7-Day Egypt Tour by Sleeper Train: Cairo, Aswan, Abu Simbel and Luxor – Tour Details
Egypt by rail, without a cruise
This tour covers the same great sites as a Nile cruise but travels by land, with hotel nights instead of a cabin. The overnight sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan saves a domestic flight and a hotel night, and is an experience of its own.
Cairo and Giza
Two days for the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum, plus Saqqara or historic Cairo before the evening train.
Aswan and Abu Simbel
Philae, the High Dam and a felucca on the Nile, then a full day to the temples of Ramesses II and Nefertari at Abu Simbel.
Luxor
A road journey north with stops at the temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu, then Karnak, Luxor Temple and the Valley of the Kings.
Built to your dates
Hotels, train class and flights are confirmed in your quote. The order can be reversed, starting in Luxor, if that suits your flights better.
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English
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Cairo
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Hotels and one night on the sleeper train
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Luxor or Cairo
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Sleeper train, private car and domestic flight
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Breakfast daily, others as quoted
Overview
Seven days from Cairo to Luxor by land: the Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum, the overnight sleeper train south, Aswan, Abu Simbel and Luxor.
Tour Highlights
- Pyramids, Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum
- Overnight sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan
- Abu Simbel, Philae and a felucca in Aswan
- Kom Ombo, Edfu, Karnak and the Valley of the Kings