Home10 Day Egypt Tour: Cairo and Nile Cruise
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Memphis Tours' 10 day Egypt tour is the only classic Egypt package that combines Cairo's iconic ancient wonders with a unique round-trip Nile cruise — sailing from Luxor to Aswan and back on the MS Mayfair Nile Cruise for six luxurious nights. Your journey begins in Cairo with three days exploring the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, the Valley Temple, and the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), housing the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts. You then fly to Luxor to board the MS Mayfair, where six full-board nights of Nile sailing take you south to Aswan and north again through Egypt's ancient heartland. Along the way, guided shore excursions reveal the best-preserved temple in Egypt at Edfu, the twin-deity Temple of Kom Ombo, the serene Philae Temple on its Nile island, the royal necropolis of the Valley of the Kings, the terraced Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, the soaring Colossi of Memnon, and the vast hypostyle hall of Karnak Temple. An optional excursion to the rock-cut Temples of Abu Simbel is also available from Aswan. Every detail — private guides, domestic flight, hotel, meals, transfers, and entrance fees — is fully managed by Memphis Tours.
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- International Airfare
- Entry visa to Egypt
- Any optional tours
- Personal spending
- Tipping
Arrive at Cairo International Airport, where your Memphis Tours representative meets you inside the terminal, assists with passport control and baggage, and escorts you to your private air-conditioned vehicle.
Transfer to your hotel, where your representative reviews the days ahead with you — pickup times, what to pack for six nights aboard, and how your touring works. The remainder of the day is at leisure.
Overnight in Cairo – Sheraton Cairo Hotel, Towers and Casino
Meals: None
Signature Experience: Private arrival assistance and an itinerary briefing before the journey begins
Good to Know: Your final hotel and cruise vessel confirmation is issued with your travel documents before departure.
After breakfast, meet your private Egyptologist and travel to the Giza Plateau. Explore the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the Valley Temple, with time at the panoramic viewpoint for photographs across all three pyramids.
Continue for lunch at a local Egyptian restaurant, then visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, where the complete treasures of Tutankhamun are displayed together for the first time. Return privately to your hotel; your evening is free.
Overnight in Cairo – Sheraton Cairo Hotel, Towers and Casino
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Visits: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Grand Egyptian Museum
Signature Experience: Private Egyptologist-guided touring at your own pace, with no group to keep up with
Optional Premium Experience: Interior entry to the Great Pyramid can be arranged at additional cost.
Good to Know: Dinner this evening is not included, leaving you free to try Cairo's restaurants. Your guide can recommend and reserve.
An early checkout and private transfer to Cairo Airport for your included flight to Luxor, arriving in around an hour.
You are met on arrival and taken to your Nile cruise vessel, where you unpack once and stay put for the next six nights. Lunch is served on board, followed by afternoon tea and time on deck as the vessel begins its journey south. Dinner is served aboard, moored at Esna.
Overnight in Nile cruise vessel, moored at Esna
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Signature Experience: Six nights aboard on a round-trip sailing — you unpack once, and the vessel returns you to where you started
Good to Know: Domestic flight times are confirmed by airline availability and may require an early departure. Baggage allowance is 1 checked bag up to 23 kg (50 lb) plus 1 cabin bag up to 7 kg (15 lb) per guest.
Breakfast on board as the vessel sails. At Edfu you visit the Temple of Horus, the most completely preserved temple in Egypt, its roof, columns and sanctuary still intact after centuries buried in sand.
Return aboard as the vessel continues to Kom Ombo, with lunch and afternoon tea served as the riverbank passes. This evening brings a traditional galabeya party on deck, followed by dinner.
Overnight in Nile cruise vessel, moored at Kom Ombo
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Visits: Temple of Horus at Edfu
Signature Experience: A galabeya evening on deck, moored at Kom Ombo
Good to Know: Shore excursions from the cruise are shared group tours with an accompanying Egyptologist. Your Cairo touring is private; the cruise portion is not.
An early sailing brings you to Aswan, where the Nile narrows between granite islands. After breakfast, visit the ancient granite quarries and the Unfinished Obelisk, still attached to the bedrock that cracked beneath it.
Continue by motorboat to Philae Temple on its island setting, dedicated to Isis and rescued stone by stone from the rising waters of the High Dam. Lunch is served on board, with an evening of music and dance followed by dinner.
Overnight in Nile cruise vessel, moored at Aswan
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Visits: Granite Quarries, Unfinished Obelisk, Philae Temple
Signature Experience: Approaching Philae by motorboat, the temple rising from its island as you cross
Good to Know: Sightseeing today is a shared group excursion with an accompanying Egyptologist.
A full day moored at Aswan with nothing scheduled — time to explore the souk, take a felucca around Elephantine Island, or simply stay on deck.
Guests who want to add Egypt's most remote monument can join the optional excursion to Abu Simbel, a three-hour drive each way across the Nubian desert, to see the twin temples of Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari relocated in their entirety when Lake Nasser rose. Return aboard for a Nubian show and dinner.
Overnight in Nile cruise vessel, moored at Aswan
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Signature Experience: A full day moored in Aswan, yours to spend ashore or on deck
Optional Premium Experience: Abu Simbel group coach excursion, $120 per person, visiting the Temple of Ramesses II and the Temple of Queen Nefertari. Six hours of driving in total, with an early start. Book in advance.
Good to Know: All meals are served aboard today whether or not you take the excursion.
Breakfast on board as the vessel sails north to Kom Ombo. Here you visit the double temple built with two identical entrances, divided between the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Haroeris, with the mummified crocodiles of the adjoining museum nearby.
Return aboard for lunch as the vessel continues past Edfu toward Esna, with afternoon tea on deck and dinner served at the evening mooring.
Overnight in Nile cruise vessel, moored at Esna
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Visits: Temple of Kom Ombo
Signature Experience: Seeing the same stretch of river from the other direction, at a slower pace, on the return leg
Good to Know: Sightseeing today is a shared group excursion with an accompanying Egyptologist.
Continue to the Temple of Hatshepsut, rising in three colonnaded terraces against the cliff face, and pause at the Colossi of Memnon. Return aboard for lunch, an afternoon at leisure and dinner, moored in the center of Luxor.
Breakfast on board, then disembark to explore the East Bank. Visit the vast Karnak Temple Complex, where the Great Hypostyle Hall's 134 columns still carry traces of their original color, and the ceremonial Luxor Temple linked to it by the restored Avenue of Sphinxes.
Lunch follows at a Luxor restaurant before your transfer to the airport and included flight back to Cairo, where you are met and transferred privately to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo – airport-area hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Visits: Karnak Temple Complex, Luxor Temple
Signature Experience: A final Cairo night close to the airport, so your departure morning is short and unhurried
Good to Know: Domestic flight times are confirmed by airline availability and may require an early departure. Baggage allowance is 1 checked bag up to 23 kg (50 lb) plus 1 cabin bag up to 7 kg (15 lb) per guest. Dinner is not included this evening.
Enjoy breakfast and a relaxed final morning. Depending on your flight time, luggage storage can be arranged at the hotel should you wish to spend a few last hours in the city.
Your private air-conditioned vehicle and representative collect you at the appointed time and transfer you to Cairo International Airport, where you are assisted through check-in and security for your onward flight.
Meals: Breakfast
Signature Experience: Private departure transfer with airport check-in assistance
Good to Know: Standard check-out is 12:00. Late check-out is subject to availability and a supplement.
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