Classic Dahabiya Nile Cruise Tour

Full itenerary enjoy by your tour to Classic Dahabiya Nile Cruise Tour

Day One: Embarkation – Aswan Day Tour

• After having your breakfast in Cairo hotel, our Rep will accompany you with a private air-conditioned car to International Cairo Airport to catch your flight to Aswan, When you arrive at Aswan Airport, you will find our team waiting for you and accompany you by air-conditioned car to the Nile Cruise.
• After checking in the Nile Cruise, you will meet your tour guide to start your adventure in Aswan. Start your tour in Aswan by visiting the High Dam, the engineering miracle of the 1960s. It was built to protect Egypt from annual floods of the Nile River by President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
• After that, sail with a motorboat to Agilkia Island, one of Aswan Island, to visit the temple of the goddess Isis, Philae Temple, and know how UNESCO saved it as this temple was flooded for six months each year after the building of the Aswan Dam. Enjoy the Nile River views of this site and take fabulous shots.
• Then move to the granite quarry to recognize the techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to cut and form their obelisks via the Unfinished Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut of the 18th dynasty still resting on its side in the site.
• Finally, you will back to the Nile Cruise. Overnight in Aswan.

Day Two: Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples Day Tour

• After having your breakfast on the board of the Nile Cruise, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to Kom Ombo.
• Touch down on the shores of Kom Ombo and walk through the town until arriving at Kom Ombo temple, the double temple. It is considered two identical temples dedicated to two gods, the god Horus (the falcon god) and Sobek (the crocodile god).
• Then take the horse carriage to Edfu to visit the most complete and well-preserved temple in Egypt, Edfu temple. Edfu temple is dedicated to the falcon god Horus. The depictions of this temple reflect some of the ancient Egyptian political events and religious beliefs as the legend of the conflict between Horus and Seth.
• Finally, you will back to the Nile Cruise. The Cruise will sail to Esna. Overnight in Esna.

Day Three: Luxor Day Tour

• After having your breakfast on the board of the Nile Cruise, your tour guide will pick you up by a private air-conditioned car to Luxor city.
• Start with the west bank of Luxor city, where you will discover the Valley of the Kings, where you will visit three royal tombs ranging from the 18th dynasty to the 20th dynasty. These tombs belong to great ancient Egyptian Kings and were carved deep into the desert rock and richly decorated for guiding the king in his journey in the afterlife.
• Move to the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. Queen Hatshepsut is considered the most powerful woman who ruled Egypt. The temple consists of three levels connected with a ramp. These three levels depict important events during the reign of Hatshepsut as the divine birth and the commercial expedition to Punt Land.
• On your way in the west bank of Luxor city, you will pass on the mortuary temple of King Amenhotep III and witness its colossus statues, the colossi of Memnon. Your tour guide will tell you about the legend of linking between these statues and the Greek mythical hero, Memnon.
• Then cross the Nile River to explore the east bank of Luxor city. Begin your tour on the east bank of Luxor. Explore the route of the Opet feast of ancient Egypt. Start your tour with Karnak Complex, the largest temple religious complex dedicated to the triad of Thebes (Amun-Ra – Mut – Khonsu). In the ancient Egyptian language, this temple is called Ipet-isut means “the most sacred of places”.
• Then walk through the avenue of Sphinx, where the parade of the triad of Thebes passed from Karnak Complex to Luxor temple. This road is either headed with a human head or rams head. It is thought that the construction of the avenue started during the New Kingdom and was completed in the 30th Dynasty during the rule of King Nectanebo I.
• At the end of your tour, you will check out from the cruise and find a private air-conditioned vehicle waiting for you to transfer you to Luxor Airport to take your plane to Cairo, When you arrive at Cairo Airport, you will find our team waiting for you to transfer you by a private air-conditioned car to your hotel in Cairo. Overnight in Cairo.

Day Four: Departure Day

• It is the last day of your journey in Egypt. After having your breakfast in Cairo hotel, our team will transfer you from Cairo Airport to take your flight for departure.