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Duration
6 days
From
USD 1,000
Grand Egyptian Museum
Saqqara Step Pyramid
Egyptian Museum
Salah El-Din Citadel
Muhammad Ali Mosque
Al-Muizz Street
Khan El Khalili Bazaar
Aswan High Dam
Unfinished Obelisk
Philae Temple
Agilkia Island
Valley of the Kings
Temple of Hatshepsut
Colossi of Memnon
Karnak Temple Complex
Great Hypostyle Hall
Giza Pyramids Complex
Great Sphinx
Valley Temple
Day 1: Cairo Is the Beginning and the Return Point
The first evening of the 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday is deliberately light. You will return to Cairo after Upper Egypt, so there is no reason to force a full sightseeing program into the arrival day.
Arrival and Hotel Transfer
After passport control and baggage collection, meet the Egypt Online Tour representative at the location shown in your final travel documents. Your arrival information should include the terminal, meeting point, representative details, and local contact number.
Guests booking a Cairo Luxor Aswan Tour Package from USA should note that international airfare is not part of the land package; Egypt Online Tour services begin after arrival at Cairo International Airport.
Continue to your hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle. No fixed airport-to-hotel duration is promised because immigration, baggage delivery, terminal location, hotel location, and Cairo traffic can all affect the transfer.
Dinner and the Next Morning
Complete check-in and keep the evening flexible. Early room access depends on hotel availability.
Dinner is included on Day 1. When your international arrival time supports the scheduled sailing, the meal is arranged as a Dinner Cruise on the Nile. If the flight arrives too late, an alternative dinner arrangement is provided instead of rushing you across Cairo.
Before sleeping, keep passports, medication, valuables, chargers, and domestic flight details easy to reach. Day 2 ends in Aswan, not back at the same hotel.
Day 2: See How Pyramid Building Changed, Then Fly South
After breakfast, check out and leave with your luggage. Your Egyptologist follows the confirmed museum entry and domestic flight schedule so the full sightseeing sequence is checked before booking.
The 5 Nights 6 Days Cairo Luxor Aswan Tour Package uses a domestic flight after the Cairo sightseeing program, allowing the following morning to begin in Aswan instead of losing a night to long-distance road travel.
Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, and Great Pyramid
Begin on the Giza Plateau with the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, then continue to the Great Sphinx and Valley Temple. Your guide explains how pyramids, temples, causeways, tombs, and ceremonial spaces formed one royal landscape rather than treating each monument as an isolated photo stop.
The Giza Plateau is sandy, uneven, and exposed, so bring water and wear comfortable shoes. For a slower visit, choose the Private Day Trip of Giza
At the Great Pyramid, the standard plateau ticket covers the exterior. Interior entry requires a separate ticket when available. The passages are steep, narrow, warm, and enclosed, so mention knee, back, breathing, mobility, or claustrophobia concerns before requesting the extra ticket.
Grand Egyptian Museum and Saqqara
Continue to the Grand Egyptian Museum for your scheduled entry and explore its highlights with an Egyptologist, focusing on the exhibits that match your interests and available time. Travelers who prefer a deeper, museum-focused experience can choose a dedicated Grand Egyptian Museum Tour with more time devoted to the collection.
Next, continue to Saqqara and the Step Pyramid of Djoser. The site shows an earlier stage in monumental pyramid architecture and creates a useful contrast with Giza. Read about the wider Saqqara Necropolis in Egypt, or compare the Pyramids and Saqqara Day Tour when you want both archaeological areas without a domestic flight afterward.
Before the package is confirmed, the operations team checks the museum entry, Saqqara visit, Cairo traffic allowance, and available Cairo-to-Aswan flight as one schedule. If the full day cannot be operated comfortably on your travel date, the itinerary and quotation are revised before payment rather than quietly removing a confirmed attraction.
Flight to Aswan
After lunch, continue to Cairo International Airport. Check the domestic baggage allowance and keep passports, medication, money, and essential electronics in hand luggage.
The scheduled flight takes you to Aswan, where a local representative meets you for the private hotel transfer.
Day 3: Move From Dam to Quarry to Island, Then Take the Train
Aswan gives the 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday its most varied travel day: road travel, walking, a motorboat crossing, and a train all appear in one sequence.
High Dam and Unfinished Obelisk
Begin at the Aswan High Dam, where your Egyptologist explains its role in modern water management, irrigation, flood control, and electricity generation.
Continue to the ancient granite quarry and the Unfinished Obelisk. Because the monument remains attached to the bedrock, the site helps explain how large stone monuments were cut before transport. The quarry is uneven and exposed, so stable footwear is useful.
