Gorgonia Dahabiya

Day 1: Aswan, Kom ombo temple

Upon your arrival at Aswan (Hotel, airport or train station), you will be met and assisted by your Nile Holiday tour manager. Then transfer to embark your Nile Dahabiya boat, enjoying your Lunch on Board. Set sail to Kom Ombo, today you will visit Kom ombo temple, the only double temple in Upper Egypt dedicated to two gods, Sobek and Haroeris. The temple has double entrances, procession routes and sanctuaries. Continue sailing to the ancient sandstone quarries at Gebel el-Silsila. Overnight onboard

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Gebel el-Silsila, Edfu

Breakfast on board, you will explore the ancient sandstone quarry of Gebel el-Silsila. Visit the rock-cut temple of Hormoheb and the shrines built by Merenptah, Ramses II and Seti I during the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (1550 – 1080 BC). Then, walk to the main quarry which has clear mason’s marks and a group of elaborate private memorial chapels.

We set off for the relaxing journey to the temple of Edfu, one of the best preserved Temples in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. After a fantastic tour you will return to your Nile Dahabiya, either ride or walk through the bazaar, this is an extensive bazaar where you can barter for souvenirs, spices and perfumes.

We will then set sail to an island where we will disembark to get dinner served in the edge of the Nile according to weather status or dinner will be served on Dahabiya Sun Deck.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: El Kab, Sail to Esna

Enjoy breakfast on board, while sailing towards El Kab, the ancient city of Nekheb, where you can explore the ruins of the temples of the sacred to the goddess Nekhbet,, the vulture goddess. one of the first urban centres of the Early Dynastic period and visit the rock cut splendid tombs of El Kab, dates to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Then, the boat will set sail further towards Esna. Overnight at Esna

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Disembarkation

Disembarkation after breakfast, you will be transfer to your Luxor (Hotel, airport or Train station).

Meals: Breakfast

Note: Itinerary may change in sequence but not in visits, due to navigation circumstances, Program will always be respected.

Day 1: Transfer to Esna, Embark the Nile Dahabiya

Upon your arrival at Luxor (Hotel, airport or train station), your Nile Holiday representative will meet and assist you, and then you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide and transfer to embark your Nile Dahabiya Cruise at Esna.

The crew will welcome you on board and have your bags taken to your cabins. We will then set sail for a small Island “El Hegz Island” where the Dahabiya will moor for the night. Enjoy your dinner on the Dahabiya sundeck or the bank of the river Nile. Overnight on board.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: El Kab, Edfu temple

Enjoy breakfast while gently sailing on the river Nile to El Kab, the ancient site of Nekheb. Where you will explore the remains of the temple of Nekhbet, the vulture goddess of the Early Dynastic period and visit the splendid rock cut tombs of El Kab, dates to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

Set sail to the temple of Horus at Edfu. You will enjoy the horse and Carriage return way ride to visit Edfu Temple, one of the best preserved Temples in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt.

Continue slowly sailing passing the plain life of the farmers and fishermen, the picturesque and magic nature along the River Nile and the green fertile landscapes with sugar cane fields, Mango, Banana and date palm trees. Shortly before sunset, we will drop anchor near Fawaza Island, where we enjoy the dinner in an atmospheric surrounding.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Gebel el Silsila, Kom Ombo

Enjoy your Breakfast on board, while enjoying an early morning sailing journey to the temple of Gebel el Silsila. You will be amazed as we tie up alongside the ancient sandstone quarry of the Gebel el-Silsila. Visit the rock-cut temple of Hormoheb and the shrines built by Merenptah, Ramses II and Seti I during the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (1550 – 1080 BC). Then, walk to the main quarry which has clear mason’s marks and a group of elaborate private memorial chapels.

Return to your Nile Dahabiya and then set sail to Kom Ombo. Listen to the sounds of the water buffalo as they wade in the shallow water besides the banks of the Nile, the Donkeys as they go about their day to day business and the various bird life of the river.

