Sonesta Dahabeya Amirat I - Nile Cruise Ship From Luxor to Aswan 7 nights

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• Pets are not allowed
• Please check your visa requirements before you travel. Itinerary: LUXOR to ASWAN Itinerary Day 1: Saturday Embarkation in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously appointed dahabiyya. After lunch, excursion to visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak, with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28 th Dynasty Luxor Temple. Overnight moored on the Nile banks of Luxor. Day 2: Sunday You will visit the West Bank for visits to the burial places of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, the temple of Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon. - Sail on the way to ESNA (noon time) Overnight near by ESNA. Day 3: Monday Today will be a leisurely day. After breakfast, commence sailing Overnight moored beside a Nile island. Day 4: Tuesday This morning you will sail to Edfu to visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu. Overnight moored beside a Nile island. Day 5: Wednesday Today you will sail on the way to Kom Ombo Overnight moored beside a Nile island. Day 6: Thursday visit KOM OMBO to see the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun. A leisurely sailing to Aswan and moored near by Aswan bridge. Day 7: Friday Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902). You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction. Day 8: Saturday Breakfast aboard the dahabiyya followed by disembarkation.

Minimum age:

Minimum age: 18