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15 Day Cairo, Alexandria, Hurghada and Nile Cruise with Abu Simbel

Experience Egypt’s timeless beauty in this 15-day tour.

Duration
15 days / 14 nights
Route
Cairo · Alexandria · Hurghada · Luxor · Aswan
Guide language
English · Spanish · French · Italian · German · Portuguese

About this tour

Experience Egypt’s timeless beauty in this 15-day tour. Your adventure begins in Cairo, where you'll visit the awe-inspiring Giza Pyramids, Sakkara, the Egyptian Museum, and the Citadel, and explore Old Cairo's Coptic and Islamic landmarks. Enjoy a day trip to Alexandria, discovering its ancient library, Roman sites, and more. Then, relax in Hurghada with free days for snorkeling, desert safaris, and leisure activities. Explore Luxor, the Nile’s historic heart, with visits to the Valley of the Kings, Karnak Temple, and ancient tombs. Cruise the Nile, visiting Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Aswan before completing your tour with a visit to the stunning Abu Simbel Temples. A grand conclusion to your Egyptian journey!

Highlights

  • Arrival at Cairo Airport, transfer to hotel for overnight.
  • Pyramids of Giza and Sakkara, including the Step Pyramid.
  • Egyptian Museum, Citadel, and Khan El Khalili market.
  • Alexandria tourLibrary, Roman Amphitheater, Pompey’s Pillar.
  • Islamic and Coptic Cairo, including Hanging Church and mosques.
  • Flight to Hurghada, transfer to hotel.
  • Hurghada free day. Optional Snorkeling Trip to Giftun Island.
  • Hurghada free day. Optional Sunset Desert Safari by Jeep.
  • Transfer to Luxor, Sound & Light Show at Karnak Temple.
  • West Bank tour in Luxor, including Valley of the Kings.
  • East Bank tour, Karnak and Luxor Temples.
  • Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples, sail to Aswan.
  • Aswan sightseeingHigh Dam, Philae Temple, Unfinished Obelisk.
  • Abu Simbel Temples, return to Aswan, fly to Cairo.
  • Transfer to Cairo Airport for departure.

Itinerary, day by day

Day 1: Arrival at Cairo International Airport

Cairo

Your Egypt tour begins at your chosen hotel in Cairo. Upon arrival to Cairo Int. Airport, you will be met with our English-speaking representative who will help and assist you in all formalities.

Transfer to your hotel and overnight in Cairo.

StayCairo
Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 2: Full Day Pyramids and Sakkara - Cairo

2 meals

Breakfast at hotel. Then you will be met by our English Egyptologist tour guide to start your first day tour by visiting Pyramids of Giza "Khufu, Khafre & Menkaure", where the greatness has been embodied in three pyramids with a limestone statue of Sphinx guarding the whole area. Then proceed to one of our local restaurant to have your lunch. After that you will proceed to the city of Sakkara, where you will be so excited by exploring The Step Pyramid of king Djoser.

This pyramid has a very nice story, when king Djoser asked his chief Architect Imhotep to create something different, so that the king could be buried at. As a result the well-known Architect creates the Step pyramid, which surprised the king so much since it was considered to be a new achievement in this period. After finishing your day tour, you will transfer to your hotel in Cairo.

giza pyramids at night
Full Day Pyramids and Sakkara - Cairo
A tourist riding a camel in front of the pyramids
Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 3: Egyptian Museum - Citadel and Khan El Khalili - Cairo

2 meals

Breakfast at the hotel. Afterwards, our English-speaking guide will meet you at your hotel to begin your second day touring the highlights of Cairo. Today’s itinerary is truly unique and filled with excitement, as you explore some of the city’s most remarkable historical landmarks.

Start your day with a visit to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, one of the most important museums in Egypt and a captivating gateway to the world of the ancient pharaohs. Inside, you will discover an impressive collection of royal statues, exquisite jewelry, funerary objects, and masterpieces that reflect the greatness of ancient Egyptian civilization. Your guide will introduce you to the museum’s most iconic treasures and share fascinating stories behind each artifact.

Enjoy a delicious lunch at one of our handpicked local restaurants.

After lunch, you will head to Old Cairo to visit the majestic Citadel of Salah El-Din, a strategic fortress that played a vital role in defending Egypt and served as the center of power for more than seven centuries. Continue your journey to the vibrant and historic Khan El-Khalili Bazaar, one of the oldest and most enchanting markets in the Middle East, where you can wander through its lively alleys filled with unique handicrafts, perfumes, spices, and souvenirs.

After completing your full-day tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Cairo.

