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2 Day trip to Luxor and Aswan with Abu Simbel from Cairo by flight and Private tour guide, Visit the highlights of Egypt, Abu Simbel temples, Phila temple, the high dam, sail on Felucca, The Valley of the Kings, Karnak temple, Queen Hatshepsut temple and the colossus of Memnon.
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
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2 Day trip to Luxor and Aswan with Abu Simbel from Cairo by flight and Private tour guide, Visit the highlights of Egypt, Abu Simbel temples, Phila temple, the high dam, sail on Felucca, The Valley of the Kings, Karnak temple, Queen Hatshepsut temple and the colossus of Memnon.
Itinerary
Day 1: Day 1- Cairo-Luxor-Aswan
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Day 1- Cairo-Luxor-Aswan
Early morning, we will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo by private A.C. Car at 04:00 to be transferred to Cairo airport for a short flight to Luxor . The flight departs at 06:45 and arrives at Luxor at 07:45 Upon arrival in Luxor , you will meet your private tour guide who will join you to visit:
Karnak temple :
No site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak . It is the largest temple complex ever built by man and represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders and pharaohs. The Temple of Karnak is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples situated on 247 acres of land.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Luxor Temple:
The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important festival, the festival of Opet. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Rameses II, the temple’s purpose was as a setting for the rituals of the festival. The festival was to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with the divine office.
Lunch will be served in a local restaurant.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The Valley of the Kings:
The final resting place of Egypt’s rulers from the 18th to 20th dynasty, it is home to tombs including the great pharaoh Ramses II and boy pharaoh Tutankhamen.
The tombs were well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world. Most of the decoration inside the tombs is still well preserved.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Hatshepsut Temple:
It is one of the most beautiful & best preserved of all of the temples of Ancient Egypt. The temple was built on three levels with two wide ramps in a central position joining the levels together.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Colossi of Memnon:
Two massive stone statues of king Amenhotep III are the only remains of a complete mortuary temple.
The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which exist in Cairo then moved 700 KM to Luxor
Then move to Aswan- overnight in Basma Hotel
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: overnight in a hotel in Aswan
Day 2: Day 2-Aswan-Abu Simbel-Cairo
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
Early Visit Abu Simbel from Aswan by Private Car
Abu Simbel temples
The two temples of Ramses the second and the Queen Nefertari were carved out of the Mountain on the west bank of the Nile between 1284 and 1244 B.c, The Great Temple was dedicated to Ramses the second, Ra-Harakhty, Amun Ra, and Ptah, with 4 Colossal statues, The second temple was dedicated to The Queen Nefertari and Goddess Hathor, the two temples were dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt on higher ground, The preservation of the two temples of Abu Simbel must Rank as the greatest Achievement of the Unesco
Back to Aswan by the afternoon, Lunch will be served in Aswan
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Phiala temple
Built to honor the goddess Isis, this was the last temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Construction began around 690 BC, and it was one of the last outposts where the goddess was worshipped.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
The High Dam
Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968. It was officially inaugurated in 1981.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Unfinished Obelisk, Sheyakhah Oula, Aswan Egypt
The Unfinished Obelisk
Aswan was the source of ancient Egypt’s finest granite, used to make statues and embellish temples, pyramids, and obelisks. The large unfinished obelisk in the Northern Quarries has provided valuable insight into how these monuments were created, although the full construction process is still not entirely clear. Three sides of the shaft, nearly 42m long, were completed except for the inscriptions. At 1168 tonnes, the completed obelisk would have been the single heaviest piece of stone the Egyptians ever fashioned.
Lunch will be served in Aswan
12:00 lunch on board the Cruise
at 16:00 sailing trip with Felucca around Elphinatine island and Visit Lord Kitchener island-
Fly at 20:30 from Aswan- Arrival in Cairo at 22:00 Then you will be transferred to your hotel
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
