Legends of the Nile with Nile River Cruise Tour │ 12 Day General Egypt Tour Package
EGYPT TOUR PACKAGE FROM $2,187
Certified Egypt Expert Guides
Luxury Air-Conditioned Transportation
Your Selection of 5 Star or 4 Star Hotels
Daily Buffet Breakfast, Lunch & Dinners
No Added Fees on Credit Card Payments
All Entrance Fees and Attractions Included
Overview
Travel to Egypt to discover a world of wonder on our twelve day Legends of the Nile tour including a stunning seven day cruise along the world’s longest river to dazzle your senses.
You’ll experience a place that evokes mystery, magic, and amazes the senses with colossal monuments including one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, historic Cairo a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Museum of Antiquities with it’s greatest collection of Egyptian treasures, the Valley of the Kings & Queens, visit Aswan, Edfu, Luxor, and many other incredible monuments for an experience of a lifetime you’ll never forget.
Tour Overview include:
- 12 Days / 10 Nights Fully Escorted General Classic Tour of Egypt including 7 of the Nights on a Nile River Cruise
- Tour departs Thursday and arrives Friday in Cairo Egypt
- 8 Nights stay in a 5 Star Hotel to 4 Star Standard Hotel Accommodations
- Daily Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
- English speaking Tour Guides that know the History and Sites of Egypt
- Egyptologist Tour Guides for this Tour are licensed by the Egyptian Tourist Authority
NO ADDED FEES FOR CREDIT CARD PAYMENT.
Itinerary
Escape to a fascinating land rich in history, adventure, and relaxation all in one place on our astonishing Legends of the Nile tour with seven days cruising on the Nile River, the longest river in the world. Our professional Egyptologist guides are government certified- whom know Egyptian wonders and enthralling temples, archaeological sites, and great legends.
Welcome to Egypt! Upon arrival into Cairo International Airport, you are met and assisted through passport and customs formalities by our airport representative and transferred to your hotel in Cairo for evening at leisure and dinner and overnight.
Overnight Cairo- including dinner and breakfast.
Included:
Transfer from Cairo International Airport to your hotel in Cairo.
Dinner at your hotel.
Breakfast at your hotel.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Buffet breakfast, start the tour to visit the famous Egyptian Museum, here we shall provide you with a brief, but colorful insight into the five thousand year history of our fascination. Visit Old Cairo, St.Sergius Coptic church, and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Continue to visit one of the Seven Wonders of the world, the Pyramids of Giza " Cheops, Mekerinus, and Chephren." Your tour ends today with a visit to the majestic Great Sphinx of Giza, which is the largest single block sculpture located at the foot of the grandest Pyramid Chephren.
Overnight Cairo- including breakfast and dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Egyptologist Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Buffet breakfast, Check-out and transfer to the Cairo Domestic airport for departure flight Cairo/Luxor. Arrival at Luxor airport, meet/assist and transfer to embark the cruise ship. Lunch on board, visit the East Bank, including Karnak and Luxor temples, dinner on board and overnight Luxor.
Overnight on Nile River Cruise boat – including Full Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Included:
Transfer to Cairo Airport and from Luxor Airport to your boat cruise in Luxor.
Breakfast at your hotel.
Lunch on cruise.
Dinner on cruise.
Professional certified licensed Egyptologist Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Breakfast on board and Morning at leisure. Lunch on board. Sail to Edfu. Dinner on board and overnight Edfu.
Overnight on Nile River Cruise boat – including Full Buffet Breakfast at hotel, Lunch, and Dinner on the cruise.
Included:
Lunch on cruise.
Dinner on cruise.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard boat cruise accommodations.
Breakfast on board. Visit the temple of Horus in Edfu. Sail to Komombo. Lunch on board. Sail to Aswan.
Dinner on board and overnight Aswan.
Overnight on Nile River Cruise boat – including Full Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast on cruise.
Lunch on cruise.
