7D6N Nile River Explorer

Day 1 Arrival in Cairo
No Meals
Upon arrival in Cairo Airport, transfer to your hotel for check in. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2 Great Pyramids – El Khalili Bazaars
Breakfast
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be taken to visit the Great Pyramids of Giza. It is the oldest of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”, and the only one to remain largely intact. Next, visit the Sphinx, a limestone statue of a reclining mythical creature with a lion’s body and a human head. Proceed to the Egyptian Museum that contains the world’s most extensive collection of pharaonic antiquities. Then, you have free time to shop at Khan El Khalili Bazaar, a major souk in Cairo. Return to the hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 3 Cairo – Nile River Cruise (Mon/Wed/Fri)
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
After breakfast and check out from the hotel, transfer to the airport for departure to Aswan. Upon arrival in Aswan, visit the Unfinished Obelisk, the heaviest one ever cut in ancient Egypt, but abandoned after severe cracks were discovered. Visit the Temple of Philae. It was venerated from the Pharaonic era through the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods with each ruler making their own additions to the stones. Next, you will embark on the Nile River cruise. Dinner and overnight on-board cruise ship.

Day 4 Nile River Cruise
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Breakfast on board, you are free at leisure or you may join the optional tour to Abu Simbel Excursion (In the morning) on your own expense. Next, have lunch while you sail to Kom Ombo. Visit the temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated for the gods Sobek and Haroeris. The temple is dedicated to two gods which leads to a duplicate of everything inside, and it is perfectly symmetrical along the main axis. In the evening, sail to Edfu. Have dinner and overnight on-board cruise ship.

Optional: Abu Simbel Excursion
On day 4, you may opt for an excursion to the Abu Simbel temples. The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir, where you will spend 2 hours exploring the temple complex.

Day 5 Nile River Cruise
Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Breakfast on board, visit the Temple of Edfu, dedicated to the falcon god Horus. It is one of the best-preserved shrines in Egypt. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Greco-Roman period in ancient Egypt. In particular, the Temple’s inscribed building texts provide details of its construction and also preserve information about the mythical interpretation of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation. Enjoy lunch while sailing to Esna, where you will be crossing the Esna Lock and sail to Luxor. Overnight on- board of the cruise ship.

Day 6 Disembark – Luxor – Cairo
Breakfast
After breakfast, disembark from the cruise ship. Visit the West Bank, home to the iconic Colossi of Memnon, The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and The Valley of the Kings. Afterwards, visit the East Bank, where you will find two of Egypt’s most important sites, the Luxor Temple and the sprawling Karnak Temple. Then, transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival in Cairo, transfer to the hotel and check in. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 7 Cairo – Departure
Breakfast
After breakfast at the hotel and check out, you are free at leisure to explore the city on your own or go bargain hunting at the local markets for souvenirs. Then, transfer to the airport for your departure flight back to Kuala Lumpur.

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PRICE PER PAX / PRICE QUOTED IN MYR

Pyramids Park Resort Hotel, Cairo or similar 4☆
Cairo – Alexandria Desert Rd, Kerdasa, Giza Governorate 12411, Egypt
Website: https://www.flamencohotels.com/

Nile River Cruise
Sarah Cruise 5☆ or similar

TERMS & CONDITIONS

• Subject to availability.
• Arrival into Cairo must be on Monday / Wednesday / Saturday to match the cruise schedule
• Prices are subject to change without prior notice.
• In the event where the selected hotel is unavailable, another hotel of similar class will be booked.
• Surcharges may apply (long weekend, public holiday, festival, etc.)
• Other terms & conditions apply.
• Visit https://vislamic.com/terma-syarat for more terms & conditions.
• Validity: 30^th September 2025