Nile Premium Nile Cruise from Luxor 5 Days 2023/2024

Check-in Nile Cruise

Luxor Tour to Kings Valley and Hatshepsut Temple

After a night on the Sleeper Train, enjoy breakfast in your train cabin, and you will arrive in Luxor to meet our tour guide "Egyptologist" at the train station on the East Bank of Luxor. to assist you, and then you will begin your tour to the West Bank of Luxor City with our private A/C vehicle and driver.
Start your tour by passing the Nile River via Luxor's southern bridge, then take a morning ride through the sugar cane fields to observe actual Egyptian farmers in action.

Stop visiting the Enormous Monuments of Amenhotep III "Colossi Of Memnon," two massive statues dating from 1360 BC; on your approach to the Kings Valley. Each monument is 18 meters tall and is made of a single thousand-tonne block of Quartz.
Proceed to the Kings Valley, where between 1570 and 1070 BC, royal tombs were built. Our Egyptologist tour guide will choose the three most stunning and accessible royal tombs for you. because your admittance ticket only allows you to visit three. (On request, a supplementary ticket for King Tutankhamon's Tomb is available.)

Later, our Egyptologist will organize an electric car ride to Queen Hatshepsut Temple in El Deir El Bahary 1450 BC; where you will see the two side temples dedicated to the Jackal Deity Anubis and the Cow Goddess Hathor, as well as Hatshepsut's highest shrine linked to her tomb in The Kings Valley.
Our tour guide will help you check in, receive your cabin; refresh, and then have lunch on board our 5-star floating hotel and full-board Nile Cruise.
Afternoon free before heading out on a walking tour of Luxor's streets and markets with our tour guide.

For dinner and a night's stay, return to your Nile Cruise.

Nile Cruise Navigation

Luxor Tour to Karnak and Luxor Temples

Your cruise ship remains in Luxor and will depart later today.
This morning, have a delicious breakfast on board before meeting our Egyptologist tour guide and private driver. To travel to Karnak Temple. the ancient Egyptian era's abode of the Mighty Amun Raa. From 1950 BC to 30 BC; walk around the Fortress of Columns and the Sacred Lake, and take wonderful photos near the massive obelisks and enormous statues of various pharaohs constructed in Karnak Temple.

The next stop in Luxor Temple will be the House of Amun's Wife and Child, Goddess Mut, and God Khonsu "the Moon God."; You may view King Ramses 2nd's fight on the temple's front walls, read Coptic inscriptions demonstrating that the temple served as a Church in the early days of Christianity, and photograph the Abu El Hagag Mosque; which was built inside the temple in the fourteenth century AD.
After lunch, board the Nile Cruise and set sail for Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Aswan.

Enjoy a wonderful time floating on the Nile River, admiring the beauty of Egypt's lush fields from the cruise sundeck, and have your camera ready to capture breathtaking images of Egyptian farmers' luscious pastures, cattle, and sheep!
Relax at the Nile Cruise Swimming Pool while admiring the sights of Egypt's Sunny Land.
In the evening, arrive in Esna for an incredible Nile Lock transit, dinner on board with entertainment, and sleep.

Nile Cruise Sailing

Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples visit

This morning, sail to Edfu City, have breakfast on board your Nile Cruise with our Egyptologist, and then ride a horse carriage to Edfu Temple 237 BC to visit Horus the Falcon God's House. Join the enormous open court of the most intact house of worship from Ancient Egyptian Days through the Great Pylons; Held by the massive state of the Falcon God fashioned out of a single piece of basalt, and see how the Falcon God of Sky defeated the devil's Hippopotamus sign in the combat corridor.
Your horse carriage driver is waiting to take you back to the ship so you can continue sailing the Nile for the rest of the day.

In addition, Your ship will land at Kom Ombo this evening, where you can have a magnificent night tour of the Temple of the Crocodile God, which was constructed in 180 BC. Our Egyptologist will show you the Nilo Meter; the Ancient Calendar; and the crocodile mummy room; as well as describe how this site was formerly utilized as a hospital; with medicinal instruments carved into the Temple walls to treat all kinds of ailments.
Finally, continue sailing the Nile River at night after dinner on board your boat.

Aswan

Felucca Sailing and visit to Nubian Village

Meet our tour guide when the Nile Cruise arrives in Aswan for a spectacular Felucca excursion sailing tour to the Agha Khan Muslim; Botanical Island, and GharbSuhil Nubian Village; where you'll see how Nubians live; see a Nubian house, and discover how they keep crocodiles as pets in their houses.
After that, return to Aswan for a Nile Cruise Lunch and to freshen up before meeting our tour guide for a stroll through the Aswan Local Open-Air Market in the afternoon.
In addition, if you stay on board after supper, your Nile Cruise will put on a Nubian show.

Nile Cruise Check-out

Visit the Isis Temple of Philae, High Dam, and Red Granite Quarry 

Before meeting up with our tour guide for check-out assistance, enjoy your Nile Cruise breakfast. After that, meet our Aswan driver; who will provide you with a private air-conditioned vehicle to start your Aswan day trip.
The tour begins today at the 280 BC Isis Temple in Philae. Take a Nubian Nile Taxi to Isis Island's Temple of Love; Isis House of Birth, and holy shrine, where our tour guide will point out the Christian Cross Symbol on the temple walls. As well as travelers' inscriptions from the 18th and 19th centuries AD.

Later, visit the High Dam, which was built by President Gamal Abdulnasser in 1961. And offers a breathtaking view of the Nile Cataract and Lake Nasser; as well as the Egyptian and Soviet Friendship Symbol in the shape of a Lotus Flower.
In addition, at the Unfinished Obelisk at Aswan's Northern Quarry, one of the world's best red granite quarries; our Egyptologist will discuss how Ancient Egyptians carved large slabs of granite like the Unfinished Obelisk, then transported them to the Nile and used them to build temples.
Finally, take advantage of some free time in Aswan before heading to Aswan Train Station or Aswan Domestic Airport.