11 Days Cairo, Nile Cruise & Alexandria Family Tour Package

Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, our representative will welcome you and assist with the arrival formalities before your private transfer to the hotel. Take time to check in, relax, and settle in after your flight before your 11-day Egypt family tour begins.

Dinner Cruise on the Nile:

In the evening, your guide will pick you up for a relaxing two-hour dinner cruise on the Nile. Enjoy the city lights reflected on the water, soft music, and an open buffet dinner as you sail through Cairo. After the cruise, you will be transferred back to your hotel for an overnight stay.

Meals: Dinner

After breakfast, meet your private Egyptologist guide for a full day exploring Cairo’s most iconic ancient landmarks. This is one of the key Cairo days of your 11-day family tour with a Nile cruise, combining Egypt’s most famous monuments with clear, engaging explanations for every member of the family.

The Pyramids Complex:

Explore the Giza Plateau, where the three great pyramids rise above the desert. Your guide will introduce the history of the site and allow plenty of time to take in its scale, walk around, and take photos.

The Great Pyramid:

See the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the largest pyramid on the plateau and the only surviving wonder of the ancient world. Standing beside it gives you a real sense of the skill and ambition behind this remarkable monument.

The Great Sphinx:

Continue to the Great Sphinx, the famous limestone statue with the body of a lion and the head of a king. Its setting beside the pyramids makes it one of the most memorable stops of the day.

The Valley Temple:

Visit the Valley Temple, a well-preserved stone structure linked to the Pyramid of Khafre. Its massive limestone walls offer a striking contrast to the open landscape of the Giza Plateau.

Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM):

Later, visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, where your guide will help your family understand the stories behind its most important displays. Its spacious galleries make the experience comfortable and easy to enjoy at a relaxed pace.

After completing your Cairo visits, transfer to the airport for your domestic flight to Aswan. On arrival, you will be taken directly to your Nile cruise to begin your seven-night stay on board, with dinner and an overnight on the cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast, meet your private Egyptologist guide for a full day exploring Cairo’s most iconic ancient landmarks. This is one of the key Cairo days of your 11-day family tour with a Nile cruise, combining Egypt’s most famous monuments with clear, engaging explanations for every member of the family.

The Pyramids Complex:

Explore the Giza Plateau, where the three great pyramids rise above the desert. Your guide will introduce the history of the site and allow plenty of time to take in its scale, walk around, and take photos.

The Great Pyramid:

See the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the largest pyramid on the plateau and the only surviving wonder of the ancient world. Standing beside it gives you a real sense of the skill and ambition behind this remarkable monument.

The Great Sphinx:

Continue to the Great Sphinx, the famous limestone statue with the body of a lion and the head of a king. Its setting beside the pyramids makes it one of the most memorable stops of the day.

The Valley Temple:

Visit the Valley Temple, a well-preserved stone structure linked to the Pyramid of Khafre. Its massive limestone walls offer a striking contrast to the open landscape of the Giza Plateau.

Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM):

Later, visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, where your guide will help your family understand the stories behind its most important displays. Its spacious galleries make the experience comfortable and easy to enjoy at a relaxed pace.

After completing your Cairo visits, transfer to the airport for your domestic flight to Aswan. On arrival, you will be taken directly to your Nile cruise to begin your seven-night stay on board, with dinner and an overnight on the cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast on board, your Nile cruise continues sailing north toward Luxor. Spend the morning enjoying the changing scenery along the river, from palm-lined banks and small farms to quiet villages on the water’s edge.

Later, your private guide will accompany you to one of the most impressive temples along the Nile.

Edfu Temple:

Visit Edfu Temple, one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt. Its towering entrance, detailed reliefs, and clearly defined halls make it easy to understand how an ancient Egyptian temple was designed and used.

After your visit, return to the cruise for lunch and continue sailing toward Luxor. Enjoy dinner on board as the cruise continues through Upper Egypt.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast on board, meet your private guide to explore Luxor’s East Bank, home to two of the city’s most important ancient temples. The visits are planned at a comfortable pace, giving your family time to explore, listen to the stories behind each site, and take photos.

Karnak Temple:

Begin at Karnak Temple, an enormous complex of gateways, courtyards, statues, and towering columns. As you walk through the site with your Egyptologist guide, you will see how generations of pharaohs added to this remarkable place over hundreds of years.

Luxor Temple:

Continue to Luxor Temple, located in the heart of the modern city. Its elegant colonnades, statues, and reliefs provide a different atmosphere from Karnak and offer another memorable look at ancient Thebes.

After completing your visits, return to your Nile cruise to complete the official check-in and enjoy dinner on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast on board, cross to Luxor’s West Bank with your private guide to explore some of the area’s most important royal monuments. This part of your family Nile cruise in Egypt brings you closer to the tombs, temples, and stories of the pharaohs.

