. Seshat travel Mysteries of Egypt is an upscale tour featuring highly rated luxury 5* hotels with deluxe or superior view rooms and a deluxe 5* Nile cruise with a panoramic Nile view cabin. Egypt tourism should be relaxing.

Antiquity tour highlights include visits to the Giza plateau, featuring the Great Pyramid and Sphinx. The Grand Egyptian Museum where you will marvel at King Tut’s treasures. Temples along the Nile from Luxor to Aswan, the Necropolis of Thebes featuring the Valley of the Kings and the city Alexander the Great founded, but Cleopatra made famous. All costs associated with these visits including transportation, entry fees, guide, service charges and taxes are already included in the tour price.

Included meals are breakfast daily plus ala carte lunches and dinners while on the cruise.

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Tour Itinerary

DAY 1

ARRIVAL

Arriving clear immigration and customs then staff will transfer you to the Mena House hotel, where you will enjoy a Pyramid view room with private balcony. Overnight Cairo

VISAS: All travelers to Egypt are required to obtain a visa. Travelers from many countries can get theirs on arrival or on the web at: https://www.visa2egypt.gov.eg

DAY 2

SAQQARA, DAHSHUR, MEMPHIS

A full day tour of Saqqara with its famous Stepped Pyramid including entry to the elaborate tombs of Mereruka (vizier to king Teti) and the recently opened tomb of Maia (King Tut’s wet nurse and maybe half-sister). Dahshur with its famous Bent and Red Pyramids plus the new Imhotep museum. Visit the ruins of Memphis, the ancient capital. Overnight Cairo
Meals: Breakfast

DAY 3

GREAT PYRAMID, SPHINX, PYRAMIDS OF THE QUEENS, TOMBS OF THE NOBLES, CAMEL RIDE

Tour of the Giza plateau where you will marvel at the seventh wonder of the world, the Great Pyramid. Stare into the face of the inscrutable Sphinx. Visit the pyramids of the Queens plus the tombs of the nobles. Enjoy a photo op camel ride. Overnight Cairo
Meals: Breakfast
OPTIONAL Tours: Pyramid’s sound and light show $40 per person

DAY 4

GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

A full day guided tour of the new Grand Egyptian Museum. 
Overnight Cairo
Meals: Breakfast
NOTE: If the museum is not open then you will tour the Egyptian National Museum.

DAY 5

CAIRO TO ALEXANDRIA

Depart Cairo by air-conditioned vehicle for Alexandria. The city Alexander the Great built and Cleopatra made famous. Arriving enjoy the comfort of a sea view room at the beautiful Hilton Alexandria Corniche Hotel right on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Overnight Alexandria

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 6

ALEXANDRIA RETURN TO CAIRO

Tour Alexandria including the Greco-Roman sites, the museums, and the new world-famous library. Return to Cairo in the evening and the comfort of the Concorde al Salam hotel or Le Meridien Airport hotel.
Meals: Breakfast

DAY 7

FLY TO LUXOR, LUXOR MUSEUM, KARNAK SOUND AND LIGHT SHOW

Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Luxor. Arriving enjoy a guided tour of the Luxor Museum before staff transfers you to the Sonesta St. George hotel or the Steigenberger Achti Resort where at you will have a Deluxe Nile view room. In the evening attend the Karnak Temple sound and light show. Overnight Luxor

Optional tour: Dendara Temple of Hathor: $70 per person based on a minimum of two persons

DAY 8

BOARD CRUISE, TEMPLES OF KARNAK AND LUXOR

Staff will transfer you to your Five Star Deluxe Nile Cruiser, Lunch on board. Following lunch visit Luxor’s East Bank Temple of Karnak and Temple of Luxor. Return to the ship for dinner followed by evening entertainment (please check with reception for the program schedule). Overnight Cruise / Luxor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Optional Tour: West bank Necropolis sites not included in cruise: $95 per person (includes the Valley of the Queens, the tombs of the nobles and artisans, Medinet Habu, Ramessium)

DAY 9

NECROPOLIS OF THEBES, CRUISE TO ESNA

Tour Luxor’s West Bank including the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon. After touring return to the ship for lunch. Cruise to Esna. Dinner. Evening entertainment. Overnight Cruise / Esna
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 10

TEMPLE OF HORUS AT EDFU, CRUISE TO KOM OMBO

Cruise to Edfu and visit the Temple of Horus, the best preserved of all the Nile temples. Cruise to Kom Ombo where you will dock for the evening. Dinner and evening entertainment. Overnight Cruise / Kom Ombo
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 11

TEMPLE OF TWO GODS, CRUISE TO ASWAN, TEMPLE OF PHILAE, UNFINISHED OBELISK, HIGH DAM

TEMPLE OF TWO GODS, CRUISE TO ASWAN, TEMPLE OF PHILAE, UNFINISHED OBELISK, HIGH DAM

DAY 12

ABU SIMBEL, FLY TO CAIRO

Breakfast on board before disembarking. Travel to Abu Simbel by road (about 3 hours), enjoy a guided tour of the famous temples of Ramses then return to Aswan about 5PM. Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Cairo. Arriving staff transfers you to either the Concorde el Salam or Le Meridien Airport hotel. Overnight Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast
OPTIONAL: If you prefer to fly to Abu Simbel the round-trip air in economy class adds about $400 a person.

DAY 13

INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE OR ADD A RED SEA BEACH HOLIDAY

Staff will transfer you to the airport, assist with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure or extend your tour with a Red Sea beach holiday to Hurghada or Sharm el Sheikh.

Red Sea add on 2 nights / 3 days

DAY 14

FLY TO Sharm El Sheikh

staff transfers you to your hotel
snorkeling, and submarine rides are available

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 15

Mount Sinai and St Catherine Monastery Tour

Free afternoon
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 16

FLY TO CAIRO

Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Cairo. Arriving staff transfers you to either the Concorde el Salam or Le Meridien Airport hotel. Overnight Cairo

DAY 17

INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

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