EXCURSIONS

EXCURSIONS

Nile cruise luxor aswan 1285 Euro

Day 1: Luxor
Arrival at Luxor, welcome and assistance with customs formalities by our representative. Here you get your visa. Transfer by private vehicle to your hotel. Overnight on board

Day 2: Luxor
Early breakfast. Cross to the west bank of the Nile river (left bank) where the sun goes down (the City of the Dead). Visit of the Valley of the Kings, then visit of Deir el-Medina. Go on to discover the impressive mortuary temple of Ramses III at Medinet Haboo. Stop in front of the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch aboard the sandal. Visit of Luxor temple at sunset, followed by an exploration of the city of Luxor. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 3: Luxor / Esna
Breakfast on board. Visit of Karnak.
Karnak temple was dedicated to the god Amun, but as with many Egyptian temples, other gods and goddesses were venerated there. It is the oldest known religious site in the world.
Board the boat and sail all morning admiring the beautiful scenery of the sacred Nile and discovering the daily life of peasants living along the banks of the Nile. Lunch, dinner and overnight on board.

Day 4: Esna / El- Hagz
Breakfast on board. Passage of the Esna lock. Visit of the temple dedicated to Khnum (god of the source of the Nile River, with the head of a ram). Lunch on board. Sail to El Kab, the ancient city of Nekheb. You can see the city, particularly the walls of King Nectanebo. The necropolis welcomed the families of princes of the city during the Middle Kingdom and from the early eighteenth dynasty to the New Kingdom. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 5: Edfu / Wadi el Chatte
Breakfast on board. Departure to visit the temple of Edfu, the Holy City of Horus and the temple built in his honor. This temple, of extraordinary dimensions, is the best preserved in all Egypt. Continuation of the cruise southward. Lunch on board. In the afternoon we take a walk to discover a prehistoric valley with inscriptions. Then we walk through a small village to arrive at a stone quarry (Djebel El Silsileh ) from which you can admire the sunset. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 6: Djebel El Silsileh
Breakfast on board. Departure for the visit of El Jebel Silsila (the mountain of the chain). Thousands of laborers worked there from the time of the pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty to the year 200 AD. Visit of Horemheb’s temple, with the presence of headstone-chapels whose offerings were dedicated to the river. Lunch on board. Navigation. Possibility of a stroll through the palm groves. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 7: Kom Ombo / Aswan
Breakfast on board. Departure to visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, which is dedicated to two divinities: Sobek (with the head of a crocodile) and Horus (with the head of a falcon). City tour of Daraw where a camel market is held. Sail to Aswan, dinner and overnight on board.



Day 8: Aswan
Breakfast on board. End of the cruise. Visit of Philae (la Perle de l'Égypte), and it’s temple dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis, then visit of the Aswan High Dam and its huge reservoir, which is called Lake Nasser. Transfer by private car to the airport for your departure.

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