NILE RIVER TO PYRAMIDS EGYPT TOUR 2027 WINTER (HRG-SPX) PC

DAY 1                 ISTANBUL – HURGHADA – LUXOR

Meeting at the designated time in front of the Pegasus Airlines counter at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport, International Terminal; following 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 in our private vehicle waiting for us at the airport. After our arrival, we depart from the hotel for the Luxor city tour. During our panoramic city tour, the Avenue of Sphinxes, Luxor Bazaar and the Mummification Museum will be among the places seen panoramically. Following our tour, we depart for our river ship. Free time upon arrival. Our guests who wish may join the extra Luxor and Karnak Temple Tour (90 Euro) to be organized by our guide. On 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 fascinated while exploring this magnificent structure, whose construction took more than 2,000 years and to which each pharaoh added more than the previous pharaoh. After visiting Karnak Temple, we will visit Luxor Temple, built in Luxor, home to the world’s largest open-air museum, by the 9th Pharaoh in honor 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 – EDFU

Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may join the optional activity Luxor Balloon Tour (150 Euro) to be organized by our guide. On this tour, departing from our river ship with the first light of day, you will be able to observe many temples in Luxor and even the Valley of the Kings from above in a hot-air balloon. Free time will be provided after the tour. Our guests who wish may join the extra Valley of the Kings & Hatshepsut Tour & Colossi of Memnon (100 Euro) to be organized by our guide. Our first point of visit will be the Valley of the Kings, containing magnificent tombs 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. As we walk through the temple’s great courtyards and admire the intricate hieroglyphic decorations, we will also learn about Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s famous female ruler who posed as a man in order to gain 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. We then set 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 extra Edfu & Kom Ombo Temple Tour (90 Euro) to be organized by our guide. 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 in Kom Ombo, we will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, 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 has been damaged over the centuries as a result of the flooding of the Nile River. Return to our ship after the tour. Our ship sets off toward 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 Euro) to be organized as an extra by our guide. On our tour, we visit the Abu Simbel Temple, where one of the most important temple relocation operations in world history was carried out and which is protected under the UNESCO World Heritage List. Following our visit to this region, located in the southernmost part of Egypt, bordering Sudan and regarded as one of the places in Egypt that should be visited most after the Pyramids, we depart for a local restaurant for lunch. Following our tour, transfer to the ship and free time. Dinner and overnight on our ship.

DAY 5                 ASWAN – CAIRO  

Free time after breakfast. Our guests who wish may join the Nubian Village Tour (60 Euro) to be organized as an extra by our guide. On this tour, we will observe the lifestyle of the local people in the Aswan region and will even be offered a drink in a house in a local neighborhood. During our visit to a crocodile farm, we will also have the opportunity to see a Nile crocodile up close and even take a picture together. Following our tour, transfer to Aswan Airport. Flight to Cairo with a domestic airline. Following our arrival in Cairo, we begin our panoramic city tour . The Old City Center, Mohamed Ali Mosque, Sadat’s Mausoleum, Baron Palace, El Tahrir Square, the city center stretching along the Nile and Khan El Khalili Bazaar will be among the places we see on our tour. Free time after our tour. 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 join the New Cairo Museum Tour (80 Euro) to be organized as an extra by our guide. Free time 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. Our guests who wish may join the evening dinner and entertainment Nile River Cruise (60 Euro) to 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, we will transfer to our hotel. Overnight at our hotel.

DAY 7                 CAIRO – ISTANBUL   

Free time after breakfast. (Check-out from the hotel will take place at 11:00.)Our guests who wish may join the Giza Pyramids & Sphinx Tour (90 Euro) to be organized as an extra by our guide. 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 believed to have been built to protect the pharaohs’ tombs and pyramids by using their magical powers. Afterwards, transfer to the airport at the time determined by our guide.

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.