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Overview
A Christmas holiday trip to Egypt. We booked the tour with 埃及豆豆, and the tour guide, Mimo, can speak very fluent Chinese. We visited the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, took an overnight train to Aswan, cruised along the Nile to Luxor, and ended our trip in Hurghada. I did some birding on the Nile River cruise.
Daily Itinerary
Mon, December 26 — Arrival
- Arrival
Stay: Helnan Dreamland Hotel at Cairo
Tue, December 27 — Cairo
- Pyramids of Giza
- The Egyptian Museum
- Overnight train to Aswan
Stay: On the train
Wed, December 28 — Aswan
- Philae Temple
- Nubian Village Market
- Nile River cruise onboarding
- The cruise will depart at 2:00pm the next day.
Stay: Nile River cruise
Thu, December 29 — Abu Simbel
- Abu Simbel
- Abu Simbel is about a four-hour drive from Aswan. Since we needed to be back on the cruise before the 2:00pm cruise departure time, we had to head out at about 4:00am and had only about an hour at Abu Simbel before heading back.
- Nile River cruise departure, 2:00pm
- Kom Ombo Temple
Stay: Nile River cruise
Fri, December 30 — Nile River cruise
- Temple of Edfu
- Luxor Temple
Stay: Nile River cruise
Sat, December 31 — Nile River cruise
- Temple of Karnak
- Valley of the Kings
- Colossi of Memnon
- Transit to Hurghada
- Gala Dinner at Mövenpick Soma Bay
Stay: Mövenpick Soma Bay
Sun, January 1, 2023 — Hurghada
- Hurghada Glass Boat Tour
Stay: Mövenpick Soma Bay
Mon, January 2, 2023 — Departure
- Departure
Places to Stay
- December 26: Helnan Dreamland Hotel, Cairo
- December 27: Overnight train to Aswan
- December 28–30: Nile River cruise
- December 31–January 1: Mövenpick Soma Bay, Hurghada