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Nile Cruises
7 Nights Nile Cruise
Kindly
note the sailing date for Cruise From Luxor to Luxor Every
( Monday ,Wednesday & Saturday )
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| Day 1: |
| Embark
to your Nile cruise , Embarkation, lunch & dinner on board free
at leisure. Overnight in Luxor |
| Day 2: |
| Breakfast
on board, visit Karnak temple & Luxor Temple 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). Captain Welcome Cocktail
party dinner. Overnight in Luxor |
| Day 3: |
| Breakfast
on board, 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 . Afternoon tea & dinner on board, Overnight
in Edfu |
| Day 4: |
| Breakfast
on board, 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. sail to Aswan. Dinner, Overnight in Aswan |
| Day 5: |
| Breakfast
on board, 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. High Dam,The
world-famous High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built
in the1960s. lunch P.M. sailing by felucca around the Kitchener's
Island and 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. dinner on boat
. Overnight in Aswan |
| Day 6: |
| Breakfast
on board, free at leisure or ( optional tour to Abu Simbel by private
car ) sail to Kom Ombo stop for view of Kom Ombo temple, sail to Edfu.
Overnight in Edfu |
| Day 7: |
| Breakfast
on board, sail to Esna & visit the temple of God Khnum, Amun order
Khnum, the ‘Divine Potter’, to shape a baby boy on his
potter’s wheel, and his ka, or ‘spirit double’,
which would represent the child’s divine and immortal spirit.
The queen, assisted by Hathor, Isis and Nephthys, would give birth
to the divine son, offspring of pharaoh and gods, recognized by his
father Amun. sail to Luxor. Dinner, Overnight in Luxor |
| Day 8: |
| Disembarkation
after breakfast, ( End of our service )
Program
includes:-
07 Nights in Nile Cruise on full board accommodation including sightseeing
as mentioned in the program .
All transfers in the program by air-conditioned motor coach
All Sightseeing in Nile Cruise with Professional Egyptology English
speaking guide
All Entrance fees during sightseeing in Nile Cruise.
All Service charge & taxes.
Program excludes:-
Optional
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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