Ten days is the honeymoon duration where the pace of the trip matches the purpose of the trip. Cairo gets three full days covering Giza, the Grand Egyptian Museum, Saqqara, and Old Cairo — no compression, no skipping. The Nile cruise runs four nights from Luxor to Aswan, with your private Egyptologist guide leading every shore excursion. Aswan gets two days: Philae, the Nubian village, and time to simply be on the river. Abu Simbel on Day 9.

Accommodation is at the finest properties in each city: a choice of the Marriott Mena House (pyramid garden views) or the Four Seasons Nile Plaza in Cairo; Al Moudira boutique hotel on the Luxor West Bank; the Sofitel Old Cataract in Aswan — where Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile, with a direct terrace view of the First Cataract. Honeymoon upgrades are arranged in advance at every property.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Cairo 

— Private airport transfer. Hotel check-in. Honeymoon welcome: room setup, rose petals, welcome amenity from the hotel. Dinner at leisure. 

Day 2: Giza Plateau & Grand Egyptian Museum 

— Giza at 8:00 am — the three pyramid complexes, the Great Sphinx and Valley Temple, camel ride across the desert plateau, lunch with a direct Sphinx view. Grand Egyptian Museum: the complete Tutankhamun collection (5,000 objects), Royal Mummies gallery, Old Kingdom sculpture halls. 

Day 3: Saqqara & Islamic Cairo 

— Saqqara: the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the Imhotep Museum, and the Pyramid of Unas interior (the Pyramid Texts). Afternoon: Al-Muizz Street, the Qalawun complex, the Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque. Evening: Khan el-Khalili bazaar at your own pace. 

Day 4: Coptic Cairo & Cairo Night Tour

 — Coptic Cairo: the Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, the Coptic Museum. Afternoon free. Evening: the Cairo Night Tour — Sound and Light Show at the Giza Plateau, then a 3-hour Nile dinner cruise with live traditional music and a Tannoura whirling dervish performance. 

Day 5: Fly to Luxor — Board the Nile Cruise'

 — Domestic flight to Luxor. Board your 5-star Nile cruise ship at Al Moudira West Bank or directly from the Luxor East Bank pier. Valley of the Kings in the afternoon (three tombs). Sail south overnight. First dinner on board.

Day 6: Karnak Temple & Luxor Temple 

— Morning at Karnak — the Great Hypostyle Hall, Sacred Lake, and the full precinct. The ship sails to Edfu. Luxor Temple stop at dusk if the ship schedule allows — or proceed to Edfu with an evening on the cruise deck as the Nile Valley slides past. 

Day 7: Edfu & Kom Ombo

 — Temple of Horus at Edfu — processional route fully intact. Temple of Kom Ombo and Crocodile Museum. Arrive Aswan overnight. 

Day 8: Arrive Aswan — Philae & the Old Cataract 

— Disembark in Aswan. Sofitel Old Cataract hotel check-in (request the Nile view room with First Cataract view). Philae Temple by motor launch in the afternoon. Unfinished Obelisk. Sunset from the hotel terrace. 

Day 9: Abu Simbel 

— Depart 5:00 am by private car. Arrive at Abu Simbel at 8:00 am. The Great Temple of Ramesses II: four colossi, the painted inner sanctuary, and the solar alignment chamber where the sun reaches the back wall twice a year. The Temple of Nefertari, adjacent, has 19 painted scenes, some of the finest in Egypt, and one of the only temples in Egypt built to honour a queen. Return to Aswan. Final evening at the Old Cataract terrace. '

Day 10: Departure 

— Private transfer to Aswan airport. Domestic flight to Cairo. International departure.

Customisation Common adjustments to this package: substituting a private dahabiya for the 5-star cruise ship (the entire vessel is chartered exclusively for the two of you — 4 nights, crew, meals, and guide included); adding the Nubian village visit as a Day 9 morning experience before Abu Simbel; extending by 2 days to include Abydos and Dendera on the Luxor segment. Contact us with what you want to adjust, and we will price the variation.