Philae Temple by Motorboat
Next, drive to the Philae boat landing and continue by motorboat to Agilkia Island. Boarding points can vary with local operations, and stepping into the boat may involve uneven levels. Guests with mobility concerns should mention them before travel.
Explore Philae Temple with your Egyptologist and learn how the sanctuary of Isis was relocated to protect it from rising water. Visiting Philae Temple in Aswan provides background before arrival. Those who want the same three Aswan landmarks as a standalone excursion can compare the Philae Temple, High Dam and Obelisk Private Tour.
Train From Aswan to Luxor
After lunch, collect your luggage from the agreed point and travel to Aswan Railway Station. Arrive early enough to locate the platform and board with your bags. Train departure and journey times can change, so the Luxor pickup follows the confirmed operating information.
Keep passports, medication, money, valuables, and booking details with you during the journey.
If Abu Simbel is a priority, it is better to add another Aswan day than squeeze it into the train schedule. The Private Tour to Abu Simbel from Aswan by Car is suitable when the itinerary is extended.
Meet the representative in Luxor and transfer to your hotel.
Day 4: Give Ancient Thebes a Full Day
Day 4 gives the 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday something the previous two sightseeing days do not have: no domestic flight or train waiting at the end of the program.
Valley of the Kings
Begin on the West Bank at the Valley of the Kings. The standard ticket covers selected open tombs. Tomb availability can change because of conservation, temporary closures, and site management, so your Egyptologist recommends a practical combination based on openings, queues, historical value, steps, corridor difficulty, walking ability, and interests.
Continue to the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. Its terraces, ramps, colonnades, and reliefs sit against the limestone cliffs. Much of the approach is exposed to sun, so the guide can adjust the walking pace when conditions are hot.
Stop at the Colossi of Memnon for historical context and photographs before crossing toward the East Bank.
Karnak Temple
After lunch, continue to Karnak Temple. Rather than trying to cover every open corner of the huge complex, your Egyptologist focuses on the areas that best explain its development, including monumental gateways, courts, sacred spaces, and the Great Hypostyle Hall.
Guests comparing Classic Egypt Tour Cairo Luxor Aswan options with a cruise-based program can use this hotel-based route when they want Luxor sightseeing without a sailing schedule.
Return to your hotel and confirm the next morning’s airport pickup.
Day 5: Return to Cairo, but Change the Historical Lens
Your first Cairo sightseeing day focused on pyramid building. The city you return to today tells a different story.
Flight to Cairo
After breakfast and check-out, transfer to Luxor International Airport for the confirmed flight to Cairo. The selected flight must leave enough time for the listed Cairo visits; if it does not, the schedule and quotation are revised before booking. .
Egyptian Museum and the Citadel
Begin at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir. Your Egyptologist uses selected objects to reconnect what you have already seen in Giza, Aswan, and Luxor with the wider history of ancient Egypt. What Museums to Visit in Cairo helps compare the purpose and scale of Cairo’s main collections.
Continue to Salah El-Din Citadel and the Muhammad Ali Mosque, moving into a much later period of Cairo’s architectural and political history. Wear clothing appropriate for a religious site and follow local footwear instructions.
Al-Muizz Street and Khan El Khalili
After lunch, walk through a selected section of Al-Muizz Street. Expect stone paving, historic religious buildings, active shops, and occasional crowds. The exact walking section can change with traffic, crowd levels, and the available visit window.
Finish at Khan El Khalili. Keep personal belongings secure in crowded lanes and agree on prices before purchasing products or services.
This Private Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Tour closes its sightseeing in a living part of Cairo rather than with another isolated archaeological monument.
Return to your hotel.
Day 6: Leave Cairo Without Adding a Last-Minute Attraction
Enjoy breakfast and check out according to your international departure time.
There is no museum or sightseeing stop inserted between the hotel and airport simply because a few hours appear free on paper. The final transfer is planned around your airline.
Before leaving the room, check the safe, drawers, bathroom, chargers, passports, medication, money, and travel documents.
Meet the representative in the lobby and travel by private air-conditioned vehicle to Cairo International Airport. Pickup time follows the airline’s check-in guidance, departure terminal, baggage requirements, hotel location, and expected traffic.
The 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday ends at the international departure terminal.
Enjoy a 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday covering Cairo’s icons, Luxor’s temples and Aswan’s Nile sights. Discover the route and plan your Egypt escape.
