5-Day Nile Cruise Tour from Luxor to Aswan with Abu Simbel Option

• Our representative will be waiting for you at Luxor Airport, the train station, your hotel, or any other agreed location for your transfer to the Nile cruise. Upon arrival, you will board the cruise and begin your full-board stay, generally starting with lunch on the first day.
• After arriving in the majestic city of Luxor, ancient Thebes, and completing check-in, we will visit Luxor Temple. This temple dates back to the New Kingdom of the pharaohs, including Tuthmosis III, Ramses II, Amenophis III, and Alexander the Great, and stands beside the Nile River.
• We will also see the 2,500-metre-long Avenue of Sphinxes, dating back to the 4th century BC, which connected Luxor Temple with Karnak Temple, which we will visit later. Karnak is the largest temple of worship in the world, covering more than 23 hectares, and reflects the history of Luxor, or Thebes, through 22 centuries of construction from the 20th century BC.
• Afterwards, we will return to the cruise ship for dinner and an overnight stay docked in Luxor.

Meal- Lunch, Dinner

• Early in the morning, we will head to the western bank of the Nile to visit the most important necropolis in Egypt, the Valley of the Kings, known as the Place of Truth. Here, you can enter three of the 63 tombs discovered so far in the enclosure. The tombs preserve their colours remarkably well and contain very interesting texts describing the afterlife and the king's journey to paradise.
• Then, we will visit the temple of Deir El Bahary, the funerary temple of Pharaoh Hatshepsut from 1480 BC. It has a very unusual design, with two ramps and three terraces set against the cliff of the Theban limestone mountain.
• Next, we will stop in front of the Colossi of Memnon, two gigantic statues that were moved from Cairo to flank the entrance to the funerary temple of King Amenophis III. Although the temple itself has been lost, the statues remain as witnesses to the greatness the temple once possessed.
• Upon returning to the ship, lunch will be served on board, and the cruise will set sail toward the town of Edfu.
• At sunset, you can enjoy the passage through the Esna lock, usually around the time of courtesy tea or coffee. Watching this river-crossing technique from the boat's terrace is well worth it.

Meal- Full board

• In the morning, visit the Temple of Edfu, an Ancient Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in the city of Edfu, 120 km south of Luxor. During the Greco-Roman period, Apollinopolis Magna dedicated the temple to Horus of Edfu, the falcon god. It is the second-largest temple in Egypt after Karnak and one of the best preserved.
• After your visit, we will return to the cruise and continue sailing toward the temple of Kom Ombo. Afternoon tea will be served on board.
• Once there, we will walk to the temple of Kom Ombo, known for its special design divided between two triads of six divinities: Sobek, the crocodile god, with his wife and son, and Haroeris, with the head of a falcon, accompanied by his wife and son.
• After visiting the temple, we can enter the museum of crocodile mummies, where mummies found in a cemetery on the western bank of the Nile are displayed.
• At the end of our visit, we will return to the Nile cruise, have dinner, and continue sailing to Aswan.

Meal- Full board

• Those interested in Egyptian culture and the advanced level achieved by Egyptian architects can take the optional excursion to the temples of Abu Simbel very early in the morning, before breakfast. This archaeological site in Nubia, southern Egypt, is located on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 280 km southwest of Aswan, close to its original location. The temples form part of the Open-Air Museum, and Abu Simbel remains one of the most important tourist attractions in Egypt.
• After lunch, you will be transferred to visit the famous High Dam and the majestic Philae Temple. Its name comes from an island in the Nile River, 11 kilometres south of Aswan. The site was famous for the temples erected during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods and dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis, goddess of music, love, and joy, whose cult spread throughout the Mediterranean until the temple was closed in 430 AD.
• Then, head back to the Nile cruise for an overnight stay in Aswan.

Meal- Full board

• After breakfast and check-out from the cruise cabins, we will leave for a felucca trip on the Nile River around the islands of Aswan, lasting about one hour.
• Then, we will return to the Nile cruise without cabins and enjoy free time until your departure time.
• We will take you to Aswan Airport, the train station, or any place you choose in the city. If your transfer is in the afternoon, you may also eat lunch on board, but lunch must be paid for separately.

Meals- Breakfast