Egypt Standard Tour by Train

Short Itinerary
Day
Schedule
Sleeping in
Meals
1
Cairo
Cairo
Welcome Drink
2
Pyramids - Egyptian Museum - Old Cairo - Khan
Sleeper Train
Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner
3
Karnak Temple - Luxor Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
4
Colossi of Memnon - Hatshepsut - Valley of the Kings
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
5
Horus Temple - Kom Ombo Temple
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
6
Philae Temple - Unfinished Obelisk - High Dam
Nile Cruise
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
7
Optional Tours to Abu Simbel
Sleeper Train
Breakfast, Dinner
8
Optional Excursion to Alexandria
Cairo
Breakfast
9
Fly Back Home
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Breakfast
What's included:
  • Being met with assistance at Cairo airport upon arrival and departure by our representative.
  • Expert assistance and guidance during your stay by our personnel, including all tours mentioned.
  • All airport transfers by private deluxe A/C vehicle.
  • Sleeper train from Cairo to Luxor and from Aswan  to Cairo.
  • Accommodation for 2 nights in Cairo hotel on bed and buffet breakfast basis.
  • Accommodation for 4 nights on board Nile cruise Luxor to Aswan on full board basis.
  • Accommodation of 2 nights aboard sleeper train on half board basis.
  • Tour to Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley temple, Egyptian National Museum.
  • Tour to Karnak temples and Luxor temple in East bank of the Nile.
  • Tour to Valley of the Kings , Hatshepsut temple & colossi of Memnon.
  • Tour to Kom Ombo temple and Edfu temple en route.
  • Tour to the High Dam, Temple of Philae and Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan.
  • All sightseeing tours between Luxor and Aswan to join small- group tours
  • Lunch meal during tours in Cairo.
  • All sightseeing tours as mentioned.
  • English speaking guide in Giza/ Cairo/ Aswan/ Luxor 
  • Admission fees to the sights throughout the tours.
  • Applicable taxes for all hotels and Nile cruise included in the price.
  • Free bottled water during the tours and during journeys by road.
  • Free loan of mobile phone charged against 30 min local calls / 5 min. international calls.
What's excluded:
  • International airfare to Egypt.
  • Entry Visa to Egypt.
  • Personal spending.
  • Optional excursions.
  • Tipping kitty.
Prices Per Person
Accommodation Plan: (A)
  • - Grand Pyramids Hotel
  • - MS Nile Dolphin Cruise
  • - Abela Egypt Sleeper Train
 May - SeptOct - April
Triple $ 695 $ 790
Double $ 745 $ 845
Single $ 899 $ 999
Accommodation Plan: (B)
  • - Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - MS Sonesta Nile Goddess Cruise
  • - Abela Egypt Sleeper Train
 May - SeptOct - April
Triple $ 720 $ 859
Double $ 790 $ 910
Single $ 970 $ 1130
Day 1:Arrival Cairo

You will be met at Cairo International Airport ( arrival procedures ) by Memphis Tours representative, who will accompany you to your hotel for check-in and a free welcome drink. There you will be introduced to your tour leader for the trip, who will explain what to expect on your visit. Your tour leader will be your point of contact throughout the whole trip, and will give you details of how to contact him at any time whilst in Egypt under the care of Memphis Tours. Throughout your holiday, in addition to the tour leader you will meet a variety of English-speaking tour guides, who have been chosen for their expertise on each of the areas you are visiting. After check-in you are free to spend the rest of the day/evening at your leisure.
Welcome Drink 

Day 2:Cairo Tours/Sleeper Train to Luxor

After breakfast, your guide will collect you for a full day visiting the famous pyramids in the area. We begin with the famous Giza Plateau to visit the only remaining wonder from the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Great Pyramid of Khufu (called Cheops by the Ancient Greeks). Also on the plateau are the pyramids of Khafre (Chephren) and the smaller one of Menkaure (Mykerinos). The plateau is as famous for the mysterious structure 'the Sphinx' as it is for the pyramids, where you will visit the Valley Temple. Then you will visit the world-renowned Egyptian Museum in Cairo that was built in neo-classical style and designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. The museum's vast collection of over 120,000 artifacts ranges from pre-dynastic era, through the Pharaonic era to the Greco-Roman period of Egypt. Amongst the most famous items which you may see are the funerary treasures of the child King Tutankhamun, the colossal statues of the heretic king, Akhenaten, and the only surviving image of Khufu, creator of Egypt's Great Pyramid. Visiting the museum is a great introduction to learning about the ancient Egyptian civilization, including their famous art of mummification. Your Egypt tour then takes you to the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo, including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the Hanging Church. This basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon and became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt.  You will visit also the famous Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, a major souk in the Islamic district of Cairo, and the bazaar district is one of Cairo's main attractions for tourists and Egyptians alike This full day ends with dinner during an overnight trip to Luxor by sleeper train (private compartment)
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Day 3:Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

