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Day 1: Check in Nile Cruise Luxor, Luxor visits
Check in on Cruise ship. Enjoy the lunch buffet. We will start our sight-seeing program. On the west side of the Nile, we find the valley known as “City of the dead”. The Valley of the Kings is one of the highlights of the tour. Our ticket includes three randomly chosen royal tombs. The guide will lecture us about the history of each tomb from outside (guiding inside tomb is not allowed), and then we will walk inside knowing that we are the Pharaohs guest in his grave. You will enter the long corridors and enjoy the spectacle of the beautiful colors that have remained for over 3,500 years. If you wish to visit the greatest archaeological discovery in history of ancient Egypt, let your guide know in advance, he can assist with buying the special ticket to visit the tomb of King Tut.
There will be a brief shopping stop at a local stone mason making souvenirs such as small statues, vases, and several other items that may be of interest to you. After our short shopping break, we head to the temple of Queen Hatshepsut Deir El Bahari. We have around one hour visiting the second floor of the temple where the world’s first documentary is depicted on the walls, picturing the expedition to the other side of the Red Sea. This is also considered the world’s first foreign relation between two countries.
On our way back to the cruise ship, we will stop by the two statues of Memnon. Our guide will tell about the mythology and history of these two iconic statues on the west side of Luxor. It’s the only remains of the funeral temple of Amenofis 3. At 8pm we will enjoy an open buffet dinner on board the cruise ship and spend the night on the Nile.
Meals: Lunch Buffet and Dinner Buffet on Cruise
Day 2: Luxor visits
After breakfast we continue our tour with a visit to the Karnak and Luxor temples. Karnak is the largest temple complex in Egypt, with hypostyle halls, 134 huge columns, a sacred lake and much more.
In the distance we see the restoration project of the southern buildings, and get an impression of how huge this temple must have been at that time the high priests ruled. The tour continues on to the much smaller Luxor temple, built by Amenofis the 3rd, but his beautiful temple will definitely amaze you. If you are interested in architecture, engineering, or masonry designs, then you can see the world’s first architectural sketch, which is of the Luxor temple. The temple was continued by Ramses the 2nd.
At Luxor temple we can see evidence of the three great historic eras of Egypt; Pharaonic, Christianity, and Islamic eras. Ancient Thebes was a center of festivals, and the temple of Luxor was the setting for the most important festival, the festival of Opet, designed to merge the ruler`s human and divine aspects.
After our three hour visit to the Karnak and Luxor temples, we head back to our cruise ship for lunch. The boat will sail towards Esna, wait for its turn to pass through the locks.
Please see the news board at the reception area for updates such as shows and other entertainment activities.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Buffet, Dinner Buffet on board.
Day 3: Sailing Edfu-Kom Ombo-Aswan
We have arrived the village of Edfu. After breakfast we visit the Horus temple in Edfu, which is situated on the other side of the village. It takes only a few minutes from the boat to the temple by horse carriage. Edfu temple is not only the best preserved of Egypt’s temples, but also the second largest, right after Karnak. We have a great deal of information about its construction since Edfu is very young – “only” 2200 years old It was believed that the temple was built on the site of the great battle between Horus and Seth. We can see the battle between Horus and Seth in on temple walls, as well as fantastic festivals. The world’s first library was found here.
After a few hours of sailing south, we come to the city known for sugar production: Kom Ombo. Within a few hundred yards walking from our docking boat, we find the only remaining double temple dedicated to the two gods Sobek & Haroeries. The temple is small but lovely and has a story to tell. Despite being situated on the banks of the Nile and being subjected to both floods and sand storms, it has been restored quite well. This temple served as a hospital in ancient Egypt and is famous for the usage of medical instruments and calendar. The actual temple was started by Ptolemy VI, Philometor, in the early second century BC. Ptolemy XIII built the outer and inner hypo style halls. The outer enclosure wall and part of the court were built by Augustus sometime after 30 BCE, but are mostly gone now. Our cruise ship will continue its journey sailing 28 miles to Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Buffet, Dinner Buffet on board.
