Our driver will pick you up from Aswan airport /or Railway station and head to do a private tour of the High Dam and the beautifully situated Temple of Philae: dedicated to the goddesses Isis and Hathor and relocated to the Island of Agilkia during construction of the High Dam in order to save it from the waters of the dam’s lake (Nasser). End your tour with a private guided tour of the Unfinished Obelisk for valuable insights into the work and skills of the ancient stonemasons. You will then transfer to your Nile cruise for check-in before lunch, enjoy dinner on board, overnight on board.
Meals: Lunch ▪ Dinner
Sail to Kom Ombo for a private guided tour of one of Egypt’s most beautifully situated temples. Located on a bend in the Nile where sacred crocodiles would bask in the sun, Kom Ombo Temple is unique in Egypt for being dedicated to two gods: the local crocodile god Sobek and Haroeris (Horus the elder). Sail to Edfu for one of Egypt’s best-preserved complexes, the Temple of Horus at Edfu. This Ptolemaic temple (built between 237 and 57 BC) was the largest of the temples dedicated to the falcon-headed god and the centre of several festivals dedicated to him.
Counting sailing to Edfu. Overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch ▪ Dinner
Following breakfast, commence your day with a visit to the renowned Edfu Temple, celebrated as Egypt’s most impeccably preserved temple. Immerse yourself in the captivating history of this majestic sanctuary devoted to Horus, the revered falcon-headed deity. According to ancient Egyptian legends, the Edfu Temple. Sail to Luxor for a private guided tour of the New Kingdom temple complex of Karnak - at its peak, the largest and most significant religious center in ancient Egypt.
Drive to Luxor Temple for a private guided tour of this complex known as the Southern Sanctuary to ancient Egyptians and dedicated to the renewal of kingship. Overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch ▪ Dinner
Breakfast and cruise check-out will be followed by a private guided tour of the legendary Valley of the Kings: burial site for 63 New Kingdom pharaohs, royal family members and nobility whose richly decorated chambers were furnished with every conceivable necessity for the after-life - from chariots, furniture and tools to food offerings, servants, statues and weapons. Drive to Deir al Bahari for a private guided tour of Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple. Built in the mid-15th century BC, this rather modern looking temple blends harmoniously into the limestone cliffs from which it is partly hewn and had twin functions: the main east-west axis served as the sanctuary of Amun-Ra’s barque (a vessel used in the after-life) while the north-south axis represented the life cycle of the pharaoh from coronation to rebirth, then Lunch will be served in one of the local restaurants Drive to your Luxor airport/ railway station. Tour ends here!
Meals: Breakfast ▪ Lunch
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