Enjoy breakfast with sunrise view before arriving Luxor, where you will be met by Memphis Tours representative who will accompany you to your cruise ship. At Luxor, you will visit Karnak Temple, which is the world's largest ancient religious site. The hypostyle hall with its colossal granite columns is one of Egypt’s infamous landmarks. There will be free time to explore the different parts of the huge complex built during the reigns of various Pharaohs, then moving to Luxor Temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals that was dedicated to the god Amon. You may wish to return at night for the optional evening Sound and Light show which tells the story of Luxor and Karnak, before joining your cruise ship for dinner on board with entertainment program and overnight aboard cruise in Luxor.
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Day 4:Luxor Nile Cruise Tours

Breakfast is served on board in Luxor before being escorted by your guide to cross to the West Bank of the Nile to the sites of Ancient Thebes, overall one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon) and the Valley of the Kings to see a selection of the beautifully decorated rock-cut tombs, many of which still display vibrant colour and breathtaking detail of deities and scenes from the Book of the Underworld. The most visited tombs have walkways and electric lighting, and the internal walls are protected by glass. Then you go to the impressive colonnaded and terraced Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri, which was built into a high cliff face and has graphics telling the story of Hatshepsut’s expeditions to the mysterious land of Punt. Sail to Edfu with afternoon tea. Enjoy some leisurely free time aboard the cruise and then have dinner and an enjoyable overnight stay
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Day 5:Visit Edfu & Kom Ombo Temples

After enjoying breakfast onboard your cruise ship, visit the huge Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu, which is the most complete and best preserved of the Egyptian temples, consisting of many columns, halls, chambers and chapels. Two statues of Horus flank the twin towered entrance gate; and inside, one of the interesting inscriptions lists the titles of books (scrolls) held in the library. In the afternoon you visit Kom Ombo Temple . Of all the ancient temples in Egypt, this is the only one which is divided into two, to reflect that it is dedicated to two gods: Sobek, the crocodile god of fertility; and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the sky. Kom Ombo is also famous for the depictions of surgeon's instruments, giving us an early record of medicine and surgery in Ancient Egypt. The rest of the day is spent at leisure during sailing to Aswan with dinner and overnight onboard inside your private compartment.  
Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

Day 6:Aswan Nile Cruise Tours

After enjoying breakfast onboard your cruise ship in Aswan, you will begin by visiting the High Dam which was built in the 1960’s to provide the much needed electricity and irrigation for the country. Nubia, the area that was to be flooded, experienced the biggest and most thorough archaeological excavations that Egypt has known. Then we go to see the "Unfinished Obelisk" which still lay in the granite quarries which provided ancient Egypt with building materials. It would have been the largest piece of stone ever handled but when a crack was discovered it was abandoned where it was being hewn. Cross by boat to Angilika Island, to see the Philae Temple which is one of the Nubian temples rescued. Return to your ship for dinner and some leisurely free time in Aswan and an enjoyable overnight stay aboard the cruise
Breakfast +  Lunch + Dinner

Day 7: Optional Abu Simbel Trip

Enjoy breakfast at your on board your Nile cruise Aswan before disembarkation from the Nile cruise with free day at leisure in Aswan, optional excursion to Abu Simbel temples (Abu Simbel remains one of Egypt's top tourist attractions) to see the magnificence of these temples. They are undisputedly one of the world's most breathtaking monuments, and Egypt’s second most visited touristic site (the Pyramids of Giza being on the top of the list) the most remarkable feature of the temple of Abu-Simbel is that the construction is oriented in a way that twice a year, the morning sun rays shine through the length of the inner temple cave and illuminate the statues of the four gods seated at the end of the cave, and then you will be transferred to the train terminal on board your Sleeper Train to Cairo with dinner served aboard and a peaceful overnight stay inside your private compartment.
Breakfast + Dinner

