Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise 4 Days

Friday - Check in

Aswan Day Tour

Firstly, enjoy your train travel and breakfast on board to Aswan this morning, then meet our local tour guide and driver at the railway station to begin your day tour of this quiet city.
Then, the day Tour in Aswan begins at the Train Station and proceeds south; passing via the Old Dam of Aswan, which is now utilized as a bridge to the West Bank. Our tour guide will show you the Turbines, and Nasser Lake, and provide you with detailed background on who built the High Dam in the twentieth century.

From High Dam, you will be transferred to the Nubian Port to board a Nile Taxi to Isis Island; where you will learn about the Goddess Isis' love for God Osiris and how jealousy drove Osiris' brother "Set" to murder him, and then how Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris, took revenge for his father by killing his uncle Set, later known as God of Evil.

Sightseeing's

Then, visit the Aswan Northern Red Granite Quarry for a sightseeing tour of The Unfinished Obelisk, a 3500-year-old single piece of red granite weighing over 1200 tonnes. Supposed to be standing in Karnak Temple 250 kilometers from Aswan; but was unfortunately cracked while being worked on, and it leaves for us certain evidence on how Ancient Egyptians cut massive blocks of hard stones; and how they transported them from the quarries to the Nile River, where huge ships received them.

Finally, our tour guide will escort you to your floating hotel for 3 nights on full board; 5 Star Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise where he will assist you with check-in and a free afternoon to explore Aswan City and enjoy Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise Entertainment Programs. Lunch and Dinner will be served on board your Nile Cruise and overnight.

Saturday - Abu Simbel Day Trip - Optional

BASED ON THE CRUISE LATEST SAILING SCHEDULE TRIP TO ABU SIMBEL WILL BE WITH EXTRA FEES

Abu Simbel Temples

After a 3-hour drive south of Aswan, arrive in Abu Simbel City; where our Egyptologist Tour Guide will escort you for a 2-hour tour to see the Temple of Ramses 2nd and the Temple of his favorite wife Nefertari. The two temples were built on the Land of Nubia to demonstrate King Ramses II' complete authority over the land and to elevate him to the status of God. The Sun Rays reach the King's face twice a year. Proving his Ancient Egyptian greatness once more.
Prepare to return to Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise at Aswan; arrive at the cruise ship around lunchtime, enjoy your dinner, and the Nile Cruise will begin navigating the Nile River.

Then, relax on the ship's sundeck while cruising the Nile; Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise swimming pool is open from sunrise to dusk.
Movenpick Royal Lily cruise ship will arrive in Kom Ombo town at sunset; where you will be escorted by our tour guide for a short visit to the Crocodile God Sobek Temple. In Ancient Egyptian days and has a Nilo Meter to measure the Nile Water Level; visit the Room of Crocodile Mummies, and then return to the Nile Cruise for Dinner and entertainment on board and overnight.

Sunday - Navigate The Nile River

Edfu Temple

After breakfast on board, meet our tour guide again for a new visit to the Falcon God Horus Edfu Temple; where you will be impressed by how this temple is still in good condition after more than 3000 years; and take stunning photos with the Giant Falcon Statue made of a single piece of basalt.
Later, return by horse carriage to the Nile Cruise and continue cruising towards Luxor, stopping at Esna Lock for a unique Nile Lock crossing experience.
Enjoy lunch on board Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise Ship while taking advantage of the cruise facilities.

Then, enjoy lunch on board Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise Ship while taking advantage of the cruise facilities.
Later, arrive Luxor in the evening, have supper on board, and then embark on a night visit to the lit Temple of Luxor; which is located in the heart of Luxor City, where you will take a walking tour of the Luxor Open air Market and local streets before returning to your Nile Cruise for the night.

Monday - Nile Cruise Disembarkation

Luxor City tour

After a delicious breakfast aboard Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise, our tour guide will assist with check-out and Luxor Sightseeing & Highlights. Cross to the West Bank of the Nile to see The Colossi of Memnon, where you can take amazing photos with these massive statues of King Amenhotep III, then continue to El Gorna Village, passing temple ruins, to reach The Valley of Kings, where our Egyptologist tour guide will spend 2 hours visiting 3 royal tombs.

Afterward, Ride the electric train to the sandstone Temple of the Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. To learn her mythological story of being the daughter of God Amon and becoming Egypt's first woman pharaoh.
Lunch on Luxor's East Bank before touring Egypt's largest temple, Karnak Temple, home of Amon Ra. See Alexander the Great's Amon Ra Sanctuary's massive columns, pylons, obelisks, and Holy Lake of Amon.

Finally, transfer to Luxor Open-air Market for a free walking tour before boarding the Night Train back to Cairo for supper and sleep.