Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor itinerary, prices, booking
Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor is in fact a tour program which features 7 nights Nile cruise tour. In fact, the round trip Nile cruise from Luxor can be done each Saturday and Monday. Moreover, it also can be done each Thursday as well. Hereunder is the detailed itinerary.
Day 1 : Luxor
The cruise trip will start by meeting and assist at Luxor airport. And then, there will be a transfer to the Nile cruise. Embarkation will be before the lunch. Lunch, dinner and overnight will be on the Nile cruise board.
Day 2: Luxor – Esna – Kom Ombo – Aswan
Breakfast will be on the Nile cruise board before we start The Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor day 2. And then, we will sail to Esna. In Esna we will visit Esna Temple, dedicated to the ram headed God Khnum, the God of Creation. In fact, Thutmose III laid the foundation of the temple in the 18th Dynasty. The Ptolemaic and Roman Emperors completed it from 40-250 A.D. Their names recorded all over the temples walls. Lunch will be also on the Nile cruise board. And then we will sail to Kom Ombo.
The Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor will include a visit to Kom Ombo Temple. It is the Ptolemaic temple of Sobek and Haroeries. In fact, the temple located in the town of Kom Ombo, about 28 miles north of Aswan. Moreover, the temple dates back to Ptolemy’s, built on a high dune overlooking the Nile. In fact, the actual temple started by Ptolemy VI Philometor in the early second century B.C. Return back to the Nile cruise. Tea & coffee will be served in the early evening. While we sail to Aswan, we will enjoy a sumptuous oriental dinner. We will also enjoy dance all night away to the Egyptian folklore party. Overnight will be on the Nile cruise board.
Day 3: Aswan
Breakfast will be also on the Nile cruise board. It will before we start The Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor day 3. Today we will visit the High Dam which built in 1960. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. In fact, the Dam is 11,811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and 363 feet tall. Today it provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt. And then, we will proceed to the Unfinished Obelisk. The obelisk is much of the red granite. It used for the ancient temples and colossi. In fact, it came from quarries in the Aswan area. Around these quarries are many inscriptions, many of which describing successful quarrying projects.
The Unfinished Obelisk located in the Northern Quarry. It still lies where a crack discovered as it hewn from the rock. Moreover, it has a weight over 2.3 million pound. It is largest piece of stone which ever handled. A crack occurred, which caused it abandoned. Then we will visit the beautiful Temple of Philae, rising from the water of the Nile. Lunch will be also on the Nile cruise board. Tea & Coffee will be also served in the early evening. Dinner and overnight will be also on the Nile cruise board.
The Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor day 4: Aswan
Breakfast will be also on the Nile cruise board. The time will be at leisure on the Nile cruise board. Lunch will be on the Nile cruise board. Tea & Coffee will be also served in the early evening. Dinner and overnight will be also on the Nile cruise board.
** Optional Tour: Excursion to Abu Simbel temples either by private coach or by domestic flight.
Abu Simbel temples are 300 km southwest of Aswan (about 300 km by road). The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. In fact, it known as the “Nubian Monuments”. It runs from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae which near Aswan. Furthermore, The twin temples originally carved out of the mountainside. It was during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century BC. They are a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari. It was especially to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh. Moreover, it was also to intimidate his Nubian neighbors. The complex relocated in its entirety in 1968. It is now on an artificial hill. The hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.
The Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor day 5: Aswan – Edfu
Breakfast will be also on the Nile cruise board. It will before we start The Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor day 5. We will sail to Edfu. Lunch will be also on the Nile cruise board. In Edfu we will visit Edfu’s beautiful preserved Edfu temple. The temple known as the Temple of Horus, the Falcon God. It built in (237 BC), during the reigns of six Ptolemy’s. It indeed the best-preserved temple in Ancient Egypt and the second largest after Karnak temple. Tea & Coffee will be also served in the early evening. Dinner and overnight will be also on the Nile cruise board.
Day 6: Edfu – Luxor
Breakfast will be also on the Nile cruise board. We will sail to Luxor. Lunch will be also on the Nile cruise board. Tea & Coffee will be also served in the early evening. Dinner and overnight will be also on the Nile cruise board.
Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor day 7: Luxor
Breakfast will be also on the Nile cruise board. It will before we start The Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor day 7. Today, we will start the tour by crossing to the West bank of the Nile. Over there, we will visit the Valley of Kings with its many tombs chiseled deep into the Cliff side. From the 18th to the 20th dynasty, Memphis area and Pyramid-style tombs abandoned. It was in favor of the West bank of the Nile in Thebes. Several great leaders as well as many less important rulers buried here and more tombs discovered even today. The most famous is where Howard Carter discovered the treasure of Tutankhamen in 1922.
The Round trip Nile cruise from Luxor will also include a visit to the Valley of Queens. There, we will visit the funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari. The design of the temple set at the head of the valley overshadowed by the peak of Thebes. Our last stop will be at the Colossi of Memnon. The temple built by Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty) as a mortuary temple in Thebes. It guarded by two gigantic statues of Amenhotep. Lunch will be on the Nile cruise board. And then we will visit Karnak Temple, the largest temple built by a man. The temple represents the combine achievement of many generation of ancient builders. Continue to visit Luxor temple which built by two Pharaos, Amenhotep III and the King Ramses II. King Ramses II built Abu Simbel temples. Dinner and overnight will be on the Nile cruise board.
Day 8: Luxor – Disembarkation
Breakfast will be on the Nile cruise board before we disembark from the Nile cruise.
