Dahabeya Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan 8 days 7 nights
Description
Dahabeya’s promises an amazing, fulfilling cruise experience with famous hospitality, combining comfort and beauty in a most inspiring way. This is among the most opulent Nile River cruises available.
Programme duration is 8 days/7 nights, with a dahabeya Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan included. You will stop in Abu Simbel, Aswan, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Luxor with a guide along the way.
It is also possible to take a cruise from Aswan to Luxor.
HIGHLIGHTS
- High Dam
- Philae Temple
- Kom Ombo Temple
- Edfu Temple
- Medinat Habu
- Luxor Temple
- Valley of the Kings
- Colossi of Memnon
- Karnak Temple
- Family friendly
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
The seven-night dahabeya cruise between Luxor and Aswan will transport you to a more refined and courteous age. An exceptional journey down the Nile aboard a historic small sailing vessel, popular during the opulent monarchical era (1920s–1940s), when aristocrats and cultured tourists cherished taking exquisite Nile cruises.
Day 1:
Set out from Luxor on a designated dahabiyya for a leisurely week of Nile sailing.
Following lunch, take a trip to see the impressive Amon-Ra temple complex in Karnak, which features a large hypostyle hall supported by 137 columns. Next, see the commanding 28th-dynasty Luxor Temple.
Karnak, one of the most exquisite ancient buildings in Egypt, is a complex of temples constructed during several pharaonic periods that surpasses all other pharaonic monuments in beauty.
You will be taken to the Luxor Temple, which honours the Theben Triad of Amun-Ra, Mut, and Khonsu, after visiting Karnak. The granite statues of Ramses the Great are located there. Travellers visiting Luxor should not miss seeing these historic monuments.
Mooring for the night on Luxor’s banks of the Nile.
Day 2:
You will go to the West Bank to see the Pharaohs’ resting sites, including the most well-known collection of royal tombs, the Valley of the Kings. It was here that Howard Carter found Tutankamon’s tomb in 1922.
Following your tour of the tombs, you will be taken to the nearby Valley of the Queens, where you will see the largest ancient sculptures in Egypt, the Colossi of Memnon, and the Temple of Ramses III – Medinat Habu, both of which are from the reign of King Amenhotep III.
Set sail for Esna.
Spend the night around Esna.
Day 3:
After breakfast, commence sailing to Edfu.
Overnight moored beside a Nile island in Edfu
Day 4:
You will see the exquisitely preserved Temple of Edfu today, which honours the falcon-headed god Horus.
Spending the night alongside Maneeha Island in Kom Ombo, with dinner served on the island.
Day 5:
Visit El Silsila optional.
See the Temple of Kom Ombo, devoted to the god of crocodiles, Sobek.
In Aswan, anchored next to a Nile island for the night.
Day 6:
A leisurely voyage to Aswan, where they anchored close to Aswan Bridge.
Day 7:
You will see the Old Dam, erected in 1902, and the Aswan High Dam, completed in 1971.
You will also see the Isis-focused Philae Temple, which was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser during the building of the High Dam.
Day 8:
After breakfast on the dahabeya, disembarkation occurs.
Included in the price
- 7 nights in Dahabeya – Full Board (alcohol not included) – Aswan Tour: See the High Dam and Philae Temple.
- Luxor Tour: See the Temples of Karnak and Luxor on the East Bank.
- Luxor Tour: See the Colossi of Memnon, Queen Hatshepsut’s Temple, and the West Bank’s Valley of the Kings.
- Trips to the Nile’s Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples.
- A guide who speaks English in Luxor and Aswan.
- Transfers between all stations, including “Meet-and-Assist”
$2.608,00
Entrance fees are not included in the price of any tours
To provide you more programme flexibility—you can choose to miss one or more places based on your interests—we do not charge site entrance costs in advance.