Embarkation. Lunch on board. Your afternoon will be free at leisure. Dinner and overnight on board the ship.
Day 2 LUXOR / EDFU
After breakfast it is time to focus on the West Bank of Luxor: explore the great valleys of the Kings and Queens where generations of Pharaohs and Nobles were buried in crypts cut into the cliffs and guarded by the two huge Colossi of Memnon. You will then visit the temple of Queen Hatchepsut. Back to the ship for lunch. Enjoy your dinner and afternoon while sailing to Edfu.
Day 3 EDFU / KOM OMBO
Discover the huge temple dedicated to the God Horus in Edfu by horse carriage and tour it with your guide. Visit the colorful local bazaars on your way where you can buy your souvenirs. Lunch on board. Sail to Kom Ombo where you will visit the unusual double temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the god Haroeris. Dinner and overnight while sailing to Aswan.
Day 4 ASWAN
Once in Aswan; you will go off shore for the visits of the gigantic high dam, unfinished Obelisque and splendid Philae temple of Isis the mother goddess. Back to the ship for Lunch. In the afternoon you will enjoy more beauty of the Nile while sailing around the Elephantine Island in a felucca. Dinner and overnight in Aswan.
Day 5 ASWAN
Sail to Luxor via Esna. Overnight in Esna.
Day 6 LUXOR
After breakfast, visits the East Bank of Luxor: walk among the colossal temple of Amun Ra and the avenue of the sphinxes between the Karnak and Luxor temples, an experience that you will never forget. Back on board for lunch. Enjoy a free afternoon. Dinner and overnight in Luxor.
Day 7 QUENA
Sail to Quena to visit Denderah temple then sail back to Luxor and overnight in Luxor.
Day 8 LUXOR
Check out after breakfast.
Cruise Includes
- Meet and greet services by our travel REP upon arrival and departure
- Transportation to / from Nile cruise by air-conditioned vehicles
- Accommodation on Nile cruise on full board basis buffet style
- All sightseeing tours as per cruise itinerary
- All admission fees to the sights as per cruise itinerary
- Professional English speaking Egyptologist tour guide
- All the cruise service charges and applicable taxes