Day 1: Embarkation - Aswan High Dam - Unfinished Obelisk
Meet and assist at Aswan City (airport / train station / hotel). Transfer by our modern, comfortable & private aire conditioned deluxe vehicle to your Dahabiya. Embarkation in Aswan for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously appointed dahabeyya. After lunch, excursion to the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902). Tour to the unfinished Obelisk lying in site since the Pharaohs days. Dinner on board. Overnight in Aswan.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Philae Temple - Nubian Party
Breakfast on board. This morning 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. Enjoy Nubian Party. Lunch on board. Dinner and overnight on board in Aswan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3: Sailing to Gebel el-Silsila
Breakfast on board. Today you will sail to Gabal El Selsela which is a vast, out-of-the-way region of good quality sandstone, between Edfu and Kom Ombo. The Ancient Egyptians exploited the sandstone in great quantities to build temple complexes. This region became famous because it was believed that the annual Nile inundation, which enriched the Egyptian soil with fertile earth, originated at Gebel el-Silsila. Lunch on board. Sail to Kom Ombo. Dinner and overnight on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Sailing to El Hegz Island - Edfu Temple
Breakfast on board. This morning you will sail to El Hegz Island which takes around five hours sailing. El Hegz island is a small island which is located north Edfu. Lunch on board. Sail to Edfu to visit the wonderfully preserver Temple of Horus. Dinner & overnight moored beside a Nile island.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5: Free day at leisure - Saling to Esna
Today will be a leisurely day. After breakfast, sailing to Esna and cross next side of water level where your dahabeyya will moor overnight. Lunch and dinner on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Karnak and Luxor Temples
Breakfast on board. You will visit the insignificant temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak, with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28 The Dynasty Luxor Temple. Lunch on board. Dinner and overnight in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7: Valley of the Kings - Valley of the Queens - Medinet Habu - Colossi of Memnon
Breakfast on board. Excursion to the West Bank for visits to the burial places of the 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. Lunch on board. Dinner and overnight on the Nile banks of Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8: Disembarkation
Disembarkation after breakfast. Transfer by our modern, comfortable & private aire conditioned deluxe vehicle to (airport / train station / hotel in Luxor). End of our services.
Meals: Breakfast