Cairo, Luxor & Aswan Dahabiya Cruise 8 Days\ 7 Nights

Welcome to Cairo. At the airport, you’ll find all kinds of help needed through passport control and other customs formalities presented by one of our representatives.

Who’ll also lead you to your hotel and help you check-in faster. Get ready for an unforgettable experience.

Good morning; have a delicious breakfast at your hotel.

Then you’ll be on track of exploration. A full day city tour is waiting to be done.

visit the Egyptian Museum, containing more than 100.000 pieces of antiquities that’ll give you a hint about what you are going to explore in the next few days. You can also find the famous treasure of King Tut Ankh Amen, kept safe and in high quality.

While in Egypt, a visit to the Great Pyramids of Giza should be done; these monuments still have more secrets to be revealed. Built by Cheops, Chephren, and Myckerinus and guarded by the Sphinx.

Finish your day tour at Khan El Khalili Market, where you can buy some souvenirs for your friends back home and enjoy a walking tour between its corridors and old buildings.

Lunch will be served during visits.

Then you’ll be able to have some rest at the hotel.

Good night.

After your breakfast, you’ll be heading to Cairo Airport to take a flight to Luxor.

Upon arrival, you won’t waste time; our representative will lead you to the west bank, where you’ll start a unique tour.

Valley of the Kings: known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings. There, you’ll explore a lot of Pharaoh's tombs and the powerful New kingdom’s tomb. Also where King Tutankhamun Tomb was discovered with its fancy treasures.

the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, located at El Deir El Bahari, this mortuary temple is dedicated to Amen; you’ll be stunned by the architecture of the designer Senmout.

The two Colossi of Memnon, two massive stone statues of the pharaoh Amenophis III, who reigned in Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Then you’ll be transported to the “Dahabiya,” which means golden, and it’s a luxurious way to stay in for the next few days. It’s a sailing boat that goes with the wind, enjoy a quiet sailing through the Great Nile. Check-in, and take lunch on board.

In the afternoon, you are going to complete your visits.

The Great Temple of Karnak, 2000 of construction, starting with Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, dedicated to god Amen.

Luxor Temple, founded by Amenophis III and the great Ramses II 1400 BCE, this temple wasn’t dedicated to a god unlike the others; instead, it was dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship.

Then go back to the Dahabiya, have a nice dinner, and have a good night while sailing.

While having your breakfast, you’ll be sailing to El Kab.

Visit El Kab. It was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language, which refers to Nekhbet, the goddess depicted as a white vulture, where you can find the ruins of temples dating from the Early Dynastic period 3100–2686 BC to the Ptolemaic Kingdom 332–30 BC.

Continue sailing to Edfu, visit Edfu Temple, dedicated to god Horus the Falcon, son of Isis and Osiris, this temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BCE.

Tonight you’ll spend the night at a unique spot, Fawaza Island, where you can enjoy a quiet night full of meditation.

Dinner will be served on board.

Sailing to Gebel El Selsela, which means Chain Mountain, during the 18th Dynasty, became a source of sandstone, which is the main reason why these people could build such huge buildings.

Then you’ll spend the overnight on another beautiful island, where a barbeque will be prepared for dinner.

In the morning, have your breakfast.

On the riverbank, you’ll find a great temple, Kom Ombo Temple, dedicated to two gods, Sobek, the crocodile, the god of fertility, and creator of the world with Hathor and Khonsu, and the falcon god Haroeris.

Then you’ll be sailing to Aswan, while all meals served on board.

This is Aswan, take your breakfast, and hop off the boat to explore the city.

Visit The High Dam, built to protect and produce without caring for the Nile’s water flow. It was Constructed between 1960 and 1971, creating the lake Nasser behind. One of the largest human-made lakes in the world.

Then visit Philae Temple, saved from inundation of the Nile waters by UNESCO, moved from its original island to Agilkia Island. This temple is dedicated to goddess Isis.

Then go back to Dahabiya for lunch.

You’ll have a free afternoon to explore the city.

Back to the boat, have a tasty dinner and sweet dreams.

After breakfast, you’ll check-out from the Dahabiya, and you’ll be transported to Aswan Airport to take your flight back home via Cairo.