Presidential Nile Cruise

Overview

Join the Nile Cruise in Luxor, This Nile Ship will allow you to visit Luxor, Aswan and return back again to Luxor,so your trip will start in Luxor and End in Luxor also,  visit the sites in between with Expert tour guide

Itinerary

• Day
  1

  Luxor - Embarkation

  Embarkation on the Cruise Ship before Lunch, Lunch on Board, Afternoon free ( Possibility to visit Nobels Valley, Ramasseum and Madinet Habu- Optional visit), Dinner and night on Board

• Day
  2

  Luxor

  Breakfast on board, Morning free (Possibility to visit Luxor Museum and Mummifications Hall – Optional visit), Lunch on Board, In the Afternoon visit to East Bank of Luxor where both famous Temples are, Karnak and Luxor Temple, karnak temple which once was a small town consists of smaller temples dedicated for the Egyptian god Amoun dates back to 2000 B.C. get to know the glory history of the Egyptian kings and follow their footsteps in the temples of Luxor and karnak. Dinner and night on board

• Day
  3

  Luxor / Edfu

  Breakfast on Board, Heading to the west bank to visit the Kings Valley, Hatshpsoot Temple ( Called also Deir El Bahari) and view Memnoon Clossi on the way, Back to the Cruise Ship and Lunch on Board, In the afternoon sail to Edfu (via Esna), Dinner and night on Board

• Day
  4

  Edfu / Kom Ombo / Aswan

  Breakfast on Board, in Edfu visit the temple of Horus, dedicated to the Falcon, It is the most preserved temple in upper Egypt as it was barried by the sand in the past until 1860 when Auguste Mariette started to clear the sand away Sail to Kom Ombo Lunch on Board, In the afternoon visit to Kom Ombo to the temple of Kom Ombo it is a double temple each side dedicated to one god of Sobek and Horus ,the two sanctuaries buildings are perfectly symmetrical ,almost a twin temple ,linking between them similar passageways lead to the outer parts of the temple. Some renovations were made later, such as the hypostyle hall which was added by Ptolemy the seventh 51-47B.C, Moreover, under the role of emperor Trajan 53-117AD, the forecourt and outer walls were added, the entrance gate of the temple complex assumed to be built by Cleopatra's father Ptolemy XII. The walls of the temple painted with repeated offerings scenes to the gods by the pharaohs of the Ptolemaic period, and include Cleopatra VI. Sail to Aswan, Dinner and night on Board

• Day
  5

  Philae / High Dam / Oblisk

  Breakfast on board, morning visit of the High Dam and the temple of Philae, Philae is an island, was originally located near the expansive first Cataract of the Nile Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian Temple complex. These rapids and the surrounding area have been variously flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the Unsco Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other complexes before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam, Back to Cruise Ship, Lunch on Board, In the afternoon Visit of Elephantine island by Felucca, Evening free (Possibility to enjoy the Sound and Light Show in Philae – Optional), Dinner and night on Board

• Day
  6

  Aswan / Edfu

  Breakfast on Board, Morning free (Possibility to Abu Simbel either by the road or flight – Optional), Lunch on board, Afternoon sail to Edfu Dinner and night on Board

• Day
  7

  Edfu / Luxor

  Breakfast on Board, Sail to Luxor (via Esna), Day free at leisure in Luxor, At end of afternoon, transfer to the train station and catch the night sleeping train to Cairo (10-12 hrs), Dinner and night on Board

• Day
  8

  Luxor – Dis-Embarkation

  Breakfast on Board, Disembarkation, End of the Trip

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