Upon arrival, you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, unusual double temple dedicated to two deities, the Falcon God Haroeris (Horus the Elder) and the Crocodile God Sobek. The Temple was constructed during the Greco-Roman Kingdoms between 180BC–190AD. Enjoy the ruins and some of the unique scenes in the temple walls, like the ancient Egyptian calendar, the surgical instruments, the Nilometer, and the crocodile museum.

Dinner will be served as we head for a small island where we will moor for the evening and enjoy dinner at this atmospheric location.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 4: Daraw, Aswan

After breakfast, you will visit Daraw camel market, one of the largest of its kind in Egypt. It is a picturesque sight and fascinating to see the trading of camels, the water buffalo, cows, donkeys, goats, sheep as Cattles and hundreds of men selling or buying. Return to the Dahabiya and the rest of the day is dedicated to sail the Nile in style. Tonight we will stop at the small island of Kopania, where we will enjoy dinner and overnight onboard Near Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Departure Transfer

Disembarkation after breakfast, then the crew will bid you farewell. You will be transferred to Aswan (Hotel, airport or Train station).

Note:

– Itinerary may change in sequence but not in visits, due to navigation circumstances, Program will always be respected

Day 1: Arrive Luxor, Luxor East Bank sightseeing

Upon your arrival at Luxor airport / train station, your Nile Holiday tour manager will meet and assist you, and then you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide to visit Luxor East bank sightseeing. Start at Karnak temple, the largest religious temple ever built in Egypt. Enjoy walking along the avenue of Sphinxes as your Egyptologist tour guide explains how the massive facade was constructed. Proceed walking through the Great Pylons, the great hypostyle hall with 134 columns, the obelisks, and the sacred lake. And then enjoy free time to explore at leisure

Head out to Luxor temple, which was once joined to the Temple of Karnak by a three-kilometer long Avenue of Sphinx. You will enter the temple through the great pylon where two enormous statues of Ramses II still stand, along with a pink granite obelisk (its mate stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France). After a fantastic guided tour to Luxor temple enjoy free time at leisure

After finished, you will be transferred to embark your Nile Dahabiya Cruise. The crew will welcome you on board and have your bags taken to your cabins. Overnight on board in Luxor

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Luxor West Bank sightseeing, Sailing to Esna

Breakfast on Board and then pick up to enjoy your tour to the West bank of the Nile in Luxor. Start with a brief photo stop at the colossi of Memnon, which marks the ruins of a funerary temple of Amenhotep III.

Head out to the Valley of the Kings, the sight where the rock cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (1550 – 1080 BC). The majority of the royal tombs was decorated with religious texts, images and provided with equipment that would enable a comfortable existence in the afterlife. You will visit 3 tombs of the most famous pharaohs Like Ramses III, IV tombs, Tomb of Merenptah, Tomb of Thutmose III, or Queen Tawosret. Whilst here, you will have the time to visit inside the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun “Extra ticket on spot”.

Continue to the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, it is one of the incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt. There are three layered terraces, are connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens with foreign plants including frankincense and myrrh trees. After a fantastic tour, you will enjoy free time to explore at leisure.

Later on, transfer to your Nile Dahabiya, Lunch on board. We will then set sail for a small Island where the Dahabiya will moor for the night. Enjoy your dinner on the sundeck or the bank of the river Nile. Overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Esna, El Kab, Edfu Temple

Enjoy breakfast at your leisure, while sailing towards El Kab, the ancient city of Nekheb, where you can explore the remains of the temples of Nekheb, one of the first urban centres of the Early Dynastic period and Tombs dates to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

Set sail towards Edfu, arrive around noon time. Enjoy horse and carriage ride to visit Edfu Temple, one of the most well preserved Temple in Egypt. The temple entrance is decorated by two beautiful granite statues of the Falcon headed God Horus. After your visit to the temple, either ride or walk through the bazaar, this is an extensive bazaar where you can barter for souvenirs, spices and perfumes

Enjoy sailing to your private island “El-Fouza” where we will disembark for dinner served to you on the edge of the Nile or on the Dahabiya sundeck

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Gebel el Silsila, Kom Ombo Temple

Breakfast on board, start to visit Gebel el-Silsila the rock-cut temple of Hormoheb and the three shrines built by Merenptah, Ramses II and Seti I during the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (1550 – 1080 BC). Then, walk to the quarry which has clear mason’s marks and a group of elaborate private memorial chapels.