Day 4: Aswan sightseeing / (Abu Simbel excursion)
It is also possible to visit the giant mountain temple of Abu Simbel as an add on for the trip for about $100-200 per person depending on transfer by bus or by air. The tour starts in the middle of the night and is back at around lunchtime with a three hour bus ride each way. The sight of the statue of Ramses the 2nd carved right out of the mountains is an unimaginable experience. The two temples situated by Lake Nasser, were moved by UNESCO to save them from flooding. Inside we find colors in unimaginably good condition of Ramses showing all his achievements. Next to that temple is the Temple of his favorite wife Nefertari.
We also recommend you to add on the trip to a Nubian village by Felucca (sailing boat). You will see the small village of Soheil Island and experience a Nubian house from inside.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Buffet, Dinner Buffet on board.
Day 5: Aswan sightseeing
In our basic sightseeing package we include a visit to the Aswan High Dam, which produces electricity to all of Egypt as well as for export. Opened in 1972, and holds back the artificial Lake Nasser, which used to flood hundreds of temples and forced over 100,000 Nubians to move from their homes.
The Isis temple is perhaps the most beautiful temple in all of Egypt because of its incredible location in between two dams. The boat will sail by lunch towards Kom Ombo.
Meals: Lunch Buffet, Dinner Buffet on board.
Day 6: Sailing Kom Ombo-Edfu-Luxor
We have arrived the city known for sugar production: Kom Ombo. Within a few hundred yards walking from our docking boat, we find the only remaining double temple dedicated to the two gods Sobek & Haroeries. The temple is small but lovely and has a story to tell. Despite being situated on the banks of the Nile and being subjected to both floods and sand storms, it has been restored quite well. This temple served as a hospital in ancient Egypt and is famous for the usage of medical instruments and calendar. The actual temple was started by Ptolemy VI, Philometor, in the early second century BC. Ptolemy XIII built the outer and inner hypo style halls. The outer enclosure wall and part of the court were built by Augustus sometime after 30 BCE, but are mostly gone now. Our cruise ship will continue its journey sailing 28 miles to Aswan.
We have arrived the village of Edfu. After breakfast we visit the Horus temple in Edfu, which is situated on the other side of the village. It takes only a few minutes from the boat to the temple by horse carriage. Edfu temple is not only the best preserved of Egypt’s temples, but also the second largest, right after Karnak. We have a great deal of information about its construction since Edfu is very young – “only” 2200 years old It was believed that the temple was built on the site of the great battle between Horus and Seth. We can see the battle between Horus and Seth in on temple walls, as well as fantastic festivals. The world’s first library was found here.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Buffet, Dinner Buffet on board.
Day 7: Luxor visits
After breakfast we continue our tour with a visit to the Karnak and Luxor temples. Karnak is the largest temple complex in Egypt, with hypostyle halls, 134 huge columns, a sacred lake and much more. In the distance we see the restoration project of the southern buildings, and get an impression of how huge this temple must have been at that time the high priests ruled. The tour continues on to the much smaller Luxor temple, built by Amenofis the 3rd, but his beautiful temple will definitely amaze you. If you are interested in architecture, engineering, or masonry designs, then you can see the world’s first architectural sketch, which is of the Luxor temple. The temple was continued by Ramses the 2nd.
At Luxor temple we can see evidence of the three great historic eras of Egypt; Pharaonic, Christianity, and Islamic eras. Ancient Thebes was a center of festivals, and the temple of Luxor was the setting for the most important festival, the festival of Opet, designed to merge the ruler`s human and divine aspects. After our three hour visit to the Karnak and Luxor temples, we head back to our cruise ship for lunch. The boat will sail towards Esna, wait for its turn to pass through the locks. Please see the news board at the reception area for updates such as shows and other entertainment activities.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Buffet, Dinner Buffet on board.
Day 8: Luxor, Check out cruise
Breakfast onboard before check out.
It may vary which cruise boat we will use. Pictures of cruise boat are for illustration. All the cruise boats we use are 5 star standards. All staterooms have windows or French balcony. Stateroom will be cleaned twice a day – morning and evening. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the restaurant. On top floor there are swimming pool, sundeck with sun beds and towels, sitting groups in shaded area. The size of the cruise boats are mostly standard, as they has to fit in Esna lock. Boats has 80-120 cabins.
You will sign for your drink in restaurant, bar and sundeck. Drinks are paid for upon check out in Egyptian Pounds or US Dollar. There will be added fees if paying with credit cards.
AlfaOmega Tours can provide transfers from/to Airport or hotel in Luxor and Aswan for extra charge.
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