5 Days / 4 Nights Nile Cruise Luxor to Aswan.(Price varies per group size).

Duration

5 Days

Max People

50

Min Age

0+

Pickup

Bus

Explore the beauty of the most famous touristic city in the world Luxor & Aswan while enjoying the wonderful Nile cruise.

Included/Excluded

  • Accommodation For 4 nights on board Full board basis .
  • Licensed Egyptologist tour guide .
  • All main entrance fees.
  • Lunch as included in the tour plan itinerary.
  • Domestic airfare Flights : Cairo/Luxor - Aswan/ Cairo.
  • All Taxes and services .
  • Any extra activities .
  • Drinks.
  • Tipping .

Tour Plan

Day 1 Nile Cruise - Luxor - East Bank Tour.

Upon arrival to Luxor , our tour guide will accompanied you to visit the two Massive temples on the eastern bank of the Nile. The first one is Karnak Temple Complex which comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic Period. It’s a vast open-air museum, and the second largest ancient religious site in the world. It’s mainly a place to worship the Theban triad (Gods Amon, his consort Mut, and their son Khunso).

The Second Temple is Luxor Temple which is believed that one of the ancient Egyptian’s festivals was held inside the temple as there are different scenes on the walls representing the celebration of the festival. Its inner part was built by King Amenhotep III while the outer part was built by King Ramses II. After entering the temple you will find a mosque called (Abu Al-Haggag) was built on the ruins of a church which were built inside the temple. To the rear of the temple there are chapels built by King Thutmosis III and Alexander the Great.

Then transfer to check in the Nile cruise and have lunch on board .

Overnight in Luxor .

Day 2 Nile Cruise - Luxor - West Bank Tour.

Breakfast on board , cross to  the west bank of the Nile including (Valley of the kings where you can see the amazing well preserved tombs of the most famous kings the tomb of king Ramses II and the child King Tutankhamon, The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut it’s called “the Holy of Holies” which is richly decorated with her divine birth story and expedition to Punt Land. The temple is mainly dedicated to worship the supreme god Amon-Ra, and the 2 Colossi of Memnun which are two massive statues representing King Amenhotep III in a seating Position).

Overnight in Luxor.

Day 3 Nile Cruise - Edfu & Kom Ombo.

Breakfast on board , Visiting Hours temple in Edfu , then sail to Kom Ombo ,

Lunch on board , then visit the temple of the two Gods Sobek & Haroeris .

Overnight in Kom Ombo.

Day 4 Nile Cruise - Aswan

Breakfast on board , sail to Aswan, upon arrival our tour guide will meet you to visit Aswan’s High Dam which is one of the most important achievements of the last century in Egypt .It Contains 18 times the material used in the great pyramid of Cheops and It provides Egypt with the water and electricity and secures the country from the destructive inundation of the Nile River.

Then you will visit the Temple of Isis at Philae which its construction started during the reign of Ptolemy II and completed by the Roman emperors. And it was dedicated to goddess Isis which was considered the mother of god and she is the mother god Horus and the consort of God Osiris.

After that Ending the tour with Aswan Granite Quarries as Aswan was considered as the main granite supplier for all Egypt.

Overnight in Aswan.

Day 5 Aswan - Departure.

Breakfast on board , Free day or (Optional) trip to Abu ‎Simbel to visit the location of the most famous temples (The Great and Small temples) ‎of King Ramses II and his wife Queen Nefertari. The most spectacular aspect of this ‎temple is its setting in the solid rock above the banks of the Nile River. The complex is ‎part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the “Nubian Monuments,” which ‎run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan). It is believed that the axis of ‎the temple was positioned by the ancient Egyptian architects in such a way that on ‎October 22 and February 22, the rays of the sun would penetrate the sanctuary and ‎illuminate the sculptures on the back wall, except for the statue of Ptah, the god ‎connected with the Underworld, who always remained in the dark. These dates are ‎allegedly the king’s birthday and coronation day.‎

Then back to Aswan and transfer to Aswan airport , departure by plane .

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