6 Days GEM and Valley of the Kings Tour

The first day of your 6 Days GEM and Valley of the Kings Tour is intentionally light. After an international flight, the priority is to get you settled in Cairo without adding a long sightseeing program before the main archaeological visits begin.

A Smooth Start in Cairo

Once you complete passport control and collect your luggage, meet the local representative using the arrival instructions provided in your final travel documents.

Those instructions identify the terminal, meeting location, representative details, and local contact number, so you know exactly where to go after leaving the arrival area.

From there, continue directly to your Cairo hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle. Travelers who want to add extra sightseeing before or after the main program can also explore our Cairo Day Tours.

Airport procedures, baggage collection, and Cairo traffic can change the transfer time. For this reason, the team plans the pickup around your confirmed arrival rather than a fixed clock time.

At the hotel, complete check-in and take time to rest. If your room is not available yet, reception can usually store your luggage until the official check-in time. Early access remains subject to hotel availability.

A Relaxed First Evening

Instead of starting the archaeological program immediately, spend your first evening enjoying Cairo after dark.

Your driver meets you at the hotel and takes you to the Nile for dinner and nighttime views of the city. Travelers interested in seeing more of the capital after sunset can also explore the Cairo By Night Tour.

Enjoy dinner while the city lights appear along the riverbanks. Depending on that evening’s operating program, entertainment may include live music, Tanoura, or another traditional performance.

The vessel, sailing time, menu, and entertainment schedule depend on the confirmed operating program.

After dinner, return to your hotel and rest before the Giza and Saqqara sightseeing program begins the next morning.

Begin with breakfast and a private pickup from your hotel.

Your Egyptologist plans the route around heat, traffic, visitor numbers, ticket access, and site closing times. The order may change when another sequence gives you a smoother visit.

Giza Pyramids Complex

Explore the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure during your Giza Pyramids and Saqqara Tour with your Egyptologist.

Your guide explains how temples, causeways, smaller pyramids, tombs, and ceremonial spaces formed each royal complex.

The plateau includes sand, slopes, stone paths, and limited shade. Wear stable shoes and carry water and sun protection.

Great Pyramid of Khufu

Stand beside the last surviving Wonder of the Ancient World.

The standard plateau ticket covers the exterior area. Entry inside the Great Pyramid requires a separate ticket and depends on daily availability.

The interior contains steep, narrow, warm, and enclosed passages. Mention mobility, breathing, heart, or claustrophobia concerns before requesting the extra ticket.

For more detail before deciding, read Can You Go Inside the Great Pyramids?.

Great Sphinx and Valley Temple

Continue to the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple of Khafre.

Your Egyptologist explains how the Sphinx, temple, causeway, and pyramid belonged to one connected royal landscape.

The guide and driver may adjust the order inside the plateau to reduce walking, direct sun, or unnecessary driving.

Lunch

Enjoy lunch at a restaurant selected to fit the Cairo or Giza route.

Share food allergies, vegetarian requests, and children’s meal needs before confirmation. Drinks remain excluded unless the final itinerary states otherwise.

Saqqara Step Pyramid

Drive to Saqqara and explore the Step Pyramid complex of King Djoser, one of the best-known landmarks within the Saqqara Necropolis.

Walk through selected courts and ceremonial areas that show the development from earlier tombs to large-scale stone construction.

Access to tombs, pyramid interiors, and archaeological areas can change because of restoration work, ticket rules, or operating decisions. Your guide confirms the best available route on the day.

For travelers searching for a 6 day Egypt itinerary Pyramids and Luxor, this route covers Giza and Saqqara before the journey continues south.

Return to your Cairo hotel.

The 6 Days GEM and Valley of the Kings Tour continues with a focused museum visit before your domestic flight to Luxor.

Grand Egyptian Museum

Meet your Egyptologist after breakfast and travel to the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Plateau. Travelers who want a dedicated museum experience can also explore our Grand Egyptian Museum Tour.

Follow a direct route through the galleries and public areas covered by your confirmed ticket.

Depending on current access and your ticket, the visit may include major public spaces, the main galleries, Tutankhamun collection areas, and the Khufu boat display.

Your guide chooses the route according to:

• Your interests
• Timed entry
• Visitor numbers
• Walking pace
• Lunch timing
• Flight departure time
• Temporary access restrictions

Travelers who want more museum time should request it before booking. The operations team can then review the flight schedule and adjust the remaining day.

You can also compare the main museum options in What Museums to Visit in Cairo.

