Why choose this Luxor tour?
Cruise down the Nile River from Luxor to Aswan on this 5-day excursion, which includes nightly accommodation and meals. Take advantage of the onboard amenities including the lounge and bar, sun deck, swimming pool, and dance club. Make stops at highlights such as Karnak, the Luxor temples, the West Bank, and the Temple of Ramses III, accompanied by commentary by your Egyptologist guide.
*Convenient hotel or port pickup and drop-off included on each end
*Egyptologist guide provides in-depth information on the sights
*Meals included per itinerary ( Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner )
*Four nights’ accommodation on board the boat
– CHILDREN LESS THAN 5 YEARS NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE HOT AIR BALLOON ONLY
Duration: 5 days
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Luxor, Nile River Valley, Egypt Itinerary Breakdown
Cruise down the Nile River from Luxor to Aswan on this 5-day excursion, which includes nightly accommodation and meals. Take advantage of the onboard amenities including the lounge and bar, sun deck, swimming pool, and dance club. Make stops at highlights such as Karnak, the Luxor temples, the West Bank, and the Temple of Ramses III, accompanied by commentary by your Egyptologist guide.
*Convenient hotel or port pickup and drop-off included on each end
*Egyptologist guide provides in-depth information on the sights
*Meals included per itinerary ( Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner )
*Four nights’ accommodation on board the boat
– CHILDREN LESS THAN 5 YEARS NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE HOT AIR BALLOON ONLY
Itinerary
Day 1: Luxor East Bank
Stop At: Luxor Travels, 3 Al Qarna Rd, Al Bairat, Luxor, Luxor Governorate 85951, Egypt
Upon arrival at Luxor Airport you will be transferred to your cruise ship for a 4 night Nile cruise. After check-in, you will enjoy a guided day tour of the East Bank of Luxor with a visit to Karnak and Luxor Temples. You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch and spend the night on board in Luxor. You have the option of seeing the Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temples in the evening (additional cost)
Duration: 1 day
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch. At Afternoon Time you have the opportunity to enjoy one of the best things to do at night in Luxor, which is the Karnak Temples. on board in Luxor
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Luxor Temple, which is dedicated to the Theben Triad of Amun-Ra, Mut and Khonsu. There you will see the granite statues of Ramses the Great. These ancient temples are a must-see for Luxor travelers.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Nile Cruise Boat In Luxor
Day 2: Enjoy Hot Air Balloon Trip and Luxor West Bank Activities
Stop At: Hot Air Balloons Luxor, Khaled Ibn Walid St، Gazirat Al Awameyah, Luxor, Luxor Governorate 85951, Egypt
In the early morning,have the chance and enjoy hot air balloon ride
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
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. There you visit four royal tombs, including the Tomb of Ramses lll, the Tomb of Ramses lV, the Tomb of Merenptah .Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
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. Originally, those statues were colored, and now only some monuments remain of the colors, and some statues are in very good condition, indicating the elegance and beauty of the temple’s design.
Duration: 1 hour
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
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Nile Cruise Boat In Edfu
Day 3: [ Temple of Horus Edfu – Temple of Kom Ombo ]
Stop At: Nile
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: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt. The city was known in the Hellenistic period in Koinē Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and in Latin as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo under the interpretatio graeca.[1] It is one of the best preserved shrines in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. In particular, the Temple’s inscribed building texts “provide details [both] of its construction, and also preserve information about the mythical interpretation of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation.”[2] There are also “important scenes and inscriptions of the Sacred Drama which related the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth.”[3] They are translated by the German Edfu-Project
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
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 restored and renewed. This temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philomator, but its decoration was only completed in the Roman era during 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 in local worship in the place, where people worshiped two local deities, namely Sobek and Horus with the head of a falcon, and despite the difference between these two deities in origin and character, they lived side by side for long centuries without mixing or pairing us Together
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Nile Cruise Boat In Aswan
Day 4: Abu Simbel Temples Complex
Stop At: Nile
Early in the morning you will enjoy a guided tour of Abu Simbel Temples. After coming back from Abu Simbel you will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch, where you can also enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. You spend the night on board in Aswan
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
Abu Simbel is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Lake Nasser, about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is one of the “monuments of Nubia” listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. And that starts from the direction of the flow of the river from Abu Simbel to Philae (near Aswan).
The twin temples were originally carved from the mountains during the reign of King Ramses II in the thirteenth century BC, as a permanent monument to him and Queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory in the Battle of Kadesh. However, in 1960 the facility complex was completely moved to another location, on an artificial hill made of a dome structure, and over the Aswan High Dam reservoir.
It was necessary to relocate the temples to avoid them being submerged during the construction of Lake Nasser.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Nile Cruise Boat In Aswan
Day 5: Aswan [ Temple of Philae -Aswan High Dam ] – Departure day
Stop At: Aswan, Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
After breakfast on board, you can check-out at 8 am. Then a guided day tour begins, beginning with a boat trip to the Temple of Philae, which was built in honor of the goddess Isis. To finish off your cruise itinerary, you’ll go to the High Dam across the Nile, which was built in the 1960s to protect Egypt from annual floods
Duration: 30 minutes
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 myth of Anas found in the stories of One Thousand and One Nights. Egypt is in the south. And the worship group was devoted to the worship of the goddess Isis, but the island contained temples of Hathor, Amenhotep and other temples.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
A water dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt, built during the reign of Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the Soviets helped build it. It helped a lot in the impact of the effects of the Nile. 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 dam’s body is 43 million cubic meters of water per second. Construction of the dam began in 1960, with an estimated capacity of one billion dollars, a third of which was written off before the Soviet Union. 400 Soviet experts worked on building the dam and completed its construction in 1968. The last 12 generators were installed in 1970 and the dam was officially opened in 1971.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
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