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5 Days Egypt Solar Eclipse Itinerary

5 Days / 4 Nights Egypt Events & Festivals Tours

About This Trip

A short, focused trip for travellers who want to be in Egypt for 2 August 2027 without taking two weeks off. Four nights is enough to stand in front of the pyramids, see the Tutankhamun treasures, and be in Luxor on the right afternoon for the eclipse itself. Everything is arranged around the one fixed moment in the schedule, with internal flights and private guiding so that no time is wasted.

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Day-by-Day Itinerary

You are met on arrival at the airport, assisted through the entry formalities and driven to your hotel. Depending on your landing time the evening is free to rest or to see the city lit up along the river.

A full day at Giza with a private Egyptologist, taking in the three pyramids, the Sphinx and the panoramic viewpoint, then the vast new museum beside the plateau where the complete Tutankhamun collection is displayed. If you would rather trade the museum for the medieval lanes of Khan el-Khalili, your guide can rearrange the afternoon.

An early flight south puts you in Luxor with time to spare before the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027. You watch it from a prepared viewing position beside Luxor Temple, where several minutes of totality turn the colonnade dark in the middle of the afternoon. The evening is free.

The morning is spent among the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings and the terraces of the Temple of Hatshepsut, before an afternoon flight back to the capital and a final night there.

A private transfer takes you to the airport in time for your departure.

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