Dinner on cruise.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard boat cruise accommodations.
Breakfast on board and morning at leisure. Lunch on board. P.M. felucca ride passing by the Botanical garden and Agha Khan Mausoleum. Dinner on board and overnight Aswan.
Overnight on Nile River Cruise boat – including Full Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast on cruise.
Lunch on cruise.
Dinner on cruise.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard boat cruise accommodations.
Buffet breakfast, start the tour to visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries and Philae temple Lunch on board and afternoon at leisure. Dinner on board and overnight Aswan.
Overnight on Nile River Cruise boat – including Full Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast on cruise.
Lunch on cruise.
Dinner on cruise.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard boat cruise accommodations.
Breakfast on board and morning at leisure. Sail to Komombo. Lunch on board. Visit the temple shared by the two gods, Sobek and Harories. Sail to Edfu. Dinner on board and overnight.
Included:
Breakfast on cruise.
Lunch on cruise.
Dinner on cruise.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard boat cruise accommodations.
Breakfast on board and morning at leisure. Sail to Luxor via Esna lock. Lunch on board and afternoon at leisure. Dinner on board and overnight.
Included:
Breakfast on cruise.
Lunch on cruise.
Dinner on cruise.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard boat cruise accommodations.
Disembarkation after breakfast, visit the West Bank, including the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, Hatshepsut temple at Al Deir El Bahari and Colossi of Memnon. Transfer to Luxor airport for departure flight Luxor/Cairo. Arrival at the Cairo Domestic airport, meet/assist and transfer to your hotel for check-in and dinner.
Overnight Cairo- including breakfast and dinner.
Included:
Transfer to Luxor Airport and from Cairo Airport to your hotel in Cairo.
Breakfast on cruise.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Egyptologist Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
Your selection of 5 Star to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Breakfast at your hotel, please check out from your room at 12 noon and leave your luggage with the Hotel Concierge. Pick up time from the hotel lobby to Cairo airport will be 4 hours before your departure flight. Transfer from your Cairo hotel to the Cairo's International Airport for your departure flight back home or to your next destination.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Transfer from your Cairo hotel to the Cairo International Airport for your departure flight back home or to your next destination.
Transfers. The drive from Cairo is about 50 to 60 minutes. International flights require that you check-in at least 3 hours prior to your flight departure time. PLEASE NOTE: NO EXTRA TRANSFER CHARGES ON ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE ANY TIME AND ANY DAY.
If your flight departs in the night you will arrive back to America the following day of your departure.
Rates
EGYPT TOUR WITH CRUISE ON SALE - Save up to $500 per person on our twelve day Legends of the Nile Egypt tour and cruise. We offer the best value with no hidden fees.
Categories & Hotels available on tour. *Stay at the mentioned hotels or similar category hotel accommodations.
| City | Nights | (A) 5 Star Hotels/Cruise │ | (B) 4 Star Superior Hotels/Cruise │ | (C) 4 Star Standard Hotels/Cruise │ |
| Cairo | 3 | Cairo Marriott or Fairmont Cairo, Nile City or Conrad Cairo | Ramses Hilton or Safir Hotel Cairo | Cairo Pyramids Hotel or Le Passage Cairo Hotel & Casino or Radisson Blu Hotel, Cairo Heliopolis |
| Nile Cruise | 7 | M/S Ti-yi or M/S Tu-ya or Nile Dolphin or Royal Ruby | M/S Radamis I or Solaris II | M/S Nile Delta or M/S Nile Bridge |
Prices are land package prices based on double occupancy and are per person in U.S. dollars inclusive of all taxes.
