Luxury Egypt8 Day Egypt Tour with Nile Cruise: Private, Flights Included
This 8 day Egypt tour with Nile cruise is a private listing from LuxorPrivateTour sold on Viator at $3,250 per person. It runs 8 days and 7 nights, with 3 nights in a 4 to 5-star Cairo hotel, a flight to Aswan on day 4, a visit to Abu Simbel and 4 nights full board on a Nile cruise that sails via Edfu and Kom Ombo to Luxor. A degree-qualified Egyptologist guides the whole trip and all entrance fees for the 8 days are included. This page sets out what that price buys, what it leaves out, and how it compares with cheaper and longer listings in this guide to luxury Egypt tours. Compare it with the other luxury Egypt tours.
About This Tour
LuxorPrivateTour sells this as a private 8-day, 7-night trip through Cairo, Giza, Memphis, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Luxor. An Egyptian guide with a degree in Egyptology escorts the group, and all transport on the ground is in private modern air-conditioned vehicles.
The shape is simple. Three nights in a Cairo hotel cover the Giza Pyramids complex, Old Cairo's Islamic landmarks, the Egyptian Museum and Memphis. On day 4 a domestic flight goes to Aswan for Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and Abu Simbel. Four nights full board on a Nile cruise bring Edfu and Kom Ombo, then Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon. A second flight returns you from Luxor to Cairo on day 8.
$3,250 per person, quoted in US dollars except during Christmas, New Year and Easter, when different prices apply and the amount is not stated. Children aged 3 to 11 pay 50 percent of the service price.
8 days, 7 nights. Pickup is included, the time is not stated, and starting times appear once you check availability.
Private group with an Egyptian tour guide degree qualified in Egyptology. No maximum group size is stated because it is private.
3 nights in a 4 to 5-star hotel in Cairo and 4 nights on a Nile cruise, full board. The ship is not named and its class is not stated. Meals in Cairo are not stated.
Domestic flights Cairo to Aswan on day 4 and Luxor to Cairo on day 8 are included. Abu Simbel is included. International airfare is not.
Included: all entrance fees for the 8 days. Extra: international airfare, the Egypt entry visa, optional tours and tipping. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund.
Check Dates and Availability
Starting times are shown when you check availability. Remember that Christmas, New Year and Easter are priced differently and the amount is not stated.
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Quick answer The short answer
This 8 day Egypt tour with Nile cruise costs $3,250 per person for 8 days and 7 nights, private, with both domestic flights and Abu Simbel included.
Key takeaways
- All entrance fees for the 8 days are in the price, but the visa, tipping and international flights are not. See what the price covers.
- The cruise runs 4 nights full board from Aswan to Luxor. Read the day-by-day shape in the itinerary.
- If $3,250 is too much, a similar 8-day route sells at $1,800 as the 8-Day Cairo Aswan Luxor Private Tour.
- Compare it with every other listing on the luxury Egypt tours homepage table.
What the Price Actually Covers
The listing is explicit about its five inclusions and four exclusions, so the table below takes each one straight from the operator's own text.
Included, and What Is Not
Five things are in the $3,250: the Egyptologist guide, private air-conditioned transport, both domestic flights, the 3 hotel nights and 4 cruise nights full board, and all entrance fees for the 8 days. Four things are not: international airfare, the entry visa to Egypt, any optional tours and tipping. Drinks are not mentioned, so assume they are extra, and meals in Cairo are not stated. There is no mention of a hot air balloon, a pyramid interior ticket, a Nile cruise cabin upgrade or a single-room supplement, so none of those can be promised.
Two honest notes follow from this. First, the visa is your own cost: the FCDO lists the on-arrival visa at US$30, cash only, while other sources report US$45 after a fee rise, so budget for either. Second, tipping is excluded and on a private 8-day trip that means a guide tip and cruise crew tips, so carry cash. If a departure inside Christmas, New Year or Easter matters to you, ask the operator for the holiday price before booking, because the listing does not state it.
