Luxury Nilecruise Luxor / Aswan
(5 daytour)
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The cruiseboat (in Egyptian: dahabiya), Twin sail and no engine!
Silence on the Nile.....
A special experience: enjoy the relaxing trip, with a sailing boat from Luxor to Aswan.
See daily live along the Nile and visit the monuments.
Esnatemple, Edfutemple, Kom Ombo, El Kab.....
10 rooms for a maximum of 20 people.
The rooms have all comfort.
A large deck for a relaxing time.
Look at the stars at night from your chair.
The crew on board to make it comfortable for you, 24 hours a day....
Edfutemple of Horus
Fishermen on the Nile (Kingfisherbird at the right of the leftman)
Philaetemple on the island near Aswan
(famous Unesco rescueproject of the Seventies)
Interior of the Nubian Museum Aswan
The Nubian Museum Aswan
The souk in Aswan at night
The tombs of the Nobles in Aswan, high on a cliff
For the highlights of Aswan: see button trips / Aswan
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Itinary of this trip
Day 1
Arrive in Esna: Sail to the beautiful and ancient city of Nekheb, now called El Kab which is situated across the Nile from the city of Nekhen (Herakonpolis), and was the site of temples to Thoth and Nebket. The city has been dated back to predynastic times.
Day 2
Sail to Edfu: The Temple of Edfu is very
dramatic. It is dedicated to Horus and was built in Greco Roman times. Horus was
the god of the sky whose eyes were the sun and the moon. He became equated with
the king, and therefore the King was Horus manifest.
In the evening we will have a barbecue on the beach of the beautiful Island of
Fawaza where you can relax, enjoy the memories of the day and watch the fabulous
Egyptian sunset.
Day 3
Sail to Gebel el-Silsila or Gebel Silsileh
which was a very famous quarrying area throughout all of ancient
Egypt due to the quality of the building stone quarried here. The site is a rich
archaeological area having temples cut directly on the hills. Examples include
the rock temple of Horemheb on the
west bank. Many of the monuments here bear inscriptions of Merenptah,
Ramesses 2nd, Hatshepsut, Amenhotep 2nd and Ramesses 3rd
Our Dahabieh will sail right to the foot of this majestic mountain where we will
have the peaceful luxury of being the only boat to be docked in this area. We
will visit the Temple of Horemheb and in the evening we will have a wonderful
barbecue inside the Temple, a once in a lifetime experience.
Day 4
Sail to Kom Ombo. The Town of Kom Ombo is
the ancient site of Ombos, which is from the ancient Egyptian word 'nubt', which
means 'City of Gold'.
We will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo. The Temple known as Kom Ombo is actually
two temples consisting of a Temple to Sobek and a Temple of Haroeris
You can take a walk around the town and visit the local markets
Day 5
Sail to
Aswan Visit the world famous High Dam which was an engineering miracle
when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the
Great Pyramid of Cheops.
We will visit the amazing Temple of Isis at Philae. This monument is possibly
best known for the international effort which moved it in it's entirety to the
island when it's original location was threatened by the change in water level
caused by the High Dam.
We will visit the Unfinished Obelisk the stone weighing over 2.3 million pounds
would have been the world’s largest piece of stone in the world. But as a crack
developed in the stone it was abandoned. If the granite would not have developed
a crack then it would have been the biggest obelisk with 40 meters height.