Luxury Nile cruise

Arrival in Cairo on Wednesday, welcome, assistance with customs formalities and support, then accompaniment and installation in your hotel (subject to availability) in the city center 4* luxury Steigenebereger el Tahrir, or in the city of October 6, 15 km from the pyramids of Giza, 5* Hilton Pyramids Golf, or near city center, 5* Sofitel El Gezirah, or 4* Novetel el Borg . Night at the hotel.

Departure for the giza plateau, visit the exterior of the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos as well as the mysterious Sphinx.

Departure off the beaten track, you will visit the very modest remains of High Temple, or only the basalt soil remains, within which the 42 priests used to perform the ceremony of opening the mouth of the royal mummy before burying it in the pyramid, then visiting of empty pits gigantic hollows dug into the rock, which were intended to accommodate solar boats of the king during his journey into the afterlife.

Then you will visit the small low temple of the pyramid of King Chephren, whose walls and ceilings are made of granite, and the floor is covered with white alabaster. In the middle of the room is the famous "well", it is here where the statue of Chephren, unique of its kind, was discovered in 1860.

Barbecue lunch in a restaurant in the pyramids district.

Departure off the beaten track to reach the typical village of Dahshour for the discovery of beautiful and lesser known pyramids of Dahshour, discovery of the exterior of the rhomboidal pyramid – the only one in Egypt which still retains its exterior covering, then you enter the pyramid rhomboidal open very recently for the first time to the public. Continuation with a visit to the Red Pyramid, entry into the Red Pyramid.

Transfer to Cairo airport, and flight to Aswan, welcome on arrival, then support and installation in your 5* hotel (subject to availability), Sofitel Legend Old Cataract, Where Mövenpick Resort Aswan. Night at the hotel.

Departure by car then by small motor boat on the small lake of the old Aswan dam to get to “Agilika Island”, visit to the temple of Philae, which is undoubtedly the "Pearl of the Nile", built on an island submerged in the 1970s by the rise in the level of the reservoir of the old Aswan Dam, following the construction of the high dam.

You will visit among other things, the temple of Isis, which is obviously the main construction of Philae. It is one of the major sanctuaries of the goddess in Egypt. After that departure to visit the little-known chapel of the goddess of love Hator, and, to conclude, visit the Kiosk of Trajan which is the characteristic.

Isis is a mythical queen. Most often, she is represented as a young woman wearing a throne or, in the likeness of Hathor, of a wig topped by a solar disk inserted between two cow horns. She is the sister and wife of the king Osiris, a generous being who placed his reign under the sign of cosmic harmony. Isis in the form of a bird of prey united with the mummy of her husband and conceived Horus. Isis makes him the eternal sovereign of the Douat, a paradise world populated by immortal spirits. To ensure his protection, she places him under the watchful eye of the canine god. Anubis, his adopted son.

Boarding your boat. Your cruise on the centuries-old Nile including the 3 meals of the day will be (subject to availability), boarding on Friday, on one of the 5* boats (subject to availability), Princess Sara, Where Nile Style, Where Nile Story.

Free evening for a personal discovery of Aswan, possibility of a free walk in the very colorful popular souk with its baskets filled with spices and its pyramids of fruits. Dinner and night on board.

Optional: private visit to the temples of Abu Simbel by car (270 km), to be arranged with your guide on site.

Navigation in the early afternoon to reach the small town of Kom Ombo (3 hours of navigation), on arrival departure for the visit of the Kom Ombo temple, Located on the banks of the Nile, it is an unusual temple, dedicated to the worship of two deities worshipped on an equal footing. Navigation for about 4 hours to Edfu. Dinner and overnight on board.

During your cruise on the Nile, you admire the banks of the river, sometimes desert where the sand slides, sometimes rural - real, magnificent green fields, little pieces of paradise where the palm groves give way the next moment to mango trees, banana trees or sugar cane. By crossing the small typical villages, this allows you to discover 'authentic' Egypt.

It is literally a landscape to dream of, so much this nature on which our eyes are riveted, invites us to discover more and more of this Egypt. Indeed, we will almost never stop wanting to know more about this majestic country, which is moreover, the cradle of our civilization.

 Visit of the temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus son of Isis of Edfu a colossal temple remarkable for its harmonious plan with perfect proportions which rises in the middle of the city, it is the second largest building after Karnak.

Its construction work lasted 180 years. Departure (4 hours of navigation) towards the city of Esna with the passage of the lock. Arrival in Luxor.

Departure at the end of the afternoon for the visit of the luxor temple illuminated under a very beautiful light which shows it in its most beautiful beauty.  

Visit in particular of the unknown chamber of divine marriage or divine Theogamy on its walls King Amenhotep III, to give himself extra legitimacy, he propagates the myth of his divine birth, that he would have been engendered by the god Amon who had taken the features of his father, and who married his mother Queen Tiy and after this "sacred marriage" he would have been crowned. The representation of the carnal union between Amon and the queen is very chaste. It is symbolized by the entwined legs. Dinner and night on board.

 Release of your cabins, departure by car, we will visit part of the grandiose necropolis of Thebes where the sovereigns of the New Empire were buried in hypogea, dug into the mountain, possessing luxurious and abundant funerary furniture, visit to the Valley of the Kings, or we will visit three remarkable tombs which still preserve magnificent exceptional painted reliefs thanks to the freshness of the colors and the particular care taken during the creation, visit of the tomb of Rames IV, Sethi II and Taousert (if they are open during your trip).

 At the end of the morning, lunch in a typical restaurant on the Left Bank, or in town.

Accompaniment to your hotel (subject to availability), 5* Winter Luxor Pavilion, Where Hilton Luxor Resort and Spa, Where Steigenberger Resort Achti, Where Pretty City,  Sonesta St. George. Night at the hotel.

Departure for the visit of temples of Karnak… The Karnak religious complex—incorrectly called the Temple of Karnak or simply Karnak—comprises a vast collection of ruins of temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings located north of Thebes, today the city of Luxor.

Departure off the beaten track for a visit to one of these little-known temples: for example the one dedicated to the goddess healer there lioness highly appreciated by the ancient Egyptians. We will first cross - an impressive spectacle - thousands of pieces of stones from the excavation fields undertaken on the site, where you will be almost the only ones.

Continuation through the discovery of the more confidential sites of Karnak, dedicated to the hidden god Amon: visit the wonderful Red Chapel of Queen Hatshepsut, and the magnificent alabaster chapel of King Sesostris. Lunch in a typical restaurant in town.

 Free afternoon for a personal discovery of Luxor.

Evening transfer at the airport of Luxor and flight to the Cairo, welcome on arrival, assistance and installation in your hotel, 5* Cairo Airport Passage, or similar near Cairo airport. Overnight at hotel.

Transfer to Cairo airport, and assistance with customs formalities.