Return to your Dahabiya and start sailing the Nile on to Kom ombo. You will enjoy seeing the sounds of the water buffalo as they wade in the shallow water besides the banks of the Nile, the Donkeys as they go about their day to day business and the various bird life of the river. Upon arrival, we visit to the Greco Roman Temple at Kom Ombo. The temple building is totally symmetrical with two entrance’s two halls and two sanctuaries dedicated to the Falcon God Haroeris (Horus the Elder) and the Crocodile God Sobek. Dinner will be served as we head for a small island where we will moor for the evening and enjoy dinner at this atmospheric location.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Daraw, Kopania

After breakfast, you will visit Daraw camel market, one of the largest of its kind in Egypt. It is a picturesque sight and fascinating to see the trading of camels, the water buffalo, cows, donkeys, goats, sheep as Cattles and hundreds of men selling or buying. Return to the Dahabiya and the rest of the day is dedicated to sail the Nile in style. Tonight we will stop at the small Nubian Village (Kopania), where we will enjoy dinner and overnight onboard Near Aswan.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Aswan Sightseeing tours, Departure Transfer

Disembarkation after enjoying your breakfast on board, today you will enjoy the privilege and luxury of days gone by as we sail to Aswan, the southernmost city of Egypt. Upon arrival, Checkout and start to visit the unfinished obelisk, the largest known ancient Egyptian obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone working techniques. Proceed to visit Aswan high dam, a rock-fill dam built across the Nile in Aswan between 1960- 1970. It creates Lake Nasser, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world.

Continue with a motorboat ride to Philae Temple Island, comprises a large number of small Temples dates back to Pharaonic, Greek and Roman times. But the largest and the best preserved on the Island is the temple of the Goddess Isis.

Later on, you will be transferred to Aswan (Hotel, airport or train station) for final departure.

Meals: Breakfast

Note:

– Itinerary may change in sequence but not in visits, due to navigation circumstances, Program will always be respected.

Day 1: Arrive Luxor, Luxor East Bank sightseeing

Upon your arrival at Luxor airport / train station, your Nile Holiday tour manager will meet and assist you, and then you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide to visit Luxor East bank sightseeing. Start at Karnak temple, the largest religious temple ever built in Egypt. Enjoy walking along the avenue of Sphinxes as your Egyptologist tour guide explains how the massive facade was constructed. Proceed walking through the Great Pylons, the great hypostyle hall with 134 columns, the obelisks, and the sacred lake. And then enjoy free time to explore at leisure

Head out to Luxor temple, which was once joined to the Temple of Karnak by a three-kilometer long Avenue of Sphinx. You will enter the temple through the great pylon where two enormous statues of Ramses II still stand, along with a pink granite obelisk (its mate stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France). After a fantastic guided tour to Luxor temple enjoy free time at leisure

After finished, you will be transferred to embark your Nile Dahabiya Cruise. The crew will welcome you on board and have your bags taken to your cabins. Overnight on board in Luxor.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Luxor West Bank sightseeing, Sailing to Esna

Breakfast on Board and then pick up to enjoy your tour to the West bank of the Nile in Luxor. Start with a brief photo stop at the colossi of Memnon, which marks the remains of a funerary temple of Amenhotep III.

Head out to the Valley of the Kings, the sight where the rock cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (1550 – 1080 BC). The majority of the royal tombs was decorated with religious texts, images and provided with equipment that would enable a comfortable existence in the afterlife. You will visit 3 tombs of the most famous pharaohs Like Ramses III, IV tombs, Tomb of Merenptah, Tomb of Thutmose III, and Queen Tawosret. Whilst here, you will have the time to visit inside the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun “Extra ticket on spot”.

Continue to the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, it is one of the incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt. There are three layered terraces, are connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens with foreign plants including frankincense and myrrh trees. After a fantastic tour, you will enjoy free time to explore at leisure.

