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8 days, Cairo, Luxor, Nile cruise, Aswan, Abu Simbel

Egypt Honeymoon

A journey for two: the pyramids by day and a dinner cruise on the Nile by night, the temples of Luxor, three nights sailing between Edfu and Kom Ombo, a Nubian village and a felucca in Aswan, sunrise at Abu Simbel, and a final free day together in Cairo.

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About this trip

Egypt has inspired love stories for five thousand years, and this one is yours. Flowers and a honeymoon cake welcome you in Cairo, the pyramids frame your first photos together, and a dinner cruise on the Nile ends your first full day.

Then three nights sailing between Luxor and Aswan, a felucca to a painted Nubian village, sunrise at Abu Simbel before the temple Ramses II built for his beloved Nefertari, and a last free day in Cairo just for the two of you. Private, unhurried and planned around you.

Duration

8 days / 7 nights

Destinations

Cairo, Luxor, Nile cruise, Aswan, Abu Simbel

Trip style

Honeymoon

Accommodation

Hotels · Nile cruise

Getting around

Private car with driver · Domestic flights · Boats on the Nile

Day by day

Itinerary

  1. Your personal assistant meets you at the airport, takes care of the visa and airport formalities and drives you to your hotel, where flowers and a honeymoon cake are waiting in your room. The evening is yours.

    • Pyramids & Sphinx
    • Grand Egyptian Museum
    • Nile dinner cruise

    The Giza Plateau with your Egyptologist: the Great Pyramid, a walk inside the Pyramid of Khafre, the panoramic viewpoint for your photos together and the Sphinx. After lunch facing the pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum and the treasure of Tutankhamun. In the evening, a dinner cruise on the Nile with live music and a Tanoura show.

    • Karnak
    • Luxor Temple
    • Valley of the Kings
    • Hatshepsut

    An early flight to Luxor. On the West Bank, three royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut's terraced temple and the Colossi of Memnon; on the East Bank, the 134 columns of Karnak and Luxor Temple, the most romantic of all at dusk. In the evening, board your Nile cruise.

    • Temple of Horus
    • Kom Ombo Temple

    For an unforgettable start, an optional hot-air balloon over Luxor at sunrise. Then sail south: a horse carriage to the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the best preserved in Egypt, and the double temple of Kom Ombo at sunset, with afternoon tea on the sun deck in between.

    • Unfinished Obelisk
    • Philae
    • Felucca
    • Nubian village

    The Unfinished Obelisk in its granite quarry and a motorboat to Philae, the island temple of Isis, goddess of love and devotion. In the afternoon, a felucca to a Nubian village of painted houses for tea with a local family, sailing back at sunset. Last night on board.

    • Temple of Ramses II
    • Temple of Nefertari

    An early drive across the Nubian desert to the temples of Ramses II and Queen Nefertari, the great temple of love the pharaoh built for his wife. Back in Aswan, a flight to Cairo and a night in your hotel.

    • Khan el-Khalili

    A day just for the two of you: relax by the pool, shop in Khan el-Khalili, or add a sunset camel ride at the pyramids or a private evening on a felucca.

  2. Breakfast, then your personal assistant takes you to the airport and helps you with check-in for your flight home.

What's in your price

What's included

  • Personal assistant from arrival to departure: visa, airport and help throughout your trip
  • Hotels with daily breakfast, full board on the cruise
  • Lunch on touring days at local restaurants
  • Private air-conditioned transfers
  • Private Egyptologist guide
  • Entrance fees to the sites listed
  • Domestic flights or trains as listed
  • Honeymoon welcome: flowers and a cake in your room
  • Dinner cruise on the Nile in Cairo
  • Abu Simbel by road from Aswan
  • Going inside the Pyramid of Khafre

Not included

  • Inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu: optional, extra cost (book ahead, tickets are limited)
  • Optional: hot-air balloon, sunset camel ride, private felucca evening
  • International flights
  • Egypt visa
  • Tips
  • Drinks and optional activities

Where you stay

Hotels and Nile cruise

Choose your comfort level. The hotels below are examples: we confirm the exact hotel with your price, or one of the same standard.

Cairo and Giza

  • Barceló Cairo Pyramids★★★★
  • Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir★★★★
  • Grand Pyramids Hotel★★★★
  • Pyramids Valley★★★★
  • Novotel Cairo El Borg★★★★
  • Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx★★★★
  • Swiss Inn Nile Hotel★★★★

Nile cruise

  • Nile Carnival★★★★
  • MS Blue Shadow★★★★
  • MS Concerto★★★★
  • MS Nile Style★★★★
  • MS Sarah★★★★
  • MS Royal Signature★★★★
  • MS Royal Beaurivage★★★★
  • MS Esmeralda★★★★
  • Amwaj Livingstone★★★★

From $1,580 per person

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