Trip itinerary

Day One: Arrive Aswan

- Meet at Aswan Airport & transfer to your cruise
- Embarkation then Lunch
- Visit the High Dam, the Granite Quarries & Philae Temple
- Dinner & Overnight on board in Aswan

Day Two: More in Aswan

- Breakfast and free time onboard
- Opional trip to Abu Simbel Temples
- Sound and Light Show at Philae Temple
- Dinner & Overnight on board in Aswan

Day Three: Kom Ombo

- Breakfast on board & Sail to Kom Ombo
- Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo
- Lunch onbaord and sail back to Aswan
- Afternoon sail by felucca boat to visit Botanical Gardens
- Dinner & Overnight on board in Aswan

Day Four: Edfu - Sail to Luxor

- Breakfast & lunch on board whilst sailing to Edfu
- Afternoon guided visit to the Temple of Edfu
- Dinner & Overnight on board in Edfu

Day Five: Luxor City Tours

- Breakfast & lunch on board whilst sailing to Luxor
- Afternoon guided visit to Luxor Temple & Luxor Museum
- Optional evening to Karnak Sound and Light Show
- Dinner & Overnight on board in Aswan

Day Six: Luxor & Dendera

- Breakfast on board then visit Luxor West Bank
- Visit Valley of Kings, Madinat Habu & Memnon Colossi
- Lunch on board cruise and sail to Qena
- Arrive Qena to pay a visit to the Temple of Dendera
- Dinner and overnight on board cruise in Luxor

Day Seven: More in Luxor

- Breakfast on board then visit Dier El Madina
- Lunch on board then a guided tour o Luxor Temple
- Dinner and overnight on board cruise in Luxor

Day Eight: Disembark & Departure

- Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast
- Transfer to LuxorAirport for your departure.

Trip includes

Meet and assist service upon arrival & departure
All transfers by a modern air-conditioned deluxe vehicle
Accommodation for 7 nights on board 5 star cruise on full board basis
All Nile Cruise excursions as mentioned
Entrance fees to the mentioned sites in the itinerary
Egyptologist guide during your excursions
All service charges and taxes

Itinerary highlights

Nile River

The Nile is a major north flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. In the ancient Egyptian language, the Nile is called "Great River". The Ancient Egyptians called the river Ar or Aur (black) because of the color of the sediment left after the river’s annual flood.

Valley of Kings

The Valley of the Kings is the major tourist attraction in Luxor. It is a valley in Egypt where for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC. In modern times it has become famous for the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun and it is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.

Memnon Colossi

One of the main attractions in Luxor West Bank on the road to the monument area, 2 gigantic statues known as the Colossi of Memnon belong to Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For 3,400 years they have sat in the Theban necropolis.

Edfu Temple

Edfu is an Egyptian city, located 60 Km to the north of Aswan, today it is an important center for sugar production and pottery. The most important monument in the city is the Temple of Horus, considered to be one of the most beautiful and preserved Temples in Egypt & the second largest after Karnak.

Kom Ombo Temple

Kom Ombo is located in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile. The origins of Kom Ombo are mysterious, perhaps still buried for future generations to discover. The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple built during the Ptolemaic dynasty in the Egyptian town of Kom Ombo.

Luxor West Bank

Luxor is one of the world’s greatest cities is nothing less than an understatement. The West Bank of Luxor in Egypt is even more of an archaeological paradise than the East Bank. It is much more than what we refer to as the Valley of the Kings, though many have called the whole of the area by that name.

Luxor Temple

Known in the New Kingdom period as Ipt-Rsyt, means the southern shrine. Amenhotep III built Luxor Temple. Many festivals were celebrated in Thebes (Waset in ancient Egyptian). The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important one, the festival of Opet. It appears that the temple's purpose was for a suitable setting for the rituals of the festival.

Luxor East Bank

In ancient times it was known as Waset and later Thebes under the Greeks. Homer is said to have described Luxor as the ‘City of the Hundred Gates’. Travel to Luxor and you will know why it is one of Egypt's great tourist attractions. Luxor is one of the world’s greatest cities is nothing less than an understatement.

Karnak Temple

Although badly ruined, no site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak. It is the largest Temple in World ! It contains a group of Temples (Great Temple of Amon Ra, Temple of Khonso, The Ipt Temple, Temple of Ptah, Temple of Montho & the Temple of God Osiris).

Hatshepsut Temple

Deir el-Bahri Temple Complex It is an incredible expression of the absolute power of a pharaoh, whether woman or man. It includes one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt, perhaps in the world due to its design & decorations. In the 7th century AD, it was named after a Coptic monastery, known as the “Northern monastery”.

Esna Lock

Esna is a city in Egypt. It is located on the west bank of the River Nile, about 33 miles south of Luxor, The town was formerly part of the modern Qena Governorate. Esna Greek name was Latopolis and here fish (lates) where thought to embody the goddess Neith, who was sacred to the area.

Luxor

Luxor is one of the most wonderful Egyptian cities. The city that witnessed the flourishing of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt when it was called Thebes and it served as the capital of Egypt for hundreds of years. Many Egypt travel packages would include a visit to Luxor.

Unfinished Obelisk

The Unfinished Obelisk is one of the most popular sites in Aswan. Situated on the southern edge of the Northern quarry, provides insight into the stone working methods employed by ancient Egyptians. It is being promoted to attract more visitors to the Aswan offering unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone working techniques

High Dam

To find a way to manage the water of the Nile so that Egyptians had just the right amount all the time so the solution of this problem was the dam. Tourists visiting Aswan come to marvel at the High Dam, which has become somewhat of a local attraction in its own right.

Philae Temple

One of the main sites visited by almost every tour to Egypt, Philae is actually a nonexistent island now buried beneath Lake Nasser and the previous site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex in southern Egypt.

Aswan

Aswan is a city of special magic of its own. Located at the southernmost point of the Nile Valley, Aswan has served as the southern gateway of Egypt for many years.

Abu Simbel Temples

Abu Simbel, site of two temples built by the Egyptian king Ramses II, now located in Aswān, southern Egypt. It is generally considered the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Rameses II, one of the most beautiful in Egypt and among the most interesting Pharaonic Temples.

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