DAY 1: Fri - Arrival to Cairo
- Arrival in the Land of the Pharaohs, at Cairo International airport, Right Travel Representative will be waiting for you after you get your luggage and clear customs and will be holding the Right Travel sign, then escorted to your hotel, rest of the day is free at your leisure.
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DAY 2: Sat - Optional Cairo Pyramids Tour
- Free day at your leisure in Cairo, or you may choose our Optional tour (Cairo Pyramids Tour - C25). We will start our day with a visit to the breath-taking Pyramids of Giza, the most famous monuments in the whole world. It consists of the royal necropolis of the kings of the 4th dynasty of ancient Egypt with the magnificent pyramid of Cheops being the most important construction. Constructed during the 26th and the 25th BC centuries, the pyramids of Giza and the marvellous sphinx is the only surviving monument in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world. With their extremely accurate measurements, their huge size, and many legends behind their construction, the pyramids of Giza will remain as one of the wonders that amaze people from all over the globe.
- We will have a tasty energizing lunch in one of recommended restaurants in the area of Giza. We continue our tour with a pleasant drive to visit Memphis the first capital of Egypt and one of the most important historical sites. The ancient city is now located around 10 kilometres to the South West of the pyramid of Giza and hosts a number of remarkable monuments including the marvellous Colossi of Ramses II, the Alabaster Sphinx, and many other notable statues.
- We go with our trip to explore Sakkara, the necropolis of the Old Kingdom of Egypt where many archeological findings are taking place. The centrepiece of Sakkara is the famous step pyramid of Djoser, the oldest stone building in history and an important mark in the evolution of the construction of pyramids in ancient Egypt.
- Meal: Breakfast
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DAY 3: Sun - Optional Cairo City Tour, Sleeper Train
- Free day at your leisure in Cairo, or you may choose our Optional tours (Cairo City Tour -C24). Our first visit will be at the distinctive shopping experience in the Khan El Khalili Market, the most famous touristic market in the whole world. This historical market was originally established in the 14th century during the Borji Mamluk period and rebuilt and restored again in the beginning of the 16th century. The guests can buy some of the marvelous souvenirs and gifts for their loved ones. The products sold in the khan include almost everything a tourist desires to bring home from Egypt.
- Our next stop will be at the Citadel of Saladin, constructed by the famous army leader in the 13th century, the citadel is featured with many historical gates and monitoring tower. Today it hosts a large number of monuments especially the Alabaster Mosque of Mohamed Ali built in the middle of the 19th century.
- We stop to have lunch at one of the local wonderful restaurants in Egypt before we go on with our tour.
- We proceed to explore the Monuments in Coptic Cairo situated in Miser El Qadeema near the Mosque of Amr Ibn El Aas, this area is rich with Christian monuments including the Hanging Church, the Church of Saint Barbra, the Church of Saint George, the Coptic Museum, and the Ben Ezra Synagogue.
- Our last stop will be to explore the wonders of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, built in the beginning of the 20th century the museum displays the largest collection of Pharaonic monuments in the whole world and many other displays from ancient Egypt, the Ptolemaic period, and the Greco Roman period. The guests will love to enter into the Tut Ankh Amun gallery where all the golden belongings and treasures of the famous king are displayed.
- Transfer from hotel to Giza Rail Station for your overnight sleeper train from Cairo to Luxor Egypt, Dinner will be served on board.
- Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
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DAY 4: Mon - Luxor (Optional Dendarah Tour)
- Breakfast will be provided on the Train.
- Arrival to Luxor, upon arrival transfer to your luxury Nile Cruise where you will spend the next 7 nights / 8 days, Free day at leisure, or you may enjoy our Optional tour (Half-day visit to the Temple of Dendarah), lunch box will be provided from the cruise, built by Romans and Greeks and dedicated to Hathor-goddess of maternal and family love. The temple complex contains birth houses, a Coptic church, the Hathor Temple, and a Hypostyle Hall. One of the celebrated features of the temple is an astronomical ceiling beautifully decorated with vultures, winged disks, and the union between Hathor and Horus. Paintings on the ceiling also represent the two halves of the sky with its northern and southern constellations, the hours of day and night, the sun and moon, and the symbols of the zodiac. You`ll return to the ship late afternoon, rest of the day is free, dinner, entertainment and overnight in Luxor.
- At night you may choose our optional (Sound & Light Show L14),
- Overnight in Luxor.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 5: Tue - Optional Hot-Air Balloon Ride, West Bank, Esna
- As the sun rises over Luxor, so can you, aboard an Optional hot-air balloon ride. The sights, sounds, and sheer spectacle of seeing these antiquities from the sky will surely make for a morning you`ll remember forever. Back to the cruise for Breakfast.
- Continue the sights as part of the Optional shore excursions will visit the West Bank, including the Valley of the Kings, with its many tombs chiseled deep into the Cliffside. From the 18th to the 20th Dynasty, the Memphis area and pyramid-style tombs were abandoned in favor of the West Bank of the Nile in Thebes. Several great leaders as well as many less important rulers are buried here, and more tombs are being discovered even today. This is where Howard Carter discovered the treasures of Tutankhamen and was struck "dumb with amazement" when he beheld its "wonderful things" in 1922.