Day 8:Cairo/Optional Alexandria Trip

Enjoy breakfast with sunrise view before arriving Cairo, where you will be met by Memphis Tours Representative from there you will be transferred to your hotel for check-in as early as possible. Fantastic optional excursions to Alexandria (225 kilometres northwest of Cairo) including the Qaitbay Citadel, a turreted fortress that was built in the 15th century on the site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is a ‘must see’. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, an important library and cultural centre designed to put Alexandria back on the academic map. It stands near the site of the ancient Library of Alexandria dating from the 3rd century, which considered to be the largest library in the ancient world. Then we go to the Greco-Roman Museum, located in the heart of modern Alexandria, houses an impressive collection of 40,000 or more artifacts found in and around the city, some dating as far back to 332 BC. The museum was founded in the 19th century, quickly became an important exhibitor of ancient artifacts and remains a key amenity in Alexandria today. Finally we will go to see the most notable mosque in Alexandria “Al-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque” with a towering minaret and domes that dominate the city’s skyline then we will drive back to your hotel in Cairo for free time at leisure and overnight stay
Breakfast

Day 9:Final Departure

After breakfast at your hotel you will be transferred to Cairo airport for your return flight home.
Breakfast

Prices Per Person
Accommodation Plan: (A)
  • - Grand Pyramids Hotel
  • - MS Nile Dolphin Cruise
  • - Abela Egypt Sleeper Train
 May - SeptOct - April
Triple $ 695 $ 790
Double $ 745 $ 845
Single $ 899 $ 999
Accommodation Plan: (B)
  • - Le Meridien Pyramids Hotel & Spa
  • - MS Sonesta Nile Goddess Cruise
  • - Abela Egypt Sleeper Train
 May - SeptOct - April
Triple $ 720 $ 859
Double $ 790 $ 910
Single $ 970 $ 1130
  • Tour and Prices :

    Tour price currency is set to USD but you can pay in Euro or British pound. The prices quoted per person per tour all inclusive and prices are always updated to ensure you receive the lowest price possible. Once your tour is confirmed we guarantee the price will not be changed.

  • Child Policy :

    Child rates apply to ages 6-12. Children aged 4 years and under are free of charge unless otherwise imposed by operating company of internal flights.

  • Visa to Egypt :

    Most nationalities require a full passport valid for 6 months after leaving Egypt and a visa which you can either obtain from your local Egyptian Embassy before your fly, or upon arrival at Cairo aiport for a cost of USD 15.

  • Deposit and Balance of Payment :

    A down payment (25%) will be required when confirming your booking as requested and can be paid by credit or debit card (Visa / MasterCard) via Verisign Secured payment system on our website. The balance of payment (75%) will be required on arrival / pick up, to be paid to your tour director by credit / debit card or in cash.

  • Tour Voucher :

    After your tour is confirmed we will email final confirmation and voucher to print and bring with you. Details will include contact numbers of your tour operator and customer care and additional information for your convenience.

  • Cancellation Policy :

    Memphis Tours does not charge a cancellation fee for tours and excursions cancelled for ‘force majeure’ reasons such as volcanoes, earthquake or and some reasons beyond control. If cancellation happens for your personal or business reasons and Memphis Tours have already incurred costs on your behalf, these costs will be transferred to you.
  • Tour and Prices :

    Tour price currency is set to USD but you can pay in Euro or British pound. The prices quoted per person per tour all inclusive and prices are always updated to ensure you receive the lowest price possible. Once your tour is confirmed we guarantee the price will not be changed.

  • Child Policy :

    Child rates apply to ages 6-12. Children aged 4 years and under are free of charge unless otherwise imposed by operating company of internal flights.

  • Visa to Egypt :

    Most nationalities require a full passport valid for 6 months after leaving Egypt and a visa which you can either obtain from your local Egyptian Embassy before your fly, or upon arrival at Cairo aiport for a cost of USD 15.

  • Deposit and Balance of Payment :

    A down payment (25%) will be required when confirming your booking as requested and can be paid by credit or debit card (Visa / MasterCard) via Verisign Secured payment system on our website. The balance of payment (75%) will be required on arrival / pick up, to be paid to your tour director by credit / debit card or in cash.

  • Tour Voucher :

    After your tour is confirmed we will email final confirmation and voucher to print and bring with you. Details will include contact numbers of your tour operator and customer care and additional information for your convenience.

  • Cancellation Policy :

    Memphis Tours does not charge a cancellation fee for tours and excursions cancelled for ‘force majeure’ reasons such as volcanoes, earthquake or and some reasons beyond control. If cancellation happens for your personal or business reasons and Memphis Tours have already incurred costs on your behalf, these costs will be transferred to you.
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