MS/ Semiramis II Nile Cruise From Luxor 5 Days

Check-in Nile Cruise

Luxor Tour to Kings Valley and Hatshepsut Temple 

Firstly, Arrive in Luxor to meet our tour guide to start your day on the East Bank of Luxor to assist you, then start with our private A/C vehicle and drive your tour to The West Bank of Luxor City.

Then, Meet our professional Egyptologist and begin your sightseeing tour to Luxor West Bank with our private car and driver.

After that, visiting the Royal Graveyard from 1500 BC at the Valley of the Kings, the Female Pharaoh Temple "Hatshepsut," and the Memnon Giant Statues "Colossi of Memnon."

Then, Transfer to check-in for four nights at a five-star hotel Nile Cruise with full board, lunch on board, and an afternoon free to relax and refresh.

Time to explore Luxor's gorgeous neighborhood streets and the market as the sun sets.

Finally, Return aboard the Nile Cruise for dinner and entertainment before spending the night in Luxor.

Nile Cruise Navigation.

Luxor Tour to Karnak and Luxor Temples

The first morning on board your Nile Cruise to enjoy a tasty breakfast, meet our Egyptologist tour guide at the cruise lobby to start a half-day visit by our Modern A/C minibus to the largest ancient Egyptian structures at Karnak Temple of God Amun Raa, proceed later to visit the Temple of God  Amun’s wife Mut at Luxor Temple.

Transfer you back to Nile Cruise to start your cruising journey along the Nile River Valley.

Lunch and Dinner will be served on board while sailing, this evening your Nile Cruise will pass Esna Lock which is a lifetime experience recommended to watch from the cruise's top deck.

Overnight on board your Nile Cruise.

Nile Cruise Sailing Day

Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples visit

This morning, sail to Edfu City, have breakfast with our Egyptologist on board your Nile Cruise, then ride a horse carriage to Edfu Temple 237 BC to see The House of Horus the Falcon God.

Enter through the Great Pylons to the large open court of the most intact house of worshipping from Ancient Egyptian Days, stand by the massive state of the Falcon God carved out of a single piece of basalt, and see how the Falcon God of Sky defeated the Hippopotamus symbol of the devil in the battle corridor.

Your horse carriage driver is waiting to take you back to the ship so you can spend the rest of the day cruising the Nile.

This evening, your cruise will dock in Kom Ombo, where you can have a spectacular night visit to the Temple of the Crocodile God, which was constructed in 180 BC. Our Egyptologist will demonstrate the Nilo Meter, the Ancient Calendar, and the crocodile mummy room, as well as explain how this site was formerly used as a hospital, with medicinal implements carved into the Temple walls to treat all maladies.

After dinner on board your cruise, continue cruising the Nile River at night.

Nile Cruise Aswan

Felucca Sailing and Visit to Nubian Village

When the Nile Cruise arrives in Aswan, meet our tour guide for a fascinating excursion sailing tour by Felucca through the Agha Khan Muslim, Botanical Island, and Gharb Suhil Nubian Village, where you will learn about Nubian life, see a Nubian house, and see how they keep crocodiles as pets in their homes.

Return to Aswan for a Nile Cruise Lunch and to freshen up before meeting our tour guide in the afternoon for a stroll through the Aswan Local Open-air Market.

Your Nile Cruise will put on a Nubian show after supper if you stay on board.

Departure

Check out

Enjoy your Nile Cruise breakfast and then meet our tour guide again who will assist you with checking out. Then meet our local driver in Aswan who will provide you with a private A/C vehicle to begin your day tour of Aswan.

Today's tour begins at the 280 BC Isis Temple of Philae. Take a Nubian Nile Taxi to Isis Island's Temple of Love, Isis House of Birth, and her holy shrine, where our tour guide will show you the Christian Cross Symbol on the temple walls as well as travelers' inscriptions from the 18th and 19th centuries AD.

Later, transfer to the High Dam, which was erected in 1961 by President Gamal Abdulnasser and offers a breathtaking view of the Nile Cataract and Lake Nasser, as well as the Egyptian and Soviet Symbol of Friendship in the shape of a Lotus Flower.

Your final stop today will be at the Unfinished Obelisk at Aswan's Northern Quarry, one of the world's best red granite quarries, where our Egyptologist will explain how Ancient Egyptians cut huge blocks of granite like the Unfinished Obelisk, then transported them to the Nile and used them to build temples.

Enjoy some free time in Aswan before heading to the Aswan Train Station / Airport.