Nile Cruise Package from Cairo

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Day 1: Fly Cairo to Aswan - Nile Cruise Tour
2 stops
1
Aswan High Dam
After breakfast transfer to Cairo Airport to catch your flight to Aswan. Upon arrival in Aswan, you will explore Aswan. Boarding before Lunch at 11:00 a.m Lunch on board Visit the High Dam High Dam, an engineering miracle built in 1960 protecting Egypt from the annual floods of the Nile.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
2
Temple of Philae
Move on and visit the majestic Philae Temple which was built to the honor of Goddess Isis, the chief deity of the island. Dinner on board Overnight in Aswan
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Day 2: Kom-Ombo and Edfu Temples
2 stops
3
Kom Ombo
Breakfast on board Leisure time Sailing to Kom Ombo at 13:00 p.m. Lunch on board Visit the Temple shared by two gods, Sobek & Harris, in Kom Ombo Kom-ombo where you will visit the double temple of both Sobek, the crocodile god and Horus the falcon god, located on the river bank. The Kom ombo temple was built during the Ptolemaic dynasty, with additions during the roman period. While much of the temple has been destroyed by the Nile flood, the ruins are spectacular, and some 300 crocodile mummies have been discovered in the vicinity and are displayed inside the temples crocodile museum.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
4
Edfu
Sail to Edfu Afternoon tea Dinner on board Overnight in Edfu
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Day 3: Luxor Nile Cruise Tour
2 stops
5
Temple of Horus
Breakfast on board Visit of Horus Temple in Edfu Visit Edfu temple, which is dedicated to Horus the falcon headed god. It is considered the best preserved of all Egypt’s temples. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic period between 237 – 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Greco-Roman period in ancient Egypt. Explore the temples and learn more about the most significant deities from ancient Egypt.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
6
Luxor
Sail to Luxor via Esna at 08:30 a.m. Lunch on board Leisure time Afternoon tea Dinner on board Overnight in Luxor
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Day 4: Luxor Nile Cruise - Back to Cairo
5 stops
7
Valley of the Kings
Breakfast on board Check-out after breakfast at 08:00 a.m Visit the West Bank: The Valley of the Kings and Queens Valley of the Kings, the magnificence of the grandeur of architecture which was used for burial. Many kings are buried in this valley. The most known tombs are King Tuthmosis I, Tutmosis III, Tut-Ankh-Amon, King Ramses VI, King Merneptah and Amenhotep II.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
8
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Queen Hatshepsut, which was built by Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmose I, who ruled Egypt about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty (approximately 1490-1469 B.C). Hatshepsut is the only pharaonic woman who reigned ancient Egypt.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
9
Colossi of Memnon
Afterwards you will pass by the colossi of Memnon which are remains of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
10
Temple of Karnak
Karnak Temples, which is the greatest example of worship in the history, dedicated to the God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
11
Luxor Temple
Temple of Luxor. It was built by Amenhotep III in 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom and it was completed by Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty. Transfer to Luxor airport flies back to Cairo. Meet at Cairo airport and transfer to your hotel
4 hours • Admission ticket included

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