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11 days, Nile, Red Sea, White Desert

Panoramic Egypt

Every face of Egypt in one trip: the pyramids, a Nile cruise between Aswan and Luxor, two days on a Hurghada beach, and a night under the stars in the White Desert.

White Desert

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About this trip

Pyramids, the Nile, the Red Sea and the desert: four faces of Egypt in one journey. Start in Cairo, fly to Aswan to board your Nile cruise, and sail north past Kom Ombo and Edfu to the temples and royal tombs of Luxor.

Then the Red Sea at Hurghada, with reefs, islands and an all-inclusive beach resort, and finally a 4x4 adventure into the Black and White Deserts, with a barbecue by the fire and a night under more stars than you have ever seen.

Duration

11 days / 10 nights

Destinations

Nile, Red Sea, White Desert

Trip style

History and beach

Accommodation

Hotels · Nile cruise · Beach resort · Desert camp and eco-lodge

Getting around

Private car with driver · Domestic flights · Boats on the Nile · 4x4 in the desert

Day by day

Itinerary

  1. On arrival, your personal assistant is waiting for you, helps you with the visa and airport formalities, and takes you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.

    • Pyramids & Sphinx
    • Grand Egyptian Museum

    A morning on the Giza Plateau: the Great Pyramid of Khufu, a walk inside the Pyramid of Khafre to its burial chamber, the panoramic viewpoint over the pyramids, and the Sphinx with its Valley Temple. Lunch with a view of the pyramids, then the Grand Egyptian Museum, where the complete treasure of Tutankhamun is displayed together for the first time.

    • Philae
    • Felucca

    A morning flight to Aswan and a motorboat to the temple of Philae. Board your Nile cruise for lunch, then a felucca around the islands at sunset. Dinner and night on board.

    • Temple of Horus
    • Kom Ombo Temple

    Kom Ombo and its crocodile museum in the morning, lunch on deck as the boat sails north, then a horse carriage to the temple of Horus at Edfu. The boat continues towards Luxor overnight.

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

    The Valley of the Kings, the temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon in the morning, then Karnak and Luxor Temple in the afternoon. Last night on board.

    • Beach & coral reefs

    Breakfast on board, then a private car to the Red Sea, about four hours. Check in at your all-inclusive beach resort and spend the afternoon by the water.

    • Beach & coral reefs

    A whole day for the Red Sea. Snorkel the reefs on a boat trip to Giftun Island, ride a quad bike into the desert, or do nothing at all (excursions are extra).

  2. A last swim in the morning, then the short flight to Cairo and a transfer to your hotel. Rest well: tomorrow the desert.

    • Black Desert
    • Crystal Mountain
    • White Desert

    An early 4x4 drive to Bahariya Oasis, lunch, then off-road into the Black Desert, Crystal Mountain and Agabat valley. Sunset among the white chalk shapes, a barbecue dinner by the fire and a sky full of stars.

    • White Desert
    • Night under the stars
    • Hot spring

    Wake up to sunrise over the white rocks, breakfast at camp, and a stop at a warm spring in Bahariya before the drive back to Cairo, about four hours.

  3. Breakfast, then your personal assistant takes you to the airport and helps you with check-in.

What's in your price

What's included

  • Personal assistant from arrival to departure: visa, airport and help throughout your trip
  • All private air-conditioned transfers
  • Hotels with daily breakfast
  • Nile cruise or dahabiya with full board, where listed
  • Beach resort on all-inclusive, where listed
  • Domestic flights as listed
  • Private Egyptologist guide on touring days
  • Entrance fees to the sites listed
  • Lunch on touring days, and bottled water
  • Going inside the Pyramid of Khafre

Not included

  • Inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu: optional, extra cost (book ahead, tickets are limited)
  • International flights
  • Egypt visa
  • Tips
  • Optional extras such as the balloon or Tutankhamun's tomb
  • Drinks outside all-inclusive and full board

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★★★★

Red Sea: a beach resort of the same level, chosen with you.

White Desert: one night in a Bedouin camp, with tent, mattress, blankets and a barbecue dinner by the fire.

From $1,920 per person

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