Egypt & Nile Cruise New Year

Price per person:

€ 2900 per person in twin room
€ 3500 per single room
€ 1999 per child sharing with 2 adults

Price includes:

  • Flights Malta/ Cairo/Malta & 23 kilos luggage & 8 kilos hand luggage & taxes
  • Flights Cairo/Luxor/Aswan
  • Airport transfers
  • Entry visa
  • 4 nights in Cairo in 4* hotel with breakfast
  • 4 nights on 5* luxury Nile cruise - full board - breakfast , lunch & dinner
  • Egyptologist local guides
  • All temples & museum entry fees included
  • Visiting - Pyramids of Giza, Egyptian Museum, Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mykerinus, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Dashur, older step Pyramid of Sakkara, Memphis, Pryamid of Zoser, Bent Pyramid, Khan El Khalili market
  • Visiting - Karnak & Luxor Temples, West Bank ,Valley of the kings ,Colossi of Memnon , Queen Hatchepsut Temple, Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo Temple, Aswan High Dam & Philae Temple
  • Maltese group leader
  • Protection by insolvency fun

Itinerary 

26 Dec – Meet at Malta airport for check in at 07.00am , flight depart at 09.40am connection via Istanbul and arrive at Cairo airport at 19.55hrs , on arrival met by our local representative to pass you through passport control and transfer to your hotel 4* in Cairo – overnight stay

27 Dec  – Breakfast and full day excursion with our local guide to visit Pyramids of Giza and the Egyptian Museum. The tour will start by visiting the 3 Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus, then to see Sphinx, visit the Valley Temple and continue to Egyptian Museum, one of the most famous museums in the world. Visiting Papyrus institute. Lunch is included, end of tour returns back to your hotel. Free evening

28 Dec  – Breakfast and full day excursion with our local guide to visit Dahshur and the older Step Pyramid at Sakkara, then Memphis, the first ancient capital of Egypt to witness , the greatest ancient sites near Cairo in one day. Visit the Step Pyramid of Zoser, the world’s oldest major stone structure. It was built in the 3rd Dynasty for King zoser. Then Proceed to Dahshur to get inside the Red Pyramid (the oldest true pyramid in history) and see the Bent Pyramid (the most preserved pyramid). After that transfer to Memphis city which was founded by King Menes, and was the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it was considered to be a center of rule and culture for over 3000 years the first capital of Egypt, and see the Statue of Ramses II and the alabaster Sphinx of Memphis. Lunch is included, end of the tour and returns back to the hotel.

29 Dec  – Breakfast and a relaxing morning , afternoon an excursion to go and visit Khan El Khalili market , stepping into Khan El Khalili is like taking a journey back in time ,history of this bustling marketplace and explore its alley ways, lined with stalls. Free evening or optional dinner cruise - watch the Cairo skyline light up after dark on a dinner cruise of the Nile ,watch belly dancers and listen to live music ,dine onboard with full buffet

30 Dec – Check out of hotel and airport transfer to Cairo airport for your domestic flight to Luxor. On arrival at Luxor airport ,transfer to the cruise, check in and lunch on board, 14.30hrs visit Karnak & Luxor temples, return back on board for dinner and evening on board in Luxor

31 Dec – Breakfast and at 08.00 visit West Bank (Valleys of kings, Colossi of Memnon , Queen Hatchepsut Temple , at 13.00hrs - lunch and sail to Edfu via Esna, at 16.30hrs tea time on sundeck of cruise and at 19.00hrs cocktail party in cruise bar and after dinner on board, tonight you celebrate the end of 2024 and the start of 2025 in Edfu on board

1 Jan – Breakfast and at 08.00am you go to visit Edfu Temple and at 10,30am sail to Kom Ombo , 13.00hrs lunch on board ,16.30hrs tea time on sundeck on board and at 17.00hrs you go to visit Kom Ombo Temple, at 18.30hrs sail to Aswan ,dinner on board and overnight stay on board in Aswan

2 Jan – Breakfast and after breakfast visit of Aswan High Dam & Philae Temple , lunch and dinner on board ,at 21.00hrs Nubian Show in bar on board, overnight on board in Aswan

3 Jan – breakfast and  check out of cabin ,relax on sun deck today , evening transfer to Aswan airport to check in for your flight to Cairo  which departs at 22.00hrs , on arrival in Cairo at 23.20hrs check in for your flight to Malta via connection in transit in Istanbul

4 Jan – flight depart Cairo airport at 02.15hrs and transit in Istanbul airport and arrive Malta at 08.45hrs

Optional excursions:

-Evening dinner in Cairo Nile river - 60 euros per person
-Abu Simbel - 120 per person

Not included:

  • Travel insurance
  • Tipping - 7 euros per person per day
  • Drinks

Note:

Travel insurance is not included in the price of the tour, however, we strongly recommend that you arrange your own travel insurance independently once you book your holiday.

Groups with 10 or more participants will have a Maltese group leader, while smaller groups can enjoy a local tour guide.