This bike tour is designed for people who are interested in combining a cruise on the Nile with easy biking along the river banks. This is an excellent introduction to Pharaonic Egypt in an adventure style. You will enjoy staying on one of the famous Nile cruise ships combined with biking through the picturesque villages along the river and into the Sahara Desert. This will offer us a glimpse into the
glamour of Pharaonic Egypt as well as a look into the life of contemporary villagers in modern day Egypt. We will sleep each night on board the ship, thus enjoying the luxury of a moving, floating hotel. This has the added advantage of allowing non-cyclists to join the group and participate fully in the great fun of adventure travel! Available from October through April.

A sample tour is:

Day 01: (Saturday): Arrive Cairo, be met by our staff who will assist with clearing immigration and customs and transfer you to a fine hotel. O/N Cairo.

Day 02: (Sunday): A full day tour (by air-conditioned vehicle) of Memphis, Sakkarra, and Dashour with its famous “bent” pyramid, Black
pyramid and Red pyramid. Built of Red Granite brought all the way from Aswan it is open for entry. O/N Cairo. (B)

Day 03: (Monday): A full day’s tour of the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the Egyptian museum then board the overnight first class sleeper train to Luxor departing about 7:45PM. Enjoy dinner and breakfast on board. O/N train (B,D)

Day 04: (Tuesday): Arrive Luxor about 5AM, transfer to the cruise ship and be fitted for your bike. The rest of the day is spent cycling around Luxor. We will visit the temples of Karnak and Luxor as well as view some of the traditional farms in the surrounding areas. today we have cycled some 20kms. O/N Ship (B,L,D)

Day 05: (Wednesday): A morning sail on the Nile by Felucca (native sailboat) taking us and the bikes to the west bank. From here we will cycle around the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, visiting tombs of famous Pharaohs. We will also visit the temple of Queen Hatshepsut. After about 30 kms of cycling around the valley we will return by Felucca to the ship. O/N Ship. (B,L,D)

Day 06: (Thursday): Today we will cycle south along the Nile, from Luxor to Edfu, passing the famous sugar and rice plantations of Southern Egypt. Until lunch the Nile will be on your right-hand side and by lunch we will arrive to the small town of Esna on the west bank. Stop for lunch and a visit to the Temple of Khnum, the ram-headed God of inundation.

After lunch continue south along the river (now on our leftside), cycling through many picturesque villages where we will be greeted by cheering children. We will arrive at Edfu in the early evening and meet our ship which has sailed from Luxor to meet us. We
board the ship, enjoy dinner and evening entertainment. We have
completed some 95 kms on flat terrain today. O/N Ship (B,L,D)

Day 07: (Friday): This is the longest cycling day of the tour, about 110 kms, mostly flat terrain. We continue along the Nile and the veer off into the Sahara desert. We stop for lunch on the river and continue on to the city of Aswan, which is actually located in the desert. We board a local ferry that will take us across the river to the East bank where we will meet our ship. Dinner and evening entertainment on board. O/N Ship (B,L,D)

Day 08:  (Saturday): Today we will spend the day exploring Aswan and it’s surroundings. We will disembark the ship then we will experience the contrast of ancient and modern by visiting the Aswan Dam, the temple of Philae and the temple of Isis. Lunch at the Basma hotel then in the afternoon a visit to the Nubian Museum, a world class presentation of the Nubian history and culture. We have cycled some 60 km today.  We depart about 5PM from the train station on our first class sleeper train retracing our path to Cairo. (B on the ship, L at the Basma, D on the train)

Day 09: (Sunday): We arrive Cairo about 6AM, are met by our staff and
transfer to our international departure. (B)

Tour includes: hotels (based on double occupancy), transfers relating to the program, cruise, bike (top quality all terrain, Trek 830 or equivalent), Round trip first class sleeper train, meals as outlined by B: breakfast, L: lunch, D: dinner, Egyptologist, experienced cyclist, bike technician and medic, all entry fees to antiquity sites, service charges and taxes. Travel insurance for those departing from the USA or Canada.

NOT included: items of a personal nature such as helmut, entry visa, tips, telephone, laundry, bar bills, anything not specifically mentioned as included.

Tour cost: Tour cost: Email us or call 1 (877) 778-3497 for current pricing.