Best Luxury Cairo and Nile Cruise Package from Luxor to Aswan – 7 Days

After a relaxed breakfast at your hotel, your private guide will meet you for a day that many travelers wait a lifetime to experience.

Your first stop is the Giza Pyramids. Seeing them in person is different from any photo. The scale is real. The silence of the desert around them is unexpected. Standing in front of the Great Pyramid, you begin to understand the ambition and vision behind ancient Egypt.

There is time to walk, pause, and truly take it in. This is not a rushed visit. It is a private, guided experience designed around comfort and clarity. Nearby, the Great Sphinx waits in silence, its expression unchanged for centuries. Your guide shares the stories behind these monuments clearly and engagingly, allowing you to connect with the history without being overwhelmed.

After exploring the plateau, continue to the Grand Egyptian Museum. The contrast is striking: outside, ancient stone and desert light; inside, modern architecture and beautifully displayed treasures. The museum offers space and perspective, presenting Egypt’s history with elegance and care. You’ll have time to explore comfortably, moving at your own pace.

A refined lunch at a carefully selected restaurant follows, offering a chance to relax before returning to your hotel.

🍽️ Meals: Breakfast & Lunch  🛏️ Overnight: Hotel in Cairo

After breakfast in Cairo, you transfer to the airport for your flight to Luxor, the ancient city once known as Thebes. The flight is short, but the transition feels significant. You are leaving the capital behind and heading toward the Nile, where the next chapter of your journey begins.

Upon arrival, your private guide will meet you and escort you to your luxury Nile cruise, your elegant home for the next four nights. Your cabin is ready, and the atmosphere shifts immediately. The energy of the city fades, replaced by the calm of the river. The pace slows. The Nile sets the rhythm.

Your exploration begins with a visit to Karnak Temple, one of the largest religious complexes ever built. Walking between its towering columns, you feel both the scale and the silence of history. The details carved into the stone tell stories that have survived for thousands of years.

As the light softens, continue to Luxor Temple. In the gentle glow of early evening, the temple feels balanced and serene, its details illuminated by warm sandstone and fading sunlight.

Return to the cruise for dinner on board. As the river reflects the evening lights and the air cools, you begin to settle into the smooth, unhurried rhythm of life along the Nile.

🍽️ Meals: Breakfast & Dinner  🛏️ Overnight: Nile Cruise 

Wake up to a quiet morning on the Nile and enjoy breakfast on board as the river moves gently around you. Today, you cross to Luxor’s West Bank, a landscape shaped by cliffs, desert silence, royal history, and hidden tombs.

Your first stop is the Valley of the Kings. Unlike the open temples, this experience is more intimate. You descend into the tombs where pharaohs were buried for eternity. The walls are covered with color and symbols that have survived for thousands of years. The space is quiet, almost reflective. For those who wish, an optional visit to the tomb of Tutankhamun is available.

Continue to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, rising directly from the cliffs in a design that feels both bold and perfectly balanced. Built to honor one of Egypt’s most powerful rulers, the temple stands as a quiet statement of vision and authority. Here, history feels strong yet graceful.

On your way back, pause briefly at the Colossi of Memnon, two monumental statues that have stood facing the Nile for more than three millennia.

Return to your cruise for lunch as the ship begins sailing south. Passing through the Esna Lock, you continue toward Edfu. The afternoon is yours to relax on deck, enjoy the open views, or simply settle into the steady rhythm of the river.

In the evening, enjoy dinner on board as the Nile carries you quietly forward under the Egyptian sky.

🍽️ Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner  🛏️ Overnight: Nile Cruise

The morning begins gently as your cruise arrives in Edfu. After breakfast on board, step ashore for a short horse carriage ride through the town, a traditional way to reach the temple.

Your visit today is to the Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt. Its tall entrance towers and carved walls remain remarkably intact. Hieroglyphs cover the stone, still sharp and clear after thousands of years. As you walk through its halls, you can see scenes that tell stories of gods, protection, and victory, offering a deep connection to the ancient world.

After your visit, return to the cruise as it continues sailing south. Lunch is served while the scenery unfolds slowly outside: palm trees, riverside homes, fishermen, and fields that have depended on the Nile for centuries. Life along the river feels steady and unchanged.

By afternoon, you arrive at Kom Ombo, home to a rare double temple. Unlike most temples in Egypt, this one is dedicated to two gods, Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus the Elder. The design is unusual, with mirrored halls and twin entrances. The carvings reveal scenes of healing, tools, and daily rituals, offering a glimpse into ancient life beyond kings and battles.

Return to your cruise as the sun lowers over the river. Dinner is served on board while the Nile carries you quietly toward Aswan. The evening is calm, elegant, and unhurried, just as this journey is meant to be.

🍽️ Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner  🛏️ Overnight: Nile Cruise

By morning, your cruise arrives in Aswan, a city known for its gentle pace and warm light. The atmosphere here feels different, quieter, softer, almost reflective.

After breakfast on board, begin your exploration with a visit to the High Dam, a modern landmark that reshaped Egypt’s relationship with the Nile. From here, you gain a clear view of Lake Nasser and the vast scale of the landscape.

Continue to the Unfinished Obelisk, still resting in its ancient quarry. Seeing it where it was carved offers insight into how the ancient Egyptians shaped and transported massive stone monuments.

Next, take a short motorboat ride across the Nile to reach the beautiful Philae Temple, set on its own island. As you approach, the temple appears to rise directly from the water. The setting is peaceful, almost cinematic. Dedicated to the goddess Isis, the temple feels balanced and graceful, framed by open sky and gentle waves.

Return to your cruise for lunch and a relaxed afternoon on deck. Watch traditional feluccas drift across the water. Let the rhythm of the river settle in.

In the evening, gather for your last dinner on board. As the sun sets over the river, the experience comes full circle, calm, elegant, and memorable.

🍽️ Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner  🛏️ Overnight: Nile Cruise 

After breakfast on board, it’s time to check out of your Nile cruise. Your private transfer will be waiting to take you to the airport.

For those who wish, an early optional visit to the magnificent Abu Simbel Temples can be arranged before your flight. Set in a remote desert landscape, the temples offer a powerful and memorable final highlight to your journey.

If you choose not to visit Abu Simbel, you will be transferred directly to Aswan Airport for your flight back to Cairo, where you will connect to your international departure.

As your journey comes to an end, you leave with more than photographs. You carry with you quiet mornings on the Nile, golden temple light, and the feeling of having experienced Egypt in comfort and depth.

Your luxury experience with Respect Tours concludes smoothly, just as it began.

🍽️ Meals: Breakfast  ✈️ Departure: Cairo International Airport