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Tour Departs: |
As per request
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Pick up Time: |
8 Am from the
guest address in Luxor |
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Transport: |
Air-conditioned mini bus
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Accommodation: |
3 nights on
board |
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Meals: |
3 breakfasts, 3 lunches and
3 dinners. |
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Beverages: |
included |
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Guides: |
your language
guide. |
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Tours: |
as mentioned in the program |
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Entrance Fees: |
included
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Click map for
detailed route |
Day 1: Al Kab (Nekhbet)- Fawaza Island-(54 Km) Edfu.
• Breakfast on board. Stop to visit Al Kab (Ancient city of Nekhbet the Goddess Vulture of the city).
• Visit: remains of the 12m-thick mud brick walls that surrounded the town are impressive and date back to the Late Period (747–332 BC) then we proceed to see an Old Kingdom cemetery. Across the road, past the ticket office and cut into the hill at the edge of the valley, are tombs of New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) local governors. The most important is the Tomb of Ahmose.
• Back to the boat and Slipping silently down the Nile and moves very slowly, so you have time to relax and enjoy the scenery of the small villages covered in green color.
• We stop to take lunch on a small island on the heart of the Nile. Continue sailing to Edfu city. Moor near Edfu.
• Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 2: Edfu – (42 Km) Gebel EL Silisla- Maniha Island
• Breakfast on board. Leave the boat and take the horse drawn carriage to walk in Edfu city (modern center of Sugar and Pottery industries) to reach the most preserved temple of Egypt ‘’Temple of Horus’’. It dominates the West Bank of the city and offer opportunity to enjoy a collection of prefect preserved reliefs of Ancient Egypt. The temple is actually a reconstruction of an older building on the same site, and was part of the Ptolemaic project to solidify their dynastic hold on Upper Egypt by identifying themselves with the Pharaohs. Not only is the design a copy of the old temple, so are the inscriptions on the walls.
• Back to the boat Continue sailing to Gebel El Silisla. It was an important centre for the cult of the Nile: every year at the beginning of the inundation season sacrifices were made here to ensure the fertility of the land.
• Visit the three shrines built by Merenptah, Ramses II and Seti I during the New Kingdom.
• Back to the boat and set the sails to navigate to Mainha Island where we take dinner.
Overnight on board.
Day 3: Maiha Island – (65 Km) Kom Ombo- (8 Km) Darau
• Breakfast on board. This morning we enter the city of Kom Ombo where we tour the Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek and Haeroris, Elder Horus god of the falcons. (Temple of Kom Ombo) that has an unusual symmetrically twinned architecture in which all rooms and doors are mirrored on the other side of the building. Once inside, you’ll see that there are two sanctuaries in the middle of the temple, each a mirror image of the other.
• Back to the boat and have lunch. Sailing to Darau small village.
• Moor in Darau. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 4: Darau - Aswan
• Breakfast on board of the boat.
• Visit the remarkable camel market of Darau (it takes places every Tuesday) and meet local people of the village.
• Back to the boat to check out and transfer to Aswan city.
• In Aswan we start a tour of Temple of Phaile , the unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam
• Transfer you to your destination (Hotel, Airport or Station). End of services.
No of guests
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From
15/5 till 30/09
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From 01/10 till 16/5 |
XMAS,
New Year
and Easter |
| 2 to 4 |
415 EUR per person |
505 Euro per person |
600 Euro per person |
| 5 to 8 |
395 EUR per person |
495 Euro per person |
550 Euro per person |
| 9 to 12 |
385 EUR per person |
475 Euro per person |
515 Euro per person |
| 13 to 16 |
360 EUR per person |
405 Euro per person |
455 Euro per person |
Price includes:
- Meet and assistance services.
- 03 nights on board of Dahabiya vessel on Full board basis.
- English Speaking Tour Guide (Any other language can be provided).
- All transportations involved during the tour by a private AC minibus.
- Tour of All above mentioned places.
- All admission fees of the visited sights.
- All service charges & taxes
- No hidden costs.
Price excludes:
- Visa Entry for Egypt (US$ 15 per passport)
- Tipping
- Personal expenses (Laundry, Sauna, telephones…etc)
- Any meals not mentioned in the program
- Any Optional tours
- International airfare
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