Monica Nile Cruise – 5 Days from Luxor to Aswan

Enjoy your early morning amid the majesty of the Thebes shore, and have your breakfast on board the cruise. With your Egyptologist and via the AC vehicle, start your day tour to Thebes Necropolis. 

Marvel at the Valley of the Kings:

This holy and magnificent site, surrounded by ancient Egypt's mysteries and spells, was used as the burial site for the powerful pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

You can visit up to 3 tombs available on the main entrance ticket. Inside these 3 tombs, you find the walls and tombs covered by inscriptions with colors still vivid about the afterlife world and spells from the Book of the Dead. 

We can help you visit the other tombs by booking an extra ticket (out of the tour charge). 

This visit lasts around 2 hours. We proceed to the Hatshepsut Temple. 

Marvel at Hatshepsut Temple:

Known as Djeser-Djeseru ("Holy of Holies"), it was built as a stunning mortuary temple for Queen Hatshepsut, one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs, with a breathtaking facade and three massive terraces that rise in stages and blend into the limestone cliffs behind it, dramatically dominated by colonnades. 

This visit lasts around 1 hour and 30 minutes. We proceed to the Colossi of Memnon. 

Visit the Colossi of Memnon:

They are two massive statues representing Pharaoh Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty seated on the throne. Each statue is about 18 meters (60 feet) tall and weighs around 720 tons, guarding the largest mortuary temple in the Thebes Necropolis.

This visit lasts around 30 minutes. We proceed to the Nile Cruise. 

Nile Cruise Sails to Esna Lock:

Experience the relaxing sailing to Esna Lock while having your lunch. 

The Nile Cruise docks on the Edfu shore; have a restful night with dinner. 

Meals Included:

• Breakfast. 
• Lunch. 
• Dinner.

Relish your morning with a tasty breakfast. With your Egyptologist, ride a horse carriage for 7/10 minutes, arriving at Edfu Temple. 

Marvel at Edfu Temple: 

It is the Best-Preserved Temple in ancient Egypt, built during 237–57 BCE. Explore the massive pylon entrance, the peristyle courtyard, the hypostyle halls, and the sanctuary that houses the sacred barque of Horus—all are well-preserved as if the ancient Egyptians had just raised their hands out of them. 

Arrive back by the horse carriage to the Nile Cruise after a visit lasts to 1 hour and 30 minutes. 

Nile Cruise Sails to Kom Ombo:

Enjoy your relaxing sailing to Kom Ombo while having your fresh-cooked lunch. 

Relish your cozy night on board the Nile Cruise amid the Kom Ombo shore, and have your dinner. 

Meals Included:

• Breakfast. 
• Lunch. 
• Dinner.

Have your breakfast, and go ahead to Kom Ombo Temple.

Kom Ombo Temple Visit:

It is dedicated to two gods simultaneously—a rare design in ancient Egypt—for Sobek, crocodile god of fertility and the Nile, and Horus the Elder (Haroeris), falcon-headed god of protection and kingship. Discover inside scenes of surgery tools and medical instruments—some say it's the first known medical illustration in history.

Return back to the Nile Cruise after a visit lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes. 

Nile Cruise Sails to Aswan:

Have a peaceful sailing to Aswan, having your lunch and arriving amid its incredible nature and unique culture. 

A dazzling night to spend with a tasty dinner. 

Meals Included:

• Breakfast. 
• Lunch. 
• Dinner.

After breakfast on the cruise board and check-out, go ahead to Aswan sightseeing with your Egyptologist.

Visit Aswan High Dam:

Construction of the dam began in 1960 and was completed in 1970, making it one of the 20th century's architectural marvels due to its massive, rare earth-fill embankment design using granite rock from nearby quarries, sand, clay, gravel, crushed stone, and compacted earth. This dam creates the largest lake on the globe, Lake Nasser. You can enjoy the panoramic view of this dam and the lake. 

The visit lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. We proceed to Philae Port. 

Explore Philae Temple:

The visit starts at Philae port, taking a motorboat for a relaxing sail to Aglika Island, where this temple, dedicated to Isis, is located. Isis was the powerful goddess of magic, motherhood, healing, and protection for the ancient Egyptians, and its worship increased all over the middle east; while this temple has remained a major center of its worship during the late Pharaonic, Ptolemaic, and Roman periods.

The visit takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes, and we sail back to Philae port, taking the air-conditioned vehicle to the last stop. 

The Unfinished Obelisk Stop:

If completed, the Unfinished Obelisk would have stood at about 42 meters (138 feet) and weighed over 1,100 tons, making it the largest obelisk ever built, but it was abandoned mid-carving when a deep crack appeared in the granite, which is a reason for uncovering one of the ancient Egyptian marvels in architecture!

The visit takes around 45 minutes, and we proceed to a local restaurant. 

Lunchtime:

Savor a tasty local Egyptian dish that is rich with amazing flavors. 

At the drop-off point you select, we accompany you by the air-conditioned vehicle for a smooth drop-off service. 

Meals Included:

• Breakfast. 
• Lunch.