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Grand Egyptian GEMs: Hidden Pyramids and the Nile - Return Flight Included - 9 Days

9 days
Start and end in Cairo
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Grand Egyptian GEMs: Hidden Pyramids and the Nile - Return Flight Included - 9 Days - Beyond The Nile Tours
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Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English, German
Group Size 1 - 27
Age range 2 to 90
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Highlights

  • Explore the Great Pyramids of Giza
  • Sail the Nile on a 5-star cruise
  • Discover Karnak's Hypostyle Hall
  • Visit the Valley of the Kings
  • Tour the temples of Abu Simbel

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Arrive Cairo
  2. Day 2 Egyptian Museum - Giza Pyramids & Sphinx
  3. Day 3 Luxor - Karnak Complex - Luxor Temple (Nile Cruise embarkation)
  4. Day 4 Luxor - Valley of the Kings - Hatshepsut - Hot Air Balloon - Edfu
  5. Day 5 Edfu - Kom Ombo
  6. Day 6 Aswan - Abu Simbel - Nubian Village
  7. Day 7 Aswan - Temple of goddess Isis - High Dam - Cairo
  8. Day 8 The Grand Egyptian Museum - Saqqara - Step Pyramids - Cairo
  9. Day 9 Depart Cairo
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What's Included

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  • Accommodation
  • Flights
  • Guide
  • Meals
  • Transport

What's Not Included

  • Optional
  • Additional Services

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Number of tours

11

Age Range

9 to 75 years old

Response time

10 hours

Response rate

96%

Beyond the Nile Tours would like to invite you to see all the wonders that Egypt has to offer. Let Beyond the Nile Tours be your host. Visit places like the Giza Pyramids, the Valley of the Kings. As well as the famous sites along the Nile, Karnak and Luxor Temples to name a few. We will take you...

