Skip organizing a complicated itinerary to explore Egypt, and book one convenient package to see Aswan, Abu Simbel, and the Valley of the Kings with ease. This 4-day Nile cruise experience offers hotel transfers, boat accommodation, and trips to the major temples at Edfu, Abu Simbel, and the Valley of the Kings with an Egyptologist guide. An extra highlight includes a hot air balloon ride over Luxor.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Tour To Abu Simbel Temples
✔ Hot Air Balloon
✔ Meet and assist service on arrival and departure
✔ 3 Night On Board 5 Stars Nile Cruise Boat
✔ Free Wi-Fi up to 4GB
✔ Lunch
✔ Dinner
✔ Accommodation on a 5-star cruise with full-board excluding drinks
✔ Egyptology Tour Guide
✔ All Taxes and Service Charge
✔ All tours mentioned
✔ Breakfast
✔ Egyptian Lunch in Sailing Felucca
✖ Entrance Fees
✖ Tips (not mandatory)
✖ Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
Pickup Locations
1. Aswan Nubian House
2. Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino
3. Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan
4. Giza Pyramids View Guest House
5. Giza Pyramids Inn
6. Hilton Hurghada Plaza
7. Sonesta St. George Hotel - Luxor
8. Pyramisa Isis Island Aswan Resort & Spa
9. Movenpick Resort Aswan
10. Aswan Airport
11. Steigenberger Nile Palace
12. Long Beach Resort
13. Tolip Aswan Hotel
14. Coral Beach Hurghada
15. Pyramisa Hotel Luxor
16. Dusit Thani Lakeview Cairo
17. Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa
18. Hurghada Marriott Beach Resort
Additional Info: We pick up all travelers from any hotel in Aswan or Aswan Airport or Aswan Train Station
Itinerary
Aswan High Dam, the Philae Temple.
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Temple of Philae
Upon arrival at Aswan, meet your tour representative at the railway station and begin your journey. Firstly, visit Aswan High Dam then the Philae Temple. Board your Nile cruise where you will be served lunch and afternoon tea. Sail to Kom Ombo and enjoy a dinner and overnight feast onboard.
Duration: 2 hours
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Aswan High Dam
The Aswan High Dam, or the High Dam, is a water dam on the Nile in southern Egypt. It was built during the era of Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Soviets helped build it. The dam greatly helped control water flow and mitigate the effects of the Nile flood. Used to generate electricity in Egypt. The length of the dam is 3600 meters, the width of the base is 980 meters, the width of the summit is 40 meters, and the height is 111 meters. The size of the dam is 43 million cubic meters of cement, iron and other materials. A water flow of 11,000 cubic meters of water per second may pass through the dam. Construction of the dam began in 1960 and the total cost was estimated at one billion dollars, one third of which was written off by the Soviet Union. The dam worked on 400 Soviet experts and completed its construction in 1968. The last 12 electric generators were installed in 1970 and the dam was officially opened in 1971.
Duration: 2 hours
Abu Simbel Temples Complex and Sailing To Temple of Kom Ombo
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Temple of Kom Ombo
After breakfast, visit the Temple of Kom Ombo. Board the sailboat and head to Edfu. After lunch, visit the Temple of Horus and the Cross Esna Lock. Sail to Luxor and spend the night on board with dinner included
Duration: 6 hours
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Abu Simbel Temple Complex
Enjoy one of the Highlights of Ancient Egypt Abu Simbel Temples Complex
Duration: 7 hours
Temple of Horus at Edfu , and the Temple of Luxor.
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Temple of Horus
Around 05:00 am be Ready To Visit The ancient Egyptians called it Geb and the Greeks and Romans called it Apollinopolis, Magna, that is the greater city of Apollo. In the days of the Pharaohs, Edfu was the capital of the second region in Upper Egypt. Archaeological excavations since the end of the nineteenth century revealed their importance in the early ages of the history of ancient Egypt, especially the cemetery that dates back to the era of the Old Kingdom in the third millennium BC and found tombs - terraces built with milk. Specialized linguists read the name of one of the first family kings, Oujib, engraved on a rock, near the city. [1] Edfu was placed under the protection of the falcon deity Horus, king of the city
Duration: 3 hours
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Luxor Temple
Luxor Temple A large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the eastern bank of the Nile in the city of Luxor today known as the (ancient good). Founded in 1400 BC. The Luxor Temple was built for the worship of Amun Ra, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu, the deities, also called the Tayyibi Trinity (Theban Triad). The Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important existing buildings in the temple are those built by the two kingdoms Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC) (who added to the temple the open courtyard, the pylon, and the two obelisks). King Tuthmosis the Third also established (1490-1436 BC)
Duration: 1.5 hours
Valley of the Kings,Queen Hatshepsut , Colossi of Memnon. Hot Air Balloon and Temple of Karnak
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Hot Air Balloon Trip
Duration: 60 minutes
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Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Kings, also known as the “Valley of Biban Kings”, is a valley in Egypt that was used over the course of 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries B.C. The valley is on the west bank of the Nile, facing Thebes (now Luxor) in the heart of the ancient funerary city of Thebes. The Valley of the Kings is divided into two valleys; the Eastern Valley (where most of the royal tombs are located)
Duration: 2 hours
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Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
It is a temple from the eighteenth Egyptian family, and the best of the remaining temples were built about 3500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile opposite to Taiba (the capital of ancient Egypt and the seat of worship of Amun) (Luxor today). The Hatshepsut Temple is distinguished by its unique architectural design, compared to the Egyptian temples that were built on the east bank of the Nile in Thebes .. The temple consists of three successive floors on open terraces. The temple was built of limestone, and in front of the pillars of the second floor, statues of limestone of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut were installed in a beautiful distribution. Originally, these statues were colored
Duration: 60 minutes
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Colossi of Memnon
A statue of Memnon, or a giant of Memnon, It is two huge statues, established around the year 1350 BC, which is all that remains of a temple in memory of the Pharaoh (Amenhotep III), located in Thebes, Western Egypt. They are for King Amenhotep the Third, one of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty, and it is the most powerful ruling family in ancient Egyptian history. The statue's height reaches 19 meters and a third of the meter, and the Greeks called (Memnon) upon them when the eastern statue cracked from them and produced a voice similar to the legendary hero (Memnon) who was killed in the wars of his parcels and was calling his mother (Ayus) the goddess of dawn every morning, and she was crying over him Her tears were dew.
Duration: 30 minutes
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Temple of Karnak
Karnak or Karnak Temples Complex, which is known as the Karnak Temple, is a group of temples, buildings and columns, as expansion and construction operations continued from the Pharaonic era, specifically the Middle Kingdom kings until the Roman era in Luxor in Egypt on the eastern coast. The temple was built for the divine Trinity Amun (Amun Ra in modern times), his wife is the goddess Mut and their son is god Khonsu; and each of them has a temple belonging to the complex of Karnak temples. Sometimes the tourists and the non-specialized in Karnak temple only mean the temple belonging to Amun i, Amun Ra.The temple was named after the city of Karnak, and it is a modern name that is distorted from the Arabic word Khorang, meaning the fortified village, which had been launched on many of the temples in the region during this period. While the temple was initially known as "Bir Amoun" meaning the Temple of Amun or Beit Amun, and during the era of the Middle Kingdom it was called Abet Sot.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Additional info
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Wheelchair accessible
