Amazing 4-Days Cruise from Aswan To Luxor optional balloon ride

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Nile Cruise from Aswan and sightseeing tour
2 stops
1
Aswan High Dam
Egypt's modern example of construction on a monumental scale, the controversial Aswan High Dam, 13km south of Aswan, contains 18 times the amount of material used in the Great Pyramid of Khufu and created Lake Nasser, one of the world's largest artificial lakes. Most people visit the High Dam as part of an organised trip to sights south of Aswan
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
2
Temple of Philae
This beautiful temple complex is one of the most picturesque in all of Egypt. It sits on Aglika Island just south of the old Aswan Dam and you must ride a water taxi to the island to get to theruins. The temple was moved to its current location following the construction of the High Dam. Philae’s is generally thought to be the most impressive of these often overblown affairs. The ambience of the island’s ruins bathed in floodlighting is hard to describe adequately, but this is definitely a recommended way to spend an evening
3 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 2
Edfu & Komombo
2 stops
3
Temple of Horus
you will visit the majestic temple dedicated to Horus which is considered by most to be the best preserved cult temple in Egypt. According to the Egyptian myths, it was the place where the falcon-headed god Horus revenged the murder of his father Osiris by killing Seth.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
4
Temple of Kom Ombo
The Temple of Kom Ombo was built on the honor of two deities the crocodile-headed Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world, and Haroeris or the ancient falcon-headed Horus. Also,Kom Ombo's importance lies in its huge sugar-cane.It differs from other temples because of its double entrance, each one is dedicated to divinity: "Haroeris" with his falcon head and " Sobek " with his crocodile head.
3 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 3
West Bank Of Luxor
2 stops
5
Luxor Temple
This temple was located in the heart of ancient Thebes and, like Karnak, was dedicated to the main/chief god Amun Re.This temple was built by one of the kings of the 12th dynasty and completed by the well know king Ramses II
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
6
Temple of Karnak
Temple of Karnak is the largest structures ever build in the history of the mankind. The principal building is that of god Amun Ra, since it was considered the house of god on the earth, the earlier structure date back to the middle kingdom, but there are some references which refer to the earlier buildings as old as the 3rd dynasty.
3 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 4
East Bank Of Luxor
2 stops
7
Valley of the Kings
It considers as the royal cemetery of the Theban kings and rulers of ancient Egypt, and the place where our Pharaohs were buried,
3 hours • Admission ticket not included
8
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
This temple is considered as one of the most wonderful examples of Architecture in ancient Egypt, because it was totally carved inside the mountain.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• 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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