# ALL TOURS & LUNCHES INCLUDED 5* DLX RIVER CRUISE WITH ANCIENT EGYPT & MYSTERIOUS NILE RIVER TOUR 2027 - URL: https://ferfergez.com/en/tum-turlar-ogle-yemekleri-dahil-5-dlx-nehir-gemisi-ile-antik-misir-gizemli-nil-nehri-turu-2027-t117247 - Category: Ship Tours - Duration: 6 Nights, 7 Days - Next available date: 25 January 2027 – 31 January 2027 - Starting Price: 1,849 € (103,545 ₺) / Per Person - Getting Around: Flight - Departure Point: İstanbul, Türkiye ## Tour Detail DAY 01: SABIHA GÖKÇEN AIRPORT – HURGHADA – LUXOR Meet at Sabiha Gökçen Airport International Departures Terminal at 21:00 (meeting will take place on the night of Sunday, January 24). After completing check-in procedures, we depart via Pegasus Airlines flight PC624 at 01:20 to Hurghada. Local time arrival in Hurghada at 03:00. Upon arrival, we will transfer by private vehicle waiting for us at the airport to a restaurant for breakfast to start the day refreshed. After having breakfast at this local restaurant, we depart from Hurghada to board our ship in Luxor. After check-in procedures, we disembark from the ship to visit Karnak Temple, the largest temple complex in Egypt. After touring Karnak Temple, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is the widest ancient structure ever built in the world, we transfer back to the ship for lunch. Following lunch, we will visit Luxor Temple in Luxor, where the world's largest open-air museum is located. This temple was commissioned by the 9th Pharaoh in honor of Amon, the greatest of the ancient Egyptian gods. After our tour of the temple resembling an open-air museum, we return to our ship. Dinner and overnight accommodation are on board. DAY 02: LUXOR – ESNA – EDFU After breakfast, we depart for our Valley of the Kings tour. After visiting the royal tombs, we will also see the Temple of Hatshepsut, built in memory of the first female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. After touring Hatshepsut’s tomb temple, the oldest among the queen’s tomb temples, we return to our ship for lunch. The ship will then proceed to Edfu. Dinner and overnight stay are on board. DAY 03: EDFU – KOM OMBO – ASWAN After breakfast, we will tour the Temple of Edfu, dedicated to Horus with the head of a falcon, completed in 57 BC. We will then proceed towards Kom Ombo. Lunch is on board. After the meal, we visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the Crocodile & Falcon Gods, located on the banks of the Nile River. Kom Ombo is the only temple shared by two gods: Horus, the god of goodness, and Sobek, the god of evil. The reliefs inside Kom Ombo were erased by the Copts who later used it as a church. Due to flooding of the Nile and earthquakes, the damaged stones of the temple were reused in other constructions. We then proceed to Aswan. Dinner and overnight stay are on board. DAY 04: ASWAN – ABU SIMBEL – ASWAN Today we will have an early breakfast packed as a picnic. We will travel to Abu Simbel by private vehicle. Upon arrival, we will tour the magnificent masterpiece of the Abu Simbel Temple. This temple was built by Pharaoh Ramses II to demonstrate his power to enemies and out of love for his wife Nefertari. Carved into the heart of the Simbel mountain, the temple was relocated over a period of 6 years under the leadership of UNESCO to save it from submersion due to the construction of the Aswan Dam. After this enchanting tour, we return to Aswan by private vehicle. Upon arrival in Aswan, we board our ship for lunch. After the meal, our tour continues with the Philae Temple, which was dismantled as part of the UNESCO Nubia Project before the dam construction and moved to Agilkia Island. Transfer back to the ship after the tour. Dinner and overnight stay are on board. DAY 05: CAIRO After morning breakfast, we complete our disembarkation procedures from the ship. We transfer to the airport to take our flight from Aswan to Cairo with our private vehicle waiting for us for the “Giza Pyramids Tour”. Our first stop will be the Keops, Kefren, and Mikerinos pyramids, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, named after the pharaohs who built them. These 3 pyramids, built thousands of years ago and still keeping their mysteries, were designed including the Pythagorean triple. These pyramids, built long before Pythagoras, show that the Egyptians had advanced knowledge of mathematics and geometry. After touring the mysterious pyramids, we will see the Sphinx, which has the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion, representing the rising sun and rebirth for the pharaoh. After visiting the “living statue” Sphinx, which has a temple between its paws, we will have lunch. After the meal, we will visit the workshop producing handmade papyrus paper from Egypt’s famous papyrus plant. After the workshop visit, we will tour the Saqqara Pyramid, also known as the Step Pyramid, located in Memphis, Egypt’s ancient capital. After touring the Saqqara Pyramid, considered the first large stone monument on Earth, we return to our hotel. Dinner and overnight stay are at our hotel. DAY 06: CAIRO After breakfast, we will tour the old city center of Egypt, one of the oldest civilizations with a history of 7000 years, the Citadel newly built by Salahaddin Ayyubi against the Crusades, the Mohamed Ali Pasha Mosque (Ottoman Governor), and Han El Halil Bazaar. After having lunch at a local restaurant during our tour, we will visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, which opened magnificently on November 1, 2025. The museum presents a collection of 50,000 artifacts ranging from prehistoric times to the present day, and also displays the personal belongings of Pharaoh Tutankhamun intact. At the end of the tours, free time will be given to explore the city as you wish. We will meet at the time determined by our guide and proceed to the airport transfer. After passport and baggage procedures, we will rest until our flight time. DAY 07: CAIRO – SABIHA GÖKÇEN AIRPORT In the early hours of the new day, we depart at 03:05 via Pegasus Airlines flight PC583 to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen. Arrival at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at local time 06:20. End of our tour. ## What's Included - Economy class flights between Sabiha Gökçen Airport and Hurghada // Cairo – Sabiha Gökçen Airport with Pegasus Airlines. - Local airline economy class tickets and area taxes for Aswan–Cairo - 4 nights 5 days FULL BOARD accommodation on the 5* DLX MS ship - 1 night HALF BOARD accommodation in a specified category hotel in Cairo - Breakfast on the first day in Hurghada - ALL TOURS as specified in the program. - Entrance fees to museums and historical sites as specified in the program - Lunch and dinner meals as specified in the program - Airport taxes - Hotel taxes - All transfers. - Professional Turkish-speaking tour leader service. - Mandatory travel insurance (professional liability insurance). ## Not Included - Ship service fee. USD 12 per person per day (paid to the guide on board) - All personal expenses and hotel extras - Exit fund for foreign travel (you can pay it at relevant banks or the treasury counter at the airport). - City taxes - Domestic connecting flights. - Visa fee. (Visa on arrival) (USD 30) (Valid for guests holding normal/brown passports of all age groups. Guests with green passports DO NOT PAY) - Travel insurance package (covers cancellation). A 100% surcharge applies for guests over 70 years of age. ## General Information CANCELLATION AND REFUND TERMS * CALCULATED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT * Based on the reservation date; up to 180 days before: 10% per person / 179-150 days: 15% / 149-120 days: 25% / 119-90 days: 30% / 89-60 days: 50% / 59-45 days: 60% / 44-30 days: 75% / 29-10 days: 90% / less than 9 days: 100% --- Ferfergez.com · 850 533 3 424 · satis@ferfergez.com