Affordable Egypt Couple Getaway from Nairobi | 7 Days 6 Nights

Affordable Egypt Couple Getaway Itinerary with Baecation Adventures from Nairobi

This getaway leaves Nairobi on a Wednesday, because the Royal Lily sails from Aswan to Luxor every Friday. EgyptAir usually leaves JKIA at 05:55 and lands in Cairo mid morning. Your domestic flight to Aswan leaves Cairo early on Friday morning and your flight back from Luxor leaves on Tuesday evening, landing in Cairo hours before your flight home, which usually leaves around midnight and lands at JKIA early on Wednesday morning. Your planner confirms every flight on your written quote before you pay. From late October to late April, Egypt is one hour behind Nairobi. The ship and its guides set the order of the temple visits around the sailing times, so the visits below can swap between days. The Giza Plateau opens at 7am, with last entry at about 4pm. The Grand Egyptian Museum works with timed tickets and opens its galleries from 9am to 6pm. During Ramadan, expected from about 9 February to 10 March 2027, sites open later and close earlier. The plan follows the shorter hours.

Day 1: Nairobi to Cairo

Morning: Documents in One Folder Put your passports with your visa stickers, yellow fever cards, printed return e tickets, domestic flight tickets, hotel and cruise vouchers and a bank card in one folder for your hand luggage. Your flight leaves JKIA early and lands in Cairo after about five hours in the air. Show your yellow fever cards with your passports on arrival, then meet your driver for the drive to Giza.

Afternoon: The First View Leave your bags at the hotel and have a long lunch. Your room is ready from 2pm. Check in, look out at the pyramids from your window and spend the rest of the afternoon by the pool.

Evening: The Terrace Go up to the twelfth floor terrace as the light fades and the pyramids turn into outlines against the sky. Have an easy first dinner at the hotel and an early night after your early flight.

Overnight: Barceló Cairo Pyramids or similar Meals: None included

Day 2: The Pyramids and the Museum

Morning: The Giza Plateau Your Egyptologist guide and driver collect you after breakfast. Walk around the base of the Great Pyramid, the only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing, then the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure. Drive to the Panorama Point viewpoint for the photo of all three pyramids in a row, then finish at the Sphinx.

Afternoon: The Grand Egyptian Museum After lunch, drive a short way to the Grand Egyptian Museum. Stand under the colossal statue of Ramses II in the atrium, then walk through the galleries to the treasures of Tutankhamun with your guide.

Evening: Your Evening Rest by the pool, then choose your own dinner, at the hotel or along Al Haram Street. If you added the Nile dinner cruise from the list below, tonight is the night.

Overnight: Barceló Cairo Pyramids or similar Meals: Breakfast

Day 3: Aswan and the Ship

Morning: South to Aswan Have an early breakfast, check out and take your morning flight from Cairo to Aswan. Your driver meets you at Aswan airport and takes you to the Royal Lily, where your cabin is waiting.

Afternoon: The High Dam and Philae Settle in over lunch on board, then set out with your guide to the High Dam and Philae Temple, which you reach by a short boat ride across the water.

Evening: First Night on the River Have dinner on board as the lights of Aswan come on across the water, then take a drink up to the sun deck.

Overnight: Mövenpick MS Royal Lily or similar Meals: Lunch and dinner on board

Day 4: Kom Ombo and Edfu

Morning: Kom Ombo The ship sails north. Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, set right on the riverbank, with your guide.

Afternoon: The Sun Deck Spend the afternoon by the pool on the sun deck as palm groves, fields and desert slide past on both banks.

Evening: Edfu Visit the Temple of Horus at Edfu, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt, then dinner on board as the ship sails on towards Luxor.

Overnight: Mövenpick MS Royal Lily or similar Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board

Day 5: Luxor's West Bank

Morning: The Valley of the Kings Start early, before the heat builds. Your guide takes you into the Valley of the Kings to see the painted tombs of the pharaohs, then to the terraced Temple of Hatshepsut and the two giant Colossi of Memnon.

Afternoon: Back on Board Have lunch on the ship and rest through the warmest hours of the day.

Evening: Your Last Night on the Nile Dress up for your last dinner on board, then spend the evening on the sun deck together.

Overnight: Mövenpick MS Royal Lily or similar Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board

Day 6: Karnak, Luxor and the Felucca

Morning: Karnak and Luxor Temple After breakfast, your guide takes you through the forest of giant columns at Karnak, then to Luxor Temple in the heart of the city. Say goodbye to the ship and meet your driver.

Afternoon: Steigenberger Resort Achti Check in to your Nile view room from 3pm and spend a slow hour by the pool.

Evening: Your Own Felucca Your driver takes you to the river for an hour on a private felucca, with only the sound of the sail and the water around you. If you added an occasion upgrade, this is usually the evening we build it around.

Overnight: Steigenberger Resort Achti or similar Meals: Breakfast

Day 7: Luxor to Nairobi

Morning: A Slow Last Morning Take your time over breakfast and a last swim. If you added the balloon from the list below, your morning starts before dawn. Check out at noon and leave your bags with the hotel.

Afternoon: Last Gifts Have lunch nearby and pick up spices or cotton in the market. Your driver collects you in the late afternoon for Luxor airport and your evening flight to Cairo.

Evening: Flying Home Connect to your flight to Nairobi, which leaves Cairo around midnight and lands at JKIA early the next morning, with the pyramids and the Nile behind you.

Meals: Breakfast