Ihr Reiseleiter und Manager erwarten Sie vor der Anlegestelle des Kreuzfahrtschiffs. Sie halten ein Schild mit Ihrem Namen hoch. So können Sie sie ganz einfach erkennen. Dann gehen Sie zu Ihrem Fahrzeug und Ihre Tour beginnt. Ihr Reiseleiter spricht mit Ihnen nicht nur über die Geschichte des alten Ägypten, sondern auch über das moderne Ägypten, das Leben, die Religion, die Politik und alle Aspekte des Lebens in dem Land. Die Fahrt von Port Said nach Kairo dauert ungefähr 3 Stunden.

After the drive from Port Said, you reach the Giza Plateau and stand beneath the Great Pyramid of Khufu, 2.3 million stone blocks raised 4,500 years ago and the only ancient wonder still standing. Your Egyptologist walks you to the panoramic viewpoint where all three pyramids line up and down to the Great Sphinx. The visit is focused around the cruise schedule, but you get the real story. Optional: enter the Great Pyramid ($11 USD per person), camel ride along the ridge (about $15 USD).

You step aboard a Nile cruise boat for lunch as Cairo slides by from the water, a calm change of pace after the plateau. A buffet of Egyptian and international dishes is served while a live show unfolds, usually a folkloric dance and a tanoura performer spinning in a swirl of colored skirts. From the deck you see the city from its oldest highway, the river that made all of this possible. It is the easy, enjoyable heart of the day.

On the way back you usually stop at a papyrus institute, where a short demonstration shows how the Nile reed was soaked, pressed, and dried into the world's first paper thousands of years ago. You see the process start to finish and can pick up genuine hand-painted papyrus if you like, a flat, packable souvenir. There is no pressure to buy. Then it is the long drive back to Port Said in time to reboard your ship.