Amazing 4-Nights Cruise Luxor To Aswan Abu Simbel, Nubian Village including Round-Trip Flights From Cairo

Day 1: Cairo Airport Transfer, Arrive Luxor and Luxor East Bank

Egypt Gift Tours driver will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel in Cairo or Giza around 4:30 am (available to change subject to the flight schedule) to transfer to Cairo airport to take your morning flight to Luxor. You will need to use the flight tickets, we sent you via WhatsApp or email to check in and get your boarding card at Cairo airport. Once your arrive at Luxor airport and pick your luggage, go outside through the exit door where you will find our representative holding a sign with your name to be transferred by A/C car to your 5 stars Nile Cruise to check in by 12 pm. Have lunch on board.

Then, start your tour by visiting the largest temple ever: Karnak temple built through 2000 years, covering an area of about 63 acres. Listen carefully to the stories and legends to be told by your tour guide. Marvel at the sheer size of the Great Hypo-style Hall, take photos between the huge columns and obelisks.

Proceed to visit Luxor temple, where ancient Egyptian, Christian, and Islamic features are exhibited. Admire its obelisk and statues. Back to the cruise, dinner on board and overnight in Luxor.

Note: If your arrival to Luxor is so early, so we might start the tour directly upon arrival since the cruise check-in time at 12:00 and we don’t want our guest to waste their time waiting at the lobby for check-in.

Meals included: lunch and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Luxor on board the cruise.

Day 2: Luxor West Bank Tour and Sailing to Edfu

Breakfast and start your remarkable day by driving to the West Bank to explore the Theban Necropolis by visiting the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs from the New kingdom carved their tombs in the mountains aiming to hide their treasure and protect their mummies.

Then to the Mortuary temple of the famous queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari. Listen from your guide to her exciting story and how she managed to rule as a sole Pharaoh.

End your tour in the West Bank by a photo stop in front of the gigantic statues of Memnon. Return back to the Cruise by noon to have your lunch.

Start sailing down the River Nile, afternoon tea on the sundeck. Cross Esna Lock and overnight in Edfu.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Edfu on board the cruise.

Day 3: Edfu Temple and Kom Ombo Temple-Aswan

After your breakfast, enjoy Horse Carriage ride with your tour guide to visit the temple of Horus at Edfu which is considered to be the most complete and the best preserved of all the Egyptian temples. Back to the cruise. Relax on the deck watching the unique landscape and admire the scenery of the Nile river while sailing to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board. Afternoon tea on the sundeck.

Late in the afternoon, stop at Kom Ombo city where to visit the unique double temple of Sobek, the crocodile God and Horus, the falcon God. Return to the cruise and have dinner followed by folkloric party operated by the cruise staff and tour guides. Continue sailing to Aswan for overnight.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Aswan on board the cruise..

Day 4: Abu Simbel Trip (Sharing a group) and Nubian Village

Be ready at the lobby of your cruise around 4 to 4:30 am (Available to change), your guide will pick you up for Abu Simbel trip (sharing a group in a bus or minibus) and drive for about 3 hours to visit one of  the most impressive places in Egypt; the rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel with their unique design built for King Ramesses 2nd and his beloved Queen Nefertari. Back to Aswan around 2 pm to have your lunch and rest a bit.

Around 3:30 pm, be ready for the fantastic trip in nature to the Nubian Village. Down to the Nile to take a motorboat, sailing slowly to enjoy the scenery and views to the Nubian Village on Soheil Island, have a welcome drink in one of the Nubian families houses, talk to them, know about their customs, walk around the village with your guide. Finish by sunset, enjoy the breeze and watch the birds while going back. Overnight in Aswan.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Aswan on board the cruise.

Day 5: Aswan Tour and Departure transfer

After breakfast, check out at 8 am and discover with your guide the highlights of Aswan, listen to the story of the Nubian immigration. Start your tour by visiting the High Dam; achieved in 1960 to protect Egypt from the flood and generate electric.

Proceed to visit the Greco Roman Temple dedicated to goddess Isis using a small motorboat to get there.

Later on, transfer to Aswan Airport to catch your evening flight from Aswan to Cairo. Once you arrive at Cairo airport and pick your luggage, go outside the arrival hall where you will find our driver holding a sign with your name to transfer to your hotel in Cairo or Giza.

Meals included: breakfast.

Accommodation: Not included.