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(A) In Single |
(B) 4 Star Superior |
(B) In Single |
(C) 4 Star Standard |
(C) In Single |
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| Dec 19, 2025 | Jan 15, 2026 | $3321 | $4685 | $2883 | $4043 | $2403 | $3355 | Book Tour |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Mar 19, 2026 | $2916 | $4280 | $2613 | $3773 | $2187 | $3139 | Book Tour |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Apr 09, 2026 | $3321 | $4685 | $2883 | $4043 | $2403 | $3355 | Book Tour |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $2916 | $4280 | $2613 | $3773 | $2187 | $3139 | Book Tour |
| May 01, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | $2386 | $3419 | $2286 | $3247 | $2002 | $2776 | Book Tour |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Dec 17, 2026 | $3036 | $4440 | $2717 | $3900 | $2282 | $3250 | Book Tour |
| Dec 18, 2026 | Jan 04, 2027 | $3426 | $4830 | $2977 | $4160 | $2490 | $3458 | Book Tour |
| Jan 05, 2027 | Mar 11, 2027 | $3036 | $4440 | $2717 | $3900 | $2282 | $3250 | Book Tour |
| Mar 12, 2027 | Apr 05, 2027 | $3426 | $4830 | $2977 | $4160 | $2490 | $3458 | Book Tour |
| Apr 06, 2027 | Apr 30, 2027 | $3036 | $4440 | $2717 | $3900 | $2282 | $3250 | Book Tour |
Hotels
We’re proud to offer 5 star, to 4 star standard hotels- all carefully inspected by one of our holy land tour specialists, each providing superior amenities combined with privileged locations; whether it’s in the heart of Cairo, or while on a cruise on the Nile River, you’ll find we offer the best value hotels and Nile River boat cruises during our twelve day Legends of the Nile tour to Egypt.
(A) 5 Star Hotels
Fairmont Cairo, Nile City │ │ WebsiteSituated in downtown Ciaro, the luxury hotel is only 3 miles from Coptic Museum, Egyptian Museum, Cairo Tower, Khan el Khalili, and Museum of Islamic Art. |
Conrad Cairo │ │ WebsiteSituated in downtown Cairo, the luxury hotel is within a mile of the Coptic Museum and only three miles from the Egyptian Museum and Cairo Tower. |
M/S Ti-yi (Nile River cruise)│ │This 5 Star deluxe Nile river cruise boat offers 59 cabins of 215 square feet each fully equipped with personal safes, soundproof windows, air-conditioning, telephone, mini-bar, satellite TV, 24-hour room service, suite bathroom with walk-in shower, music system and. The cruise offers three dining restaurants and bars. |
M/S Tu-ya (Nile River cruise)│ │This is the M/S Ti-Yi twin sister ship with all cabins having a panoramic window, individual air condition cabin, mini bar, individual TV channels, deluxe amenities and toiletries. The cruise boat offers cocktails, restaurants, bars, entertainment and daily shows. |
M/S Nile Dolpin (Nile River cruise)│ │M/S Nile Dolphin is a 5-star deluxe floating hotel cruising on the Nile between Luxor and Aswan. All rooms, reception, restaurant were completely renovated, renewed – accomplished in July 2017. The ship is 10 years old, originally built in classic design. |
M/S Royal Ruby (Nile River cruise)│ │All the spacious 66 standard cabins measure 21 square meters and have full length opening windows and balcony rail. Each cabin features air-conditioning, en-suite shower facilities, hairdryer, mini-fridge, safe deposit box, and satellite TV. The large restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The lounge bar offering a range of drinks is a good place to sit and watch the world go by from the large panoramic windows. |
(B) 4 Star Superior Hotels
Ramses Hilton │ │ WebsiteSituated in the heart of Cairo, this luxury hotel is within 1 mile of Coptic Museum, Egyptian Museum, and Cairo Tower. |
Safir Hotel Cairo │ │ WebsiteSituated in the heart of Giza, this luxury hotel is within 2 mi of Orman Botanical Gardens, Cairo Tower, and Egyptian Museum. Coptic Museum and Museum of Islamic Art are also within 3 mi. |
