4 Nights Nile Cruise including hotair ballon, Dendera & AbuSimbel

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Dendera Temple, Luxor Temple on floodlights at evening
2 stops
1
Dendera Temple Complex
Our Egyptologist guide will pick you up from your hotel / Airport to accompany you to visit the complex of Dendera temple. Dendera Temple is dedicated to the worship of the goddess Hathor, which symbolized tenderness, giving, and love. the goddess Hathor is referred to as a head of a cow. back to Luxor to check in your cruise and having lunch.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
2
Luxor Temple
Then to Luxor temple which has alive evidences to many civilizations and religions that been practiced inside its walls for thousands of years related to Pharaonic, Coptic and Islamic. It was built by Amenhotep III in the 18th Dynasty about 1300 B.C. to prove his rights in the rule of Egypt by representing the story of his divine birth on the walls of divine birth room inside the temple. Also, Ramses II and Tut Ankh Amon put their fingerprints on the completion of the temple since Luxor was the capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom era. Check in the cruise. Overnight in Luxor.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Hot Air Balloon, Valley of the kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of memnon, and Karnak Temple
5 stops
3
early pick up to go the west bank to ride the balloon and watch the sightseeing of Luxor from the top. then back to your cruise to start your day tour.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Valley of the Kings
First visit to the Valley of the Kings, the valley contains 63 royal tombs within the New Kingdom era 1500 B.C. The reason of choosing the west bank in the burial, because of the dry environment, adequate Limestone queries and to keep their tombs and the royal mummies obscured from the robbers. The walls of these tombs are containing incredible carvings and inscriptions indicating the religious life of the Pharaohs.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
5
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Then proceed to Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. It is such a unique temple in its architectural style. Where it contains inscriptions of the royal journey to Puntland. And visions of the divine birth of the Queen Hatshepsut. The limestone mortuary temple of Hatshepsut was designed and constructed by the high priest and architecture Senenmut 1503 B.C.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
6
Colossi of Memnon
Later you will be listening to the legendary story of Colossi of Memnon in a granary area. These gigantic statues are sculptured from sandstone. After that we will back to the east bank to visit the karnak Temples.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
7
Temple of Karnak
Karnak Temple is one of the biggest Temples in the entire world, here you have the chance to visit the Sacred Lake and the huge Scarab Statue which apparently if you walk around few times it brings you a good luck as may your wishes come true. Karnak Temples were built in dedication to the triad of Thebes God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. you will get back to the cruise and start sailing to Edfu. enjoy passing Esna locks. Overnight in Edfu.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Visit Edfu & Kom Ombo Temples
2 stops
8
Temple of Horus
Breakfast on board. In this day you will explore a new era of the ancient Egyptian history that called Greek-Roman period. Ptolemaic period started in 332 B.C by Alexander the great when he invaded Egypt to liberate them from Persians and to establish his own great Empire. The guide will accompany you to visit one of the most preserved Greek-Roman achievements in Egypt it is Edfu temple. Edfu temple is dedicated to the cult of Horus (Falcon God 237 B.C). Greeks and Romans are influenced in the ancient Egyptian culture, religion and architects however they decided to merge it with their heritage when they rebuilt the ruined temples.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
9
Temple of Kom Ombo
Lunch on board, whilst sailing to Kom Ombo town. English tea time on the sundeck then another tour to Kom Ombo Temple & Crocodile museum. Temple of Kom Ombo is unique designed architecture located just few steps on the east bank of Nile river, it divided equally between Sobek “crocodile god” and Horus “falcon god”. There are two long access are leading to two interior sanctuaries. Again, back to the cruise navigating to Aswan. Overnight in Aswan.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Abu Simbel Temples
1 stop
10
Abu Simbel Temple Complex
our tour guide will pick you up to hit the road to Abu Simbel. to start your private tour to the fascinate colorful temples of Abu Simbel. The two temples were cut by the king Ramses II (1279 B.C) where he dedicated the great temple for himself and the small one for his wife Nefertari. Ramses II’s Temple: A rock cut temple with four gigantic statues of the king Ramses who is represented seated on the throne of Egypt with his big family. It consists of two great colonnades, eight caverns rooms and a great sanctuary that has a solar phenomenon twice annually. The temple was carved by the king to commemorate his birthday and coronation day. The sun rays penetrating the 180 feet deep into to shine up the face of the king with his accompanied gods except god of darkness.
9 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Phiela Temple & High Dam
2 stops
11
Temple of Philae
Breakfast on board. Time to visit the nicest city of Egypt, a town of charm and beauty it is the land of Nubia. a water trip to Philae Island located in the middle of the Nile and was dedicated to the goddess Isis. You will be able to visit a complex of Geek-Roman chapels and Phiela temple. The entire complex is moved from its original location on Phiela Island to Egilika Island to salvage it from submerging when the dams were built there.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
12
Aswan High Dam
after visiting the temple of phiela, we will move to the south to watch the high dam, one of the oldest dam in Africa & the world and watching the generators responsible for generating electricity in Egypt.
1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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