4x Breakfast

4x Dinner

4x Lunch

Accommodation included: 5 nights

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Private transportation

Entry/Admission - Luxor Temple

Entry/Admission - Temple of Karnak

Entry/Admission - Valley of the...

Entry/Admission - Valley of the Kings

Entry/Admission - Temple of Hatshepsut...

Entry/Admission - Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari

Entry/Admission - Colossi of Memnon

Entry/Admission - Temple of Horus

Entry/Admission - Aswan High Dam

Entry/Admission - Lake Nasser

Entry/Admission - Unfinished Obelisk

Entry/Admission - Temple of Philae

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Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Luxor ''The adventure begins ''

Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
This temple might be the greatest testament to why Luxor has earned its nickname, “The World’s Largest Outdoor Museum”.
It's one of the best-preserved of all of the ancient monuments with large amounts of structure, statuary and relief carvings still intact, making it one of the most impressive visits in the Luxor area and all of Egypt.

Amenhotep III, one of the great builders of ancient Egypt, constructed the temple during his New Kingdom reign, which lasted from 1390 to 1352 BC. In its current form, however, the temple appears to be one of the many projects the Ramesses II commissioned during his long reign.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
When visiting Karnak, you are paying a visit to the heart of Egypt during the New Kingdom. This huge temple complex was the center of the ancient faith while power was concentrated at Thebes (modern day Luxor) and its significance is reflected in its enormous size. In addition to its religious significance, it also served as a treasury, administrative center, and palace for the New Kingdom pharaohs. It is considered as the largest temple complex ever constructed anywhere in the world.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: On-Board of Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise or similar '' Luxor ''

Day 2: Luxor Nile Cruise Excursions

Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The Valley of the Kings is where the modern myth of Egypt began with Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, complete with all of the treasures with which he had been buried, in 1922. The fame of that discovers ushered in a new era of Egyptian tourism as the treasures of Tutankhamun toured the world and generated new, widespread interest in the history of Ancient Egypt. The valley is not very impressive at first glance.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Hatshepsut was the Egyptian King Thutmose I and his wife queen Ahmose only child, she was one of the greatest queens and the second who ruled ancient Egypt. Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. She was the second confirmed female pharaoh who ruled Egypt, the first one was sobekneferu. Hatsheosut take over the rule of Egypt in 1478 BC.

She built hundreds of buildings throughout the Nile Valley and there was a huge amount of statuary produced with her likeness. By far the most famous building attributed to Hatshepsut is her mortuary temple, known as Deir Al-Bahiri or Hatshepsut Temple. The unique collonaded design of this temple is still admired by art historians as unrivaled until the rise of Classical Greece.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
These two gigantic, 59-foots tall statues are the first sight that greets visitors who take the ferry across from the East Bank. They were made famous in antiquity by a mysterious sound emitted from one of them each sunrise. Scientists now think that this sound was caused by air passing through pores in the stone as it was warmed in the sunlight, but there is no way to confirm this since the sound stopped centuries ago.

Regardless of its cause, the sound was the source of the statues’ name as it caused the Greeks to believe that the statues were of the immortal Memnon.

In reality the statues are of Amenhotep III and his wife, Tiye, and they used to guard the entrance to a great temple complex that some believe might have rivaled Karnak in size. Amenhotep III, who ruled during the New Kingdom around the peak of Egypt’s historic power, is regarded as one of the most prolific builders of Ancient Egypt. This temple would have been the most significant of his building projects, but little remains of it today.
Duration: 15 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: On-Board of Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise or similar '' Esna ''

Day 3: Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples

Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
The Temple of Horus at Edfu is widely considered to be the most impressive of all of the Nile-side temples
Like at Esna, the temple at Edfu is a late construction. It was built during the Greco-Roman Period, but the builders painstakingly preserved the form of Egypt’s true pharaohs.

The temple is very complete, including a pylon that was built by Cleopatra’s father in the first century BC, which leads into a peristyle court and then a hypostyle hall that precedes the sanctuary of Horus, the ultimate and most important part of the temple. All of this replicates the standard layout of a New Kingdom pylon temple, the ruins of which can be seen at many other sights around Luxor and along the Nile Valley. The Temple of Horus at Edfu is by far the most complete example of this architectural style.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
Kom Ombo is the third major stop that most of the Nile cruises between Luxor and Aswan make on their journey.
It dates from the Ptolomaic Dynasty and it was only completed under Roman rule. The temple has a dual dedicatation to Sobek, as well as Horus, and the plan of the temple reflects this dual purpose.
Temple of Sobek, the crocodile god, makes an approach by water the far superior way to visit this site.

The pylon entrance to the temples is no longer standing, leaving the hypostyle hall as the main feature that visitors see today. Also on the grounds of the temple is the Crocodile Museum, which has a display over crocodile mummies.

Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: On-Board of Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise or similar '' Kom Ombo ''

Day 4: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours

Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
When construction began on the High Dam in 1960, it was the most heralded part of President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s effort to develop Egypt for all Egyptians. While the dam is certainly not the largest in the world, it is an impressive engineering feat nonetheless, over 360 feet tall and 12,500 feet across.

The dam was completed in 1971 and the huge reservoir behind it, named for President Nasser, finished filling in 1979.
The project has always carried controversy with it. The construction displaced over 100,000 Nubian, whose civilization had called the banks of the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan home for millennia, and the rising waters threatened a number of important ancient monuments and archeological sites. Despite this, the dam provides significant benefits to the people of Egypt.

At the time of its construction, the High Dam was responsible for around 50 % of the electricity production in Egypt, providing electricity to most of Egypt’ villages for the first time. By regulating the flow of the river, the dam also increased the cultivatable land in Egypt by around 30% and allowed development in new areas that were previously inundated annually when the river flooded.
The dam is only about a 15-minute drive south of Aswan so a visit is easy even if your time in the city is limited. It is an impressive sight and views south over Lake Nasser and north toward the old Aswan Dam are spectacular. Don’t be deterred by the tight security. The dam is heavily guarded since it would wash most of Egypt into the Mediterranean if it burst.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Lake Nasser, Egypt
Lake Nasser provides a relaxing gateway to the south. The waters of the lake are the only place in Egypt where one can still see the infamous Nile crocodile since their populations have been depleted below the dam and the starkly beautiful desert scenery along the banks provides a perfect opportunity to relax during several days cruising the historic sites of Ancient Nubia.
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Unfinished Obelisk, Sheyakhah Oula, Aswan Egypt
The Unfinished Obelisk is a rare opportunity to consider what this process might have been like and just how difficult it was to shape and carve the great stone blocks that makeup Egypt’s many monuments.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Philae Temple, this beautiful temple complex is one of the most picturesque in all of Egypt. It sits on Aglika Island just south of the old Aswan Dam. The temple was moved to its current location following the construction of the High Dam, which threatened to submerge it permanently.

Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: On-Board of Movenpick Royal Lily Nile Cruise or similar '' Aswan ''

Day 5: Aswan Nile Cruise - Final Departure

Pass By: Aswan Governorate, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
Disembarkation then transfer to Aswan Airport for your flight Home .
The above itinerary is subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Disembarkation From Cruise

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