Affordable Egypt Honeymoon Package from Nairobi | 8 Days 7 Nights
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Honeymoons
Barceló Cairo Pyramids, Mövenpick MS Royal Lily and The Makadi Spa Hotel or similar
Eight days in Egypt as newlyweds: a direct EgyptAir flight, your Egypt visa fee and document pack, two nights in a pyramid view suite in Giza, three nights sailing the Nile from Aswan to Luxor with a private felucca and every temple visit guided, then two all inclusive nights in a sea view suite on the Red Sea, in one price.
Affordable Egypt Honeymoon Package from Nairobi: eight days and seven nights with direct return economy flights between JKIA and Cairo on EgyptAir, domestic flights to Aswan and back from Hurghada and checked baggage on your fares. Kenyans need a visa from the Egyptian Embassy in Nairobi before flying. Your visa fee is included and your planner prepares the document pack with you. You begin with two nights and breakfast in a Junior Suite Deluxe Pyramids View at Barceló Cairo Pyramids in Giza, sail three nights from Aswan to Luxor on the Mövenpick MS Royal Lily with all meals on board, then drive to the Red Sea for two all inclusive nights in a Junior Suite Sea View at The Makadi Spa Hotel, an adults only resort in Makadi Bay. Every transfer is private.
Your first week as a married couple takes in a private day with an Egyptologist at the Giza Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum with your tickets included, a Nile dinner cruise in Cairo and an hour on your own felucca in Aswan. On the river your guide takes you to Philae, Kom Ombo, Edfu, the Valley of the Kings, Karnak and Luxor Temple. The trip ends with two slow days by the sea. You need a yellow fever certificate. Your planner walks you through it. One price per person sharing covers the flights, hotel, transfers and every experience listed below. One Baecation planner stays with you on WhatsApp from booking to landing home.
Most couples spend months planning the wedding and a week planning the honeymoon. This one is already planned. It covers the whole of Egypt in eight days: the pyramids, the Nile and the Red Sea, with the travel between them arranged so you never wait at a station or haggle for a taxi.
We built it in three parts on purpose. Cairo comes first, while you have the energy for the pyramids and the museum, with a suite that looks towards them. Then three days on the Nile, where you unpack once and the temples come to you. The honeymoon ends by the sea in Makadi Bay, with every meal and drink included and nothing booked.
Each part has one moment kept just for the two of you: a dinner cruise on the Nile in Cairo, an hour on your own felucca among the granite islands of Aswan and a last full day on the Red Sea with no timetable at all.
Details
Summary information about this package
Barceló Cairo Pyramids, Mövenpick MS Royal Lily and The Makadi Spa Hotel or similar
Egypt
Couples
Included
Flying
For Adults only (18+)
Full-board
Included
All year round
Costs
Kenyan Citizen
Ksh. 412700 per person sharing
Non-resident
$ 3199 per person sharing
Transport
Options: Flying
Duration and Timing
No
More than >3 Days+
About Package
More information about this package
Two nights in Giza: Your first two nights are at Barceló Cairo Pyramids or a comparable hotel confirmed at booking, in a Junior Suite Deluxe Pyramids View of 45 square metres, with breakfast every morning. The hotel is a 4 star hotel at 229 Al Haram Street, about 4 kilometres from the pyramids, with a heated outdoor pool overlooking them, three restaurants and a panoramic terrace on the twelfth floor.
Three nights on the Nile: You sail from Aswan to Luxor on the Mövenpick MS Royal Lily or a comparable ship confirmed at booking, in a Deluxe cabin of about 22 square metres with your own shower room, air conditioning and a TV. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served on board. The ship has 56 cabins, a pool and loungers on the sun deck, a spa and a lounge bar. It was renovated in 2023.
Your temple visits: An Egyptologist guide takes you to the High Dam and Philae Temple in Aswan, the temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu along the river, the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon on Luxor's west bank, then Karnak and Luxor Temple on the east bank. Your entrance tickets are included.
