5-Day Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan with Ancient Temple Visits
About This Tour
Explore the grandeur of Egypt's temples and cities on a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan. Visit Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Aswan as you step back in time through...
Duration: 5 Days · Tour type: Private · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Included · Luxury · Transport: Included · Wheelchair access: Yes · Cities: Aswan, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Luxor, Lake Nasser · Languages: Aramaic, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Turkish
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What's Included
- Meet, assist, and escort during your trip to Egypt
- Accommodation for 4 nights on a five-star Nile cruise on a full-board basis (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). The cruise has facilities such as a swimming pool, air-conditioned cabins with private bathrooms, a restaurant, lounge bar, disco, and sundeck.
- All sightseeing with air-conditioned transportation and English-speaking Egyptologists, covering:High Dam & Philae TempleTemple of KomomboTemple of EdfuValley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's Temple, Colossi of Memnon, Luxor Temple & Karnak Temples
- High Dam & Philae Temple
- Temple of Komombo
- Temple of Edfu
- Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's Temple, Colossi of Memnon, Luxor Temple & Karnak Temples
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- All fees and taxes
- Dinner (4)
- Lunch (4)
- Breakfast (4)
- Tapping
- Entrance fees for preferred sightseeing
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple
Visit Luxor Temple, a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city now known as Luxor. It was constructed around 1400 BCE and, in the Egyptian language, was known as ipet resyt, "the southern sanctuary". Next, head to the Temple of Karnak.
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2Day 02
Hatshepsut Temple and the Valley of the Kings
On this day, go to the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari. Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh, the first being Sobekneferu, and came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC. Afterwards, explore the Valley of the Kings. Also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, it is a valley in Egypt where, for nearly 500 years from the 16th to the 11th century BC, rock-cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom.
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3Day 03
Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples
Visit the Temple of Horus, also known as the Temple of Edfu, an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt. During the Hellenistic period, the city was known as Koine Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and in Latin as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo under the interpretatio graeca. Then, proceed to the Temple of Kom Ombo. This unusual double temple stands in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC, with later additions made during the Roman period.
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4Day 04
Philae Temple and Aswan High Dam
Pay a visit to the Temple of Philae. Philae is an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. It was originally located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. Later, head to the Aswan High Dam. Built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970, this embankment dam largely eclipsed the earlier Aswan Low Dam, which was initially completed in 1902 downstream.
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5Day 05
Aswan Market Exploration
On the last day, explore Aswan Market. Aswan, a city on the Nile River, has been southern Egypt's strategic and commercial gateway since antiquity. It contains significant archaeological sites such as the Philae temple complex on Agilkia Island near the landmark Aswan Dam. Philae's ruins include the columned Temple of Isis, dating to the 4th century B.C. Downriver, Elephantine Island holds the Temple of Khnum from the Third Dynasty.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Train station, Luxor airport, or bus station · Tour start: Luxor, Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
