Nile Cruise: 5 Days of Egyptian Treasures from Luxor to Aswan

Itinerary

Day 1: Luxor City visits

Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. In the Egyptian language it is known as ipet resyt, "the southern sanctuary"
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Luxor Egypt
The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near Luxor, in Egypt.

Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
• Dinner: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
Accommodation included: The accommodation will be in 5 Start Nile cruise.

Day 2: Luxor West Bank

Pass By: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically-confirmed female pharaoh, the first being Sobekneferu. Hatshepsut came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC.

Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, rock cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
• Dinner: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
• Lunch: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in 5 Start Nile cruise.

Day 3: Edfu, Aswan & Kom umpo

Stop At: Temple of Horus at Edfu, Edfu Egypt
The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt. The city was known in the Hellenistic period as Koine Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and Latin Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo under the interpretatio graeca.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo Egypt
The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
• Lunch: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
• Dinner: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in 5 Start Nile cruise.

Day 4: High Dam, Philae Temple

Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Philae is an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. Philae was originally located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Aswan Dam, Manteqet as Sad Al Aali, Qism Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Egypt
The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is an embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902 downstream.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
• Lunch: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
• Dinner: All meals are included in the Nile cruise.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in 5 Start Nile cruise.

Day 5: Aswan & out

Pass By: Aswan Market, Aswan Egypt
Aswan, a city on the Nile River, has been southern Egypt’s strategic and commercial gateway since antiquity. It contains significant archaeological sites like the Philae temple complex, on Agilkia Island near the landmark Aswan Dam. Philae’s ruins include the columned Temple of Isis, dating to the 4th century B.C. Downriver, Elephantine Island holds the Temple of Khnum, from the Third Dynasty.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: out at 9:00 am