One of the bazaars in Khan El Khalili
khan el khalili bazar
great shot of one of the streets of khan el khalili
Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 4: Alexandria City Tour - Cairo

2 meals

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo. After that you will be met with our Egyptologist tour guide who will accompany you in such a stunning tour to Alexandria. You will start your Alexandria city tour by exploring one of the main sources of knowledge in the ancient world, The Alexandria Library, which stands near the site of the ancient Library of Alexandria. Later on, you will be transferred to have your lunch meal at local restaurant. After lunch you will proceed to visit The Roman Amphitheatre, which is considered to be one of the most famous monuments belonging the Greco-Roman period.

Continue your Alexandria city tour by visiting Pompey's pillar, which was erected in 292 AD. At the end you'll be transferred to visit Sultan Qaitbay Citadel (from outside) which is considered to be one of most famous sightseeing in Alexandria. After finishing your day tour, we will drive back to Cairo. Arrive to Cairo and proceed to your hotel there for overnight.

Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 5: Islamic & Coptic Cairo Tour - Cairo

Cairo3 meals

Breakfast at hotel. Then you will start your tour to visit Islamic and Coptic Cairo. This tour is a very important as you will explore the greatness of the history of Egypt. You will explore the Islamic history and the other Coptic one. You will visit Ahmed Ibn Tulun Mosque; It is the oldest intact, functioning Islamic monument in Cairo. It also survives as a rare example of the era and architecture of the classical period of Islam, i.e. the ninth and tenth centuries, for it was dominant in the Islamic world.

Then proceed to the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, which considered stylistically the most compact and unified of all Cairo monuments. The building was constructed for Sultan Hassan bin Mohammad bin Qala'oun in 1356 AD as a mosque and religious school for all sects. Then you will visit El Refa’i Mosque, it is separated from the mosque of Sultan Hassan by a pedestrian street.

Take your lunch at one of our local restaurants.   After that, you will start your Coptic Tour, you will start with the Hanging Church, (The Church of the Virgin Mary), built into the walls of the Water Gate of the Roman fortress. It is possibly the oldest Christian church in Egypt, dating to around the 4th Century. Then you will visit Church of St. Sergius, (Abu Serga), which legend has it is built atop one of the sites where the Holy Family rested on their flight from Herod. Continuing on this path brings one first to the Ben Ezra Synagogue, which is Egypt's oldest and dates to the 9th Century.

After finishing this fantastic and memorable tour, you will get back to your hotel.

Coptic Cairo
the facade of the coptic museum
inside the hanging church in coptic cairo
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Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 6: Flight to Hurghada

Hurghada1 meal

Breakfast at your hotel in Cairo and check out, then we will transfer you to Cairo airport to fly Hurghada. Upon arrival to Hurghada airport, you will transfer to your hotel and overnight in Hurghada.

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Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 7: Hurghada Free Day

1 meal

Breakfast at your hotel and free day by your own. Optional Excursion Snorkeling Trip to Giftun Island: Breakfast & Snorkeling Trip at Giftun Island Hurghada: We will pick you up from your hotel for a fantastic snorkeling trip with desert island relaxation on the beautiful Red Sea, where we will do our snorkeling in different spots which are full of corals and magnificent colorful fish with a chance to swim with dolphins, enjoying the water sports activities on Giftun Island and the national park with open buffet lunch aboard the cruise then return back to the jetty and then transferred to your hotel.

Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 8: Hurghada Free Day

1 meal

Breakfast at your hotel and free day by your own. Optional Excursion Hurghada Sunset Desert Safari by Jeep 4x4: Breakfast at your hotel and then we will have a trip to: Hurghada Sunset Desert Safari by Jeep 4x4): You will be picked up from the hotel by Toyota landcruiser 4x4 WD, then driven 35 km in the Eastern desert of Egypt to a Bedouin village for a tour to see their life, traditions then you will ride a camel and witness the amazing sunset view with barbeque dinner, mineral water and soft drinks included, watching stars by night while driving back from Bedouin village to your hotel.

Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 9: Transfer from Hurghada to Luxor - Sound & Light Show at Karnak Temple- luxor

2 meals

Breakfast at your hotel in Hurghada and check out, then we will transfer you to to Luxor by a Private vehicle. Upon arrival to Luxor, you will transfer to your hotel to rest and refresh. Evening Sound and Light Show at Karnak temple: Have you ever wondered what life have been thousands years ago? You will know about them through the splendid Sound and Light Show at the Karnak Temples, the greatest example of worship in history and was dedicated to the God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu.

It was constructed from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom to the Greco Roman Kingdom. You will be transferred to see the Karnak Temples where you will attend the spectacular Sound and Light production. This spectacle will take about 60-minute first takes you around the temple grounds, and finally the last act is played while you are seated along the Great Sacred Lake. The performance relates the history of Luxor as the capital of the ancient world.

