Overview:

While it may be 4,500 years since the Great Pyramid of Giza was built, you can see the best of Egypt in just over a week. Experience all the great temples, tombs, Tutankhamun's treasure and a relaxing Nile cruise with ever changing scenery.

Countries Visited

Egypt

An expert Insight professional multilingual Egyptologist/Tour Director, will smooth your way throughout your journey. They are your ‘travelling concierges’, expert guides, consummate organisers and friends in a foreign land.

A personal radio headset gives you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating insights and commentaries. (Available on groups for 8 or more).

Baggage handling everywhere, with seamless and prompt delivery to your door at every hotel.

Hotel and restaurant tips included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. Plus we include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.

Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi.

Insight Flourishes - from time to time, your Tour Director will enchant you with local tidbits, each representing authentic food or beverages unique to the destination.

Included airport transfers to and from your Insight Vacations hotel.

Deluxe hotel in Cairo.

3 night Nile cruise on the Ms Medea/Ms Sapphire/MS La Boheme including all cruise boat gratuities.

Scheduled air travel Cairo/Aswan, Luxor/Cairo.

Services of Insight's Representative in Egypt.

Smaller coaches without toilet facilities or 40 seats may be used.

Cruising: Join the fun at an Egyptian dinner and galabeya party.
6 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 1 High Tea (AT) and 1 Welcome Drink (WR); plus 3 lunches (L), 2 Dinners (D) and 1 Signature Evening (SE) all with bottled water, tea or coffee while cruising. 30 Dec departure enjoys an additional festive Highlight Dinner for New Year's Eve
Giza: Meet the enigmatic Sphinx and venture deep inside one of the pyramids, to the chambers where the pharaohs went to meet their Gods in the afterlife.
Cairo: Gaze upon the most recognizable symbols of ancient Egypt: the full-faced funeral mask, gold coffin, gilded throne and precious jewellery – Tutankhamun's treasure.
Giza: If only these walls could talk! Oh, but they do at the audio visual Sound & Light Show at the great Pyramids.
Philae Island: Board a motorboat to the temple complex.
Aswan: On a traditional Nile felucca, meet the captain and learn the art of sailing this ancient Nile craft.
Aswan: Like Winston Churchill and Agatha Christie before you, enjoy the sunset and high tea in colonial English-style at Aswan's famous Old Cataract Hotel.
West Bank: Embark on an experience with an Egyptologist to visit the Temple Hatshepsut and royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Luxor: Visit a working bakery and witness the local artisans creating authentic Egyptian bread.
Karnak: Stand amid a vast forest of columns in the largest temple complex known to man.
Cairo Marriott: The luxurious Cairo Marriott is conveniently located on Gezira Island in downtown Cairo. The central section was once the Gezirah Palace built for the Khedive Isma'il Pasha in 1869. Facilities include health club, whirlpool and sauna.
Cruising: Cruise the Nile in style aboard your traditional Nile cruiser with its spacious cabins, bars, shops, lounge, restaurant and swimming pool.