- Proceed to the funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon, back to the cruise for lunch, sail to Esna and overnight.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 6: Wed - Edfu, Kom Ombo, Optional Edfu Temple & Temple of Horus
- Sail to Edfu continue the sights as part of the Optional shore excursions will visit Edfu Temple, also known as the Temple of Horus, the falcon-god, (237 B.C.) considered the best-preserved temple in Ancient Egypt and the second largest after the Temple of Karnak. Sail to Kom Ombo
- Overnight in Kom Ombo.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 7: Thu - Kom Ombo, Aswan, Optional Sound & Light Show
- Sail to Aswan, Free day at leisure, or you may enjoy our Optional tour (visit the High Dam), located near Aswan, the world famous High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The Dam is 11,811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and 364 feet tall. Today it provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt and, together with the old Aswan Dam built by the British between 1898 and 1902, 6km down river, and wonderful views for visitors. From the top of the two-Mile-Long High Dam you can gaze across Lake Nassar, the huge reservoir created when it was built, to Kalabsha temple in the south and the huge power station to the north.
- Last stop will be at the Philae Temple Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. Its various shrines and sanctuaries, which include The Vestibule of Nectanebos I which is used as the entrance to the island, the Temple of the Emperor Hadrian, a Temple of Hathor, Trajans Kiosk (Pharaohs Bed), a birth house and two pylons celebrate all the deities involved in the Isis and Osiris myth. The Victorian world fell in love with the romance of the Temple.
- Sail around The Botanical Garden by Felucca, overnight in Aswan.
- At night you may add the Optional (Sound and Light Show A14). 
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 8: Fri - Aswan, Optional Abu Simbel
- Morning free at your leisure or you may choose our Optional tour (Abu Simbel tour) Situated 280km south of Aswan, exploring the magnificent monuments carved into solid rock 3,000 years ago. In a monumental feat of modern engineering, these massive temples were moved to their present location when construction of the Aswan High Dam in 1960 created Lake Nasser and flooded their original location. This extraordinary operation to save one of the world`s greatest treasures took years and the efforts of an international team of engineers and archaeologists. The two temples at Abu Simbel were built by Egypt`s great Pharaoh Ramses II (Egypt`s longest-ruling king) as a tribute to the deities and his favorite wife Nefertari. Four colossal statues, 60 feet high and directly facing the rising sun, are of the pharaoh himself, with his queen and daughters at his feet. More tremendous statues surround you as you enter the temple. And in the very depths of the temple, Ramses sits in state flanked by the gods to whom the construction is dedicated.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 9: Sat - Aswan, Kom Ombo, Optional Kom Ombo Temple, Edfu, Esna
- Early sail to Kom Ombo continue the sights as part of the Optional shore excursions will visit Kom Ombo Temple (the Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek & Haroeries), set dramatically on a hill overlooking a bend in the river. This Greco-Roman style temple (actually two temples) is unique, as it is Egypt`s only double temple-dedicated to both Sobek, the crocodile god, and Haroeris, the great, winged solar disk. Everything here is doubled and perfectly symmetrical along a central axis-twin entrances, twin courts, and twin colonnades. Sail to Esna & overnight.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 10: Sun - Optional Luxor East Bank
- Sail to Luxor. Free day at leisure, or you may enjoy our Optional tour Luxor Temple, built by the two pharaohs, Amenhotep III and Ramses II. Ancient Thebes was a center of festivals, and the Temple of Luxor was the setting for the most important-the festival of Opet, designed to merge the ruler`s human and divine aspects. The temple was dedicated to Amun-Ra, whose marriage to Mut was celebrated annually, when the sacred procession moved by boat from Karnak to Luxor Temple.
- Proceed Luxor tour to visit Karnak Temple, in ancient Egypt, the power of the god Amun of Thebes gradually increased during the early New Kingdom, and after the short persecution led by Akhenaten, it rose to its apex. In the reign of Ramesses III, more than two thirds of the property owned by the temples belonged to Amun, evidenced by the stupendous buildings at Karnak. Although badly ruined, no site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak. It is the largest temple complex ever built by man and represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders. The Temple of Karnak is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples located about three kilometers north of Luxor, Egypt situated on 100 ha (247 acres) of land. Karnak is actually the sites modern name. Its ancient name was Ipet-isut, meaning "The Most Select (or Sacred) of Places". This vast complex was built and enlarged over a thirteen-hundred-year period. The three main temples of Mut, Montu and Amun are enclosed by enormous brick walls. Back to the Cruise for lunch.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 11: Mon - Luxor, Sleeper Train
- Breakfast and check out from your Nile Cruise, free day at leisure in Luxor with lunch at local restaurant, afternoon transfer to Luxor Rail Station for your overnight sleeper train from Luxor to Cairo, Dinner will be served on board.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 12: Tue - Cairo, Optional Full Day Alexandria with Library
- After breakfast in Train will be arrive to Cairo, Transfer from Giza Rail Station to your hotel, rest of the day is free at your leisure in Cairo, or you may choose our Optional tour (Full Day Alexandria with Library) Start your over day excursion to Alexandria by private car & accompanied by an English speaking Egyptologist: Visit National Museum, Cata Comb. Stop for lunch, then proceed to Roman Amphitheater & Alexandria Library. Return to Cairo
- Meals: Breakfast
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DAY 13: Wed - Departure
- After Breakfast, Transfer to Cairo International Airport for your departure flight.
- Meal: Breakfast
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