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Egypt (Cairo, Aswan, Luxor)

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Egypt is a North African country straddling the Nile Valley, home to one of the world's oldest and most celebrated civilisations. Cairo, the sprawling capital, draws visitors with the iconic Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and the vast Egyptian Museum, while the southern city of Luxor is widely regarded as the world's greatest open-air museum — packed with temples, tombs, and the legendary Valley of the Kings. Aswan, further south along the Nile, offers a more relaxed pace alongside landmarks like the Philae Temple and the massive Abu Simbel complex. Travellers come for ancient history, Nile cruising, desert adventures, and a culture that has fascinated the world for millennia.

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Egypt (Cairo, Aswan, Luxor) · 7 days

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Self-Launched Cairo & Nile Valley: Pyramids, GEM and Felucca-Style Nile Journey

A DIY version of Ancient Egypt Tours' 7-day Cairo & Nile Cruise package. You'll see the same headline sights — Giza pyramids and Sphinx, the Grand Egyptian Museum, Philae, Kom Ombo, Edfu, the Valley of the Kings and Karnak — but booked yourself: budget guesthouse/hostel stays in Cairo and Luxor, the overnight sleeper train (or a cheap flight) instead of a guided transfer, a local train/bus between Aswan and Luxor, and shared or small-group day tours via GetYourGuide/Klook. Skip the 5* river cruise and instead sleep in a Luxor West Bank guesthouse with rooftop Nile views, taking a short felucca sail and an optional budget day cruise. The result is the same route at roughly a third of the tour price. All costs are approximate per-person estimates in GBP and exclude international flights.

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