Six days can reveal very different sides of Egypt when each city has a clear role. The 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday begins with pyramid building at Giza and Saqqara, moves south to Aswan’s granite landscape and Philae Temple, continues to the royal tombs and temples of Luxor, then returns to Cairo for museums, Islamic architecture, and historic streets. Domestic flights cover the longest sectors, while the Aswan-to-Luxor train adds a ground-level Upper Egypt journey. Among our 6 Days Egypt Vacation Packages, this hotel-based route offers a practical alternative to a Nile cruise.
Follow Egypt’s history from pyramid development to royal Thebes and historic Cairo
Visit Giza, GEM, and Saqqara before flying south
Reach Philae Temple by motorboat
Travel between Aswan and Luxor by train
Enter selected open tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Give Luxor a full day without a flight or railway deadline
Return to Cairo for a different historical chapter
Travel with licensed Egyptologists during historical sightseeing
Receive flight, train, luggage, pickup, and hotel information before travel
Meet-and-assist service at Cairo International Airport
Private arrival and departure airport transfers
Two nights in a five-star Cairo hotel or similar
One night in a five-star Aswan hotel or similar
Two nights in a five-star Luxor hotel or similar
Domestic flight from Cairo to Aswan
Domestic flight from Luxor to Cairo
Train ticket from Aswan to Luxor
Private air-conditioned transportation
Private sightseeing with licensed Egyptologists
Standard entrance fees to all confirmed attractions listed in the itinerary.
Motorboat transfer to Philae Temple
Breakfast each morning
Lunch on Days 2, 3, 4, and 5
Dinner on Days 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Service charges and applicable taxes
Local support during the journey
International flights
Egypt entry visa
Travel insurance
Drinks unless stated in the confirmed meal plan
Entry inside the Great Pyramid
Additional tomb tickets in the Valley of the Kings
Optional tours and activities not listed as included
Six days can reveal very different sides of Egypt when each city has a clear role. The 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday begins with pyramid building at Giza and Saqqara, moves south to Aswan’s granite landscape and Philae Temple, continues to the royal tombs and temples of Luxor, then returns to Cairo for museums, Islamic architecture, and historic streets. Domestic flights cover the longest sectors, while the Aswan-to-Luxor train adds a ground-level Upper Egypt journey. Among our 6 Days Egypt Vacation Packages, this hotel-based route offers a practical alternative to a Nile cruise.
Tour Details
Duration
6 Days
Destinations
Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor
Tour type
Cultural & Historical
Accommodation
Comfort
Tour Highlights by Destination
Cairo
Grand Egyptian Museum
Saqqara Step Pyramid
Egyptian Museum
Salah El-Din Citadel
Muhammad Ali Mosque
Al-Muizz Street
Khan El Khalili Bazaar
Giza Pyramids Complex
Great Sphinx
Valley Temple
Aswan
Aswan High Dam
Unfinished Obelisk
Philae Temple
Agilkia Island
Luxor
Valley of the Kings
Temple of Hatshepsut
Colossi of Memnon
Karnak Temple Complex
Great Hypostyle Hall
Photo Gallery
What's Included
Meet-and-assist service at Cairo International Airport
Private arrival and departure airport transfers
Two nights in a five-star Cairo hotel or similar
One night in a five-star Aswan hotel or similar
Two nights in a five-star Luxor hotel or similar
Domestic flight from Cairo to Aswan
Domestic flight from Luxor to Cairo
Train ticket from Aswan to Luxor
Private air-conditioned transportation
Private sightseeing with licensed Egyptologists
Standard entrance fees to all confirmed attractions listed in the itinerary.
Motorboat transfer to Philae Temple
Breakfast each morning
Lunch on Days 2, 3, 4, and 5
Dinner on Days 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Service charges and applicable taxes
Local support during the journey
What's Not Included
International flights
Egypt entry visa
Travel insurance
Drinks unless stated in the confirmed meal plan
Entry inside the Great Pyramid
Additional tomb tickets in the Valley of the Kings
Optional tours and activities not listed as included
Personal expenses
Early hotel check-in and late check-out
Tips and gratuities
Any service not listed under “What’s Included”
Tour Itinerary
The first evening of the 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday is deliberately light. You will return to Cairo after Upper Egypt, so there is no reason to force a full sightseeing program into the arrival day.
Arrival and Hotel Transfer
After passport control and baggage collection, meet the Egypt Online Tour representative at the location shown in your final travel documents. Your arrival information should include the terminal, meeting point, representative details, and local contact number.
Guests booking a Cairo Luxor Aswan Tour Package from USA should note that international airfare is not part of the land package; Egypt Online Tour services begin after arrival at Cairo International Airport.
Continue to your hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle. No fixed airport-to-hotel duration is promised because immigration, baggage delivery, terminal location, hotel location, and Cairo traffic can all affect the transfer.
