subject: Egypt Nile River Cruise Ms Sonesta Nile Goddess [print this page] Sonesta Nile Goddess offers for guests 47 Deluxe cabins, 2 Senator Suites and 4 Presidential Suites with private terrace. All cabins have broad panoramic windows overlooking the magical view of the River Nile.
Cruise Itinerary:
Luxor / Aswan Every Monday
4 Nights / 5 Days
Day 1: Nile Cruise Holidays - Luxor East Bank
Your Nile cruise holidays will start with transfer from point of your arrival or your hotel in Luxor to board Sonesta Nile Goddess cruise at 12 PM. Lunch will be served aboard the cruise, followed by guided tour to visit East Bank of Nile River to see Karnak temple dedicated to the God Amon, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu, each pharaoh left memory of him there and it let u to pass across centuries. Continue your tour in Luxor temple built by Amenhotep III with grandeur intention and have great number of pillars. It was connected by 3 kilometers paved alley of sphinxes with Karnak Temple. Then you will be transferred to Nile cruise board to have dinner. Overnight stay will be in Luxor aboard cruise.
Day 2: Nile Cruise Holidays - Luxor West Bank
You will have breakfast on board cruise and then visit West Bank of the Nile River. You will start from Colossi of Memnon, two colossal statue of Amenhotep III, then visit valley of the Kings, where tombs were hide deep into desert rock, richly decorated with treasure for afterlife of the pharaohs, you will visit 3 of them. Continue tour to Hatshepsut temple rises from desert rock with series of terraces, dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut only famous female pharaoh. Afterwards you will sail to Edfu, during sailing lunch will be served. Free time at leisure. Dinner and overnight on board cruise.
Day 3: Nile Cruise Holidays - Edfu / Kom Ombo
Breakfast on board your cruise, followed by visiting Edfu Temple. It is the best preserved and the second largest after Karnak. It was dedicated to the falcon headed god Horus. The temple you will see was built during the reigns of six Ptolemies - begun in 237 BC and finished in 57 BC. Edfu was believed to have been the site of the great battle between Horus and Seth. Afterwards sailing to Kom Ombo to visit Kom Ombo Temple built during the Greco-Roman period. 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. Free time at leisure. Lunch and dinner on the board Nile River cruise, overnight in Aswan.
Day 4: Nile Cruise Holidays - Aswan / Kitchener's Island
Breakfast will be served aboard the cruise, followed by guided tour in Aswan to visit High Dam built in 1970. With the dam created a reservoir of water, called Lake Nasser. The Dam is 114 meters high and 3.6 kilometers long; The Unfinished Obelisk lies, in its original location, in a granite quarry in Aswan. It is 42m in length and was most probably abandoned when some cracks appeared in the rock, during its construction. Had this obelisk been completed, it would have been the heaviest obelisk ever cut in Ancient Egypt, weighing nearly 1100 tons! Also you will visit Temple of Isis at Philae is one of the greatest Temples in Egypt and it occupies about a quarter of the island. It is the main Temple on the island, with its huge, complete, pylons and beautiful scenes. Sailing by feluca around Kitchener's island. Lunch and dinner on the board cruise, overnight in Aswan.
Day 5: Nile Cruise Holidays - Disembark
You will have breakfast at the board cruise. After you will have transfer to the point of your departure in Aswan.
Cruise Includes:
Meet and assist upon arrival and departure by our REP
Transfer by air-conditioned vehicle to your Nile River cruise
Accommodation on full board basis on board the Nile River cruise
All sightseeing tours as per the Nile cruise itinerary
Admission fees to the sightseeing as per Nile cruise itinerary
Professional English speaking tour guide during Nile cruise holidays
