Tour · 12 nights · with Riviera Travel
Classic Egypt: Cairo, Luxor and a Nile river cruise
Twelve nights with Riviera Travel visiting Cairo, Luxor and key Nile sites on an escorted tour combining city stays and a week’s river sailing.
- Duration
- 12 nights
- Departures
- 8 dates
- Choose a month below
- Countries
- Egypt
- Operator
- Riviera Travel
- From
- £3,959
- per person
Highlights
What makes this one worth it
Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx
Grand Egyptian Museum and Tutankhamun Galleries
Temple of Hathor at Dendera
Twin temples of Kom Ombo dedicated to Horus and Sobek
Nile felucca ride and Nubian Museum visit
About the trip
Riviera Travel’s twelve-night Egypt tour sets off in Cairo, where three days include visits to the great Pyramids at Giza, the colossal Sphinx, and the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum housing Tutankhamun’s treasures. A stroll through Coptic Cairo introduces early Christian sites, while the Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque reveal layers of Islamic history.
A flight to Luxor marks the start of a seven-night cruise down the Nile, with calls at Dendera to see the temple of Hathor, and Kom Ombo with its unusual twin-god temple. In Aswan, visits include the High Dam, the Island Temple of Philae, and a felucca sail past Nubian villages. Optional excursions to the relocated temples of Abu Simbel add another chapter. The itinerary finishes with a West Bank tour of the Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon, and the remarkable mortuary temple of Hatshepsut.
Expect a mix of some bustling city sites, several ancient temples where echoes of the past seem tangible, and the steady, easy pace of a small Nile vessel. There’s time for unhurried afternoons onboard or in Luxor’s hotel to process sights rich in history and craftsmanship.
- 1 Cairo
- 2 Luxor
- 3 Dendera
- 4 Kom Ombo
- 5 Aswan
- 6 Edfu
Itinerary
The route
Cairo
Luxor
Dendera
Kom Ombo
Aswan
Edfu
These are the places the trip visits, in order. Riviera Travel publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.
When to go
Departures and prices
Lowest price each month, per person.
Riviera Travel confirms exact dates, availability and prices when you book.
Need to know
Before you book
- Price based on
- Per personThe operator confirms the exact basis when you book.
- Travelling alone
- Check with Riviera Travel
- Flights
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- What’s included
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- Accessibility
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For full details of what’s included, check with Riviera Travel. See the full details on their site
Questions people ask
- How long is Classic Egypt: Cairo, Luxor and a Nile river cruise?
- Classic Egypt: Cairo, Luxor and a Nile river cruise is a 12 nights tour holiday.
- Who operates Classic Egypt: Cairo, Luxor and a Nile river cruise?
- Classic Egypt: Cairo, Luxor and a Nile river cruise is operated by Riviera Travel.
- How much does Classic Egypt: Cairo, Luxor and a Nile river cruise cost?
- Prices for Classic Egypt: Cairo, Luxor and a Nile river cruise start from £3,959, subject to availability.
The operator
Riviera Travel
River cruises and escorted tours
A British operator that began in 1984 with a handful of tents in the south of France. Its tours and river cruises travel with a Riviera tour manager or cruise director looking after the group.
You book with Riviera Travel directly. They confirm your place, take payment, and look after you from the moment you leave home; Atlas & Passage’s part ends when you click through.
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