All Inclusive Nile Cruise and Legendary Hotels

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, 4* Novetel el Borg . Night at the hotel. 

Your all-inclusive Nile cruise and legendary hotels journey begins with a departure for the marvelous site of the Giza Plateau. Composed of the pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos as well as the mysterious Sphinx. Then, departure to reach the eastern cemetery. 

Then you will visit the temple of King Khephren 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 discovered more precisely the statue of Chephren. One of a kind in 1860 by Auguste Mariette. 

Lunch at the end of the visit in a restaurant in the pyramids district. Night at the hotel.

Your all-inclusive Nile cruise trip and legendary hotels is followed by departure for the visit of the National Museum of Egyptian Antiquities and its lesser-known rooms including, among others, the treasure of the high priests and the daily life of Ancient Egypt, the room of mummified animals, not to mention the fabulous treasure of the young pharaoh Tout-ankh-Amon as well as the last great unknown treasure of mass tourism discovered in the 90s, continuation with a visit to the room of King Akhenaton, considered one of the great mystics in the history of humanity.

Lunch at a restaurant on the banks of the Nile, (grilled chicken marinated in Italian herbs served with your choice of sauce (mushrooms – lemon butter).

Departure off the beaten track, discovering Daily Life, we will visit the heart of the Old Town. You will start with the visit of one of the most beautiful and ancient mosques in Egypt, It is a true masterpiece of world architecture. One of the most grandiose and beautiful Islamic architectures in the world, renowned for its high walls and its magnificent prayer courtyard, its Iraqi-style minaret. With its play of light and geometric shapes, the mosque inspires spirituality, respect, silence and above all peace.

Continue with a superb discovery walk of the North Cairo completely unknown to mass tourism with its picturesque alleys. You will visit one of the oldest and most popular districts of Cairo.

You continue with the discovery of the exterior of the monumental entrance from the gate of victories, and the wall of the ancient city of Cairo, walking tour in the oldest street in egypt, you will experience the atmosphere of 1000 nights and nights, among the magnificent mosques, Turkish hammams, Cornish schools, public fountains which distributed water until the last century etc. You will also discover certain professions in danger of disappearing. typical and not touristy, as well as the old quarters of Cairo.

Continued with the discovery of the typical and non-touristy souk, It is a mandatory passage for all families of future married women for the purchase of clothes, fabrics, curtains etc. You discover the local life, which allows you to approach the traditions and customs of the local population. Night at the hotel.

 Departure for an in-depth visit of the temples of Karnak... The religious complex of Karnak — improperly called Temple of Karnak or simply Karnak — includes a vast collection of ruins of temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings located north of Thebes, today the city of Luxor.

In fact, the Karnak complex, rebuilt and developed for more than 2,000 years by successive pharaohs, is made up of three enclosures. It is the largest religious complex of all Antiquity, it was dedicated to the Theban triad headed by the god Amon-Re. The complex was connected to Luxor Temple by an aisle of sphinxes almost two miles long. The site has been excavated since the 19th century by French archaeologists, organized since 1967 within the Franco-Egyptian Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak.

Then, continue with the visit of one of these small temples unknown to mass tourism by crossing beforehand by an impressive spectacle thousands of pieces of stones from the excavation fields undertaken on the site, then visit a small unknown dedicated to the god of the Moon very popular among the ancient Egyptians, where you will be almost the only ones).

Lunch in town, then accompaniment to your hotel, the Softiel Winter Palace where the Hilton Luxor Resort and Spa.   

At the end of the afternoon – departure for the visit of the luxor temple illuminated under a very beautiful lighting which puts it in its most beautiful beauty.

Although the temple of Amun in Luxor dedicated to the worship of the god Has my. Located in the heart of the old Thebes. Devoted to the dynastic god Has my in its two aspectsAmun-Re celestial and of Amon-Min (ithyphallic divinity).

In Roman times, the temple partially transformed into a military camp. The building, one of the best preserved of the New Kingdom, has kept many structures in elevation. Besides the big pylon. You will cross two large peristyle courtyards and the monumental colonnade that connects these two courtyards. The actual sanctuary, residence of the Amun of Opet. As well as the preceding rooms, they have retained a good part of their roofing in slabs.

Luxor Temple is the southern complement of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak. Dedicated to the Theban Triad. The two temples once connected by a dromos lined with seven hundred ram-headed sphinxes. As well as resting stations or chapels where the boats of the Theban triad stopped during the great festival of Opet. The dromos constituted the main articulation of the city which it crossed from north to south.

