NILE RIVER TO PYRAMIDS EGYPT TOUR SUMMER 2026 (HRG-SPX

DAY 1                 ISTANBUL – HURGHADA – LUXOR

Meeting at the designated time in front of the Pegasus Airlines counter at the International Terminal of Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport, followed by check-in and passport procedures, we depart for Hurghada on Pegasus Airlines’ scheduled flight. Following our arrival at Hurghada International Airport, we depart for Luxor by our private vehicle waiting for us at the airport. Upon arrival, we will take a Luxor city tour. During our panoramic city tour, Avenue of the Sphinxes, Luxor Bazaar and the Mummification Museum will be among the places seen panoramically. Following the city tour, we depart for the ship. After arriving at the ship and completing our check-in procedures, free time. Our guests who wish may join the Luxor and Karnak Temple Tour (90 Euros), organized by our guide as an extra. During our tour, we set off to see the Karnak Temple, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is the largest ancient structure ever built in the world. Surrounded by 20-meter-high mud-brick walls and containing many temples, this magnificent structure provides important information about Egypt’s history and mythology. You will feel enchanted while visiting this magnificent structure, whose construction took more than 2,000 years and to which each pharaoh added more than the previous pharaoh had. After visiting Karnak Temple, we will visit Luxor Temple, located in Luxor, home to the world’s largest open-air museum, and commissioned by the 9th Pharaoh in the name of Amun, the greatest of the ancient Egyptian gods. Following the temple visit, which resembles an open-air museum, we depart for our river ship. Overnight on our river ship.

DAY 2                 LUXOR

Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may join the Luxor Balloon Tour (150 Euros), which will be organized by our guide as an optional activity. On this tour, we depart from our river ship with the first light of day and, after traveling by hot-air balloon, you will be able to observe many temples in Luxor and even the Valley of the Kings from above. Free time will be provided afterward. Our guests who wish may join the Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut Tour & Colossi of Memnon (100 Euros), which will be organized by our guide as an extra. Our first stop will be the Valley of the Kings, where magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rocks in the ancient Egyptian civilization and filled with treasures for the pharaohs’ afterlife. We will also visit King Tutankhamun’s tomb here. We will then visit the Temple of Hatshepsut, one of the most striking monuments in Egypt. While walking through the temple’s grand courtyards and admiring the intricate hieroglyphic decorations, we will also learn about Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s famous female ruler who posed as a man in order to claim the throne. We will then visit the Colossi of Memnon, two monumental statues representing Amenhotep III of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty (1386-1353 BC). These statues are located west of the modern city of Luxor and face east toward the Nile River. Following our tour, we return to our ship and have lunch. Our ship then sets off toward Edfu. Lunch, dinner and overnight on our ship.

DAY 3                 EDFU – KOM OMBO – ASWAN

Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may join the Edfu & Kom Ombo Temple Tour (80 Euros), which will be organized by our guide as an extra. The Temple of Edfu was built for the falcon-headed god Horus according to traditional Egyptian temple architecture. It is one of the best-preserved temples to have survived to the present day. At the end of the tour, we return to our ship and have lunch on board. Meanwhile, our Deluxe River Ship continues sailing toward Kom Ombo. Following our arrival at Kom Ombo, we will visit the Kom Ombo Temple, which was built in the 2nd century BC during the Ptolemaic Dynasty. It is the only temple in history shared by two gods; one side is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the other to the falcon god Haroeris. The temple was damaged over the centuries as a result of the flooding of the Nile River. Return to our ship after the tour. Our ship departs for Aswan. Lunch, dinner and overnight on our ship.

DAY 4                 ASWAN

Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may join the Abu Simbel Tour with lunch (100 Euros), which will be organized by our guide as an extra. During our tour, we visit the Abu Simbel Temple, where one of the most important temple relocation projects in world history was carried out and which is protected under the UNESCO World Heritage List. After visiting this region, located in Egypt’s southernmost area bordering Sudan and considered one of the places in Egypt that should be visited most after the Pyramids, we depart for a local restaurant for lunch. Following our meal, transfer to our river ship. Our guests who wish may join the Aswan Boat Tour (45€ per person), which will be organized by our guide as an extra. Following our tour, dinner and overnight on our ship.

DAY 5                 ASWAN – CAIRO  

Free time after breakfast. Then, our guests who wish may join the Nubian Village & Philae Temple Tour (80€ per person), which will be organized by our guide as an extra. Our first stop is the Nubian village. During this tour, where we will have the opportunity to see its colorful houses and local life up close, you will be able to experience the culture and history of the local people together. You may also take photographs with crocodiles at the village’s crocodile farm. Our next stop is Philae Temple. During this visit, which we will reach by a short boat ride on the Nile River, we will visit Philae Temple, located on the Nile River and also known as the “Temple of Love” due to its romantic architecture. Dedicated to the goddess Isis, this temple is also one of the best-preserved structures of ancient Egypt. Following our tour, transfer to Aswan Airport. Flight to Cairo with a domestic airline. Upon our arrival in Cairo, we begin our panoramic city tour. During our tour, the Old City center, Mohamed Ali Mosque, Sadat’s Tomb, Baron Palace, El Tahrir Square and the city center extending along the Nile will be among the places we see. Following our tour, transfer to our hotel. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

DAY 6                 CAIRO

Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may have free time after our tour. Our guests who wish may join the Giza Pyramids & Sphinx & Khan El Khalili Bazaar Tour (90 Euros), which will be organized by our guide as an extra. We will visit the Giza Pyramids, which include the Pyramid of Cheops, one of the 7 wonders of the world, and the Sphinxes, which were considered sacred in ancient Egyptian mythology and are thought to have been built to protect the pharaohs’ tombs and pyramids by using their magical powers. We will then provide free time for shopping at Khan El Khalili Bazaar, known as Egypt’s covered bazaar. Following our tour, transfer to our hotel. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.

DAY 7                 CAIRO – ISTANBUL   

We start the day with breakfast at the hotel and then complete our check-out procedures (hotel check-out will take place at 11:00). Our guests who wish may then join the New Cairo Museum Tour (70 Euros), which will be organized by our guide as an extra. Following our visit to this magnificent museum, opened to visitors in 2024 and housing more than 100,000 historical artifacts from the ancient Egyptian period, free time. Our guests who wish may join the evening-dinner and entertainment Nile River Cruise (60 Euros), which will be organized by our guide as an optional activity. On our boat, where we will have the opportunity to see Cairo illuminated along the Nile River, one of the world’s longest rivers that divides Cairo in two and gives life to Egypt, we will both enjoy ourselves and have dinner. Following our tour, transfer to Sphinx Airport.

DAY 8                 CAIRO – ISTANBUL   

Following completion of baggage and check-in procedures, departure for Istanbul on Pegasus Airlines’ scheduled flight. Arrival in Istanbul and end of our tour.