Dinner and the Next Morning
Complete check-in and keep the evening flexible. Early room access depends on hotel availability.
Dinner is included on Day 1. When your international arrival time supports the scheduled sailing, the meal is arranged as a Dinner Cruise on the Nile. If the flight arrives too late, an alternative dinner arrangement is provided instead of rushing you across Cairo.
Before sleeping, keep passports, medication, valuables, chargers, and domestic flight details easy to reach. Day 2 ends in Aswan, not back at the same hotel.
Meals:Dinner
Overnight:Cairo Hotel
After breakfast, check out and leave with your luggage. Your Egyptologist follows the confirmed museum entry and domestic flight schedule so the full sightseeing sequence is checked before booking.
The 5 Nights 6 Days Cairo Luxor Aswan Tour Package uses a domestic flight after the Cairo sightseeing program, allowing the following morning to begin in Aswan instead of losing a night to long-distance road travel.
Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, and Great Pyramid
Begin on the Giza Plateau with the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, then continue to the Great Sphinx and Valley Temple. Your guide explains how pyramids, temples, causeways, tombs, and ceremonial spaces formed one royal landscape rather than treating each monument as an isolated photo stop.
The Giza Plateau is sandy, uneven, and exposed, so bring water and wear comfortable shoes. For a slower visit, choose the Private Day Trip of Giza
At the Great Pyramid, the standard plateau ticket covers the exterior. Interior entry requires a separate ticket when available. The passages are steep, narrow, warm, and enclosed, so mention knee, back, breathing, mobility, or claustrophobia concerns before requesting the extra ticket.
Grand Egyptian Museum and Saqqara
Continue to the Grand Egyptian Museum for your scheduled entry and explore its highlights with an Egyptologist, focusing on the exhibits that match your interests and available time. Travelers who prefer a deeper, museum-focused experience can choose a dedicated Grand Egyptian Museum Tour with more time devoted to the collection.
Next, continue to Saqqara and the Step Pyramid of Djoser. The site shows an earlier stage in monumental pyramid architecture and creates a useful contrast with Giza. Read about the wider Saqqara Necropolis in Egypt, or compare the Pyramids and Saqqara Day Tour when you want both archaeological areas without a domestic flight afterward.
Before the package is confirmed, the operations team checks the museum entry, Saqqara visit, Cairo traffic allowance, and available Cairo-to-Aswan flight as one schedule. If the full day cannot be operated comfortably on your travel date, the itinerary and quotation are revised before payment rather than quietly removing a confirmed attraction.
Flight to Aswan
After lunch, continue to Cairo International Airport. Check the domestic baggage allowance and keep passports, medication, money, and essential electronics in hand luggage.
The scheduled flight takes you to Aswan, where a local representative meets you for the private hotel transfer.
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Flight:Cairo to Aswan
Overnight:Aswan Hotel
Aswan gives the 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday its most varied travel day: road travel, walking, a motorboat crossing, and a train all appear in one sequence.
High Dam and Unfinished Obelisk
Begin at the Aswan High Dam, where your Egyptologist explains its role in modern water management, irrigation, flood control, and electricity generation.
Continue to the ancient granite quarry and the Unfinished Obelisk. Because the monument remains attached to the bedrock, the site helps explain how large stone monuments were cut before transport. The quarry is uneven and exposed, so stable footwear is useful.
Philae Temple by Motorboat
Next, drive to the Philae boat landing and continue by motorboat to Agilkia Island. Boarding points can vary with local operations, and stepping into the boat may involve uneven levels. Guests with mobility concerns should mention them before travel.
Explore Philae Temple with your Egyptologist and learn how the sanctuary of Isis was relocated to protect it from rising water. Visiting Philae Temple in Aswan provides background before arrival. Those who want the same three Aswan landmarks as a standalone excursion can compare the Philae Temple, High Dam and Obelisk Private Tour.
Train From Aswan to Luxor
After lunch, collect your luggage from the agreed point and travel to Aswan Railway Station. Arrive early enough to locate the platform and board with your bags. Train departure and journey times can change, so the Luxor pickup follows the confirmed operating information.
Keep passports, medication, money, valuables, and booking details with you during the journey.
If Abu Simbel is a priority, it is better to add another Aswan day than squeeze it into the train schedule. The Private Tour to Abu Simbel from Aswan by Car is suitable when the itinerary is extended.
Meet the representative in Luxor and transfer to your hotel.
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight:Luxor Hotel
Day 4 gives the 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday something the previous two sightseeing days do not have: no domestic flight or train waiting at the end of the program.