A felucca in Aswan: You have an hour on a private felucca among the granite islands of Aswan, past Elephantine Island and the botanical gardens on Kitchener's Island, with a guide and bottled water. If there is no wind that day, you go out in a motor boat instead.
Two nights by the Red Sea: Your last two nights are at The Makadi Spa Hotel in Makadi Bay or a comparable resort confirmed at booking, in a Junior Suite Sea View of 46 square metres, all inclusive. The resort is for adults only, aged 18 and over, with its own private beach about a minute's walk from the rooms, two outdoor pools, a spa, restaurants and beach bars. Your meals, snacks and drinks there are included, with some limits on what each bar and restaurant serves.
The pyramids and the museum: Your Egyptologist guide and private car collect you after breakfast on your first full day. You walk the Giza Plateau around the Great Pyramid, the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure and the Sphinx, then drive to the Panorama Point viewpoint. In the afternoon you visit the Grand Egyptian Museum with its colossal statue of Ramses II and the treasures of Tutankhamun. That evening you sail the Nile in Cairo on a two hour dinner cruise with a buffet, a belly dance show and a tanoura show.
Getting around: EgyptAir flies nonstop between JKIA and Cairo in about five hours, with checked baggage on your fare. A morning domestic flight takes you from Cairo to Aswan. From Luxor a private car takes you to Makadi Bay, about four to five hours across the desert to the coast. An afternoon flight brings you back from Hurghada to Cairo for your flight home. From late October to late April, Egypt is one hour behind Nairobi.
Early starts and the heat: Temples in Upper Egypt are best seen early, before the heat builds, so some mornings on the river start soon after sunrise. Even in winter the midday sun in Luxor and Aswan is strong, so your guide plans visits around it.
Before you fly: Kenyans need a visa from the Egyptian Embassy in Nairobi before travelling. Your visa fee is included and your planner prepares the document pack, but each of you attends the embassy in person. Each of you also needs a passport valid for at least six months from the day you land, with at least one blank page. You also each need a yellow fever certificate, with the vaccine given at least 10 days before you fly. Carry your return tickets, domestic flight tickets, hotel and cruise vouchers, a copy of your marriage certificate and a bank card.
Full entry guide: Every entry rule, with the official links, is explained on our Egypt page at baecation.co.ke/egypt.
Touts and tipping: Men offering camel rides, carriage rides or free gifts approach visitors at the sites. A polite no and staying with your own guide is enough. Tipping is part of daily life in Egypt, so carry small Egyptian pound notes for drivers, guides, the ship's crew, porters and waiters, even at an all inclusive resort.
Dress and affection: Cover shoulders and knees in Cairo and at the temples. Holding hands is fine. Keep kisses and cuddles for private moments outside the resort. Swimwear is fine on the sun deck, by the pools and on the beach, with a cover up elsewhere.
Staying safe: Use your included transfers and tours, a hotel taxi or Uber in Cairo. Drink bottled water and cover up from the sun. Do not photograph police, military sites or government buildings. On the reef, wear reef shoes and follow any instructions on currents.
Travel cover: Cairo, Giza, Aswan, Luxor and the Red Sea coast around Hurghada lie outside every area the UK government advises against visiting in Egypt. The wider region has seen strikes and attacks since July, so flights can change at short notice. We book changeable fares where the airline offers them, recommend travel insurance that covers flight disruption and medical costs and tell you straight away if official advice changes before you fly.
One planner, start to finish: Your Baecation planner prepares your visa document pack, checks your file before you go to the embassy, sends your e tickets and vouchers before you fly, lets the hotels and the ship know you are on honeymoon and stays reachable on WhatsApp throughout. Any honeymoon touches the hotels or the ship choose to offer are their gift and are not guaranteed.