The table compares what the operator includes against the usual extras travellers ask about. Figures come from the listing and the FCDO.
| Line | In the price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Egyptologist guide | Yes | Egyptian guide degree qualified in Egyptology |
| Private transport | Yes | Modern air-conditioned vehicles throughout |
| Domestic flights | Yes | Cairo to Aswan day 4, Luxor to Cairo day 8 |
| Hotels and cruise | Yes | 3 nights 4 to 5-star Cairo hotel, 4 nights cruise full board |
| Entrance fees | Yes | All entrance fees for the 8 days |
| Abu Simbel | Yes | Included in the Aswan days |
| Egypt visa | No | US$30 on arrival per FCDO, other sources say US$45 |
| International airfare | No | Book your own flights to and from Cairo |
| Tipping | No | Guide and cruise crew tips are extra |
| Drinks and meals in Cairo | Not stated | Cruise is full board, Cairo meals not stated |
Sources: UK FCDO travel advice: Egypt, Wikipedia: Egypt
Carved papyrus capitals on the columns of Philae Temple near Aswan. Photo: Hesham Farouk Ragab, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What the Day Is Really Like
The listing gives the sites and the two flight days but few clock times, so the flow below follows the operator's own description stop by stop.
Cairo Days, Then South
Pickup is included at your hotel, the time is not stated. The Cairo block covers the Giza Pyramids complex, the Islamic landmarks of Old Cairo, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square and Memphis, the ancient capital. The Egyptian Museum holds over 170,000 items, and the Great Pyramid at Giza stands 138.5 m tall today against an original 146.6 m. Where you eat in Cairo is not stated, so plan lunch and dinner independently for the first three nights.
Day 4 is the pivot: a domestic flight of about 1h25m in the air per Rome2Rio takes you from Cairo to Aswan, a city of about 370,000 people at the first cataract. Aswan sightseeing covers Philae Temple and the Unfinished Obelisk. Abu Simbel is included from here, and the temples sit about 230 km from Aswan per Wikipedia and 280 km or more in other sources, so it is a long way out to the colossi, which are 20 m tall.
The cruise nights then carry you downstream. Edfu Temple and Kom Ombo Temple are the two stops between Aswan and Luxor, a road distance of about 214 km per Rome2Rio and 220 km per Wikipedia. In Luxor the listing names Karnak Temple, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon. On day 8 the second included flight returns you from Luxor to Cairo, where the tour ends. The return point and time are not stated, so confirm the drop-off with the operator.
Travelling 8 Days in Ancient Egypt
Eight days across the main ancient sites of Egypt, from Giza to the Nile temples. Third-party video by Mark Harrison. This site did not shoot it and has no relationship with the creator.
Who This Tour Rules Out
The listing states few hard limits, but the structure itself suits some travellers better than others.
Limits Worth Knowing
Access is good. The listing says wheelchair accessible, with all areas and surfaces accessible, transport that is wheelchair accessible, infant seats available, prams allowed and service animals allowed. It is stated as suitable for all physical fitness levels, and no minimum age is stated. The age bands on Viator are for pricing, not limits, and children 3 to 11 pay 50 percent.
The honest costs are structural. No single-supplement amount is stated anywhere, so solo travellers should ask before booking. The 4 to 5-star Cairo hotel is a band, not a named property, and the cruise ship is not named or rated, so if a named 5-star ship matters, look at the 9-Day Private Egypt Cruise Tour instead, which states a standard 5-star ship and adds a Luxor balloon. If you want more days and Alexandria, the 12-Day Luxury Egypt Nile Tour covers it, though all sales there are final. If $3,250 stretches the budget, the 8-Day Cairo Aswan Luxor Private Tour runs a similar shape at $1,800 with Abu Simbel as an optional extra.
Heat is a real factor. Luxor averages summer highs above 41 C, so carry water and plan the southern days in the cooler months. See the guide to the best time to visit Egypt.
The towering columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. Photo: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Getting There and What to Add
The tour starts and ends in Cairo, so your international flights and any add-on days are yours to arrange.
Reaching the Start
You fly into Cairo. The listing includes hotel pickup but does not state which airport it covers, so confirm before you book flights. Within Egypt the tour handles everything: the flight to Aswan, the cruise to Luxor and the flight back to Cairo. For context, Rome2Rio puts Cairo to Aswan at 848.4 km by road and 3h48m door to door by air, and Cairo to Luxor at 637.2 km by road (Wikipedia says about 670 km). The overnight sleeper train takes 8 to 10 hours per Rough Guides, while Rome2Rio lists 14h15m to Aswan.
If you would rather go south by train, the 9-Day Egypt Sleeper Train Tour builds its route around that train instead of flying.
Add-ons Before or After
The listing skips some big names. The Grand Egyptian Museum is not named in it, and the tour visits the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir instead, where the foreign adult ticket is EGP 550 on the ministry price list. The GEM stands about 2 km from the Giza pyramid complex, holds over 100,000 artefacts, and its foreign ticket is quoted at either EGP 1,450 or EGP 1,000 depending on the source, so check the Grand Egyptian Museum guide. Saqqara, about 30 km south of Cairo per Wikipedia and 40 km per Rough Guides with the Step Pyramid of Djoser, is not named either, as are Alexandria, 140 miles or 225 km from Cairo, and the Red Sea resorts.
