Arrive at Cairo International Airport (CAI). Meet your guide and transfer to your hotel. Evening welcome briefing. Optional visit to a local coffee shop for mint tea and shisha.

Full day at Giza Plateau. Visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu, Pyramid of Khafre, and Pyramid of Menkaure. Optional entry inside the Great Pyramid. See the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple. Evening Sound and Light Show at the Pyramids.

Morning at the Egyptian Museum (Tutankhamun treasures, royal mummies room). Afternoon Coptic Cairo - visit the Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, and Coptic Museum. Continue to Islamic Cairo - Alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali and Khan el-Khalili Bazaar.

Morning flight to Luxor (1 hour). Visit Karnak Temple Complex (largest religious building ever built). Embark on your 5-star Nile cruise ship. Afternoon visit to Luxor Temple illuminated at night.

Early morning crossing to West Bank. Visit Valley of the Kings (entry to 3 tombs included - Tutankhamun separate). See Temple of Hatshepsut (Egypt's only female pharaoh). Visit the Colossi of Memnon. Afternoon sail to Edfu via Esna Lock.

Early morning horse-drawn carriage to Temple of Edfu (best-preserved temple in Egypt). Sail to Kom Ombo. Afternoon visit Kom Ombo Temple (dedicated to two gods - Sobek the crocodile god and Haroeris). Visit the Crocodile Museum.

Arrive in Aswan. Visit the High Dam (modern engineering marvel). Take a motorboat to Philae Temple (dedicated to Isis - moved from original island). Afternoon optional tour to Abu Simbel (must pre-book). Evening Nubian village visit.

Disembark cruise. Visit the Unfinished Obelisk (largest ancient obelisk). Flight back to Cairo (1.5 hours). Transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.