04 Days / 03 Nights program
Every Friday from Aswan to Luxor
Day 01 - Friday
Embarkation before lunch. Visit the High Dam & the temples of Philae.
Sailing around Aswan Islands in the traditional felucca (sailing boat) viewing the Agha Khan Mausoleum and the Botanical Garden (Kitchner Island).
Overnight in Aswan.
Day 02 - Saturday Navigation to Kom Ombo. Visit Kom Ombo Temple the only double Temple in Egypt shared by the crocodile headed God Sobek and the falcon headed God Haroeiris.
Navigation to Edfu Visit the most well preserved Temple in Egypt dedicated to the Falcon God Horus
Navigation to Luxor via Esna Overnight in Luxor
Day 03 - Sunday Visit the Ancient Theban Necropolis in the west bank of Luxor to see the Valley of Kings where more than 60 of Egypt Pharaohs have their resting place carved out of the mountain cliffs. The visit Medinet Habu, the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III which is one of the last great buildings of the Egyptian monumental architecture of the New Kingdom.
Visit the Colossi of Memnon, the only remains of the funerary Temple of Amenophis III.
Visit the fabulous Luxor Temple and the enormous Temple complex of Karnak. Among its splendours is the Hypostyle Hall, the largest of any temple in the world covering an area of 5356 sq. meters with its roof blocks supported by 134 colossal columns 70 feet high.
Overnight in Luxor.
Day 04 - Monday Disembarkation after breakfast.
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