For the tomb itself rather than the temples above it, read the Valley of the Kings guide before the Luxor day, and the Abu Simbel guide covers the sun alignment on 22 October and 22 February if your dates can match it. For a slower river option, the dahabiya Nile cruise guide explains the sailing boats.
Day by Day
The operator states the sites and the two flight days but not most clock times, so phases stand in where no time is given.
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Day 1
Arrive in Cairo
Pickup is included and the time is not stated. You settle into the 4 to 5-star Cairo hotel that is home for three nights.
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Days 2 to 3
Giza, Old Cairo, the Egyptian Museum and Memphis
The private Egyptologist leads the Giza Pyramids complex, the Islamic landmarks of Old Cairo, the Egyptian Museum and Memphis, all in a private air-conditioned vehicle. Meals in Cairo are not stated.
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Day 4
Fly Cairo to Aswan
The first included domestic flight, about 1h25m in the air per Rome2Rio. Aswan sightseeing covers Philae Temple and the Unfinished Obelisk. First of four nights full board on the Nile cruise.
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Day 5
Abu Simbel
The included Abu Simbel excursion runs from Aswan, about 230 km away per Wikipedia (280 km or more in other sources), to the temples Ramesses II began around 1264 BC.
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Days 6 to 7
Sail to Edfu, Kom Ombo and Luxor
The cruise stops at Edfu Temple and Kom Ombo Temple, then Luxor sightseeing at Karnak Temple, the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon.
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Day 8
Fly Luxor to Cairo
The second included flight returns you to Cairo, where the tour ends. The return point and time are not stated, so confirm the drop-off.
Pros and Cons
A straight reading of the listing, its inclusions and its gaps.
What we genuinely like
- Both domestic flights are included, which replaces the long sleeper train or road legs.
- All entrance fees for the 8 days are included, so there are no entry tickets to buy.
- Abu Simbel is part of the price, where the cheaper $1,800 listing makes it optional.
- It is fully private, with a degree-qualified Egyptologist and private vehicles throughout.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund.
- Wheelchair accessible throughout, with infant seats and service animals allowed.
The honest downsides
- At $3,250 it sits well above 8-day listings at $1,800 and $2,200.
- The cruise ship is neither named nor rated, and the Cairo hotel is only described as 4 to 5-star.
- Christmas, New Year and Easter are priced differently and the amount is not stated.
- Tipping, the visa and international flights are extra, and no single-supplement amount is stated.
- No hot air balloon and no Grand Egyptian Museum, both of which some rivals include.
Who it's NOT for: Not for travellers who want a named 5-star ship, a Luxor balloon ride or the lowest possible price on this route.
Questions About This Tour
How much does this 8 day Egypt tour with Nile cruise cost?
$3,250 per person, except during Christmas, New Year and Easter when the listing prices differently and does not state the amount. Children 3 to 11 pay 50 percent. For a similar route at $1,800, see the 8-Day Cairo Aswan Luxor Private Tour.
Is Abu Simbel included in the price?
Yes, Abu Simbel is included, reached from Aswan about 230 km away, and all entrance fees for the 8 days are covered. The Abu Simbel guide explains the site in detail.
What is not included?
International airfare, the entry visa to Egypt, optional tours and tipping. The visa is US$30 on arrival per the FCDO, with other sources reporting US$45, and the practical side is covered on luxury Egypt tours.
How many nights are on the Nile cruise?
Four nights full board, sailing from Aswan via Edfu and Kom Ombo to Luxor, with three nights in a 4 to 5-star Cairo hotel making up the seven. The Nile river cruise guide compares ship types.
Can I cancel?
Yes, free cancellation up to 24 hours before the scheduled departure for a full refund, and the tour can be cancelled if the weather is bad. Listings with stricter terms include the 12-Day Luxury Egypt Nile Tour, where all sales are final.
Is it suitable for children or wheelchair users?
The listing says wheelchair accessible with all areas and surfaces accessible, infant seats available and service animals allowed, and it is suitable for all fitness levels. Children 3 to 11 pay half, and no minimum age is stated, so a family might also weigh the 8-Day Egypt Highlights with Balloon.
Does the tour include a hot air balloon or the Grand Egyptian Museum?
No, neither is mentioned in the listing, and the Cairo block uses the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir instead. The Grand Egyptian Museum guide covers the GEM as an add-on.
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