Felucca Tours 9 days - 8 nights

Day 1: Arrive Cairo

Meet at Cairo airport upon arrival by Our Representative who will assist you through airport
customs and formalities. You will be escorted immediately to 
your Hotel by A/C Modern Fleet.
Meet up with your Tour Guide and Tour manager to review your holiday itinerary and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo.

Day 2: Cairo / Desert Tour

Full-day outing to Sakkara and Memphis, followed by a visit to the most famous wonderland in the whole world - the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. At 10 pm we catch the overnight train to Aswan.

Day 3: Aswan

Arrive in Aswan, meet and transfer to the hotel for check-in. Full-day excursion around the city visiting the Temple of Philae, the Aswan High Dam, and the Unfinished Obelisk. Overnight in Aswan hotel.

Day 4: Aswan / Felucca

Join an orientation cruise around Kitchener and Elephantine Islands. Overnight on felucca, sailing to Kom Ombo

Day 5: Komombo / Felucca

Visit the dual temple of Sobek and Haroeris. Overnight on felucca, sailing to Edfu.

Day 6: Edfu / Luxor (East Bank)

Morning visit to one of the most well-preserved temples in all of Egypt dedicated to Horus, the Falcon God. Transfer by local transportation to Luxor, and check-in at the hotel. This afternoon, enjoy a visit to the East Bank of Luxor:
- Luxor Temple  - Karnak Temple  .  Overnight in Luxor hotel.

Day 7: Luxor (West Bank)

Visit the West Bank of Luxor:
- Valley of the Kings - Valley of the Queens   - Temple of Queen Hatshepsut  - Colossi of Memnon
Overnight, we travel by train back to Cairo.

Day 8: Cairo / City Tour

Arrive Cairo and transfer to the hotel for check-in. Then we're off to the Egyptian Museum where most of the fabulous treasures of the Pharaohs are kept. Then we drive to the Citadel -- home to Egyptian rulers for nearly 700 years. Later, we explore many attractions in the old Coptic area including the Hanging Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue (the Jewish Temple). Overnight in Cairo hotel.

Day 9: Depart Cairo

Farewell to Egypt today. Our tour ends after breakfast. Transfer to Cairo International Airport.

TOUR INCLUDES:           Transfers from/to the airport         All fully-guided tours in Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Luxor (as per the itinerary) in air-conditioned buses           Fluent, English(or another language )-speaking tour guides throughout your program      Two nights on a felucca (Oriental Sailboat) with all meals included           First-class train tickets (or you can change to sleeper train) from Cairo/Aswan and Luxor/Cairo on an air-conditioned Spanish train with reclining seats          All accommodations in 3-star hotels in Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor. All rooms have a private bath, air-conditioning, TV, and include breakfast        All transfer and pick-up services           All service charges and taxes TOUR EXCLUDES:            Entrance fees of the sites. We do not charge in advance for site entrance fees to add flexibility to your program as you may choose to skip one or more sites depending upon your interests          Drinks, phone calls, laundry, tips and any other items of a personal nature NOTES -All of our tours can start on any day, however confirmation in advance is still highly recommended -All of our tours can be customized to fit your time, budget, and interests -Optional day trips and activities (Add-Ons) are available upon request and include the Sound & Light Show at the Pyramids, shopping at the Khan El-Khalily Market, an excursion to the Fayoum Oasis, and much more . Information About Felucca  Several of our tours feature a  1 or 2-night felucca cruise on the Nile from Aswan downstream towards Komombo. The Nubian boat crew will look after you, prepare your meals, and entertain you in the evenings, leaving you with many happy memories of your time on the Nile. After dinner on the first evening we can sometimes visit a Nubian House where you can see inside the rooms of a traditional Nubian home, after which blankets are laid out in the courtyard area where you can sit and enjoy drinks and shisha pipes while listening to Nubian music. The following day the felucca will continue sailing down the Nile giving you time to relax, read, chat or just watch the world drift by. The crew of the felucca will stop along the way for swimming in the safer parts of the Nile and to serve lunch. In the evening the crew will entertain you with traditional music and dance, which you are welcome to join in with.  Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included on the felucca and are cooked and served on board by the crew. The food is basic but varied and filling and in the afternoon they will also serve Egyptian tea and Nubian cake. Water, soft drinks and beer can be purchased on-board and these are kept in a cool box. You keep a tally of what you have had and then pay for them at the end of the trip. You sleep on the mattresses on the deck of the boat and you will need a blanket or light sleeping bag in the winter months as it can get chilly late at night and very early in the morning. Canvas walls and a roof are erected at night if it is cold or windy and mosquito nets are also provided at night while you sleep. Mosquito repellent is recommended for the evenings and early mornings, and wearing long sleeves at night is a good idea. There are no toilet facilities on board the felucca but you are able to use the toilets at the sites visited during the day and if we visit the Nubian house on the first evening.  On most of our tours we also provide a second motorised boat that will join you several times each day and at night. This boat has toilets and a warm shower on board. At other times the captain will make regular stops en-route where you will need to find somewhere on shore and very occasionally when the support boat is not available the crew will dig a basic latrine surrounded by a canvas screen to give more privacy. The 2-night cruise finishes after an early breakfast just outside Komombo, where you tour the temple before driving to Luxor, with another stop to visit the temple at Edfu en-route. If you are traveling with your family, please check our family information page for more details about taking children on board feluccas (on our special Egyptian family tours the felucca cruise is shortened to 1 night on board). Life-jackets are available on request for non-swimmers. On all our feluccas we provide a full range of safety equipment including first aid kits, fire extinguishers, life jackets and throwlines. We also provide a range of child-sized life jacket for use when children are on-board. We actively encourage the use of life jackets whilst on board our feluccas, especially for any non-swimmers in the group. All our felucca captains and tour leaders are trained in the use of this safety equipment and our boats are properly licensed according to Egyptian health & safety laws. Note: We offer a very special upgrade to a Dahabiya or to a luxury Nile cruise on all of these tours if you don't want to spend time on the felucca. This runs at the same time as the felucca cruise, but travels all the way to Luxor. You don't miss anything by choosing either option.