Valley of the Kings
Begin on the West Bank at the Valley of the Kings. The standard ticket covers selected open tombs. Tomb availability can change because of conservation, temporary closures, and site management, so your Egyptologist recommends a practical combination based on openings, queues, historical value, steps, corridor difficulty, walking ability, and interests.
Continue to the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. Its terraces, ramps, colonnades, and reliefs sit against the limestone cliffs. Much of the approach is exposed to sun, so the guide can adjust the walking pace when conditions are hot.
Stop at the Colossi of Memnon for historical context and photographs before crossing toward the East Bank.
Karnak Temple
After lunch, continue to Karnak Temple. Rather than trying to cover every open corner of the huge complex, your Egyptologist focuses on the areas that best explain its development, including monumental gateways, courts, sacred spaces, and the Great Hypostyle Hall.
Guests comparing Classic Egypt Tour Cairo Luxor Aswan options with a cruise-based program can use this hotel-based route when they want Luxor sightseeing without a sailing schedule.
Return to your hotel and confirm the next morning’s airport pickup.
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight:Luxor Hotel
Your first Cairo sightseeing day focused on pyramid building. The city you return to today tells a different story.
Flight to Cairo
After breakfast and check-out, transfer to Luxor International Airport for the confirmed flight to Cairo. The selected flight must leave enough time for the listed Cairo visits; if it does not, the schedule and quotation are revised before booking. .
Egyptian Museum and the Citadel
Begin at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir. Your Egyptologist uses selected objects to reconnect what you have already seen in Giza, Aswan, and Luxor with the wider history of ancient Egypt. What Museums to Visit in Cairo helps compare the purpose and scale of Cairo’s main collections.
Continue to Salah El-Din Citadel and the Muhammad Ali Mosque, moving into a much later period of Cairo’s architectural and political history. Wear clothing appropriate for a religious site and follow local footwear instructions.
Al-Muizz Street and Khan El Khalili
After lunch, walk through a selected section of Al-Muizz Street. Expect stone paving, historic religious buildings, active shops, and occasional crowds. The exact walking section can change with traffic, crowd levels, and the available visit window.
Finish at Khan El Khalili. Keep personal belongings secure in crowded lanes and agree on prices before purchasing products or services.
This Private Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Tour closes its sightseeing in a living part of Cairo rather than with another isolated archaeological monument.
Return to your hotel.
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch
Flight:Luxor to Cairo
Overnight:Hotel in Cairo
Enjoy breakfast and check out according to your international departure time.
There is no museum or sightseeing stop inserted between the hotel and airport simply because a few hours appear free on paper. The final transfer is planned around your airline.
Before leaving the room, check the safe, drawers, bathroom, chargers, passports, medication, money, and travel documents.
Meet the representative in the lobby and travel by private air-conditioned vehicle to Cairo International Airport. Pickup time follows the airline’s check-in guidance, departure terminal, baggage requirements, hotel location, and expected traffic.
The 6 Days Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Holiday ends at the international departure terminal.
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What You Will Love About This Tour?
Follow Egypt’s history from pyramid development to royal Thebes and historic Cairo
Visit Giza, GEM, and Saqqara before flying south
Reach Philae Temple by motorboat
Travel between Aswan and Luxor by train
Enter selected open tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Give Luxor a full day without a flight or railway deadline
Return to Cairo for a different historical chapter
Travel with licensed Egyptologists during historical sightseeing
Receive flight, train, luggage, pickup, and hotel information before travel
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Customer Reviews
"Egypt package to the Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara was a fascinating journey through Egypt's ancient past ,guide knowledge, the majesty of the pyramids, and the historical depth of Saqqara made this tour truly enriching! Written August 24, 2024 "
Ehrhart M
New York• Couple
"Egypt package to the Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara was a fascinating journey through Egypt's ancient past ,guide knowledge, the majesty of the pyramids, and the historical depth of Saqqara made this tour truly enriching! Written August 24, 2024 "
Ehrhart M
New York
"Amazing Egyptian vacation!
May 2026
We did an 11 day private tour of Cairo, cruise on the Nile between Aswan and Luxor and a 4 day stay in Hurghada. The guided tours were very interesting, with extremely knowledgeable guides, attentive and helpful. The logistics between each site was very well done, giving us a memorable family vacation."
Christiane S
usa
"our honeymoon to Egypt ,Giza and Saqqara was a magical escape into history The pyramids looming in the distance, the quiet serenity of the desert, and the ancient wonders of Saqqara created moments that will be with me forever! Written August 24, 2024 "
Clayton Z973
Australia
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