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Choose Your Egypt Christmas Tour
Day Tours Egypt offers three Christmas itineraries covering Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan, each with a different duration and travel experience:
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5-Day Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan during Christmas: From $1,385 per person, exploring the ancient sites along the Nile between Luxor and Aswan. View Tour
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8-Day Cairo and Nile Cruise Christmas Tour: From $2,190 per person, combining Cairo sightseeing with a 5-star Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan. View Tour
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9-Day Cairo and Nile Cruise Christmas Tour: From $1,970 per person, combining Cairo sightseeing with a 5-star Nile cruise and sleeper train travel. View Tour
These packages offer different ways to experience Egypt over Christmas, with a choice of trip length, transportation, and sightseeing.
Christmas Nile Cruise in Egypt: Cairo and the Nile
A Christmas holiday in Cairo and on the Nile combines the Pyramids and the Sphinx with a cruise past the temples of Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan. Our 8-day Cairo and Nile cruise Christmas tour starts from $2,190 per person, and our 5-day Christmas Nile cruise from $1,385.
The trip works in two parts. You start in Cairo, where the main sights are close together, then move onto a Nile cruise where your cabin travels with you. If you are still choosing a destination, see where to spend Christmas in Egypt.
Pyramids of Giza and Cairo Before the Nile Cruise
Our 8-day and 9-day Christmas packages combine the Pyramids of Giza with a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan.
Cairo is where the trip begins. On our 8-day tour you spend three nights here, with one full day of sightseeing:
- The Giza Pyramids, the Great Sphinx and the Valley Temple.
- The Grand Egyptian Museum and its Tutankhamun collection.
- Coptic Cairo, home to some of the city’s oldest churches, including the Hanging Church and the Church of St. Sergius and Bacchus, plus the Ben Ezra Synagogue.
- Islamic Cairo and the Khan El Khalili Bazaar.
Lunch is at a restaurant overlooking the Nile, and in the evening you are free to try local dishes at a café or restaurant.
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After Cairo you travel south, by flight on the 8-day tour or by sleeper train on the 9-day tour, and board your Nile cruise for four nights. Each day starts with a temple or site visit, and the ship sails while you have lunch or relax on deck:
- Luxor East Bank: Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple.
- Luxor West Bank: the Colossi of Memnon, the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut Temple.
- Edfu: the Temple of Horus.
- Kom Ombo: the temple of Sobek and Horus.
- Aswan: the High Dam, Philae Temple by motorboat and the Unfinished Obelisk.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served on board, and the itinerary includes an evening show with music. Because you keep the same cabin, you pack once and skip hotel changes. A hot air balloon flight over Luxor is available as an optional extra.
Festive dinners vary by cruise and date, so ask us before booking if a Christmas Eve or Christmas Day dinner matters to you.
What Is Included in a Cairo and Nile Cruise Tour?
Our 8-day Cairo and Nile cruise Christmas tour includes:
- 3 nights in a Cairo hotel with breakfast.
- 4 nights on a 5-star Nile cruise, with the meals listed in the itinerary.
- Domestic flights.
- Entrance fees to the listed sites.
- Lunches during sightseeing.
- Private transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle.
- A professional English-speaking guide.
- Bottled water and soft drinks during tours.
International flights, the Egypt visa, tips and drinks with meals are not included. The 9-day tour replaces the domestic flights with two nights on sleeper trains.
Which Egypt Christmas Packages Combine Cairo Sightseeing With a Nile Cruise?
| Tour | 5-day Nile cruise | 8-day Cairo and Nile cruise | 9-day Cairo and Nile cruise |
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| Route | Luxor to Aswan | Cairo, then Luxor to Aswan | Cairo, then Luxor to Aswan |
| Nights on board | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Cairo to the cruise | You join the ship in Luxor | Domestic flights | Sleeper trains |
| Cairo sightseeing | None | Pyramids, Sphinx, Grand Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo, Islamic Cairo | Pyramids, Sphinx, Grand Egyptian Museum |
| Evenings on board | Dinner, music and entertainment | Dinner and an evening show | Dinner and evening entertainment |
| Starting price | $1,385 | $2,190 | $1,970 |
| Best for | The river only | Less time on transport | A lower price |
For Cairo and the cruise together, see our 8-day Cairo and Nile cruise Christmas tour or our 9-day Cairo and Nile cruise Christmas tour. If you only want the river, choose our 5-day Christmas Nile cruise. To compare all seven packages and prices, read how much a trip to Egypt costs in December.
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Should you choose an 8-day trip with domestic flights or a 9-day trip by sleeper train? Let our local team help you compare both options and choose what suits your plans.
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