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(07 Nights / 08 Days ) Nile Cruise Luxor to Luxor |
Day 1: |
Embark to your Nile cruise , Embarkation, lunch & dinner on board free at leisure. Overnight in Luxor |
Day 2: |
Breakfast on board, visit Karnak temple & Luxor Temple then lunch on board cruise P.M. Visit valley of kings, queen Hatshepsut temple at Deir El Bahari & Colossi of Memnon Captain Welcome Cocktail party dinner. Overnight in Luxor |
Day 3: |
Breakfast on board, sail to Edfu via Esna lock Edfu is a longer trip (105 km from Aswan) but it houses the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt which is essential viewing for archaeological enthusiasts. Dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god, it was built during the reigns of six Ptolemies. Lunch . Afternoon tea & dinner on board, Overnight in Edfu |
Day 4: |
Breakfast on board, visit the temple of Horus in Edfu, sail to Kom Ombo, lunch & visit the temple of two gods Sobek and Haroeris, Kom Ombo and Edfu are both easily accessible from Aswan, by day cruise, felucca, bus or taxi. sail to Aswan. Dinner, Overnight in Aswan |
Day 5: |
Breakfast on board, visit Philae temple -Philae Temple was also dismantled and reassembled ( on Agilika lsland about 500m. from its original home on Philae Island) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicated to the goddess lsis, is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. Its various shrines and sanctuaries, which include a temple of Hathor, a Birth House and two pylons, celebrate all the deities involved in the lsis and Osiris myth. High Dam,The world-famous High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built in the1960s. lunch P.M. sailing by felucca around the Kitchener's Island and Agha Khan Mausoleum atop a hill at the southern end of the west bank. The Agha Khan used to spend every winter in Aswan and was buried here in this magnificent mausoleum, modelled on the Fatimid tombs in Cairo. dinner on boat . Overnight in Aswan |
Day 6: |
Breakfast on board, free at leisure or ( optional tour to Abu Simbel by private car ) sail to Kom Ombo stop for view of Kom Ombo temple, sail to Edfu. Overnight in Edfu |
Day 7: |
Breakfast on board, sail to Esna & visit the temple of God Khnum, Amun order Khnum, the ‘Divine Potter’, to shape a baby boy on his potter’s wheel, and his ka, or ‘spirit double’, which would represent the child’s divine and immortal spirit. The queen, assisted by Hathor, Isis and Nephthys, would give birth to the divine son, offspring of pharaoh and gods, recognized by his father Amun. sail to Luxor. Dinner, Overnight in Luxor |
Day 8: |
Disembarkation after breakfast, ( End of our service ) |
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