5 Days Egypt Tour from Cairo to Luxor by Air

Arrive at Cairo International Airport, where your Memphis Tours representative meets you inside the terminal and assists with passport control and baggage before escorting you to your private air-conditioned vehicle.

Transfer to your hotel, where your representative reviews your 5 days Egypt tour with you — pickup times, dress guidance and how your private touring works. The remainder of the day is at leisure.

Overnight in: Cairo – Le Riad de Charme (5★)
Meals: None
Visits: —
Signature Experience: Personal arrival assistance and private itinerary briefing
Good to Know: Final hotel confirmation is issued with your travel documents before departure.

After breakfast, meet your private Egyptologist and travel to the Giza Plateau. Explore the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the Valley Temple, with time at the panoramic viewpoint for photographs across all three pyramids.

Continue for lunch at a local Egyptian restaurant, followed by a visit to the Grand Egyptian Museum, where the complete treasures of Tutankhamun are displayed together for the first time. Return privately to your hotel.

Overnight in: Cairo – Le Riad de Charme (5★)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Visits: Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Grand Egyptian Museum
Signature Experience: Private Egyptologist-guided touring at your own pace
Optional Premium Experience: Interior entry to the Great Pyramid can be arranged at additional cost.

Transfer privately to Cairo Airport for your included flight to Luxor, arriving in around an hour. You are met on arrival and transferred to your hotel on the banks of the Nile.

Meet your Luxor Egyptologist and visit the Karnak Temple Complex, the largest religious site ever built and the centerpiece of any 5 days Egypt tour, where the Great Hypostyle Hall's 134 columns still carry traces of their original color. Continue to Luxor Temple, linked to Karnak by the restored Avenue of Sphinxes.

Overnight in: Luxor – Steigenberger Nile Palace (5★)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Visits: Karnak Temple Complex, Great Hypostyle Hall, Luxor Temple, Avenue of Sphinxes
Signature Experience: Private evening access to Luxor Temple after the tour groups depart
Optional Premium Experience: Karnak Sound & Light Show can be pre-booked at additional cost.
Flight Note: Domestic flight times are confirmed by airline availability and may require an early departure. Baggage allowance is 23 kg checked plus one 7 kg cabin bag per guest.

Begin with an optional sunrise balloon flight over the Theban hills, then cross to the West Bank with your Egyptologist to descend into the painted burial chambers of the Valley of the Kings, where three tombs are included in your visit.

Continue to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, rising in three colonnaded terraces against the cliff face, and pause at the Colossi of Memnon.

Transfer to Luxor Airport for your evening flight back to Cairo.

Overnight in: Cairo – Le Riad de Charme (5★)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Visits: Valley of the Kings (three tombs), Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon
Signature Experience: Early West Bank start, reaching the tombs ahead of the midday heat and crowds
Optional Premium Experience: Sunrise hot-air balloon flight over the West Bank, and separate-ticket entry to the tombs of Tutankhamun and Seti I, can be arranged at additional cost. Balloon flights operate weather permitting and are refunded in full if cancelled.
Flight Note: Your return flight is confirmed by availability and is typically a late-evening departure. Baggage allowance is 23 kg checked plus one 7 kg cabin bag per guest.

Enjoy breakfast and a relaxed final morning. Depending on your flight time, luggage storage can be arranged at the hotel should you wish to spend a few last hours in the city.

Your private air-conditioned vehicle and representative collect you at the appointed time and transfer you to Cairo International Airport, where you are assisted through check-in and security for your onward flight.

Overnight in: —
Meals: Breakfast
Visits: —
Signature Experience: Private departure transfer with airport check-in assistance
Good to Know: Standard check-out is 12:00. Late check-out is subject to availability and a supplement