4 Days - 3 Nights Nile Cruise From Cairo by Flight

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Pick up from Cairo and transfer to take the flight to Aswan. your guide waiting for you with a sign of Booking2Egypt
2 stops
1
Aswan High Dam
Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968. It was officially inaugurated in 1971.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
2
Temple of Philae
hilae in Greek or Pilak in ancient Egyptian, meaning ‘the end,’ defined the southern most limit of Egypt. It was begun by Ptolemy II and completed by the Roman Emperors. Kiosk of Trajan oil paintingThe Temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. These three characters dominate ancient Egyptian culture and their story possesses all the drama of a Shakespearian tragedy. The god Osiris is murdered and dismembered by his brother Seth. Isis searches for the fragments, collects them together and with her magic powers brings Osiris back to life. They then conceive the god Horus. Osiris becomes god of the under world and judge of the dead – who must answer to him for their deeds on Earth. Meanwhile Isis gives birth to Horus and protects the young god. Later when Horus is grown he avenges his father by defeating Seth in combat.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Sail to Kom Ombo. Afternoon Tea. Visit the temple shared by the two gods Sobek and Haroeris. Sail to Edfu.
1 stop
3
The temple at Kom Ombo is about 30 miles (48 km) north of Aswan and was built during the Graeco-Roman period (332 BC AD 395). There was an earlier structure from the 18th dynasty but little remains. The temple is unique because it is in fact a double temple, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. The layout combines two temples in one with each side having its own gateways and chapels. SobekSobek is associated with the wicked god Seth, the enemy of Horus. In the Horus myth the allies of Seth made their escape by changing themselves into crocodiles. Sobek and Horus Sobek and Horus Sobek’s chief sanctuary was at Kom Ombo, where there were once huge numbers of crocodiles. Until recent times the Egyptian Nile was infested with these ferocious animals, who would lay on the riverbank and devour animals and humans alike. So it is not surprising that the local inhabitants went in fear. They believed that as a totem animal, and object of worship, it would not attack them. Captive crocodiles were kept within the temple and many mummified crocodiles have been found in cemeteries, some of which can be seen in the temple sanctuary today.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Breakfast on board. Visit The Temple of Horus in Edfu. Cross the lock. Sail to Luxor. Afternoon Tea.
1 stop
4
Temple of Horus
Traveling for pleasure and sightseeing have been around for a very long time. At the temple of Edfu, today’s visitors can see a 2000-year-old tourist guide; it’s inscribed in a 300 meter band around the enclosure wall. The author, an unknown priest, describes the temple in its heyday including its religious services, painted walls, fixtures and fittings. With “the embellishing of its walls with gold, the laying on of the colours” the imposing building must have glinted like a precious jewel in the sunlight. The writer even tells us that work on the temple had to be halted for a time because of a rebellion in Upper Egypt. His account of the temple’s inauguration festival conjures up a lively scene of excess. People from as far away as Dendara, where Hathor, wife of the god Horus had her temple, traveled upriver to join in the festivities and a great time was had by all.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Luxor & visiting the west bank ( valley of kings & hatchepsut temple – Back to Cairo
2 stops
5
Valley of the Kings
the Valley of Kings; visit the tombs of various Dynasties. King Tut’s tomb is with extra ticket.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
6
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Hatshepsut was descended from a number of strong women, including Aahotep, the mother of King Ahmose I. Aahotep was a military leader and she received the “Golden Flies” awarded to soldiers who fought courageously. When Ahmose died, his son Amenhotep became pharaoh but he left no male heirs. Thutmose I, a commoner and army general, became king by marrying Amenhotep’s sister Nefertiri. Thutmose I was a strong pharaoh and, with his large professional army, made conquests south into Nubia and north as far as the Euphrates River; the farthest any pharaoh had gone up to that time. He erected two large obelisks at Karnak Temple and began the tradition of royal burials in the Valley of the
1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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