5-Day Nile Cruise of Egyptian Treasures from Luxor to Aswan

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Transfer to Nile Cruise & Karnak and Luxor Temples
3 stops
1
Luxor
Our Guide will pick you up from your hotel then Drive to Your Nile Cruise
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
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.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
3
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.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Luxor West Bank of Luxor & Esna Lock
3 stops
4
Valley of the Kings
After Breakfast you will Visit Valley of the Kings, also known as "The Valley of the Kings", is a valley in Egypt that was used for 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries BC to construct tombs for the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state extending during the eighteenth dynasties to the twentieth dynasty in ancient Egypt. The valley on the west bank of the Nile River facing Thebes (Luxor now) in the heart of the ancient funerary city of Thebes. The Valley of the Kings is divided into two valleys; The Eastern Valley (where most of the royal tombs are located) and the Western Valley. And with the discovery of the last burial chamber in 2006, known as (Cemetery 63), in addition to the discovery of two other entrances to the same chamber during 2008.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
5
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Proced To The Temple of Hatshepsut or the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a temple from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and the best remaining temples were built about 3500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile opposite to Thebes (the capital of ancient Egypt and the seat of the Amun worship) (Luxor today). The Temple of Hatshepsut is distinguished by its unique architectural design, in comparison to the Egyptian temples that were built on the eastern bank of the Nile at Thebes. The temple consists of three successive floors with open terraces. The temple was built of limestone, and in front of the second floor columns were erected limestone statues of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut in a beautiful distribution. Originally, those statues were colored, and now only some monuments remain of the colors, and some statues are in very good condition, indicating the elegance and beauty of the temple's design.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
6
Colossi of Memnon
By the end you will Visit Colossus of Memnon, known locally as (Al-Kulsat or Salamat), is two huge statues, built around the year 1350 BC, which are all that remains of a temple built in memory of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty, located in the funeral city of Thebes Located west of the Nile in the present-day city of Luxor, the two identical statues depict Amenhotep III (14th century BC) seated, hands spread on his knees and looking eastward (in fact toward the southeast in modern directions) toward the river.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Temple of Horus, Temple of Kom Ombo
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.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket 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 • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Visit Temple Of Philae & Aswan High Dam
2 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.
1 hour • Admission ticket 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
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Departure
1 stop
11
Aswan
After breakfast we will transfer you to Aswan airport or station.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free

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
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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