Lunch

Enjoy lunch at a Cairo or Giza restaurant selected to reduce unnecessary driving before the airport transfer.

Flight to Luxor

Travel to Cairo International Airport after lunch.

Allow enough time for traffic, check-in, baggage procedures, security, and terminal access.

Keep passports, medicine, money, phones, chargers, and travel documents in your hand luggage.

Fly to Luxor, meet the local representative after landing, and transfer to your hotel.

For a 6 day GEM and Valley of the Kings tour, flying to Luxor avoids an overnight train journey and keeps more time for sightseeing.

Explore Tour of the East Bank in Luxor with a private Egyptologist.

The route follows temple hours, heat, crowd levels, and your walking pace. Your guide may adjust the order when local conditions make another sequence more practical.

Karnak Temple

Enter Karnak Temple and follow a focused route through its main courts, pylons, chapels, and processional areas.

Inside the Great Hypostyle Hall, walk among 134 stone columns while your guide explains the scale, decoration, and development of the complex.

Karnak covers a wide area. Your Egyptologist limits unnecessary walking and focuses on the sections that best match your interests.

Stable shoes, water, and sun protection make the visit more comfortable.

For more background before your visit, see Facts about the Temple of Karnak.

Lunch

Enjoy lunch at a Luxor restaurant selected around the temple order and evening program.

Hotel Break

Return to your hotel for a short rest when the operating schedule allows.

Your representative confirms the evening pickup time before you leave the vehicle.

Luxor Temple

Visit Luxor Temple later in the day or after sunset, according to the confirmed schedule.

Walk through the entrance, courts, colonnades, statues, and decorated areas with your Egyptologist.

Festivals, maintenance, security instructions, or closing times may affect the exact visit period.

A 6-Day Cairo & Luxor Private Tour gives travelers more breathing room on Luxor’s East Bank, allowing the temples and royal sites to be explored at a comfortable pace rather than squeezed into a single busy day.

Read When Was the Luxor Temple Built? for more historical context.

Travelers planning extra time can also explore What Is There to Do in Luxor?.

Return to your hotel.

Your 6 Days GEM and Valley of the Kings Tour reaches Luxor West Bank today.

Start early when possible to reduce heat, heavy visitor flow, and long queues.

Valley of the Kings

Enter the Valley of the Kings and visit selected tombs covered by the standard ticket.

The list of available tombs changes according to restoration work and the tombs open on your travel date.

Your Egyptologist may select the tombs according to:

• Historical value
• Wall decoration
• Queue length
• Number of steps
• Corridor difficulty
• Your interests
• Your walking ability

Special tombs, including Tutankhamun, Seti I, or Ramesses V and VI, may require separate tickets depending on current access and ticket rules.

Mention mobility, breathing, heart, or claustrophobia concerns before entering. Some tombs contain steep stairs, long corridors, warm air, and enclosed spaces.

For help understanding the choices, read The Best Tombs to Visit in the Valley of the Kings and How Many Tombs Are in the Valley of the Kings?.

Lunch

Enjoy lunch at a Luxor restaurant planned around the West Bank route and the closing time of the next site.

Valley of the Queens

Continue to the Valley of the Queens and enter selected tombs covered by the standard ticket.

Tomb openings and restoration work can change the available route.

The Tomb of Queen Nefertari requires a separate ticket when open to visitors. Request it before confirmation because access rules, prices, and daily limits can change.

A luxury 6 day Cairo and Luxor tour works best when comfort is planned around real flight times, ticket access, and site opening hours.

Travelers who want to add another local experience can browse Luxor Day Tours.

Return to your hotel after the visit.

Enjoy breakfast and check out at the scheduled time.

Review the room, wardrobe, drawers, bathroom, and safe before leaving.

Keep passports, medicine, chargers, money, valuables, and travel documents in your hand luggage.

Flight from Luxor to Cairo

Meet the representative in the hotel lobby and travel to Luxor Airport.

Pickup time follows domestic check-in rules, baggage requirements, traffic, and the confirmed flight schedule.

Fly to Cairo and continue to your international departure terminal.

The operations team checks the connection time before confirmation. When an early international departure makes a same-day connection unsafe, the team may move the Luxor-to-Cairo flight to Day 5 and replace the final Luxor night with a Cairo hotel night.

Your confirmed itinerary will show the final arrangement before payment.

The 6 Days GEM and Valley of the Kings Tour ends at Cairo International Airport.