Valley of the Kings:

Explore the Valley of the Kings, where many New Kingdom pharaohs were buried in tombs cut deep into the desert hills. Your Egyptologist guide will explain the symbols and painted scenes you see inside the tombs during your visit.

Temple of Hatshepsut:

Continue to the Temple of Hatshepsut, a distinctive monument built into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Its terraces and colonnades reflect the ambition of one of Egypt’s best-known female pharaohs.

Colossi of Memnon:

Before returning to the cruise, stop at the Colossi of Memnon. These two enormous seated statues are the surviving remains of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III.

After completing your West Bank visits, return to the same Nile cruise for lunch. Spend the afternoon relaxing on board before dinner is served.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast on board, your Nile cruise continues its return journey south toward Aswan. During the day, your private guide will accompany you for a visit to one of the Nile Valley’s most distinctive temples.

Kom Ombo Temple:

Visit Kom Ombo Temple, a unique riverside monument with two matching sections dedicated to Sobek and Horus the Elder. Its detailed carvings offer a fascinating look at ancient beliefs, medicine, and everyday life in Egypt.

After your visit, return to the cruise for lunch and continue sailing toward Aswan. Enjoy the rest of the afternoon on board before dinner is served in the evening.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast on board, meet your private guide for your final sightseeing day in Aswan. Today combines some of the city’s best-known landmarks with time to enjoy the distinctive landscapes of the Nile and Lake Nasser.

The High Dam:

Begin at the High Dam, where your guide will explain its importance to modern Egypt while you take in the views across Lake Nasser.

The Unfinished Obelisk:

Continue to the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan’s ancient granite quarry. The enormous monument remains attached to the bedrock, offering a clear view of how ancient Egyptians worked with stone.

Philae Temple:

Take a short boat ride to Philae Temple, beautifully located on an island in the Nile. Your guide will lead you through its main halls and explain the stories connected with the goddess Isis.

After completing your visits, return to the same Nile cruise for lunch and time to relax. Enjoy dinner and your seventh and final overnight on board before travelling back to Cairo the following day.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast, check out from your Nile cruise and transfer to Aswan Airport for your domestic flight back to Cairo. On arrival, meet your private guide and begin a full day exploring some of the city’s most important museums and historic religious sites.

The Egyptian Museum:

Begin at the Egyptian Museum, home to a vast collection of statues, coffins, jewellery, and artefacts from different periods of ancient Egyptian history.

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC):

Continue to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, where the displays trace Egypt’s history from prehistoric times to the present day. The Royal Mummies Hall is one of the museum’s most memorable highlights.

Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque:

Visit Amr Ibn Al-Aas Mosque, one of Egypt’s oldest and most important Islamic landmarks. Its simple design and open courtyard reflect the early history of Islamic Cairo.

The Hanging Church:

Explore the Hanging Church, a historic Coptic landmark known for its wooden ceiling, religious icons, and distinctive location above the remains of the Babylon Fortress.

Ben Ezra Synagogue:

Continue to Ben Ezra Synagogue, an important site that reflects another part of Cairo’s rich religious and cultural heritage.

Khan El Khalili Bazaar:

End the day at Khan El Khalili Bazaar, where narrow lanes are filled with traditional shops, brass lamps, spices, and historic cafés.

After completing your visits, return to your Cairo hotel for an overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast, meet your private guide for the drive from Cairo to Alexandria. The journey takes around three hours, and this coastal day offers a different side of Egypt, combining Mediterranean views with landmarks from the Greek, Roman, and Islamic periods.

Qaitbay Citadel:

Visit Qaitbay Citadel, a 15th-century fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Explore its open courtyard and enjoy views of Alexandria’s harbour as your guide shares the history of the site.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina:

Continue to Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the city’s modern cultural landmark. Its distinctive design, exhibitions, and museum spaces make it an interesting contrast to Alexandria’s ancient sites.

Pompey’s Pillar:

Stop at Pompey’s Pillar, a towering Roman column standing among the archaeological remains of the ancient Serapeum.

Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa:

Explore the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, an underground burial complex where Egyptian, Greek, and Roman influences come together in its carved chambers and passages.

Lunch will be served at a local restaurant before you begin the return drive to Cairo. After arriving back in the city, return to your hotel for your final overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast, check out from your Cairo hotel. Your private driver will transfer you to Cairo International Airport for your departure flight.

This concludes your 11 Days Cairo, Nile Cruise & Alexandria Family Tour Package. From Cairo’s landmarks and the temples of Upper Egypt to the Nile cruise and Alexandria’s Mediterranean coast, your family leaves with memories of a journey through Egypt together.

Meals: Breakfast