4-Day Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan with Edfu and Kom Ombo

• Meet your tour guide after arriving at Luxor International Airport, where a representative will assist you with arrival procedures and take you to the hotel. At the hotel, the tour manager will help with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Then board the cruise and have lunch.
• Explore the East Bank of the Nile and visit the following places:
  • Temple of Karnak
  • Temple of Luxor
  • The Avenue of Sphinxes
  • The Unfinished Propylon
  • The Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns
  • The obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III
  • The Temple of Amon, adorned with lotus and papyrus designs
  • The Granite Scarabeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake
• Travel to the West Bank and visit the following places:
  • The Valley of the Kings
  • Colossi of Memnon
  • The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari

Dinner and a disco party on board.

Overnight on board in Edfu.
(Meals: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner)

• Have breakfast, head to Edfu, and visit the majestic temple dedicated to Horus. Edfu Temple is the second largest temple after Karnak, known in Greco-Roman times as Apollonopolis Magna. The temple was dedicated to the falcon god Horus and was built during the Ptolemaic period.
• Visit Kom Ombo and have lunch on board. Then visit the temple shared by the two gods Sobek and Haroeris in Kom Ombo, standing on high ground overlooking the Nile. The Temple of Sobek and Haroeris in Kom Ombo, also known simply as Kom Ombo Temple, dates from about 180 BC during the Ptolemaic era, with additions made in Roman times. The temple at Kom Ombo was also built under Ptolemy VI. Since this bend in the Nile was a favoured spot for crocodiles to bask in the sun and threaten locals, it is natural that the temple would be dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god. It is unusual, however, in having a double dedication, as it also honours Haroeris, a form of the falcon-headed god Horus. The hypostyle halls were added under Ptolemy XIII (51-47 BC), while the Roman emperor Trajan (53-117 AD) added the forecourt and outer enclosure walls.

Have dinner on board and enjoy a galabya party.

Overnight on board in Kom Ombo.
(Meals: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner)

• Have breakfast on board and sail to Aswan.
• Visit the world-famous High Dam, an engineering miracle constructed between 1960 and 1970. It was built to increase economic production by further regulating the annual river flooding and providing water storage for agriculture, and later to generate hydroelectricity. The dam had a significant impact on the economy and culture of Egypt.
• Move to the Unfinished Obelisk. This obelisk is believed to belong to Queen Hatshepsut, one of the rulers of the 18th dynasty and the royal wife of King Tuthmosis II. The Unfinished Obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan. It is unknown which pharaoh created this structure. It is nearly one-third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected. If finished, it would have measured around 42 m and weighed nearly 1,200 tons.
• Head to the beautifully located Temple of Philae on Isis Island and the Granite Quarries. The temple is dedicated to the goddesses Isis and Hathor, and then have dinner on board.

Overnight in Aswan.
(Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner)

• Have breakfast on board, disembark, and transfer to Aswan Airport.

(Meal: breakfast)