5 Days – 4 Nights Nile Cruise From Luxor

Arrival Luxor airport meet and assist by our representative and transfer to your Nile cruise check in You will meet your English-speaking Egyptologist guide at the lobby to begin your Luxor East Bank Tours, Luxor is located 700 kilometers south of Cairo. The city, with almost 500,000 inhabitants, basically lives on tourism and agriculture. visit the magnificent Karnak Temple, which is the largest temple in Egypt, was built and expanded throughout 2000 years from a simple shrine during the New Kingdom to become a huge Temple that covers a tremendous area. Then continue your Luxor excursions as you will be transferred to the amazing Luxor Temple, Located in the city that bears his name and was discovered in 1884, at the East Bank of the Nile in Luxor. Overnight onboard after Luxor tours to continue tomorrow your program.

Meals: Lunch, dinner.

Overnight on board.

After having your delicious breakfast  you will meet your tour leader to begin your West bank tour of Luxor to visit the magnificent rock cut-tombs of the New Kingdom Pharaohs, known as the Valley of the Kings, where they built their tombs very far away from the tomb thieves, till now, today more than 60 tombs carved into the rocks have been discovered. Also, continue Luxor West Bank Tours to visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut or as it is known today as the Temple of El Deir El Bahari, it is 97 feet (30 m) tall Hatshepsut temple facts is an extraordinary monument capable of dazzling its visitors, and the Colossi of Memnon, the huge statues of the great King Amenhotep III will be your last Luxor day tours. Your tasty lunch will be served aboard the Luxor to Aswan Nile Cruise and then you will enjoy sailing to Edfu.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Overnight on board.

After you experienced the past 2 days of Luxor Sightseeing tours, now you will enjoy a tasty breakfast aboard the Nile Cruise, and you will be accompanied by your expert tour guide to make one of the most interesting Egypt Day Tours, the tour to Edfu to visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu which still has all the elements of an ancient Egyptian temple still preserved, the Temple of Edfu is one of the largest in Egypt (the largest after the Karnak Temple) and one of the best-preserved in the country, then you will get back to the cruise ship to enjoy an enchanting sailing time to the south until you reach Kom Ombo, an unusual lunch meal will be served aboard the ship.

Upon arrival to the town of Kom Ombo, you will be accompanied to the incredible Kom Ombo Temple, dedicated to the crocodile God Sobek, it was built between 1350 and 180 B.C. under the orders of King Ramses II and then the boat will sail towards Aswan, after finishing your Kom Ombo and Edfu tour, enjoy your delightful dinner aboard the cruise and the entertainment and local music show, overnight in the beautiful city of Aswan.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Overnight on board.

As a start to your day your breakfast will be served aboard your Egypt Nile cruise and get ready to meet your private tour guide to begin your Aswan Excursions as follows:

The High Dam:

Visit the High Dam which shielded Egypt from the Nile floods that used to drown Egypt for months of wasted water without being used. Aswan is the southernmost city in Egypt. It is located in the first Nile waterfall, almost a thousand kilometers away from Cairo.

The Unfinished Obelisk:

At the granite quarries where ancient Egyptians used to cut and transport granite from, to be used in building great pyramids of Egypt during the old kingdom of Egypt history, and the great temples and huge pillars and obelisks, especially during the new kingdom.

Philae Temple:

Continue Aswan tours to the Greco-Roman style Philae temple that was built and dedicated to the worship of Goddess Isis, and is one of the 4 places where the legend of Isis, Osiris, and Horus took place.

You will be transferred back to the cruise and enjoy your lunch meal, spend a free-time afternoon in Aswan, and in the evening, a good quality dinner will be prepared and served aboard the cruise boat, You will watch an interesting Nubian show, and overnight in Aswan.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Overnight on board.

After breakfast check out and transfer to Aswan Airport