9-Day Egypt Tour for Solo Travellers: Cairo, Nile Cruise and Giza

You are met at Cairo Airport by a private representative and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to settle in.

Visit the Egyptian Museum and its Tutankhamun treasures, then see the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. Evening extras such as a Nile dinner cruise or the Sound and Light show at the Pyramids can be added at extra cost.

Fly to Aswan and see the High Dam, then take a motorboat to the Temple of Isis on Philae Island. Board your Nile cruise for lunch, then sail by felucca past the Botanical Gardens and the Aga Khan Mausoleum.

Enjoy a relaxed morning on board, or add an optional excursion to Abu Simbel. In the afternoon visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. The evening brings a themed Egyptian dinner on board, with traditional galabeya dress.

Visit the Temple of Edfu, dedicated to Horus and one of the best preserved temples in Egypt, then sail on to Luxor. An optional Sound and Light show at Karnak is available in the evening.

Leave the cruise and cross to the west bank for the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Visit the Karnak Temple complex before your flight back to Cairo.

Saqqara. Drive to the necropolis of ancient Memphis. Step inside the world of the Old Kingdom at the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the earliest large-scale stone building in history. Your Egyptologist will take you through the surrounding complex and its temples. Dahshur. Continue to Dahshur, a quiet desert site far from the crowds. See the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid, which mark the stage between the step pyramids and the great pyramids of Giza.

The Citadel of Saladin. Visit the medieval fortress that watched over Cairo for centuries. Enter the Muhammad Ali Mosque, with its alabaster walls and panoramic views over the city. The Egyptian Museum. Explore the museum's collections of ancient Egyptian antiquities with your private Egyptologist. Moez Street. In the late afternoon, walk through the heart of Islamic Cairo along Al-Muizz Street. It is lined with historic mosques, gates and old markets, and leads toward Khan El Khalili Bazaar.

After breakfast you transfer to the airport for your flight home.