Aswan Trip Overview
Enjoy a 3 nights, 4 days Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor including a sightseeing itinerary. You will visit the most popular monuments Aswan and Luxor have to offer: Philae Temple, High Dam, Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, Karnak Temples and Luxor Temple. You will be guided by a qualified Egyptologist tour guide who makes sure all your tour needs are fulfilled.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Aswan, Egypt
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt
Enjoy a 3 nights, 4 days Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor including a sightseeing itinerary. You will visit the most popular monuments Aswan and Luxor have to offer: Philae Temple, High Dam, Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, Karnak Temples and Luxor Temple. You will be guided by a qualified Egyptologist tour guide who makes sure all your tour needs are fulfilled.
Itinerary
Day 1: Aswan : the Temple of Philae – the High Dam
Pass By: Egypt Taxi -Tours, Luxor 85951 Egypt
Egypt Taxi
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
the Temple of Philae, which was built in honour of goddess Isis. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch, where you can also enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. Spend the night on board in Aswan.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.
Duration: 25 minutes
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Aswan : Abu Simbel Temple Complex – Temple of Kom Ombo
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
[[[ Early in the morning there is an optional tour to Abu Simbel (at an additional cost) ]]]]
It is an archaeological site located in the belly of the mountain, south of Aswan
made up of two large temples carved into the rock. It was built by King Ramses II in 1250 BC These two temples were among the greatest temples in ancient Egypt. They are usually called the “Great Temple of Abu Simbel” and the “Little Temple of Abu Simbel,” both of which are more spacious and grandiose than all the Egyptian rock temples of all times. There are six statues at the entrance to the other temple, four of them of Ramses II and two of his wife Nefertari.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
[[[ Early in the morning there is an optional tour to Abu Simbel (at an additional cost) ]]]]
It is an archaeological site located in the belly of the mountain, south of Aswan
made up of two large temples carved into the rock. It was built by King Ramses II in 1250 BC These two temples were among the greatest temples in ancient Egypt. They are usually called the “Great Temple of Abu Simbel” and the “Little Temple of Abu Simbel,” both of which are more spacious and grandiose than all the Egyptian rock temples of all times. There are six statues at the entrance to the other temple, four of them of Ramses II and two of his wife Nefertari.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
In Kom Ombo you will visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, which is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek
The temple is built on a high dune overlooking the Nile. The temple was built in the early second century by Ptolemy VI Philometor.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Temple of Horus
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
visit the Temple of Edfu which is dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god. This is quite a young temple and is well-preserved making it very impressive.
At every site you will get information from your Egyptologist tour guide and you will get free time to explore the ancient monuments by yourself.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Luxor
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. It consists of tombs embedded in the mountain Thebes. Here, you visit 3 tombs of various dynasties. Your Egyptologist tour guide will be on hand to recommend and advise you as to which tombs to visit
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tomb of Ramses III, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Luxor Egypt
The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers’
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Ramases IX, Valley of the Kings., Luxor Egypt
Tomb of King Ramesses lX was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father’s reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince .
The tomb has so much colour and detail even the ceiling above the sarcophagi with its goddess Nut stretching across the space. The sarcophagus is one of the largest in the valley, even though some of the paintings have deteriorated this is one of the most decorated.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of Merenptah, Valley of the Kings West Bank, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut), Valley of the Kings, Luxor Egypt
Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun300.00 EGP) (optional)
King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh. This queen was an ancestor of King Tutankhamun and belonged to the same dynasty.Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
two vast 60-foot (18-meter) seated statues
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Temple of Amun, also known as Karnak Temples. You visit what is considered to be one of the world’s greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