Furthermore, by dividing it into a western district bordering the Nile where the port was located. Also its popular districts and that of the artisans. And a district is probably more residential which spread between the large enclosures of the main temples. And contained many sanctuaries distributed along the large paved alleys which crisscrossed the city. Night at the hotel.

We will visit part of the grandiose necropolis of Thebes where the sovereigns of the New Kingdom were buried in hypogea, dug into the mountain, possessing luxurious and abundant funerary furniture. In-depth visit to the Valley of the Kings, where we will visit its three most beautiful remarkable tombs..

Transfer at the end of the morning by car to reach Esna (65Km), accompaniment and installation on your sailing boat, boarding on Sunday (includes 3 meals + mineral water, tea and coffee). Your cruise on the secular Nile will be carried out (according to availability) on one of the dahabeyas (8: 10 cabins) of one of the boats of Nile Dahabeya, or the dahabeya Well, sailing to Edfu. Docking in the evening near El Hegz. Dinner and overnight on board.

Sailing to the rhythm of the wind with docking on the banks and walks in the banana plantations.

For the duration of your Nile cruise. You admire the banks of the river, sometimes desert where the sand slides, sometimes rural. Real, magnificent green fields, small 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, which allows you to discover 'authentic' Egypt Dinners and unforgettable nights on the secular Nile.

Your all-inclusive Nile cruise trip and legendary hotels is followed by a visit to the edfu temple, Dedicated to the falcon god Horus, son of Isis.

In fact Edfu owes its fame, not to its great antiquity. But at the colossal temple which rose in the Ptolemaic period in the city. Although it is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt and the second largest building after Karnak. 137 meters long, 79 meters wide, 36 meters high for the pylons. 

While its construction work was started under Ptolemy III in -237. To end under Tiberius, 180 years later. Entirely built in sandstone, this temple is remarkable for its harmonious plan with perfect proportions.

Continue browsing. Although you will admire the scenes of daily life. While fishermen, boats that transfer people, cars, and animals between the two banks of the Nile, and the magnificent passage! .

Mixtures of sands, mountains and green fields, fruits and vegetables, agricultural activities. Continuation of the cruise to the island of "El Fouza" where the boat will stop for the night. Free walk on the island and dinner on the shore. Night on board.  

Your all-inclusive Nile cruise trip and legendary hotels is followed by the visit of Jebel el Silsila, ''Chain Mountain''. This name due to the fact of the chain which was stretched there across the Nile to prevent navigation. This site is the largest sandstone quarry in Egypt about 40 km south of Edfu and 65 km north of Kom Ombo.

The Nile flows here over a width of less than 400 meters. Topped by the sandstone cliff, these quarries were the main source of building stones for the temples of Upper Egypt. Visit of the small chapel of King Hormheb, day of relaxation, relaxation and admiration during navigation. Night on board.  

Navigation to Kom Ombo, we will visit his temple there, located on the banks of the Nile.

An unusual temple, dedicated to the worship of two deities worshiped on an equal footing. The first: Haroëris, the hawk-headed god, He has the character of the Sun and the Moon. And it is thanks to him that the two stars do not cross and follow each other with respect to the hours. Although it was celebrated in the month of Tybi. When the two stars are in conjunction. His followers believe they were waiting for him to be honored.

The second: Sobek, the crocodile god, master of the waters, god who irrigates the fields. It is also associated with fertility and flooding. While in this city, as in other cities dedicated to Sobek, one or more sacred crocodiles are maintained. When they die, they are embalmed. Crocodile mummies found in a nearby necropolis.

This is why it is called the “temple of two deities”. Although the entire temple is therefore separated into two parts. That of the North, dedicated to Haroéris and that of the South to Sobek. Go up the river to Aswan, Night on board.  

Your all-inclusive Nile cruise trip and legendary hotels is followed by departure by car then by boat for the visit of the philae temple, which is without a doubt, the “Pearl of the Nile”. Although built on a submerged island in the 1970s by the rising level of the Aswan Old Dam Reservoir following the construction of the High Dam. The temples and monuments built on the island during the Pharaonic and Greco-Roman eras were moved to the new island, also called Philae.

You will visit among others, the temple of Isis, which is obviously the main construction of Philae. So, it is one of the major sanctuaries of the goddess in Egypt. After that you will visit the chapel of the goddess Hator. To conclude visit the Kiosk of Trajan which is the main feature of the site. Oriental evening and night on board.

Release of your cabins. Optional: visit of Abu Simbel temples by car (270 km distance). Accompaniment during the morning and installation in your 5 * hotel, Sofitel Legend Old Cataract, Where Mövenpick Resort Aswan. Overnight at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport from Aswan, and assistance with customs formalities according to your flight schedule.