Egypt Solar Eclipse Itinerary – 5 Days
Overview
Short on time but set on seeing the eclipse? This 5-day private itinerary covers the essentials: the Pyramids of Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, then a flight to Luxor to witness the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 and explore the Valley of the Kings before flying home.
Itinerary
Arrival in Cairo
Welcome to Egypt. On arrival at Cairo International Airport our representative meets you just after passport control, assists with the formalities and accompanies you to a private air-conditioned car for the transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to settle in and rest before your adventure begins.
- Meals: —
- Overnight: Cairo
Pyramids of Giza & the Grand Egyptian Museum
After breakfast you meet your private Egyptologist and drive to the Giza plateau, where the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx have stood guard for more than four thousand years. There is plenty of time for photographs and an optional camel ride across the sands.
Continue to the Grand Egyptian Museum, the vast new museum beside the pyramids where the complete treasures of Tutankhamun are displayed together for the first time. Lunch is served before you return to your hotel.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
- Overnight: Cairo
Fly to Luxor — Karnak & Luxor Temples
This morning you fly south to Luxor, the site of ancient Thebes. With your guide you explore the immense Karnak Temple, its great hall crowded with towering columns, and the graceful Luxor Temple in the heart of the city.
In the late afternoon you check in to your Luxor hotel and relax before the big day, ready for the eclipse to come.
- Meals: Breakfast
- Overnight: Luxor
Eclipse Day — Total Solar Eclipse over Luxor
Today is the reason for your journey. On 2 August 2027 the moon's shadow sweeps across Upper Egypt, and Luxor lies almost on the centre line of one of the longest total solar eclipses of the century — more than six minutes of total darkness. After an early breakfast your guide settles you at a prepared viewing spot with safe eclipse glasses to watch the partial phase slowly narrow the sun.
As totality arrives the sky turns to twilight, the temperature drops and the sun's shimmering corona blazes above the temples of Thebes — a sight few travellers ever witness. Once daylight returns you cross to the West Bank to descend into the painted royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
- Overnight: Luxor
Departure
After a final breakfast you check out and transfer to Cairo International Airport for your onward flight, carrying home the memory of the day the sky went dark over the land of the pharaohs.
- Meals: Breakfast
- Overnight: —
Included
- Meet-and-assist by our representatives at every airport
- All transfers by private, air-conditioned vehicle
- Domestic flights within Egypt as per the itinerary
- Accommodation in quality hotels with daily breakfast
- A private, English-speaking Egyptologist guide
- Guided viewing of the total solar eclipse with safe eclipse glasses
- Entrance fees to the sites named in the itinerary
- All service charges and taxes
Excluded
- International flights and the Egypt entry visa
- Tipping (gratuities)
- Optional tours and personal spending
- Anything not mentioned in the programme
