Itineraries:
7 nights - 8 Days (Luxor/Aswan)
Embarkation Day: Saturday
Saturday
Embarkation in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a Luxuriously appointed Dahabeya
After Lunch, Excursion to the West Bank for visits to the burial places of Pharaohs the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, the temple of Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon
Overnight moored on the Nile Banks of Luxor
Sunday
You will visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak, with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28th Dynasty Luxor Temple
Overnight moored in Luxor
Monday
Today will be a leisurely day; After Breakfast
Commence sailing to Esna where your Dahabeya will moor overnight
Tuesday
This morning you will sail to Edfu
Visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu
Overnight moored beside a Nile Island
Wednesday
Today you will sail to Kom Ombo
Visit the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun
Overnight moored beside a Nile Island
Thursday
A leisurely day sailing to Aswan where the Dahabeya moors Overnight
Friday
Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902)
You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction
Saturday
Breakfast aboard the Dehabeya followed by disembarkation
Note: Itineraries may be changed without a prior notice due to navigational circumstances, may be in sequences but not in visits, Cruise Managment is liable for these changes
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