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    4.7
  • Itinerary
    Excellent
    4.7
  • Guide
    Excellent
    4.7
  • Transport
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    4.7
  • Accommodation
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    4.1
  • Food
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  • BB
    · December 12th, 2024
    It was excellent tour, well-planned. We got to see many historical sites, made a lot of friends with other travelers . We have a great time. It was such a friendly environment. Tolip Golden plaza Hotel is an upscale scale hotel. Staffs were very friendly.
    Trip date: December 2024
  • Grand Egyptian GEMs: Hidden Pyramids and the Nile - Return Flight Included - 9 Days reviewer 2
    · December 4th, 2024
    A great, well organised tour. Thoroughly enjoyed it all. Guides were all knowledgeable and helpful.
    Beyond The Nile Tours commented on this review
    Thank you for your feedback and for choosing Beyond The Nile Tours for your Egyptian journey. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your tour and found it to be a valuable experience. Your safety and comfort are our top priorities, and we're glad... Show more
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    Trip date: November 2024
  • DB
    · November 24th, 2024
    We are a retired couple from Melbourne, Australia. Visiting Egypt has always been one of our goals so we chose the “Beyond the pyramids - Egypts hidden gems’” 9 day tour from Tour Radar and local tour operator ‘Beyond the Nile Tours’. Overall it was a great experience seeing monuments from Egypts distant past and experiencing the warm hospitality of modern Egypt and its people. We had three great knowledgeable guides on the tour, Abdul at the pyramids of Giza, Ahmed Elkallaf on the Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan and Ahmed Kalad at Saqqara and the step pyramid. What made the tour very special was the guides and the special group of people we travelled with. We had so much fun and many laughs along the way. Sadly the most disappointing thing regarding our tour was that we missed seeing several things that were listed in our tour itinerary. Most importantly to us was the new GEM Museum. We had spent sometime reading about the museum and were looking forward to visiting it. On our arrival on 14 November we asked Ahmed, the manager of Beyond the Nile Tours about the GEM and he told us it was not open for visits. This was clearly not correct as on our return to Cairo our guide told us that he had taken a group there the week before and spent 5 hours showing the group through. Also today I noticed a 27 October post on the Nour Belle (Beyond Egypt Tours) Facebook mentioning the opening of the museum and how exciting it was. For our last day our itinerary listed a tour of the GEM Museum in the morning then lunch followed by Seqqara, Memphis and both the Red Pyramid and the Broken Pryramid. We were only taken to Memphis and Seqqara. The other monument we missed seeing was the unfinished Obelisk in Aswan. The last day in Aswan was very rushed as for some reason, instead of the evening flight listed in our itinerary we were put on a flight leaving at 1.30pm in the afternoon and it was a rush just to see the Philae Temple and the Aswan Dam. We were left very disappointed.
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    Trip date: November 2024
  • NV
    · November 7th, 2024
    "Beyond the Pyramids: Egypt's Hidden Gems - Return Flight Included - 9 Days" was an excellent immersion into the ancient history and culture of the Egyptian people. The tour gets off to a quick start with full days of activity so be ready to go when you arrive! Early to bed and early to rise on most days! Our guides were very knowledgable. Saladino who was our guide during the days of the cruise in Upper Egypt was exceptional, often going out of his way to make sure we had a wonderful experience. The Cairo hotel and the river cruise ship were nice -- not "5 Star" but a very good value considering the price of this tour.
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    Beyond The Nile Tours commented on this review
    Thank you much for your feedback and, for selecting Beyond The Nile Tours for your Egyptian travel experience. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the tour and found it to be truly worthwhile. Ensuring the safety and comfort of our guests is our... Show more
    Trip date: November 2024
  • CB
    · November 2nd, 2024
    My nine day Enchanting Egypt Tour with Internal flights included was fantastic from start to finish.It was one of my best travel experiences. Beyond the Nile Tours staff and guides made every day interesting and fun! Egypt is extremely safe; there is no war going on anywhere. The Egyptian people are warm and welcoming and their food is delicious. Our guides, Nasser, Ahmad, and Abdul are university-trained Egyptologists. All of their descriptions of every site visited were like master classes. Ahmad, our guide for the cruise made the experience fun as well as educational. The Nile cruise is on a maximum 131-passenger boat. This gave our tour group a cozy, more personalized experience compared to the giant ocean cruises. The boat staff were extremely helpful and every one of our three meals a day was a delicious feast. One day during our cruise our group of nine had a birthday and one couple became engaged. Ahmad arranged with the chef two celebrations during dinner. Our tour coordinator Harry plus Beyond the Nile Tours Director, Ahmad, and all of their staff went out of their ways to make sure we always had enjoyable, comfortable, and safe experiences every where we went. I strongly recommend this tour and this company any time. Carol B. October 2024
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    Beyond The Nile Tours commented on this review
    Thank you much for your feedback and, for selecting Beyond The Nile Tours for your Egyptian travel experience. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the tour and found it to be truly worthwhile. Ensuring the safety and comfort of our guests is our... Show more
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    Trip date: October 2024
  • Grand Egyptian GEMs: Hidden Pyramids and the Nile - Return Flight Included - 9 Days reviewer 6
    · October 26th, 2024
    This tour was excellent. Our group was small so it had cosy, friendly feel. Guides both in Cairo and on the Luxor- Aswan cruise were friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Everything was well organised, hotel, cruise cabins were comfortable, clean and very nice. All trips and transports were great too. The tour schedule is packed so the early starts long days, heat and the sheer volume of people can get tiring, but there wastime to relax too while sailing up the Nile and bit of tiredness was well worth the excitement of seeing the sights for the first time.I would recommend this tour to anyone who has interest in Egyptian history.
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    Beyond The Nile Tours commented on this review
    Thank you much for your feedback and, for selecting Beyond The Nile Tours for your Egyptian travel experience. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the tour and found it to be truly worthwhile. Ensuring the safety and comfort of our guests is our... Show more
    Trip date: October 2024
  • Grand Egyptian GEMs: Hidden Pyramids and the Nile - Return Flight Included - 9 Days reviewer 7
    · October 11th, 2024
    Everything was excellent. No complaints. Thr tour guides knew their stuff and we were looked after very well.
    Beyond The Nile Tours commented on this review
    Thank you much for your feedback and, for selecting Beyond The Nile Tours for your Egyptian travel experience. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the tour and found it to be truly worthwhile. Ensuring the safety and comfort of our guests is our... Show more
    Trip date: September 2024
  • AW
    · October 7th, 2024
    Harry the team leader in Cairo, works very hard to organize and make airport transitions and activities go as smoothly as possible. He is a very good communicator and obviously works hard. Abdul the tour guide in Cairo is very knowledgeable and passionate about sharing that knowledge. He does so with consistency and clarity, making it easy for those of us with little knowledge to be able to follow along. The accommodations are quite comfortable. However the hotel is clearly designed as a tour mill, with little personalized service provided and responsiveness to issues poor. However, the service on the cruise ship was outstanding. They were very friendly, attentive and responsive. The sites included are fascinating and crowded. We would have been happy to get up and going earlier to beat the crowds and heat. We were regularly explained about what we would see inside a structure, but told that the the guide couldn’t go in with us. However, when inside there were other guides providing explanations. So not sure why some could and some couldn’t. The additional cost for the balloon ride was a highlight of the trip. However, the river crossing and van convoy was not necessary at 4-5 am. It appeared that we could have left at 5:30 rathe rthan 4am and easily made the liftoff time which was 7am, well after sunrise. The military has to approve liftoff for the 30+ balloons, therefore it is uncertain. Our balloon pilot was excellent as we glided close to the ruins and rose to get a high altitude view. We were surprised at the size of the basket (20+ people) but that didn’t hamper our experience. We would not do the Light show in Luxor or the Nubian Village (Both are addons) But the other add-ons were worth it. We truly enjoyed this once in a lifetime experience and would do it again. Our issue was our lack of knowledge because it was a last minute trip for us. So we would highly recommend people to do their homework before the trip. There is a lot to absorb and not necessarily intuitive.
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    Beyond The Nile Tours commented on this review
    Thank you much for your feedback and, for selecting Beyond The Nile Tours for your Egyptian travel experience. We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the tour and found it to be truly worthwhile. Ensuring the safety and comfort of our guests is our... Show more
    Trip date: September 2024
  • LR
    · September 27th, 2024
    Ahmed was amazing!! He was so knowledgable, funny, and made the tour extra fun!! Highly recommend this tour with him!! Will def be back!
    Trip date: September 2024
  • Grand Egyptian GEMs: Hidden Pyramids and the Nile - Return Flight Included - 9 Days reviewer 10
    · June 17th, 2024
    This GREAT tour was a once in a lifetime experience made only with the help and expertise of Ahmed, Harry and his entire organization!!!
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    Trip date: June 2024

