8 Days Dahabiya Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan

Oct. 10, 2010 - PRLog -- Cruise Itinerary A

Itinerary A : 8 Days Dahabiya Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan

Day 01: (Saturday)
Albaraa Travel meet you at Luxor airport, train terminal or your hotel in Luxor then transfer by A/C vehicle to your Nile Cruise for Check in
- Lunch
- Visit the gigantic temples complex of Karnak, followed by the awesome Luxor Temple started by Amenophis III in the 14th century B.C. and extended by Ramsis II.
- Dinner
- Overnight
Day 02: (Sunday)
- Breakfast
- Visit the West Bank Necropolis, the burial ground of the Pharaohs the Valley of the Kings ,where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Proceed to the nearby Valley of the Queens, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsuit and the Colossi of Memnon.
- Lunch
- Free time at leisure
- Dinner
- Overnight
Day 03: (Monday)
- Early Sail to Esna
- Lunch
- Arrive Esna
- Visit the town and temple of Esna dedicated to the creator god Khnum.
- Dinner
- Overnight Esna.
Day 04: (Tuesday)
- Early sailing to Edfu
- Breakfast on board, View of El Kab tombs and site from the deck.
- Lunch on board
- Arrive Edfu
- Visit to one of best preserved temples of Greco – Roman era, that of Horus at Edfu. Experience the horse drawn carriage ride back and forth to the temple.
- Dinner
- Overnight Edfu
Day 05: (Wednesday)
- Early sailing to Kom Ombo
- BBQ lunch on A Nile Island (AlRamady )
- Sail to island (Meneh) Kom Ombo and View the Silesia Temple and sandstone quarries from deck.
- Overnight Meneh Island.
Day 06: (Thursday)
- Visit kom Ombo temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus the elder, god of the morning sun.
- Breakfast
- Sail to Aswan
- Lunch BBQ on a Nile island (Herdiab)
- Sail to an island prior Aswan island (Copania)
- Dinner on board
- Overnight
Day 07: (Friday)
- Breakfast on island
- Sail to Aswan
- Visit the High Dam and the Old Dam and the ' unfinished obelisk', lying in ancient granite quarries of Aswan. Then proceed to Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, being rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction.
- Lunch
- Visit the Nubian Museum
- Dinner
- Overnight Aswan.
Day 08: (Saturday)
- Breakfast
- Check out, then you will be transferred to Luxor airport, train terminal or your hotel in Aswan for your departure