9 Days Egypt Solar Eclipse Tour 2027
About This Trip
At a Glance
Day-by-Day Itinerary
Your journey begins on arrival at the international airport, where a representative meets you at passport control, helps with the formalities and accompanies you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to rest after the flight and adjust before an early start.
A full day on the Giza plateau, beginning with the Great Pyramids of Giza and the guardian Sphinx, with time to understand how the complex was built and why it still stands. In the afternoon you visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, where the Tutankhamun collection is displayed together for the first time.
Morning flight south to Luxor, the ancient city of Thebes. Your guide takes you across to the west bank for the mortuary temple of Medinet Habu and the artisans' village of Deir el-Medina, both far quieter than the headline sites and a good introduction to the landscape you will be watching the sky from tomorrow.
The day the trip is built around. You visit Karnak Temple in the morning, then take your position for the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027. Totality here lasts several minutes, among the longest anywhere on land this century, and the temple falls into an eerie half-night while the horizon glows in every direction. Afterwards you board your cruise ship and settle in as it prepares to sail.
Morning on the west bank at the Valley of the Kings, where the painted burial chambers of the New Kingdom pharaohs are cut deep into the rock, followed by the terraced temple of Hatshepsut and the twin Colossi of Memnon. The ship sails through the afternoon towards Edfu.
A morning at the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the most completely preserved temple in the country, then on to Kom Ombo Temple, unusual for being divided between two gods and standing right on the riverbank. Sailing continues towards Aswan.
A short boat ride brings you to the Temple of Philae on its island, moved stone by stone when the water rose. You also see the High Dam and the granite quarry where an unfinished obelisk still lies where it cracked. The afternoon is free on deck.
An early start for Abu Simbel, where four colossal statues of Ramesses II front a temple carved straight into the mountainside and relocated in the 1960s to escape the rising lake. You disembark and fly back north in the evening.
Breakfast at the hotel, then a private transfer to the airport at the appropriate time for your flight home.
What's Included
Airport meet-and-greet and private transfer 2 nights' hotel accommodation in Cairo with daily breakfast 1 night in Luxor before embarkation, with breakfast 4 nights aboard a deluxe Nile cruise, full board Domestic flight Cairo-Luxor; return flight Aswan-Cairo Private Egyptologist guide throughout Reserved eclipse-viewing position on 2 August 2027 with certified solar filters Abu Simbel excursion Entrance fees to all sites listed in the itinerary
Not Included
International flights Egypt entry visa Travel insurance Gratuities for guides, drivers and cruise staff Personal expenses
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