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Grand Egyptian GEMs: Hidden Pyramids and the Nile - Return Flight Included - 9 Days
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      Details regarding the ship and rooms can be provided by the tour agency, including pictures of the ship, rooms, and upgrade options to Royal Suites if available.

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    • How are medical emergencies like surgery handled in relation to tour participation?

      In the case of medical emergencies like surgery, travelers have the option to change their departure to a later date or cancel their trip. Typically, booking date changes are allowed free of charge due to such circumstances.

    • What should a traveler do upon arrival at the airport?

      Upon arrival, travelers should head directly outside the arrival hall terminal where the Beyond The Nile Tours representative will be waiting with a sign. It's important that travelers have their phone set up with WhatsApp for easier communication with the local representative.

    • Can you provide the cost of the optional activities?

      The costs for optional activities vary, such as the Abu Simbel Tour at 125 USD per person, Hot Air Balloon Tour at 120 USD per person, and others including city tours and temple visits ranging from 25 USD to 125 USD per person.

    • Do we get vouchers for this tour to include hotel vouchers and transportation pickup and drop off?

      No voucher is required from you. Upon arrival, our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall terminal holding a sign that says Beyond The Nile Tours.

    • What should be done about tips during the tour?

      A tipping kitty is usually collected during the welcome meeting which covers tips for all drivers and boat crew along the way. The tipping kitty does not include tips for the tour guides, which you can tip at your own discretion.

    • What documents are provided to support the visa application for this tour?

      The tour agency assists with the visa application process and provides necessary supporting documents. Specific documents required can be provided once the nationalities of all travelers are confirmed.

    • What happens day by day during the tour?

      The tour includes multiple activities across various days such as visits to the Giza pyramids and Sphinx, Egyptian museum, Karnak and Luxor Temples, Nile cruise, dinner parties, and optional excursions like hot air balloon rides and city tours by horse carriage.

    • Which hotel will we be staying in the evenings?

      You will be staying in several hotels throughout the tour, including overnight stays in cities like Cairo and Luxor, and during the Nile cruise.

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      • Typhoid - Recommended for Egypt. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
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      • Yellow fever - Certificate of vaccination required if arriving from an infected area for Egypt. Ideally 10 days before travel.
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