The Great Journey across Egypt

Flight to Cairo on request.

Individual arrival at Cairo airport, assistance, visa issuance, then transfer and check-in at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel

In the morning, depart for a visit to the Memphis necropolis and Sakkarah.
In the afternoon, visit the pyramids of Giza, the Valley Temple, and the Sphinx.
Overnight at the hotel. (B, L)

In the morning, transfer to Cairo railway station. Your train journey in Egypt begins: you settle in aboard the train bound for Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander the Great. Welcome at Alexandria station, then departure for a visit to the Library of Alexandria.
In the afternoon, visit the Roman amphitheatre and the Kom el Shugafa catacombs.
Late afternoon, transfer to Alexandria station and check in aboard the train bound for Cairo.
Welcome, transfer and check-in at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel. (B, L)

In the morning, transfer to Cairo railway station and board the day train, designed in a comfortable carriage, bound for Luxor.
Welcome at Luxor station, then transfer and check-in at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel. (B)

In the morning, transfer and check-in aboard.
In the afternoon, depart for a visit to the grand Karnak Temple dedicated to the god Amun. The dromos lined with sphinxes, the temples, the hypostyle hall, the chapels and the obelisks, as well as the sacred lake, make the warren of Karnak one of the major temples of ancient Egypt, before going on to the Temple of Luxor built by Thutmose III and Amenhotep II. The Obelisk of the Concorde in Paris stood in front of this temple.
Overnight on board the boat. (B, L, D)

In the morning, depart for a visit to the Theban necropolis, the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon, then sail to Esna.
In the afternoon, pass through the lock, then continue to Edfu.
In the evening, welcome cocktail.
Overnight on board the boat. (B, L, D)

In the morning, visit the Ptolemaic-era temple dedicated to the god Horus the Great, the best preserved in Egypt, then sail to Kom Ombo.
In the afternoon, visit the only double temple in Egypt, dedicated to the gods Sobek and Haroeris, then continue to Aswan.
Overnight on board the boat. (B, L, D)

In the morning, depart for a visit to the Temple of Philae, dedicated to the goddess Isis. UNESCO relocated this temple between 1972 and 1980 to save it from the waters of the Nile, then visit the Grand Aswan Dam and the unfinished obelisk.
In the afternoon, promenade by felucca around the Elephantine Island.
Overnight on board the boat. (B, L, D)

In the morning, disembark, release the cabins, then depart.
By road to Abu Simbel. Visit the Temple of Ramses II and that of his wife Hathor Nefertari, then transfer and check in at the hotel.
In the afternoon, take a motorboat ride on the Lake Nasser.
Overnight at the hotel. (B, L, D)

In the morning, return to Aswan. Lunch in town.
Transfer and check-in aboard the night train bound for Cairo.
Overnight on the train. (B, L)

Arrival in Cairo, welcome then departure for a visit to the museum of Civilisation.
In the afternoon, visit Coptic Cairo; the Coptic museum, the churches of St. Serge, St. George and St. Barbara, then transfer and check in at the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel. (DJ)

In the morning, depart for a visit to the National Museum of Egyptian Antiquities.
In the afternoon, visit the Ibn Touloun Mosque and the Gayer-Anderson House Museum.
Overnight at the hotel. (B/F, DJ)

In the morning, transfer to Cairo airport.
(B/F)