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Day 01 (Luxor):
Upon arrival Luxor, meet & assist and transfer to
Nile cruise. Embarkation
will be after 12:00 noon. Lunch will be on the cruise board. And then, we will tour the awe inspiring temple of Luxor,
was founded in 1400 BCE and built with sandstone from the Gebel
el-Silsila area, which is located in south-western Egypt. And then we
will continue to visit Karnak temple which comprises a vast mix of
decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and
other buildings. Building at the complex began in the reign of Sesostris
I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period. And
then, we will be back to the cruise. Tea & Coffee will be served in
the early evening. Dinner and
overnight will be on the cruise board.
Optional tour:
Sound & Light show at Karnak temple.Day 02: (Luxor-Edfu)
After breakfast, we cross to the west bank of the
Nile to visit the
Colossi of Memnon,
the two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past
3400 years
(since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the
River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. And then will go to the Valley
of Kings
and Queens to visit Hatshepsut Temple, located beneath the cliffs at
Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings
in
Egypt.
The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is located
next to the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, which served both as an
inspiration, and later, a quarry. Lunch will be on the cruise board
while
sailing to Edfu through Esna lock. Tea & Coffee will be served in
the early evening. Dinner and overnight will be on the
cruise board. Day 03: (Edfu-Kom Ombo-Aswan)
After
Breakfast we visit Edfu’s beautiful preserved
Temple of Horus, the best preserved of all large Egyptian temples and
built by the Ptolemy’s. Lunch will be on the cruise board while sailing
to Kom Ombo. In Kom Ombo, we will visit the Temple of Sobek, the
crocodile god, conveniently situated on the riverbank.
Continue to Aswan. Tea & Coffee will be served in the early evening.
Tonight, we will enjoy a sumptuous Oriental Dinner and dance all night
away to the Egyptian Galabeya Party. Overnight will be on the cruise
board.Day 04: (Aswan)
After Breakfast, we view the Aswan High Dam,
an embankment dam situated across the Nile River
in Aswan. And then we will visit the unfinished Obelisk,
located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt
in Aswan.
Archaeologists are unsure which pharaoh created this structure. It is
nearly one third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever
erected. If finished
it would have measured around 42 m (approximately 137 feet) and would
have weighed nearly 1,200 tons (1,066,621 kilograms). Lunch will be on
the cruise board. PM, we will sail by traditional Nile Felucca along the
shores of
Elephantine Island and Philae Temple at Philae Island. Philae Island was
a rocky island in the middle of the River Nile, south of Aswan. It was
called in
Hieroglyphic "Apo" which means Ivory. It was also known by the Greek
"Elephantine", most probably because it was an important center of
trade, especially for ivory. The Ancient Egyptians built a beautiful and
magnificent Temple on this island for the Goddess Isis, but the Temple
became submerged after the first Aswan dam was built in 1906, and it was
not
until the seventies that many nations attempted to save the Temple. All
these 
countries, together with UNESCO, selected a suitable place, but they
had to wait until the completion of the High Dam, in 1971, which would
stabilize the level of the water around their chosen island. Tea &
Coffee will be served in the early evening. Dinner and overnight will be
on the cruise board.Optional tour: Abu Simbel Temples either by private coach or by domestic flight.
Optional tour: Abu Simbel Temples either by private coach or by domestic flight.
Abu SimbelAbu Simbel temples are 300 km southwest of Aswan (about 300 km by road).
The
complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian
Monuments" which
run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan).The twin temples
were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of
Pharaoh
Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and
his queen
Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh,
and to intimidate his Nubian neighbors. However, the complex was
relocated in
its entirety in 1968, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure,
high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.
Day 05: (Disembarkation)Breakfast will be on the cruise board. Disembarkation will be after the breakfast.
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