Itinerary

1. Day 1: Transfer to Nile Cruise and Aswan Tour

   • Our licensed tour guide will meet and assist you at Aswan railway station, Airport or hotel to be transferred by A/C van to your 5 stars Nile Cruise to check in before lunch. Have lunch on board.
   • Then, start your tour by visiting the High Dam, achieved in 1960, to protect Egypt from the flood and generate electric.
   • Proceed to visit Philae Temple, the Greco-Roman temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, using a small motorboat to get there. Later on, return back to your cruise for dinner, a folkloric show, and overnight in Aswan. 

   Note: If your arrival to Aswan is early, we will start the tour directly upon arrival since the cruise check-in time is at 12:00, and we don’t want our guest to waste their time waiting at the lobby for check-in.

2. Day 2: Abu Simbel Trip and Sailing to Kom Ombo Temple

   • Around 4 to 4:30, pick up your breakfast box from the reception and be ready to meet your guide to start the tour to Abu Simbel Temples (sharing a group). Drive for about 3 to 4 hours to visit one of the most impressive places in Egypt: the rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel with their unique design built for King Ramesses 2nd and his beloved Queen Nefertari. Get back to the cruise around 2:30 pm to have your lunch and start sailing to Kom Ombo temple.
   • Enjoy the views of the Nile Valley while sailing to Kom Ombo city, where you can visit the dual temples of Sobek, the crocodile God, and Horus, the Falcon God. Back to the cruise and have dinner. Continue sailing to Edfu for overnight.

3. Day 3: Edfu Temple and Arrive Luxor (visit Luxor Temple)

   • After your breakfast, enjoy a Horse Carriage ride with your tour guide to visit the temple of Horus at Edfu, which is considered to be the most complete and the best preserved of all the Egyptian temples. Return to the cruise, relax on the deck watch the unique landscape and admire the beautiful scenery of the Nile River while sailing to Luxor. Cross Esna Lock, lunch on board and afternoon tea on the sundeck.
   • Late in the afternoon, arrive at Luxor dock to be transferred to enjoy the Luxor temple on the East bank of Luxor, where ancient Egyptian, Christian and Islamic features are exhibited. Dinner on board and belly dancing show. Overnight in Luxor. Note: If your cruise arrives by 3:00 or 3:30 p.m., then you have a chance to visit both Karnak and Luxor Temples on the East Bank of Luxor.

4. Day 4: Luxor West Bank, Karnak Temple Tour and Departure transfer

   • Breakfast and check out to start your remarkable day by driving to the West Bank to visit the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs from the New Kingdom carved their tombs in the mountains, aiming to hide their treasure and protect their mummies
     Then, to the Mortuary temple of the famous queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari. Listen from your guide to her exciting story and how she managed to rule as a solo female Pharaoh. End your tour in the West Bank by a photo stop in front of the gigantic 17-meters statues of Memnon. Lunchtime in a local restaurant (optional)
   • Drive back to the East Bank to see the largest temple ever; Karnak temple, built over 2000 years and covering an area of about 63 acres. Later on, transfer to Luxor railway station, Airport or Luxor hotel.