Met airside and driven to your hotel beneath the pyramids. Nothing scheduled beyond a quiet first evening and a briefing with your Egyptologist.
Egypt / Nile Valley
Egypt and the Nile
Cairo, the Giza plateau and four nights sailing between Luxor and Aswan
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Duration
9 nights, 10 days
Pace
Full mornings, easy afternoons on the river
Best time
October to April
From
$11,600 per person
The idea
Why this works
Ten days that move at the pace of the river. Three nights in Cairo for the Grand Egyptian Museum and the Giza plateau, then four aboard a small Nile riverboat between Luxor and Aswan, with a private Egyptologist who stays with you the whole way. Abu Simbel is flown, not driven, so the temples are seen in good light and without the convoy. The last two nights return to Cairo on the Nile at Four Seasons.
What sets it apart
- Grand Egyptian Museum with a private Egyptologist
- Inside a pyramid chamber on the Giza plateau
- Four nights on a small riverboat between Luxor and Aswan
- Valley of the Kings, Nefertari's tomb and the Temple of Hatshepsut
- Abu Simbel by air, at the hour the facade catches the sun
The plan
Day by day
Open any day to see where you are, where you sleep and what the day holds. The map follows along, and every point on it opens the day that belongs to it.
A privately guided morning through the Grand Egyptian Museum, which holds more than one hundred thousand objects, including the complete Tutankhamun collection shown together for the first time.
Breakfast, lunch
Mycerinus, Chephren and the Great Pyramid, with time inside one of the burial chambers, then the Sphinx at the hour the plateau empties.
Breakfast, lunch
Fly south to ancient Thebes and settle into your cabin for the next four nights. Luxor Temple in the afternoon, then Karnak as the light turns gold on the columns.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
The west bank at first light. The Colossi of Memnon, the Temple of Hatshepsut, Nefertari's painted tomb and the chamber Howard Carter opened in 1922.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
The Temple of Horus at Edfu in the morning, a cooking lesson with the boat's chef as you sail, and Kom Ombo in the late afternoon with its mummified crocodiles.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
The granite quarries and unfinished obelisk, then by boat to the temple of Isis on Agilika island. The afternoon is spent sailing the Aswan islands in a felucca.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Fly to Abu Simbel for the twin temples and their seventy foot seated figures, moved stone by stone when the High Dam was built. Fly back to Cairo in the evening.
The Step Pyramid of Djoser and the tombs at Sakkara, then the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization for the royal mummies.
Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza
Breakfast, lunch
Private transfer to the airport with fast track through the terminal.
Breakfast
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Where you would stay
The hotels we partner with
Your ZOMA perks
Held on every stay in this itinerary
Because we book through preferred partner programmes, the rate matches or beats what you would get direct, and the extras are guaranteed before you travel, not negotiated at check in.
- Room upgrade on arrival, whenever the hotel can offer it
- Daily breakfast for two
- Property credit for spa, dining or experiences
- Early check in and late check out where possible
- VIP welcome and a direct line to your advisor while you are away
The fine print
What the price covers
Included
- Hotels and lodges held under ZOMA preferred partner programmes
- Private guiding and all ground movement between stops
- Restaurant, spa and experience reservations confirmed before departure
- A printed and digital itinerary with every confirmation in one place
- On trip support from your advisor across time zones
Not included
- International flights, quoted separately
- Travel insurance
- Visas where required
- Meals and experiences marked as at leisure
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