5 Day / 4-night Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Luxor - Embarkation
3 stops
1
Luxor
Meet our tour manager at Luxor Airport, Private transfer to the Nile Cruise ship, Embarkation on a 5*cruise ship, and Settle in your stateroom and then join your fellow passengers for lunch on board.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
2
Temple of Karnak
In the mid afternoon , join your guide to visit the magnificent temples of Amon-Ra at Karnak, dating back over 3,000 years.It,s the largest religious temple ever built by man ,where generation of pharaohs wished to record their names . Walk along the avenue of the Sphinxes and marvel at the Hypostyle Hall with its 137 massive sandstone columns .
2 hours • Admission ticket included
3
Luxor Temple
Proceed to Luxor Temple ,built by by Amenhotep III as a settinfg for the annual Opet festival .He erected an avenue of Sphnixes linking the temple of karnak and Luxor . Admire the colossal statues of the great pharaoh Ramses II and one of the original pair of pink-granite obelisks that stood here, while the other stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris .
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 2
The West bank of the Nile + valley of kings
3 stops
4
Valley of the Kings
on this morning’ view the magnificence of the Luxor West Bank and immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt where the magical tombs of the pharaohs hold the secrets of the past. Begin with a visit to the UNESCO listed Valley of the Kings, the necropolis of Thebes,where sixty two ancient Egyptian rulers are buried here, including Ramses VI and Tutankhamen .
2 hours • Admission ticket included
5
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Head to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, at El Deir El Bahari, Egypt’s longest-reigning female ruler. The terraced temple (built c. 1470 BCE), One of the most impressive sights on the West Bank and different to most other temples in Egypt. Beautifully located at the foot of the mountain.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
6
Colossi of Memnon
he two great statues known as the Colossi of Memnon, which once flanked the gateway in front of the temple pylon but now sit like lonely sentinels in the middle of a field. The statues represent Amenhotep III (reigned 1390–53 BCE ) but the name Memnon is of (later) Greek origin; with their crowns the statues were about 70 feet (21 meters) high, each.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Edfu + kom ombo
2 stops
7
Temple of Horus
After breakfast and a leisurely morning onboard, you’ll join your guide to explore the falcon-headed Horus temple .Edfu (Behdet) is a major Ptolemaic temple located on the west bank of the Nile between Aswan and Luxor. The temple was built between 237 BC to 57 BC .Yet despite its later date, it exactly reflects traditional pharaonic architecture and so provides an excellent idea of how all the temples once looked.It is the best preserved cult temple in all of Egypt and ranks second behind Karnak, simply because of its immense size ,intricate details and rich design .
2 hours • Admission ticket included
8
Temple of Kom Ombo
Return to ship and enjoy lunch onboard ,throughout cruising the Nile ,enjoy the passing scenery either in the air conditioning lounge or on deck .Following afternoon tea step off to visit the temple kom ombo .The temple is unusual in that it is a double temple, with one side dedicated to the god Haroesis (the falcon-headed God Horus) and the other side to the fearsome (crocodile God Sobek ) The design is almost perfectly symmetrical, with two side-by-side sanctuaries and two parallel passageways leading through the outer parts of the temple.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 4
High Dam + Philae Temple + Unfinished Obelisk
3 stops
9
Aswan High Dam
Join your guide and start your journey by visiting the High Dam ,a marvel of engineering when it was constructed. Originally built for irrigation and against drought and flooding. The dam displaced over 100,000 Nubians and was part of a major relocation project for archaeological sites under the UNESCO Nubia Campaign
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
10
Temple of Philae
Ride a motorized boat to Philae Temple on the island of Agilika. This temple dedicated to the goddess Isis and reflects three of the great civilizations — Egyptian, Greek and Roman.The original island is now completely submerged under the waters of Lake Nasser. But in a spectacular rescue operation, the great temples and monuments of Philae were pulled out of the water and re-erected on a nearby island, now renamed Philae.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
11
Unfinished Obelisk
Stop at the stone quarries to explore the unfinished obelisk, lies abandoned in the bedrock. It is the largest known ancient obelisk Illustrating the skills of Egypt’s stonemasons. Marks from workers’ tools are still clearly visible on the bedrock.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Depart Aswan to Cairo
1 stop
12
Aswan
Check out from your cruise after breakfast, get a private transfer to the Aswan airport for your flight to Cairo.
2 hours • 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
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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