Luxury 4 Day 3 Night Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Aswan High Dam
4 stops
1
Aswan High Dam
Arrive Aswan, our guide will pick you up from Aswan airport to Start a full day tour to the city of Aswan to visit: The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is the world's largest embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
2
Temple of Philae
Take a Motor to Philae Temple the Temple of Love for Goddess Isis. Egypt's ancient center for the cult of Isis, the Temples of Philae were venerated from the Pharaonic era through the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods with each ruler making their own additions to the stones here. This sacred site has dazzled travelers since the first Nile cruises set off from Cairo and is one of Nubia's most important monument sites.
20 hours • Admission ticket included
3
Unfinished Obelisk
Aswan was the source of ancient Egypt’s finest granite, used to make statues and embellish temples, pyramids and obelisks.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
Aswan
Afternoon start Felucca Ride around Elephantine Island and Kitchener Botanical Island, & the Agha Khan Mausoleum.Check in and have lunch & Dinner on Board of your Nile Cruise.
40 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Sailing & Kom Ombo Temple
1 stop
5
Temple of Kom Ombo
After breakfast the cruise sailing to komombo then visit the temple upon arrival there. The fertile, irrigated sugar-cane fields around Kom Ombo support not only the original community of fellaheen (peasant farmers), but also a large population of Nubians displaced from their own lands by the creation of Lake Nasser. It’s a pleasant little place, easily accessible en route between Aswan and Luxor. A huge cattle market is held on the outskirts of town, near the railway line, on Thursdays. The main attraction these days, however, is the unique riverside temple to Horus the Elder (Haroeris) and Sobek and its attached Crocodile Museum, about 4km from the town’s centre.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Sailing & Edfo
1 stop
6
Edfu Temple
Continue sailing to Edfu After Lunch start to visit Edfu Temple This Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 and 57 BC, is one of the best-preserved ancient monuments in Egypt. Preserved by desert sand, which filled the place after the pagan cult was banned, the temple is dedicated to Horus, the avenging son of Isis and Osiris. With its roof intact, it is also one of the most atmospheric of ancient buildings. After Dinner enjoy Galabya party and overnight
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
West & East Bank of Luxor and Final departure
4 stops
7
Valley of the Kings
Have Breakfast on Board of your Cruise, then start the tour to visit the west bank of Luxor where you will see: The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt The valley stands on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor), within the heart of the Theban Necropolis. The wadi consists of two valleys, East Valley (where the majority of the royal tombs are situated) and West Valley.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
8
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Located beneath massive cliffs near the west bank of the Nile, the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, also known as Deir el Bahri, is dedicated to Amon-Ra, the sun god. Designed by an architect named Senemut, the temple is unique because it was designed like classical architecture. Note the lengthy, colonnaded terrace some of which are 97 ft high, pylons, courts, and hypostyle hall. Inside you'll see the sun court, chapel and sanctuary
1 hour • Admission ticket included
9
Temple of Karnak
Karnak the largest temple in the world.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
10
Luxor Temple
A temple built for the ritual practices exercised at the most important Ancient Egyptian festival, The Festival of Opet. End of service Transfer you to Luxor Airport to fly back to Cairo
1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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