Aswan Trip Overview
Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor will allow you to experience Egypt’s treasures and discover its ancient history through an exotic excursion on the Nile on a cruise ship that will transform your vacation from a fantasy into reality. There is no better way to experience one of the oldest civilizations in the world than to take a cruise from Aswan to Luxor and experience the breathtaking view of the Nile. Make your trip to Egypt one of the most unforgettable experiences that the world can offer.
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Duration: 4 days
Starts: Aswan, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt
Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor will allow you to experience Egypt’s treasures and discover its ancient history through an exotic excursion on the Nile on a cruise ship that will transform your vacation from a fantasy into reality. There is no better way to experience one of the oldest civilizations in the world than to take a cruise from Aswan to Luxor and experience the breathtaking view of the Nile. Make your trip to Egypt one of the most unforgettable experiences that the world can offer.
Itinerary
Day 1: Aswan City Tour
Stop At: Aswan, Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
Upon Arrival, in Aswan, our tour guide will welcome you and you will check in your 5-star cruise, welcome meeting, and Lunch on board.
After lunch, we will tour you to Aswan High Dam and Philae Temple.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
After Lunch, our Egyptologist tour guide will pick you up from your cruise to Philae temple Dedicated to the goddess Isis, the Temple of Philae is located in a beautiful setting, landscaped to match the original site of the temple when it was relocated by UNESCO after the building of the Aswan Dam threatened the site. The temple has several shrines and sanctuaries such as Trajan&rsquo’s Kiosk or Pharaoh’s Bed. Isis is a very important figure in the ancient world. She is associated with funeral rites but as the enchantress who resurrected Osiris and gave birth to Horus, she is also the giver of life, a healer, and protector of kings. She was known as ‘Mother of God’ and was represented with a throne on her head. During the Roman period, her cult spread throughout Greece and the Roman Empire. There was even a temple dedicated to her in London.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
After visiting the Philae temple you will visit the Aswan High Dam is truly impressive. The Dam is 3600 metres long, 980 metres thick at the base and 111 metres tall (at its highest point). The waters of Lake Nasser, the world’s largest man-made lake, have amassed behind it. It provides irrigation water and electricity for the whole of Egypt, located 13 km south of Aswan.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight on board Nile Cruise
Day 2: Kom Ombo temple
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
Enjoying an optional tour to Abu Simbel temple. During lunch, the cruise will navigate to Kom Ombo enjoying the scenery of the Egypt Nile river and taking amazing photos of the sunset. Tea time on the sundeck then a tour to Kom Ombo temple, which was built during the Graeco-Roman period (332 BC-AD 395). There was an earlier structure from the 18th dynasty but little remains.
The temple is unique because it is in fact a double temple, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. The layout combines two temples in one with each side having its own gateways and chapels.
Sobek is associated with the wicked god Seth, the enemy of Horus. In the Horus myth, the allies of Seth made their escape by changing themselves into crocodiles.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Edfu, Edfu, Nile River Valley
After visiting Kom Ombo temple the cruise will navigate to Edfu city having oriental dinner and dressing Galabia for an oriental party after Dinner.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight on board Nile Cruise
Day 3: Edfu and Luxor
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
The Ptolemaic Temple at Edfu, also known as Hours temple is the best-preserved and one of the finest in Egypt. Built-in classic pharaonic style, it gives a clear idea of the appearance and purpose of an Egyptian Temple, and explanations are inscribed on the walls. The site was chosen because the falcon-headed God Horus fought here with Seth for power over the world. Visitors approach the Temple from the back. It is best to start from the First Pylon, fronted by two falcons. Carvings on the inside walls record the annual Festival of the Beautiful Meeting, where the statue of Horus joined the statue of Hathor at her Temple in Dendara. The annual Festival Hall and recipes for incense and perfumes line the walls of a small side chamber. During the New Year festival, the statue of Horus was carried onto the roof to be revitalized by the sun. Outside the temple is the British Horus Being suckled by his mother Isis
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
After visiting Edfu temple the cruise will navigate to Luxor and upon arrival in Luxor approximately in the afternoon, our Egyptologist tour guide will take you on a tour to Karnak temple The largest religious building ever constructed.
The temple of Karnak was known as Ipet-isu—or “most select of places”—by the ancient Egyptians. It is a city of temples built over 2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. The Hypostyle hall, at 54,000 square feet (16,459 meters) and featuring 134 columns, is still the largest room of any religious building in the world. In addition to the main sanctuary, there are several smaller temples and a vast sacred lake – 423 feet by 252 feet (129 by 77 meters). The sacred barges of the Theban Triad once floated on the lake during the annual Opet festival. The lake was surrounded by storerooms and living quarters for the priests, along with an aviary for aquatic birds. taking wonderful photos of the largest oblisque with 30 m high.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
After visiting the Karnak temple you will move on to the Luxor temple enjoying the temple by sunset. The temple was built by Amenhotep III (1390-52 BC) but completed by Tutankhamun and Horemheb and then added to by Rameses II (1279-13 BC). Toward the rear is a granite shrine dedicated to Alexander the Great (332-305 BC). The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of worship right up to the present day. During the Christian era, the temple’s hypostyle hall was converted into a Christian church, and the remains of another Coptic church can be seen to the west. Then for thousands of years, the temple was buried beneath the streets and houses of Luxor. Eventually, the mosque of Sufi Shaykh Yusuf Abu al-Hajjaj was built over it. This mosque was carefully preserved when the temple was uncovered and forms an integral part of the site today.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight on board Nile Cruise
Day 4: Luxor-Last day
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
after breakfast, we will cross the Nile to visit the valley of the kings. The ancient Egyptians built massive public monuments for their pharaohs. But they also spent time and treasure creating hidden underground mausoleums.
The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs—the Valley of the Kings—lies on the Nile’s west bank near Luxor.
During Egypt’s New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and other elites of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties.
The tombs evidence elaborate preparations for the next world, in which humans were promised continuing life and pharaohs were expected to become one with the gods. Mummification was used to preserve the body so that the deceased’s eternal soul would be able to reanimate it in the afterlife.
with the ticket, you can visit 3 tombs except for Tut Anch Amon tomb
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Move on to Hatshepsut temple, which is located beneath the sheer, stark cliffs of Deir el Bahri, the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut reveals one of the most extraordinary reigns in Egyptian history.
Stepped platforms, pillared porticoes, and vibrant reliefs set against the desert backdrop make it one of the world’s most striking architectural masterpieces, but perhaps even more noteworthy is the woman who commissioned it.
The eldest daughter of King Thutmose I, Hatshepsut first assumed the role of queen regent during the 18th dynasty after the death of her husband, Thutmose II. Although her stepson, Thutmose III, eventually came of age, she adopted the title of the pharaoh and ruled for more than two decades.
She was one of ancient Egypt’s first female pharaohs.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon (also known as el-Colossal or el-Salamat) are two monumental statues representing Amenhotep III (1386-1353 BCE) of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. They are located west of the modern city of Luxor and face east looking toward the Nile River. The statues depict the seated king on a throne ornamented with imagery of his mother, his wife, the god Happy, and other symbolic engravings. The figures rise 60 ft (18 meters) high and weigh 720 tons each; both carved from single blocks of sandstone.
Duration: 20 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: checkout and leave
