Hurghada Trip Overview
Travel from Hurghada and enjoy a 4-day River Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor, seeing some of Egypt’s best ancient sites. After an early road trip from Hurghada, board your comfortable ship in Aswan, and spend four days sightseeing along the Nile, visiting sights such as Philae Temple, and Luxor’s Valley of the Kings and Karnak. Air-conditioned transport from Hurghada, three nights’ full-board on your ship, and tours with an Egyptologist guide included.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Hurghada, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Travel from Hurghada and enjoy a 4-day River Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor, seeing some of Egypt’s best ancient sites. After an early road trip from Hurghada, board your comfortable ship in Aswan, and spend four days sightseeing along the Nile, visiting sights such as Philae Temple, and Luxor’s Valley of the Kings and Karnak. Air-conditioned transport from Hurghada, three nights’ full-board on your ship, and tours with an Egyptologist guide included.
Itinerary
Day 1: Hurghada – Aswan (L, D)
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Upon your arrival at Aswan Airport (your Aswan hotel or port) you will be transferred to your luxurious cruise ship for a 3 night Nile cruise. After check-in, you will begin a guided day tour, starting with a boat trip to the Temple of Philae, which was built in honour of goddess Isis. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Nile River, Cairo 15662 Egypt
Afterward, return to your ship, and enjoy lunch and the rest of the day and evening at leisure, with dinner aboard tonight. Spend the night on board at Aswan.
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Aswan – Abu Simbel (optional) – Edfu (B, L, D)
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
optional take a dawn trip to Abu Simbel Temple (additional cost) you will enjoy a guided tour of Abu Simbel Temple. After coming back from Abu Simbel, the ship will sail to Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Kom Ombo you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
After coming back from Abu Simbel, the ship will sail to Kom Ombo and Edfu. In Kom Ombo you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, which is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. After this visit you will sail toward Edfu. in the evening you will have dinner on board and spend the night at Edfu.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Nile River, Cairo 15662 Egypt
Afterward, enjoy the ship’s facilities such as the sundeck and pool, and this evening, enjoy dinner aboard as you sail toward Edfu. Tonight is on board at Edfu.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Edfu – Luxor (B, L, D)
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
the Temple of Horus in Edfu, which is dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god. This relatively young pharaonic temple is well-preserved and therefore very impressive
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Nile River, Cairo 15662 Egypt
Then, cruise to Luxor, passing Esna on route, and watching daily life on the riverbanks. In Luxor, have dinner on board and opt to attend an evening Sound and Light Show at Karnak (additional cost). Tonight on board in Luxor.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Luxor – Hot Air Balloon Ride (optional) Valley of Kings – Karnak (B)
Stop At: Hot Air Balloon in Luxor،البالون الطائر في الاقصر, television street, Gazirat Al Awameyah, Luxor, Luxor Governorate 85951, Egypt
In the early morning, take an optional hot air balloon ride (additional cost) over Luxor’s West Bank
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
After breakfast on board, you will check out at 8:00 AM to start your day tour of the West Bank of Luxor. First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. It consists of tombs embedded in the mountain Thebes. Here, you visit 3 tombs of various dynasties. Your Egyptologist tour guide will be on hand to recommend and advise you as to which tombs to visit. After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Hatshipsut
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tomb of Ramses III, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Luxor Egypt
The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers’
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Ramases IX, Valley of the Kings., Luxor Egypt
Tomb of King Ramesses lX was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father’s reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince .
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Merenptah, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut), Valley of the Kings, Luxor Egypt
Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun300.00 EGP) (optional)
King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings
Duration: 25 minutes
Pass By: Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II), West Bank, Luxor Egypt
Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Temple of Amun, also known as Karnak Temples. You visit what is considered to be one of the world’s greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