Package Itinerary
The package itinerary is as follows
Affordable Egypt Honeymoon Package Itinerary with Baecation Adventures from Nairobi
This honeymoon 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. On the last day an afternoon flight from Hurghada lands in Cairo hours before your flight home, which usually leaves around midnight and lands at JKIA early on Thursday 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. Your felucca is timed around them. 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, a copy of your marriage certificate, 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: Your First View as Newlyweds Leave your bags at the hotel and have a long lunch. Your suite 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 and an early night after your early flight.
Overnight: Barceló Cairo Pyramids or similar Meals: None included
Day 2: The Pyramids, the Museum and the Nile
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. Head back to the hotel to rest.
Evening: Dinner on the Nile You are collected from the hotel for a two hour dinner cruise on the Nile, with a buffet, a belly dance show and a whirling tanoura dancer, while the lights of Cairo pass on both banks.
Overnight: Barceló Cairo Pyramids or similar Meals: Breakfast and dinner
Day 3: Aswan, the Felucca and the Ship
Morning: South to Aswan Check out early and take your morning flight from Cairo to Aswan. Your driver meets you at Aswan airport, takes your bags to the Royal Lily and brings you to the river for your felucca.
Afternoon: Your Own Felucca and Philae Sail for an hour on a felucca of your own between the granite boulders of Aswan, past Elephantine Island and the gardens of Kitchener's Island. Settle into your cabin over lunch on board, then set out with your guide to the High Dam and Philae Temple, reached 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 Road to the Sea
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.
Afternoon: Across the Desert Your private car takes you east across the desert and down to the Red Sea coast, about four to five hours with a stop on the way.
Evening: Makadi Bay Check in to your sea view suite at The Makadi Spa Hotel. Dinner and drinks are all included from tonight, so take your time choosing where to eat.
Overnight: The Makadi Spa Hotel or similar Meals: Breakfast on board, dinner and drinks at the resort
Day 7: Nothing Booked
Morning: The Reef Borrow snorkel gear and swim out over the coral or add the boat trip to Giftun Island from the list below.
Afternoon: Pool and Shade Have a long lunch, then find two loungers by the pool or on the beach. This is the day with no tour, no pickup and no timetable.
Evening: Your Last Night Dress up for dinner at the restaurant you liked best and end the night with a walk along the beach.
Overnight: The Makadi Spa Hotel or similar Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks at the resort
Day 8: Red Sea to Nairobi
Morning: One Last Swim Take your time over breakfast and a last swim in the sea. Check out at noon and leave your bags with the resort.
Afternoon: Back to Cairo Have a light lunch, then meet your driver for Hurghada airport and your afternoon flight to Cairo.
Evening: Flying Home Check in for your flight to Nairobi. It leaves Cairo around midnight and lands at JKIA early the next morning, home together as a married couple.
Meals: Breakfast
Add Ons
Romantic Touches: (Small extras for your honeymoon, priced as shown and added to your package)
A sunrise hot air balloon flight over Luxor's west bank on your last morning on the ship, about 45 to 60 minutes in the air, with pickup, tea and coffee and a flight certificate. If the wind stops the flight, you get your money back in full: from USD 210 (KES 27,100) per couple
A private photographer for one hour at the pyramids in Giza: from USD 190 (KES 24,500) per couple
Giftun Island by boat from Makadi Bay on your free day: snorkel stops at the reefs around the island, time on the island beach, a buffet lunch on board and soft drinks, with hotel pickup and the park fees. If the sea is too rough to sail, we refund it in full: from USD 145 (KES 18,700) per couple
Inside the Great Pyramid: a ticket each to walk up through the Grand Gallery to the King's Chamber, with limited places each day: from USD 80 (KES 10,300) per couple
Extra all inclusive night at The Makadi Spa Hotel in a sea view suite: from USD 485 (KES 62,600) per couple
