The Best Tours in Egypt

Globus

• Globus offers a 12-day, first-class tour called the "Grand Tour of Egypt." Your tour starts in Cairo, where you see the Pyramids and take a trip to Alexandria. From Cairo, you journey to Luxor, where you board a river cruise ship takes you into the Nile Valley. Ports along the river include Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan. From Aswan, you return to Cairo. The tour price includes some meals, a flight from Cairo to Luxor and the three-night river cruise.

  Globus
  5301 South Federal Circle
  Littleton, CO 80123
  866-755-8581
  globusjourneys.com

Cosmos

• With Cosmos, you can take a 13-day budget tour that starts in Cairo. From Cairo, you spend a few days seeing Alexandria, Marsa Mutruh, Wadi El Natrun and El Alamein on the Mediterranean Coast. When you return to Cairo, you fly to Aswan, where you board your Nile river cruise ship. Your cruise down the Nile takes you to Luxor and the Valley of the Kings as well as Kom Ombo. When you leave the ship in Luxor, you return to Cairo for your flight home.

  Cosmos
  5301 South Federal Circle
  Littleton, CO 80123
  800-276-1241
  cosmos.com

Trafalgar

• Trafalgar's "Egyptian Voyager" is a first-class, 10-day tour that starts in Cairo. You have three days to see the sites in Cairo, and then you fly to Aswan to board your Nile river ship for a three-day cruise. The cruise ports include Abu Simbel, Edfu and Luxor. After you arrive in Luxor, you visit the Valley of the Kings before flying back to Cairo. From Cairo, you take a trip to Alexandria on the Mediterranean Coast for one night before returning to Cairo. The tour price includes the flights within Egypt, 15 meals and the three-day cruise.

  Trafalgar
  801 East Katella Avenue
  Anaheim, CA 92805
  866-544-4434
  trafalgar.com

Insight

• Insight offers a "Best of Egypt" tour, which is a first-class, 10-day tour. You start in Cairo, where you spend two full days seeing the sights. At the end of your second day, you board the overnight train for Aswan. Once in Aswan, you spend one day sightseeing and one night at a resort on Elephantine Island in the Nile River. The next day, you board your Nile River cruise ship. Once on board, you see Kom Ombo and Edfu and cruise through the Esna Lock to reach Luxor, where you spend the night before returning to Cairo.

  Insight Vacations
  801 Katella Avenue
  Anaheim, CA 92805
  888-680-1241
  insightvacations.com