Transfer back to your Hotel

Overnight Luxor.

A picture of the first edifice of Karnak Temple
Karnak Dahabiya 3
Karnak Dahabiya 5
Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 10: Luxor West Bank - Board on Nile Cruise

Luxor3 meals

Breakfast at your hotel and check out. Then start your magical tour in Thebes, the sacred land by exploring the West Bank of Luxor including Valley of the Kings, which considers as the royal cemetery of the Theban kings and rulers of ancient Egypt, and the place where our Pharaohs were buried, Enter tomb of King Tut Ankh Amun After that, you will proceed to visit Howard Carter house, visit the home that once belonged to the man who discovered the tomb of King Tut. Then proceed to visit Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari.

This temple is considered as one of the most wonderful examples of the Architecture in ancient Egypt, because it was totally carved inside the mountain. At the end of the tour you will visit Colossi of Memnon, which is belonging to king Amenhotep III. After that you will transfer to your ship to check in & have your lunch. At night, Egyptian folkloric show will be operated by the staff.

Dinner will be served and overnight in Luxor.

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Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 11: Luxor East Bank - Sail to Edfu

Luxor3 meals

Breakfast on Nile Cruise. Then you will discover the East bank of Luxor including Karnak Temples Complex, which are the largest structures ever build in the history of the mankind. The principal building is that of god Amun Ra, since it was considered the house of god on the earth, the earlier structure date back to the middle kingdom, but there are some references which refer to the earlier buildings as old as the 3rd dynasty.

Later on, you will proceed to visit Temple of Luxor, which was built by one of the kings of the 12th dynasty and completed by the well-known king Ramses II. This temple was located in the heart of ancient Thebes and, like Karnak, was dedicated to the main/chief god Amun Re. At night, Egyptian folkloric show will be operated by the staff.

Dinner will be served and overnight in Luxor.

Some visitors from their tour in front of Edfu Temple
From one of the wonderful pictures to Edfu Temple
Some visitors from inside the Edfu Temple
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Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 12: Edfu - Kom Ombo - Sail to Aswan

3 meals

Breakfast on the cruise. Then the guide will take you in a mysterious journey to land of secrets. This guided tour of today begins by visiting one of the most wonderful temples in Egypt, Temple of Horus in Edfu, which is considered to be one of the most well preserved temples in Egypt. After that, you will revert back to your ship Lunch will be served on board during sailing to the city of Kom Ombo.

Afternoon, you will proceed to explore Temple of Kom Ombo, where the two gods Sobek & Haroeris were worshipped for a while. Get back to your ship and enjoy your lunch on the sun deck, watching the unique landscape of the great river Nile. On its banks the ancient Egyptian civilization has been created and flourished. After the tour, you will get back to your ship, rest and refresh on board. Dinner meal will be served on board during sailing to the city of Aswan. Late evening arrive to Aswan and overnight.

The magnificent Kom Ombo Temple on the Nile, north of Aswan
Edfu - Kom Ombo - Sail to Aswan
amazing shot of a group of tourists at edfu temple
Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 13: Aswan Sightseeing

Aswan3 meals

Breakfast will be served on board your ship. Later on, you will join your Egyptologist tour guide to discover the great city of Aswan, including The High Dam, which has been erected by the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1960 AD to protect Egypt from the Nile flood. After that you will enjoy sailing on the Nile River by a motor boat till reach Agilika Island, where you will visit Temple of Philae, which was erected during the Graeco-Roman period and was dedicated to goddess Isis (mother of god Horus).

Finally you will be escorted to visit one of the marvelous sightseeing in Aswan, The Unfinished Obelisk, which was made out of red granite and was dedicated to god Amun Ra. After finishing your day tour, you will get back to your ship. Lunch will be served on board. Afternoon tea will be served on board. At night free at leisure.

Dinner and overnight in Aswan.

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Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 14: Disembarkation from Cruise - Abu Simbel Temple - Fly back to Cairo

2 meals

Breakfast box from your Nile cruise and check out. Later on, you will be transferred by private A-C van to Abu Simbel. The original site was known as Meha in the ancient times and was first documented in the 18th Dynasty, when Ay and Horemheb had rock-cut chapels hewn in the hills to the south. Upon arrival, you will proceed to visit Abu Simbel Temples, which were built by king Ramses II. The first temple (the biggest one) was built by Ramesses II and being dedicated to the famous god Rahorakhty. While the second temple (the smaller one) was dedicated to king himself and his beautiful wife queen Nefertari.

After finishing your day tour, you will drive back toward Aswan (distance takes approx. 03 hrs by car). Then we will transfer you to Aswan airport to fly back to Cairo. Upon arrival at airport, you will be transferred to your hotel and overnight Cairo.

