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Nile Cruises
04 Nights Nile cruise
Kindly
note the sailing date for Cruise From Luxor to Aswan Every
( Monday , Tuesday & Saturday ) |
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| Day 1: |
Embark
to your Nile cruise - accommodation on Nile cruise on full board start
with lunch end with breakfast Embarkation, visit Karnak & Luxor
temples then lunch on board cruise P.M. Visit valley of kings, queen
Hatshepsut temple at Deir El Bahari & Colossi of Memnon .Once
a year, on the occasion of the Festival of Opet, in the second and
third month of the flood season, a solemn procession would transport
the sacred barque of the god from the temple of Karnak to the temple
of Luxor, called Ipet-resit, or ‘Private Chambers to the South
(of Amun)’. Dinner. Overnight in
Luxor |
| Day 2: |
| Breakfast,
sail to Edfu via Esna lock Edfu is a longer trip (105 km from Aswan)
but it houses the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt which is essential
viewing for archaeological enthusiasts. Dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed
god, it was built during the reigns of six Ptolemies. Lunch . &
dinner on board Captain Welcome Cocktail party. Overnight in Edfu
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| Day 3: |
| Breakfast,
visit the temple of Horus in Edfu, sail to Kom Ombo, lunch & visit
the temple of two gods Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo and Edfu are both
easily accessible from Aswan, by day cruise, felucca, bus or taxi.
Arriving by boat at the Temple of Haroeris and Sobek, near Kom Ombo,
is recommended: . sail to Aswan Galabia Party.Diner, Overnight in
Aswan |
| Day 4: |
| Breakfast,
( Optional tour to Abu Simbel by private air-conditioned motor coach
) then visit Philea temple - Philae Temple was also dismantled and
reassembled ( on Agilika lsland about 500m. from its original home
on Philae Island) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicated
to the goddess lsis, is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped
to match its original site. Its various shrines and sanctuaries, which
include a temple of Hathor, a Birth House and two pylons, celebrate
all the deities involved in the lsis and Osiris myth. a magical experience
as floodlit buildings are silhouetted against the volcanic rocks and
water surrounding them., High Dam,The world-famous High Dam was an
engineering miracle when it was built in the1960s. Today it provides
irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt and, together with
the old Aswan Dam, lunch P.M. sailing by felucca around the Kitchener's
Island and view of Agha Khan Mausoleum Take a felucca to the Mausoleum,
atop a hill at the southern end of the west bank. The Agha Khan use
to spend every winter in Aswan and was buried here in this magnificent
mausoleum, modelled on the Fatimid tombs in Cairo.. Nubian folkloric
show with dinner. Overnight in Aswan |
| Day 5: |
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Disembarkation
after breakfast,
Program
includes:-
04 Nights in Nile Cruise on full board accommodation ( Lunch , Dinner
& Breakfast ) including sightseeing as mentioned in the program
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All transfers in the program by air-conditioned car
All Sightseeing in Cruise with English speaking guide
All Entrance fees during sightseeing in Cruise
All Service Charge & Taxes.
Program excludes:-
Abu Simbel Tour by motor coach
N.B.
The Nile Cruises have the right to change the schedule, program
and sailing hours for reasons beyond our control, such as water
level, opening of bridges, long queues of boats at locks, …….etc
during the Cruise. |
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