Egypt Solar Eclipse Trip via Aswan – 7 Days
Overview
This 7-day private tour follows the eclipse to Aswan, where the clear southern skies make a superb setting for the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027. You begin with the Pyramids of Giza, fly to Aswan for the eclipse, then sail the Nile north to Luxor to explore Karnak, Luxor Temple and the Valley of the Kings.
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 Aswan — High Dam & Unfinished Obelisk
Transfer to the airport for the flight to Aswan. On arrival you visit the High Dam and see the giant Unfinished Obelisk in its ancient quarry, before checking in and resting ahead of eclipse day.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
- Overnight: Aswan
Eclipse Day — Total Solar Eclipse over Aswan
Today the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 crosses Upper Egypt. From a prepared viewing spot near Aswan you watch through safe eclipse glasses as the moon slowly covers the sun; at totality the desert falls into several minutes of eerie twilight and the corona blazes over the Nile — an unforgettable moment in one of the world's clearest skies.
Afterwards you board your Nile cruiser and begin sailing north.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Overnight: on board the cruise
Sailing to Edfu & Kom Ombo
As the ship sails south a horse-drawn carriage carries you from the dock to the Temple of Horus at Edfu, among the best preserved in all of Egypt. Cruising on, you reach the unusual double temple of Kom Ombo, shared between the crocodile god Sobek and Horus the Elder, best seen as the sun sets over the river.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Overnight: on board the cruise
Luxor Sightseeing & Fly Back to Cairo
Disembark in Luxor and explore its greatest monuments — the Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple on the East Bank and the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank. In the afternoon you transfer to the airport for the flight back to Cairo.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
- Overnight: Cairo
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
- Nile cruise accommodation on full board
- 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