M/S Solaris II (Nile River cruise) │ │A 4 Star superior cruise boat hotel, with five decks 50 twin cabins, 17 double cabins, 3 single cabins and 4 suites all with color TV, house movies, satellite telephone, private balconies, mini-bar, air conditioning, bathroom with bathtub, and a spacious restaurant. |
M/S Radamis I (Nile River cruise) │ │M/S Radamis I Nile cruise offers 72 deluxe cabins and 4 suites. The cabins include panoramic wall to wall windows, bathroom and bathtub, air conditioned cabins, in-house music and video channels, mini-bar, and superior amenities. The boat offers find dining, and you can enjoy drinks and snacks on the sundeck. |
(C) 4 Star Standard Hotels
Cairo Pyramids Hotel │ │ WebsiteLocated in Giza, this luxury hotel is 1.4 mi from Pyramids at Giza and 1.7 mi from Great Sphinx of Giza. Cairo University and Giza Zoo are also within 9 mi. |
Le Passage Cairo Hotel & Casino │ │ WebsiteLocated at Heliopolis area, 5 minutes away from Cairo International Airport, ten minutes away from Cairo International Conference Center and fair grounds, also 15 minutes away from the biggest shopping malls in town. |
Radison Blu Hotel, Cairo Heliopolis │ │ WebsiteSituated in Heliopolis, the luxury hotel is 9 miles from City Stars, Virgin Mary's Tree, and the Egyptian Presidential Palace. |
M/S Nile Delta (Nile River cruise) │ │The M/S Nile Delta is a 5 deck ship offering 69 Junior Suites 21.00 sq meters rooms with private bath, hair dryer, safe box, color TV, telephone, music system, with magnificent panoramic windows for their guests. Enjoy a swimming pool & bar with sun deck and the ships facilities including lounge bar, restaurant, English style PUB, boutique and beauty salon, and internet Café. |
M/S Nile Bridge (Nile River cruise) │ │The ship has 5 Decks has 75 cabins with private facilities. Each cabin has its own Mini Bar in all cabins, piano Bar, all Cabins are fully air conditioned with individually controlled thermostats, remote Control TV with internal video system, radio channels & intra-Ship telephones, private bath/shower, hair dryer, and individual Safe deposit box. The boat has a large Main Lounge bar with panoramic view, Restaurant, and lounges, swimming pool on Upper deck Billiards, sound proof on all decks & Ultra violet water treatment, discotheque with American music, and Beauty parlor. |
*Stay at the mentioned hotels or similar category hotel accommodations.
Included
Journey to a mystical land of amazing temples and pyramids on our 12 day fully escorted tour offering exceptional amenities and outstanding services including free transfers on arrival and departure as well as domestic transfers in Egypt, five star and four star standard hotels, daily buffet breakfast and dinner at your hotels in Cairo, and and breakfast, lunch, and dinner while on a Nile Rivier cruise, private government-licensed Egyptologist tour guides, dedicated private group driver, all entrance fees and attractions, and much more.
- Transfers: Free escorted transfers- meet & assistance on arrival and departure at Cairo's International Airport.
- Domestic Egypt Air: Luxor / Cairo.
- Domestic Transfers: Free escorted domestic transfers from Luxor and Cairo.
- 3 nights at your choice of 5 Star to 4 Start Standard Hotel accommodations and 7 nights at your choice of 5 Star to 4 Start Standard Nile Rivier Cruise boat accommodations.
3 nights Cairo
7 nights on Nile Rivier Cruise - Meals: Full buffet Breakfast and Dinner included daily in Cairo.
- Meals: Full buffet Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included daily on Nile River Cruise.
- Porterage at airport and hotels.
- 6 fully escorted touring days with a government-certified English speaking professional Egyptologist tour guide that know history and are experts in Egyptian sites.
- Dedicated and private driver during full group tour.
- Private air-conditioned modern motor coach.