Upgrade Your Stay: (Priced per couple on top of the package price)
Your own plunge pool by the sea: a Suite with Private Plunge Pool of 71 square metres with a partial sea view at The Makadi Spa Hotel for both nights: from USD 230 (KES 29,700)
+ Inclusions
Direct return economy flights between JKIA and Cairo on EgyptAir, with the checked baggage allowance on your fare
Domestic economy flights from Cairo to Aswan and from Hurghada to Cairo, with checked baggage
Your Egypt tourist visa fee, paid at the Egyptian Embassy in Nairobi, with your planner's help preparing the document pack
Two nights at Barceló Cairo Pyramids or similar, in a Junior Suite Deluxe Pyramids View, with breakfast
Three nights on the Mövenpick MS Royal Lily or similar from Aswan to Luxor, in a Deluxe cabin, with breakfast, lunch and dinner on board
Two nights at The Makadi Spa Hotel or similar, in a Junior Suite Sea View, all inclusive
Private transfers between every airport, hotel and the ship, including the drive from Luxor to Makadi Bay
A private day with an Egyptologist guide and car at the Giza Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Panorama Point viewpoint and the Grand Egyptian Museum, with your tickets
A two hour Nile dinner cruise in Cairo with a buffet, a belly dance show and a tanoura show, with hotel pickup and drop off
Guided visits with an Egyptologist to the High Dam, Philae Temple, Kom Ombo, Edfu, the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, Karnak and Luxor Temple, with your entrance tickets
One hour on a private felucca in Aswan, with a guide and bottled water
Hotel and ship service charge and VAT
Pre departure briefing on your visa documents, passports, return tickets, yellow fever certificates, what you can and cannot bring into Egypt, dress, touts and tipping
Your Baecation planner on WhatsApp before and throughout the trip
- Exclusions
Lunches and dinners in Giza other than the Nile dinner cruise
Drinks in Giza and on board the ship
Your certificate of good conduct, bank statements, passport photos and any other document costs for the visa
Yellow fever vaccination and certificate
Travel insurance, which we strongly recommend
Entry inside the Great Pyramid, Tutankhamun's tomb and any extra tomb tickets in the Valley of the Kings
Abu Simbel and other excursions not listed above
Camel, horse and carriage rides
Boat trips, diving and premium drinks at the resort
Spa treatments
Tips for guides, drivers, the ship's crew and hotel staff
Optional activities and the add ons listed below
Extra baggage beyond the allowance on your fares
Early check in or late check out
Personal spending and shopping
What To Carry
Passports valid for at least six months from the day you land, each with at least one blank page
Your Egypt visa stickers in your passports, collected from the embassy before you fly
A copy of your marriage certificate
Printed return e tickets, domestic flight tickets and hotel and cruise vouchers
Your yellow fever certificates, as Egypt requires them from travellers arriving from Kenya. The vaccine must be given at least 10 days before you fly. Travellers without a certificate can be held in quarantine for up to six days
A bank card and some US dollars to change on arrival, as you may bring no more than 5,000 Egyptian pounds into the country
Small Egyptian pound notes for tips on the ship, at the sites and at the resort
Loose, light clothes that cover shoulders and knees for Cairo and the temples
Comfortable closed walking shoes for uneven stone and sand
Swimwear, a cover up and reef shoes for the sun deck, the pools and the Red Sea
A hat, sunglasses and reef safe sunscreen, as the sun is strong even in winter
A light jacket or jumper for early mornings and evenings on deck
One smart outfit each for your dinner cruise and dinners on board
Plug adapters for round two pin sockets, as Egypt does not use the three pin plugs we use in Kenya
Personal medication in its original packaging with a doctor's letter stating the amount you carry, as some prescribed and over the counter medicines are controlled in Egypt
Leave drones at home, as they need permission from Egypt's Ministry of Defence and bringing one in without it can mean a heavy fine or prison. Satellite phones and radio equipment are confiscated without prior clearance. Declare foreign currency worth more than USD 10,000 and any expensive cameras or recording equipment when you land
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