12 Days Egypt Tour: Cairo, Nile Cruise & Hurghada Beach Break

Day by day

The plan as the operator publishes it. Exact timings are confirmed with your booking.

1. Day 1 Arrival in Cairo

   Arrive at Cairo International Airport, where your Memphis Tours representative meets you inside the terminal, assists with passport control and baggage, and escorts you to your private air-conditioned vehicle.
2. Day 2 Giza Pyramids & the Grand Egyptian Museum

   After breakfast, meet your private Egyptologist and travel to the Giza Plateau. Explore the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the Valley Temple, with time at the panoramic viewpoint for photographs across all three pyramids.
3. Day 3 National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Old Cairo & the Citadel

   A second full Cairo day with your private Egyptologist, covering the city beyond the Pyramids. Begin at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, where the royal mummies rest in a purpose-built hall — the pharaohs themselves, after their tombs and their treasure.
4. Day 4 Fly to Aswan: Philae Temple & the Unfinished Obelisk

   An early transfer to Cairo Airport for your included flight south to Aswan, where the Nile narrows between granite islands. You are met on arrival and travel by motorboat to Philae Temple, dedicated to Isis and moved stone by stone to save it from the rising waters of the High Dam.
5. Day 5 Abu Simbel & Nile Cruise Embarkation

   After breakfast, join the air-conditioned coach for the drive across the Nubian desert to Abu Simbel — included in your package, not sold as an add-on. Here stand the twin temples of Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari, cut into the cliff face and relocated in their entirety by UNESCO when Lake Nasser…
6. Day 6 Kom Ombo & Sailing to Edfu

   Breakfast on board as the vessel prepares to sail. Those who wish can take an early motorboat excursion to a Nubian village to meet local families in their homes.
7. Day 7 Edfu, the Esna Lock & Luxor East Bank

   After breakfast, visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu — the most completely preserved temple in Egypt, its roof, columns and sanctuary still intact after centuries buried in sand. Return aboard for lunch as the vessel transits the Esna Lock and sails on to Luxor.
8. Day 8 Luxor West Bank & Transfer to Hurghada

   Breakfast aboard, then disembark and cross to the West Bank. Descend into the painted burial chambers of the Valley of the Kings, where three standard tombs are included in your visit, then continue to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon.
9. Day 9 Hurghada: The Red Sea

   A free day at the resort, or a boat excursion out to Giftun Island, where the reefs of the Hurghada archipelago are still in good condition and the snorkeling stops change with the conditions.
10. Day 10 Hurghada: Desert & Leisure

    Another day shaped how you want it. Stay by the pool and the beach, or head inland into the Eastern Desert by 4×4. The safari crosses open desert to a Bedouin settlement, with a short camel ride, quad-biking across the sand, and a barbecue dinner served as the light goes.
11. Day 11 Fly Back to Cairo

    Enjoy breakfast and free time at the resort before your transfer to Hurghada Airport. Fly back to Cairo, where you are met and transferred privately to your hotel for the final night — placed deliberately so your international departure isn't rushed off the back of a domestic flight.
12. Day 12 Final Departure

    Enjoy breakfast and a relaxed final morning. Depending on your flight time, luggage storage can be arranged at the hotel should you wish to spend a few last hours in the city.