Egypt by River and Rail

This Ten -day Friends Abroad ^tm itinerary includes Abu Simbel Excursions , a four-day (three-night) Nile cruise, and Nile-side journeys aboard a first-class sleeper train. Extend to Hurgada/Red Sea , add Sharm

Honeymoon on the Nile

Map -Nile Cruise Route -Cruise in the comfort of your own PRIVATE Felucca cruise
Compare with the 14-Day Ultra Deluxe version

DAY 1 - CAIRO Sunday (weekly ,year round, subject to availability )
Our staff meets you at the airport and escorts you to your hotel.
Visa fee is included and issued upon arrival at Cairo Airport for American, Canadian, EU , Australian, NZ, Singaporean & Japanese citizens with valid passports that are valid for at least 6 month beyond the date of arrival. Compare with the 10-day , 11-day or 15 -day edition

DAY 2 - CAIRO / Sleeper Train - Monday (cBD)
Cairo is yours! Explore it as you like. The Egyptian Museum is in the city center, the Pyramids and Sphinx only a short taxi ride away . In the evening, we depart for Aswan aboard the Nile Express first-class sleeper train ( modest 3 stars rating) , if you prefer to fly , please add $150 ) . Always in your own PRIVATE compartment, dinner is included on board.

DAY 3 - ASWAN Tuesday (cB)
Morning Arrival , our local rep will escort you to your hotel. Remainder of the day at leisure to explore Aswan on your own

DAY 4 - ASWAN Wednesday (cBLD)
We escort you to your Nile cruise vessel. After lunch, explore Aswan's lively bazaar as you wish , or stroll along the banks of the Nile. In the evening, we cast off and cruise down the Nile.
Shore excursions on board the cruise are not included.
You may purchase them in the USA or in Egypt for an additional $100 per person for the 5 days shore excursion package on board the cruise.

DAY 5 - KOM OMBO & EDFU Thursday (cBLD)
We dock at Kom Ombo, then set sail for Edfu with its great Temple of Horus. The evening finds us docked at Esna.

DAY 6 - ESNA & LUXOR Friday (cBLD)
We pass the locks at Esna and cruise the Nile , late afternoon arrival at Luxor. Remainder of the day at leisure , maybe to explore the local souks & bazaar. Afternoon tea as usual will be served on deck. Evening dinner and entertainment.

DAY 7 - LUXOR Saturday (cBD)
We check out of our cabins after breakfast, but the facilities of the vessel are available to us until the evening. Explore the great temples or the bazaar as you like. In the evening, we escort you to the train station for our first-class sleeper train journey back to Cairo.

DAY 8 - CAIRO Sunday (cB)
We escort you to your hotel. (Your room may not be ready until noon, but all other hotel facilities are available.) Why not go shopping in Khan el-Khalili bazaar?

DAY 9 - Joseph Gift to the Mighty Pharaoh of Egypt : Fayoum Oases - Monday (B)
Private Desert Caravan Desert Safari to Fayoum Oases for the Day
The wilds of the desert begin right on the outskirts of Cairo, and continue for hundreds of miles to the east and west, through sands, rock, mountains, oases, and a surprising variety of scenery and inhabitants.
Join us for a day ranging across the desert like modern nomads. In place of camels, we’ll travel in comfortable, reliable four-by-four Toyota Land Cruisers. Your guide and drivers will meet you at your hotel, and soon you’ll leave bustling Cairo behind as you undertake the drive toward the Oasis of El Fayoum, 150 kilometers to the southwest. Hard as it is to believe, a great inland sea once covered these sands. It was a holy reserve of sacred crocodiles, symbolized by the god Sobek.
We’ll visit the temple of Kom Oshim, drive over ancient lake beds, and alongside the waters of today’s Fayoum Lake to reach the fishermen’s village of Chak Chouk. There we’ll stop for a lunch of fish caught fresh that morning. There will be time to wander the village lanes and discreetly watch the everyday activities of baking flatbread, irrigating crops from the lake’s waters, and bringing in the catch. We’ll also include the craft and pottery museum where the best works of local artisans are on display.
Then it’s into our four-by-fours again, for an off-road adventure! We’ll head alongside and across desert washes, between dunes, and over ancient lake beds for 35 kilometers to the Valley of the Whales. Incredibly, these great mammals once thrived in waters surrounded by sands. We’ll stop and gaze in amazement at their fossilized remains alongside smaller sea creatures that remain in stone. In the evening, you’ll return to your hotel in Cairo.
Private Land transportation in air-conditioned four-wheel-drive Toyota Land Cruiser
Services of a private guide and English-speaking driver . Lunch at a local restaurant including one large bottle of water and tea or coffle for each guest

DAY 10 - DEPARTURE - Tuesday (cB)
After breakfast, we escort you to the airport. Bon Voyage.

Compare with the 10 day edition flying one way & return by train

This tour departs every Sunday in Cairo , weekly , year round

The tour rates include :

• All transfers within Egypt.
• Hotel accommodations including tax and service charges.
• Complimentary welcome fruit basket upon arrival at your cabin on board the Nile Cruise.
• Complimentary Welcome drink served as you arrive on board the Nile Cruise.
• Pre set menu meals as shown including B = Breakfast, (or cB, Continental Breakfast), L = Lunch, D = Dinner aboard the train.
• Bottled water ( one large bottle per person delivered to your cabin daily while you are on board the cruise).
• Tea or coffee and bottled water with every & each meal while on board the cruise
• Cairo-Aswan and Luxor-Cairo first-class sleeper train tickets.
• Four-day (three-night) Nile cruise, including onboard accommodations, and all meals.
• Visa fee is included and issued upon arrival at Cairo Airport for American , Australian, NZ, Canadian, EU & Japanese citizens with valid passports that are valid for at least 6 month beyond the date of arrival.

Rate does not include:

• International airfares not included.
• Sightseeing tours and shore are not included, and are available at additional cost.
• Tips
• Trip Cancellation Insurance