Day 1: Saturday – Luxor East Bank
Embark in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the River Nile on a Luxuriously Sonesta Amirat Dahabiya Cruise. After lunch, take an excursion to the Karnak temple, the largest religious temple constructed in ancient Egypt. Follow by a visit to the imposing Luxor Temple, another Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today.
Overnight aboard your Dahabiya moored in Luxor
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Sunday – Luxor West Bank
After breakfast, take an excursion to the West Bank to visit the Valley of the Kings, the burial place of the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, the temple of Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon. Sail on the way to Esna (noon time); Overnight aboard your cruise nearby Esna
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Monday – Sailing to Edfu
Today you will enjoy a leisurely day of sailing to Edfu, there is plenty of time to relax on the sundeck and take in the scenery or to catch up with your fellow passengers.
Overnight onboard your Dahabiya moored beside a Nile island in Edfu.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Tuesday – Edfu
This morning you will sail to visit the Temple of Edfu, consider the best preserved Temple in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC.
Overnight onboard your Dahabiya moored beside a Nile island.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5: Wednesday – Kom Ombo
Today you will sail to Kom Ombo to see the twin Temple dedicated to the Crocodile God Sobek and the Falcon God Haroeris (Horus the Elder).
Overnight aboard your cruise moored beside a Nile Island
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Thursday – Sailing to Aswan
Today you will enjoy a leisurely day of sailing to Aswan, Egypt’s most southern city.
Overnight aboard your Dahabiya cruise moored nearby Aswan bridge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7: Friday – Aswan sightseeing
Today you will visit the Aswan high dam, a rock-fill dam built across the River Nile in Aswan between 1960- 1970. You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis. The temple complex was moved to the nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8: Saturday – Disembarkation
Disembarkation after breakfast and transfer to Aswan airport or next destination
Meals: Breakfast
Note:
– Itinerary may change in sequence but not in visits, due to navigation circumstances, Program will always be respected.
