Originally Posted by
49er
.... I think I have too much slack in the schedule right now. Also, I'm traveling with my wife and 2 kids (ages 11 and 8). Here is the itinerary I have sketched out so far
Day 1: Arrive CAI in the night at 8:30pm; (probably 50% chance we miss the tight 1hr connection in IST and take the next connection arriving in CAI at 2:30am)
Day 2: Egyptian Museum, Old City, Coptic Cairo
Day 3: Giza
Day 4: Saqqara; fly CAI-LXR in the afternoon/evening
Day 5: Karnak, Luxor Museum, Luxor Temple
Day 6: Valley of Kings, Howard Carter's House, Temple of Hatshepsut, Tombs of the Nobles, Medinat Habu
Day 7: ?
Day 8: ? in the morning; return flight home leaves CAI at 9:25pm
too much slack in the schedule? I'd say you deserve the activity-free day 7
I hope you have a relaxed attitude to schedules, particular ones involving potential perturbations from kids and from Egypt.
Have you considered flying to Aswan rather than Luxor and taking a three night ASW LXR cruise? These normally include a significant amount of guided touring Kom Ombo/Edfu and Luxor West Bank.