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Away from huge,
fast moving, crowded Nile cruises, you the here the opportunity to
sail the Nile onboard of a Dahabeya to experience deferent taste of
the Nile
Luxor:
• Colossi of Memnon
• Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
• Valley of the Kings
• Karnak and Luxor temples
Edfu:
• Temple of Horus
Kom Ombo:
• Temple of Sobek and Horus
Aswan:
• The High Dam
• The Unfinished Obelisk
• Philae temple
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Tour Itineraries
Day 1:
- Embarkation in Edfu
- Visit the Temple
of Horus, the largest and most perfectly preserved of all the Nile
temples.
- Horus, also
known as Haroeris, was the falcon-headed solar war god. Embarkation
on board and meet the Captain and the crew, enjoy your welcome
drink, and then start sailing while having Lunch on board.
Dinner and overnight onboard
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- Day 2:
- Breakfast
onboard and then walk in the hills between the river Nile and the
desert on the left bank, to the careers of the Pharaonic era in the
mountains of Jebel Silsila. We discover the coronation hall of
Horemheb, the last pharaoh who reigned in the eighteenth dynasty.
Then we extend our hike to the village of Fares.
- Dinner and
overnight onboard
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- Day 3:
- We resume our navigation on the Nile
peacefully. Visit the temple of Kom Ombo this unique sacred place,
built to the two gods: Sobek, the crocodile god and Horus, the
falcon. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where, in ancient
times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank and the
mummified crocodile and the preserved Nilometer.
- Visit the Camels
market of Daraw, then returning through the gardens and palm trees.
- Dinner and
overnight onboard
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- Day 4:
- We start to
explore the Nubian villages: Encounters with the fellahs, tea and
breakfast and walk between the houses painted. We walk up Koubanya.
- Dinner and
overnight onboard
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- Day 5:
- Arrival at Aswan
in the middle of hundreds of boats. Take a tour of Aswan High Dam,
Egypt's contemporary example of building on a monumental scale.
Next, proceed to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient
Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples.
The quarries still hold the Unfinished Obelisk, possibly intended as
a companion to the Lateran Obelisk, originally at Karnak but now in
Rome. It would have weighed over 1,100 tons and would have been the
world's largest piece of stone ever handled. Continue by a short
motor-boat ride to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilka. The
temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of
the Ptolemaic rule.
- Dinner and
overnight onboard
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- Day 6:
- Breakfast and
disembarkation
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- PS.
Please note that sailing schedule is subject to be changed due to
water levels and sailing conditions, meanwhile, all mentioned
sightseeing will be maintained
For reservation please us our
reservation form, or send us an
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