Trip Itinerary
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Day 1:
On a full board tour, first, we’ll take you to the High Dam, Philae Temple, Unfinished Obelisk, and a visit to Aswan's famous granite quarries where ancient Egyptian pharaohs produced and cut obelisks, statues and temple murals.
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Day 2:
(Optional tour) Then we will take a bus from Aswan to Abu Simbel to visit two temples: a great temple dedicated to Ramesses II and a smaller temple dedicated to Ramesses II wife Queen Nefertari, both facing Lake Nasser.
Then Our boat will take you to “Kom Ombo”, enjoying the Egyptian landscapes, and watching the farmers working in the farm fields until we arrive at Kom Ombo’s unique temple that has double temples meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods.
The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, God of fertility, where you’ll find rooms specified for mummified crocodiles.
Meanwhile, the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris (“Horus the Elder”).
We’ll go back to the boat and start navigating for more than 5 hours enjoying the Egyptian landscapes, and watching the farmers working in the farm fields until we arrive at Edfu, the site of the Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus and an ancient settlement.
After that, the boat will start navigating to Luxor passing through Esna’s Lock.
Overnight in Luxor.
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Day 3 :
We’ll wake up early and enjoy our breakfast on board as the sun slowly rises over the Nile before our amazing West Bank tour begins. The West Bank tour begins with a visit to the Great Valley of the Kings, the royal burial ground where the tombs of the pharaohs were built from1539 to 1075 BC. Then we’ll head to the Temple of Hatshepsut (Al-Deir Al-Bahari), the most powerful and prolific queen in Egyptian history and move to see the Colossi of Memnon, the two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III standing at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III.Later at night, you’ll then go to the East Bank where you can visit the Karnak Temple (one of the greatest temples and most important religious buildings in the world built within 2000 years!)
Afterwards, you’ll see the Luxor temple that was dedicated to the royalty renewal, where many Egyptian pharaohs were crowned. Then we’ll return to the cruise for a delicious, freshly prepared dinner.
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Day 4 :
Check out. Departure.