Be met at the Cairo airport before being transferred to St. Regis (Superior) Hotel for overnight.

In the morning you’ll be picked up from your hotel for a full day sightseeing tour. Start with a guided tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx. It is believed that Khafre’s workers shaped the stone into the lion and gave it their king’s face over 4,500 years ago. Continue to The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is the world’s largest archaeological museum. The museum’s spacious galleries are designed to immerse visitors in the story of ancient Egypt, with interactive displays and multimedia presentations that bring history to life. Inside, find over 100,000 artefacts spanning millennia of Egyptian history, including the complete collection of Tutankhamun’s treasures. (B) 

A private guide and driver will accompany you from your hotel for a half-day tour of one of the greatest museums of the World, The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. The museum has 107 halls and exhibits over 120,000 objects from the pre-historic era to the Greco-Roman period. See the boy-king Tutankhamun’s treasures discovered in his tomb including god-like golden mask, two of his three coffins along with stunning jewellery, chariots, chairs and toys. Enjoy your afternoon at leisure. (B)

Today private tour to The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) - stunning, modern cultural landmark in Cairo, dedicated to showcasing the rich tapestry of Egypt’s history from prehistoric times to the present day. This unique museum offers a comprehensive and immersive experience of Egyptian civilization in all its complexity and glory. One of the museum’s most celebrated highlights is the Royal Mummies Hall, where the preserved remains of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs – including Ramses II, Hatshepsut, and Seti I – are displayed in a specially designed, climate-controlled environment. Walking among these ancient monarchs provides a rare and deeply moving connection to Egypt’s illustrious past. Afternoon at leisure or optional Citadel and Bazaar tour. (B)

Tour the West Bank including visits to the Valley of the Kings housing many of the tombs of pharaohs from the New Kingdom. Continue to Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple, the only woman pharaoh to reign in ancient Egypt, followed by stop near Colossi of Memnon - two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Afternoon sail to Edfu via Esna Lock. (B, L, D) 

In Edfu see the temple that is dedicated to Horus with inscriptions that describe the founding and construction methods of similar temples; completed during the Ptolemaic age it also explains various daily rituals and myths of ancient times. Sail to Kom Ombo and visit its Temple. In ancient Egypt the city was important to the caravan routes from Nubia and various gold mines. (B, L, D) 

Visit the legendary Philae, the sacred monuments built for the cult of Isis and Osiris and the modern High Dam of Aswan. It was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Afternoon sail by traditional felucca boat around Kitchener’s island and Agha Khan Mausoleum. (B, L, D) 

After breakfast transfer to the airport. On arrival in Cairo transfer to hotel. City Stars Hotel. (B) 

After breakfast transfer to Cairo airport. (B)