Itinerary
Day 1: Aswan : the Temple of Philae - the High Dam
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan 1, Aswan 1240271 Egypt
Upon your arrival at Aswan Airport (your Aswan hotel or port) you will be transferred to your luxurious cruise ship for a 3 night Nile cruise. After check-in, you will begin a guided day tour, starting with a boat trip to the Temple of Philae, which was built in honour of goddess Isis. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch, where you can also enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. Spend the night on board in Aswan.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch, where you can also enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. Spend the night on board in Aswan
Duration: 25 minutes
Pass By: Thebes, Egypt
Thebes, Egypt
Stop At: Nile River, Cairo 15662 Egypt
Nile River,
Duration: 3 days 18 hours
Pass By: Luxor Travels, 3 Al Qarna Rd 3, Al Qarna Rd, Luxor 85951 Egypt
Spend 4 days relaxing on a leisurely Nile River cruise from Aswan, complete with accommodations. Accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide, you'll explore the wonders of ancient Egypt. The Nile cruise features a swimming pool with a sun-lounger terrace, opulent lounge and bar, reading areas and a discotheque. The luxurious cabins with panoramic views have en-suite shower room, individually controlled air-conditioning, TV, minibar, climate control and telephones. The restaurant offers a mix of local and international buffet-style cuisine. Guests can enjoy their cocktails while soaking up the sun by the pool bar. Room service is available 24 hours. All you need do is sit back and enjoy the scenery.
Upon your arrival at Aswan Airport (your Aswan hotel or port) you will be transferred to your luxurious cruise ship for a 3 night Nile cruise. After check-in, you will begin a guided day tour, starting with a boat trip to the Temple of Philae, which was built in honour of goddess Isis. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch, where you can also enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. Spend the night on board in Aswan.
Day 2: (BLD)
Early in the morning, you will enjoy a guided tour of Abu Simbel Temple. After coming back from Abu Simbel, the ship will sail to Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Kom Ombo you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, which is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. After this visit you will sail toward Edfu. There, you will be taken to see the Temple of Horus, which is dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god. This relatively young pharaonic temple is well-preserved and therefore very impressive. In the evening you will have dinner on board and spend the night.
Day 3: (BLD)
As the ship sails on towards Luxor, you will pass the city of Esna. Today you can just enjoy the view relaxing on the sundeck while watching the local life on the river and its banks. After arrival in Luxor you have the option of seeing the Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temples in the evening (additional cost). Spend your last night on board in Luxor.
Day 4: (B)
Possibility of optional Hot Air Ballooning over the West Bank (additional cost and weather permitting).
After breakfast on board, you will check out at 8:00 AM to start your day tour of the West Bank of Luxor. First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. It consists of tombs embedded in the mountain Thebes. Here, you visit 3 tombs of various dynasties. Your Egyptologist tour guide will be on hand to recommend and advise you as to which tombs to visit. After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Queen Hapshetsut. Afterwards, you will be taken to see the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt. To conclude your Nile cruise, you visit Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt. At every site you will get information from your Egyptologist tour guide and you will get free time to explore the ancient monuments by yourself. The journey will end in Luxor
Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: The Nile cruise features a swimming pool bar cabins en-suite shower room, air-conditioning TV, minibar, and telephones.
Day 2: Aswan : Abu Simbel Temple - Temple of Kom Ombo
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
Early in the morning, you will enjoy a guided tour of Abu Simbel Temple. After coming back from Abu Simbel, the ship will sail to Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Kom Ombo you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo
Duration: 9 hours
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
After coming back from Abu Simbel, the ship will sail to Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Kom Ombo you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, which is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. After this visit you will sail toward Edfu. in the evening you will have dinner on board and spend the night at Edfu.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
•
•
•
Accommodation included: The Nile cruise features a swimming pool bar cabins en-suite shower room, air-conditioning TV, minibar, and telephones.
Day 3: Edfo [ Temple of Horus ]
Stop At: Edfu, Edfu, Nile River Valley
There, you will be taken to see the Temple of Horus, which is dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god.
As the ship sails on towards Luxor, you will pass the city of Esna. Today you can just enjoy the view relaxing on the sundeck while watching the local life on the river and its banks. After arrival in Luxor you have the option of seeing the Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temples in the evening (additional cost). Spend your last night on board in Luxor
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Edfu to visit the Temple of Edfu which is dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god. This is quite a young temple and is well-preserved making it very impressive.
At every site you will get information from your Egyptologist tour guide and you will get free time to explore the ancient monuments by yourself.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
•
•
•
Accommodation included: The Nile cruise features a swimming pool bar cabins en-suite shower room, air-conditioning TV, minibar, and telephones.
Day 4: Luxor
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
After breakfast on board, you will check out at 8:00 AM to start your day tour of the West Bank of Luxor. First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. It consists of tombs embedded in the mountain Thebes. Here, you visit 3 tombs of various dynasties. Your Egyptologist tour guide will be on hand to recommend and advise you as to which tombs to visit. After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Hatshipsut
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tomb of Ramses III, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Luxor Egypt
The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers’
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Ramases IX, Valley of the Kings., Luxor Egypt
Tomb of King Ramesses lX was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father's reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince .
The tomb has so much colour and detail even the ceiling above the sarcophagi with its goddess Nut stretching across the space. The sarcophagus is one of the largest in the valley, even though some of the paintings have deteriorated this is one of the most decorated.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Merenptah, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .
Duration: 25 minutes
Pass By: Tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut), Valley of the Kings, Luxor Egypt
Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun300.00 EGP) (optional)
King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh. This queen was an ancestor of King Tutankhamun and belonged to the same dynasty.Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
Duration: 25 minutes
Pass By: Valley of the Nobles, West Bank near Ramesseum Gurna, Luxor Egypt
Tombs of the Nobles,
Pass By: Howard Carter House, Valley Of The Kings, Luxor Egypt
Howard Carter House
Pass By: Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II), West Bank, Luxor Egypt
It is the "Ramesseum Temple", which includes a number of huge statues of King Ramses II and a number of inscriptions that tell the nature of life in that period of the Pharaonic state, where the pictures and inscriptions decorating the temple wall record the facts of the famous Battle of Kadesh in which King Ramses II won over the Hittites and how His planning for war
King Ramses II ordered the construction of the Ramesseum Temple to show the greatness and stature of Ramses II among the ancient kings
Pass By: Tomb of Merenptah, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Temple of Merenptah, West Bank
Pass By: Tomb of Ramses VI, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Luxor Egypt
Tomb of Ramses VI
Pass By: Valley of the Nobles, West Bank near Ramesseum Gurna, Luxor Egypt
Valley of the Nobles, West Bank near Ramesseum
Pass By: Temple of Seti I, Past the road to the Valley of the Kings, towards the village of el-Tarif. This is a Temple not a Tomb, Luxor Egypt
Temple of Seti I
Stop At: Temple of Amun, Temple of Karnak complex, Luxor Egypt
Temple of Amun, also known as Karnak Temples. You visit what is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Temple of Amun, also known as Karnak Temples. You visit what is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Ramesses III, Karnak, Karnak,, Luxor Egypt
Temple of Ramesses III, Karnak
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Obelisk of Queen Hapshetsut,, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Obelisk of Queen Hapshetsut
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Obelisk of Thutmoses I, Luxor Egypt
Obelisk of Thutmoses I
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Avenue of Sphinxes, between the Karnak and Luxor temples, Luxor Egypt
Avenue of Sphinxes
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Luxor Temple, Luxor
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
•
No accommodation included on this day.