The Statues of the external facade of the Abu Simbel Temple
Great pictures of the facade of the small temple of Abu Simbel
A stunning photo of a girl in front of the Abu Simbel temple - Solo Travel to Egypt
Meals
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Day 15: Cairo Int. Airport - Final Departure

Transfer to Cairo international airport for final departure

Accommodation & Pricing (September to April)

Below prices not applicable during Christmas, New Year, or Easter

4★ Hotel + Standard Cruise

Double room, per person$2,690
Single room, per person$4,460
Cairo Hotel
Cairo Pyramids – Barcelo Cairo – Triumph Plaza or similar.
Cruise
Magic Nile Cruise – Radamis II Nile Cruise or similar
Hurghada Hotel
The Boutique – Coral Beach – Mercure Hurghada or similar

5★ Hotel + Deluxe Cruise

Double room, per person$2,850
Single room, per person$4,770
Cairo Hotel
Safir Hotel Cairo – Hilton Golf Pyramids – Steigenberger Pyramids, or similar.
Cruise
Solaris I Nile Cruise – Radamis I Nile Cruise – Esmeralda Nile Cruise or similar
Hurghada Hotel
Kempinski Hotel Soma Bay or similar

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Included / Excluded

Included11 items
  • Meet and Assist service at the Airport.
  • All Transfers by a private A/C vehicle.
  • Accommodation for 6 nights in Cairo with breakfast.
  • Accommodation for 3 nights in Hurghada with breakfast.
  • Accommodation for 1 nights in Luxor with breakfast.
  • Accommodation for 4 nights on a 5* Cruise on full board.
  • Domestic Flights (Cairo to Hurghada - Aswan to Cairo)
  • Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
  • English-speaking tour guide during the visits.
  • Bottled water during the visits.
  • All service charges and taxes.
Not included4 items
  • Entry Visa to Egypt
  • Any Optional tours.
  • All personal Expenses.
  • Tipping (Recommend).

Policies, in plain English

All rates listed by EgyVacations are quoted in U.S. Dollars (USD) unless stated otherwise. However, we accept payment in other major currencies such as EUR and GBP, based on the daily exchange rate at the time of payment.

  • Our prices are based on current market rates, seasonal variations, and availability, and are subject to change without prior notice. Rates are only confirmed once full payment or a deposit has been received.
  • Package rates generally include accommodation, transportation, guided tours, and meals, as outlined in your detailed itinerary. Please refer to your specific booking for a full list of inclusions and exclusions.
  • Holiday Season Supplement: A 25% holiday surcharge applies to all Nile Cruise and tour package bookings during Christmas, New Year, and Easter periods.
  • Domestic Flights: The price we quote is an average and the timing is approximate. Changes to your flight may result in changes to the price.

Frequently asked questions

How much will it cost to tour Egypt?

The cost of touring Egypt depends on the type of experience you want. Budget travelers can spend as little as $50 to $100 per day, while luxury tours may range between $200 and $400 daily. At Egy Vacations, we offer customized packages, starting from affordable group tours to exclusive private adventures.

Is it safe to tour Egypt now?

Yes, Egypt is safe to visit! The government prioritizes the safety of tourists, and popular areas such as Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and the Red Sea resorts are secure and welcoming. With Egy Vacations, we ensure a smooth and worry-free experience from the moment you arrive.

How many days do you need to tour Egypt?

For a comprehensive experience, 7 to 10 days is ideal. This allows you to explore Cairo, the Pyramids, Luxor, and Aswan, and even enjoy some relaxation by the Red Sea. Shorter itineraries of 3–5 days can also cover key highlights, perfect for travelers with limited time.

Which month is best to visit Egypt?

The best time to visit Egypt is during the cooler months, from October to April. This period offers pleasant weather, perfect for sightseeing at the Pyramids and the ancient temples of Upper Egypt.

Is Egypt safe for female tourists?

Absolutely. Female tourists will find Egypt to be safe, especially if they respect local customs and dress modestly in more conservative areas. Joining guided tours like those offered by Egy Vacations adds an extra layer of safety and convenience.

Is Egypt cheap or expensive?

Egypt is generally affordable, especially compared to many other popular tourist destinations. While luxury experiences and accommodations can be costly, local food, transportation, and sightseeing are budget-friendly. At Egy Vacations, we aim to deliver unforgettable experiences within your budget.

Travellers, in their own words.

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It was the best choice ever

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What a great team!

They helped me plan my day and arranged for an Egyptologist and driver to take me to all these places.

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Had a great time

Thanks to well organised sightseeing and tour guide Ahmed who was professional and pleasant.

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