5 Days – Nile Cruise Aswan To Luxor,Balloon,Tours,with Sleeping Train From Cairo

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Catch The Chance To Visit Aswan And Luxor Highlights and Enjoy Sailing Nile Cruise from Aswan To Luxor By Sleeping Train Round Trip, the scenic way on a 3 night Nile River cruise Skip the ground travel

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Duration: 5 days
Starts: Cairo, Egypt
Trip Category: Transfers & Ground Transport >> Bus Services



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Catch The Chance To Visit Aswan And Luxor Highlights and Enjoy Sailing Nile Cruise from Aswan To Luxor By Sleeping Train Round Trip, the scenic way on a 3 night Nile River cruise Skip the ground travel

Itinerary

Day 1: Over Night Sleeping Train From Luxor To Aswan

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Over Night Sleeping Train From Luxor To Aswan

Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Arrive Aswan & Visit Philae Temple and Aswan High Dam & Check In At The Nile Cruise Boat & Kom Ombo Temple

Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Philae Island is an island in the middle of the Nile River and it is one of the strongest forts along the southern borders of Egypt, separating the Nile into two opposite canals in Aswan. .

The name Philae or Velay refers to the Greek language which means (the beloved) or (the beloved). As for the Arabic name for it, it is the Anas of existence in relation to the legend of Anas found in the stories of One Thousand and One Nights.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
The Aswan High Dam or the High Dam is a water dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt. It was established during the reign of Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Soviets helped build it. The dam helped a lot in controlling the flow of water and mitigating the effects of the Nile flood. Used to generate electricity in Egypt. The length of the dam is 3600 meters, the width of the base is 980 meters, the width of the summit is 40 meters, and the height is 111 meters. The volume of the body of the dam is 43 million cubic meters of cement, iron and other materials, and it can pass through the dam a flow of water up to 11,000 cubic meters of water per second. Construction of the dam began in 1960
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
The Kom Ombo Temple is located in Kom Ombo in the Aswan Governorate, southern Egypt. The temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI to worship the gods Sobek and Horus. The temple area has recently been renovated and restored. This temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philomator, but its decoration was only completed in the Roman era at the time of Emperor Tiberius, and we see in this temple also the same features that we find in other Ptolemaic Egyptian temples in terms of design, architecture and decoration. However, this temple has a special feature that resulted from Local worship in the place, where people used to worship two local deities, namely Sobek and Horus with the head of a falcon, and although these two deities differed in origin and character, they lived side by side for centuries without mixing or bonding with each other.

Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Nile Cruise 5 Stars Boat

Day 3: Arrive Edfu And Visit Temple Of Edfu & And Continue Sailing To Luxor & Visit Temple Of Luxor

Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
The Temple of Edfu, or the Temple of Horus, is the second temple of ancient Egypt in size, after the Temple of Karnak, located in the city of Edfu in Upper Egypt on the western bank of the Nile River. The temple represents one of the last attempts of the Ptolemies to build temples in the manner of their ancestors, in form and grandeur. The Temple of Horus took about 180 years to build. dedicated to the main god Horus, who was identified as Apollo according to the Greek interpretation. It is one of the best preserved attractions in Egypt. The temple was built during the rule of the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. M. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information about language, mythology, and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. In particular, the inscribed temple building texts “provide details [both] of its construction as well as preserving information about the legendary interpretation of it and of all other temples such as the island of creation.”
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
The Luxor Temple is a large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the eastern bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor today known as (Thebes ancient). Founded in 1400 BC. The Luxor Temple was built to worship Amun-Ra, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu. They are the gods, which are also called the Theban Triad (Theban Triad). Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important buildings in the temple are those that were built by Kings Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC) (who added to the temple the open courtyard, the edifice, and the obelisks). King Tuthmosis III (1490-1436 BC) also set up shrines for visitors to the holy triad of Thebes, as did Tutankhamun (1348-1337 BC).
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Nile Cruise 5 Stars Boat

Day 4: Balloon & Valley Of The Kings & Hatshbsut Temple & Clossi Of Memnon & Temple Of Karnak & Sleeping Train Back To Cairo

Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The Valley of the Kings, also known as “The Valley of the Kings,” is a valley in Egypt that was used for 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries BC to construct tombs for the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state extending during the eighteenth dynasties to the twentieth dynasty in ancient Egypt. The valley on the west bank of the Nile River facing Thebes (Luxor now) in the heart of the ancient funerary city of Thebes The Valley of the Kings is divided into two valleys; The Eastern Valley (where most of the royal tombs are located) and the Western Valley.

And with the discovery of the last burial chamber in 2006, known as (Cemetery 63), in addition to the discovery of two other entrances to the same chamber during 2008.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Temple of Hatshepsut or the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a temple from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and the best remaining temples were built about 3500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile opposite to Thebes (the capital of ancient Egypt and the seat of the Amun worship) (Luxor today). The Temple of Hatshepsut is distinguished by its unique architectural design, in comparison to the Egyptian temples that were built on the eastern bank of the Nile at Thebes. The temple consists of three successive floors with open terraces. The temple was built of limestone, and in front of the second floor columns were erected limestone statues of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut in a beautiful distribution.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon statue, meaning a colossal colossus, known locally as (the Colsat or Salamat), is two huge statues, built around 1350 BC, which are all that remains of a temple built in memory of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt, during the Eighteenth Dynasty, is located in the funerary city of Thebes, located west of the Nile River from the present-day city of Luxor. The two identical statues depict Amenhotep III (who lived in the fourteenth century B.C.) seated, hands spread on his knees and looking toward the east (in fact toward the southeast in modern directions) toward the river. Two short figures are carved on the front of the throne, along with his legs: his wife Tiye and his mother Death M and Ya. The side panels depict the Nile god Habi.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Karnak, or the Karnak Temple Complex, which is known as the Karnak Temple, is a group of temples, buildings and columns, where the expansion and construction processes continued since the Pharaonic era, specifically the kings of the Middle Kingdom, until the Roman era in Luxor in Egypt on the eastern coast. The temple was built for the divine triad Amun (Amun Ra in modern times), his wife the goddess Mut and their son the god Khonsu; And each of them has a temple belonging to the Karnak temple complex. Sometimes tourists and non-specialists only mean Karnak Temple, the temple belongs to Amun Amun-Ra.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Hot Air Balloons Luxor, Khaled Ibn Walid St، Gazirat Al Awameyah, Luxor, Luxor Governorate 85951, Egypt
Hot Air Ballon Trip
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Sleeping Train Back To Cairo

Day 5: Arrival Back To Cairo

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Arrive Back To Cairo & Transfer You To Any Hotel In Cairo Or Giza Or Cairo International Airport

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.



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