- All entrance fees and attractions as per tour itinerary including the temple of Ptah, the archaeological site of Sakkara, one of the Seven Wonders of the World the Pyramids of Giza, the Great Spinx, Karnak and Luxor temples, Valley of Kings and Queens, Sobek and Harories temples, all this plus cruise on the longest river in the world the Nile River.
- No added fees for credit card payment.
Not included services in our tour rates:
1. Tips to guide/driver and hotel/restaurant staff.
2. Personal extras or meals not mentioned above.
3. Lunches.
Highlights
Here are just some of the amazing Egypt sites you'll experience during our twelve day Legends of the Nile Egypt tour.
- Cairo the largest and fascinating city in the middle east- the birthplace of one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world, and home to one of the Seven Wonders of the world the Pyramids of Giza.
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo contains the world's most extensive collection of pharaonic antiquities; no visit to Egypt is complete without a trip through its galleries.
- Old Cairo - Historic Cairo a UNESCO World Heritage Site is a part of Cairo, Egypt, that contains the remnants of those cities which were capitals before Cairo, such as Fustat, as well as some other elements from the city's varied history.
- Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga) is traditionally believed to have been built on the spot where the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus Christ, rested at the end of their journey into Egypt.
- Ben Ezra Synagogue, sometimes referred to as the El-Geniza Synagogue or the Synagogue of the Palestinians, is situated in Old Cairo, Egypt. According to local tradition, it is located on the site where baby Moses was found.
- Great Pyramids of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, include Cheops Pyramid the oldest and largest of the three pyramids and the only one reaminig largely intact, Mekerinus Pyramid the smallest of the three, and Chephren Pyramid the second largest pyramid from the Giza Plateau.
- Great Sphinx of Giza is the largest single block sculpture of a large human-headed lion. It is located in Giza Plateau where it guards the front of Khafra's pyramid.
- Luxor, once an Ancient Egyptian capital, is known today as the world's greatest open-air museum.
- Karnak- Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings.
- Luxor Temple - is a great temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern city of Luxor. The site was dedicated to Amun, a creator of god often fused with the sun-god Ra into Amun-Ra.
- Edfu an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan.
- The Temple Horus at Edfu is an ancient Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu which was known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus-Apollo the falcon headed god.
- Kom Ombo is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom Ombo.
- Aswan an idyllic city in Egypt—located in southern Egypt, a great place to explore that country's epic history.
- Cruise the Nile river and enjoy some of the stunning views on board a Felucca passing by the Botanical garden and Agha Khan Mausoleum.
- Aswan High Dam just north of the border between Egypt and Sudan lies the dam, a huge rockfill dam which captures the world's longest river, the Nile River.
- Granite Quarries the giant quarries in which Egyptians used to built the pyramids and temples our of granite rock.
- Philae Temple is an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. The temple was built for the Goddess Isis and is one of the greatest temples in Egypt.
- The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple for two gods- Sobek and Harories built during the Ptolemaic dynasty.
- Esna Lock, pass through the Esna Lock's at the site of the Old Dam on the Nile River.
- West Bank one of the most important archaeological sites in the world, and famous for containing the Valley of the Kings and many tomb sites.
- Valley of the Kings a UNESCO World Heritage Site it is where nearly all pharaohs were burried from the 18th to 20th dynasty from Thutmose I to Ramses X.
- Valley of the Queens is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times and known as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning –"the place of the Children of the Pharaoh."
- The Deir el-Bahri Temple Complex also spelled Deir el-Bahari includes one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt, perhaps in the world, built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC.
- Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.
All of this and so much more to experience during our Legends tour to Egypt. Read our tour itinerary for more detail trip description.
Extensions
Make the most of your journey to the Holy Land with optional pre-arrival tour extensions in Egypt and optional post-arrival tour extensions in Israel. Take an option to explore additional amazing sites you'll never forget including UNESCO World Heritage destinations, travel on a sleeper train, cruise down the Nile or just relax on a stunning Red Sea beach.
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