Later on, transfer to your Nile Dahabiya, Lunch on board. We will then set sail for a small Island where the Dahabiya will moor for the night. Enjoy your dinner on the sundeck or the bank of the river Nile. Overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Esna, El Kab, Edfu Temple

Enjoy breakfast at your leisure, while sailing towards El Kab, the ancient city of Nekheb, where you can explore the remains of the temples of Nekheb, one of the first urban centres of the Early Dynastic period and Tombs dates to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Then, the boat sails further towards Edfu, arrive around noon time

Enjoy horse and carriage ride to visit Edfu Temple, one of the most well preserved Temple in Egypt. The temple entrance is decorated by two beautiful granite statues of the Falcon headed God Horus. After your visit to the temple, either ride or walk through the bazaar, this is an extensive bazaar where you can barter for souvenirs, spices and perfumes.

Enjoy sailing to your private island “El-Fouza” where we will disembark for dinner served to you on the edge of the Nile or on the Dahabiya sundeck.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Gebel el Silsila, Kom Ombo Temple

Breakfast on board, start to visit Gebel el-Silsila the rock-cut temple of Hormoheb and the three shrines built by Merenptah, Ramses II and Seti I during the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (1550 – 1080 BC). Then, walk to the quarry which has clear mason’s marks and a group of elaborate private memorial chapels.

Return to your Dahabiya and start sailing the Nile on to Kom ombo. You will enjoy seeing the sounds of the water buffalo as they wade in the shallow water besides the banks of the Nile, the Donkeys as they go about their day to day business and the various bird life of the river. Upon arrival, we will visit the Greco Roman Temple at Kom Ombo. The temple building is totally symmetrical with two entrance’s two halls and two sanctuaries dedicated to the Falcon God Haroeris (Horus the Elder) and the Crocodile God Sobek. Dinner will be served as we head for a small island where we will moor for the evening and enjoy dinner at this atmospheric location. Overnight on board your Dahabiya

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Aswan Sightseeing tours.

Enjoy breakfast on board, enjoy sailing to Aswan, After Lunch on board, you will start to visit the unfinished obelisk, the largest known ancient Egyptian obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone working techniques. Proceed to visit Aswan high dam, a rock-fill dam built across the Nile in Aswan between 1960- 1970. It creates Lake Nasser, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world.

Continue with a motorboat ride to Philae Temple Island, comprises a large number of small Temples dates back to Pharaonic, Greek and Roman times. But the largest and the best preserved on the Island is the temple of the Goddess Isis. Afterwards you will enjoy a walking tour in Aswan Bazaar. Later on, return to the Nile Dahabiya boat, enjoying an amazing evening in Aswan. Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Optional: Abu Simbel Excursion, Sailing to Kom Ombo

Today at the early morning optional Abu Simbel trip by Car or flight is available. Lunch on board your Nile Dahabiya Cruise or you can just spend a relaxed morning on the sun deck. Lunch on board while following the procession route of the pharaohs as you cruise downstream to Luxor, where magnificent temples and ancient villages line the banks against a dramatic desert backdrop.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Sailing to Luxor

Free day relaxing onboard and continue sailing towards Luxor passing through the Esna Locks. It is not uncommon to have to queue to proceed through the locks, a great opportunity to check out the process from the Nile Dahabiya deck with a cool drink in hand, and listen to the shouts of the many captains as they navigate their way through the various small boats of merchants selling their wares to a captive audience – life on the Nile. Chill out and make the most of the incredible views across one of the world’s greatest rivers and your last night onboard. Overnight in Luxor

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Departure Transfer

Disembarkation after enjoying your breakfast, then you will be transferred to Luxor (Hotel, airport / train station) for final departure.

Meals: Breakfast

Note: –

– Itinerary may change in sequence but not in visits, due to navigation circumstances, Program will always be respected.

– Optional: Abu Simbel Trip from Aswan is available by Vehicle or Plane and can be placed in Day 6 – before return downstream sailing from Aswan to Luxor