4 Nights 5 Days Nile Cruise from Luxor To Aswan Includes Felucca

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Transfer to Nile Cruise & Karnak And Luxor Temples Tour
3 stops
Luxor (Pass by)
Our Guide will pick you up from your hotel then Drive to Your Nile Cruise
1
Temple of Karnak
Then move to Karnak Temple Complex, which is known as the Karnak Temple, is a group of temples, buildings and columns, where the expansion and construction processes continued since the Pharaonic era, specifically the kings of the Middle Kingdom, until the Roman era in Luxor in Egypt on the eastern coast. The temple was built for the divine triad Amun (Amun Ra in the modern era), his wife the goddess Mut and their son the god Khonsu; And each of them has a temple belonging to the Karnak Temples Complex. The temple was named with this name in relation to the city of Karnak, and it is a modern name that is distorted from the Arabic word Khurang, meaning the fortified village, which was given to many temples in the area during this period. While the temple was known in the beginning as "Bar Amun", meaning the temple of Amun or Betamun, and during the Middle Kingdom it was called the name Ibt Sut, which means the most chosen of places (sometimes translated as the chosen spot)
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
2
Luxor Temple
Then You Will visit Luxor Temple which is a large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the eastern bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor today known as (Thebes ancient). Founded in 1400 BC. The Luxor Temple was built to worship Amun-Ra, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu. They are the gods, which are also called the Theban Triad (Theban Triad). Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important buildings in the temple are those that were built by Kings Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC) (who added to the temple the open courtyard, the edifice, and the obelisks). Also, King Thutmose III (1490-1436 BC) set up shrines for visitors of the holy Theban Triad.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
Day 2
Luxor West Bank of Luxor & Esna Lock And Sailing to Edfu
4 stops
3
(optional Tours )Begin around 5:00 am pick up for the incredible trip of 30 to 45 minutes Hot Air Balloon flight over the west bank of Luxor and enjoy an aerial view of the country's landscape and famous landmarks. Note : you have the option to do sunrise tour and start at roughly 4:30 AM
45 minutes • Admission ticket not included
4
Valley of the Kings
Breakfast and check out to start your unforgettable day by driving to the West Bank to visit the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs from the New kingdom carved their tombs in the mountains aiming to hide their treasure and protect their mummies.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
5
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Then, to the Mortuary temple of the famous queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari, discover her beautiful temple and her attractive story with her nephew.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
6
Colossi of Memnon
End your tour in the West Bank by a photo stop in front of the gigantic statues of Memnon.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Edfu Temple & Kom Ombo Temple Tour
2 stops
7
Temple of Horus
Afetr Breakfast then move to The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt. The city was known in the Hellenistic period in Koinē Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and in Latin as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo under the interpretatio graeca.[1] It is one of the best preserved shrines in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. In particular, the Temple's inscribed building texts "provide details [both] of its construction, and also preserve information about the mythical interpretation of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation."[2] There are also "important scenes and inscriptions of the Sacred Drama which related the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth."[3] They are translated by the German Edfu-Project
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
8
Temple of Kom Ombo
Upon arrival to Kom Ombo You will visit Kom Ombo Temple which is located in Kom Ombo in the Aswan Governorate, southern Egypt. The temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI to worship the gods Sobek and Horus. The temple area has recently been restored and renewed. This temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philomator, but its decoration was only completed in the Roman era during the time of Emperor Tiberius, and we see in this temple also the same features that we find in other Ptolemaic Egyptian temples in terms of design, architecture and decoration. However, this temple has a special feature that resulted in local worship in the place, where people worshiped two local deities, namely Sobek and Horus with the head of a falcon, and despite the difference between these two deities in origin and character, they lived side by side for long centuries without mixing or pairing us Together then sailing to aswan and overnight in Aswan
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
Day 4
Visit Temple Of Philae & Aswan High Dam
3 stops
9
Aswan High Dam
After Breakfast then move to the high dam which was built during the reign of Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the Soviets helped build it. It helped a lot in the impact of the effects of the Nile. Used to generate electricity in Egypt. The length of the dam is 3600 meters, the width of the base is 980 meters, the width of the summit is 40 meters, and the height is 111 meters. The volume of the dam’s body is 43 million cubic meters of water per second. Construction of the dam began in 1960, with an estimated capacity of one billion dollars, a third of which was written off before the Soviet Union. 400 Soviet experts worked on building the dam and completed its construction in 1968. The last 12 generators were installed in 1970 and the dam was officially opened in 1971
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
10
Temple of Philae
After That you will move to Philae Island which is an island in the middle of the Nile River and it is one of the strongest forts along the southern borders of Egypt, separating the Nile into two opposite canals in Aswan. . The name Philae or Velay refers to the Greek language which means (the beloved) or (the beloved). As for the Arabic name for it, it is the Anas of existence in relation to the myth of Anas found in the stories of One Thousand and One Nights. Egypt is in the south. And the worship group was devoted to the worship of the goddess Isis, but the island contained temples of Hathor, Amenhotep and other temples then Back to the cruise to get your Lunch
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
11
Aswan
After Lunch you will Start your felucca ride around the Botanical garden and Botanical Garden
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 5
check out & Departure
1 stop
12
Abu Simbel Temple Complex
(Optional Tour) after you will have your Breakfast and check out from the cruise then we will pick you up from the cruise then Around 4:30, your guide will pick you up for Abu Simbel trip ( sharing a small group)or Private Tour . Arrive around 8 am, to visit one of the most impressive places in Egypt; the rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel with their unique design built for King Ramesses 2nd. and his beloved Queen Nefertari. Back to the Cruise by noon to have your lunch and sailing heading to Kom Ombo city. Note : (Optional Tours ) you have the option to visit the nubian village and Enjoy the Nubian culture with the scenery of the river Nile . then drop you off at you hotel in aswan or aswan airport
30 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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