Cruise the Nile River from Aswan to Luxor on a 5-star cruise that explores the ancient highlights of the Upper Nile. From the Temple of Philae to Kom Ombo Temple and the Valley of the Kings, discover royal tombs to temples. An included sunrise hot-air balloon flight above Luxor’s magnificent West Bank helps take in the scale of the ancient settlement, and onboard entertainment ensures a lively cruise. Discover one of the most impressive temples in Egypt by visiting Abu Simbel 285 km south of Aswan.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Accommodation for 3 nights on a 5 stars Nile cruise on full board basis.
✔ Lunch
✔ Dinner
✔ Breakfast
✔ motor boat
✔ Hot Air Balloon Ride Over Luxor west bank.
✔ horse and carriage
✔ All transfers by an air-conditioned vehicle.
✔ meals start with lunch first day end with breakfast last day
✔ Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
✔ Egyptologist speaking tour guide during your excursions.
✔ Sharing a group tour to Abu Simbel temple.
✔ cabin with all facilities
✔ all sites which mentioned in itinerary
✖ Entrance fees to the mentioned sightseeing.
✖ Gratuities(optional)
Pickup Locations
1. Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino
2. Hurghada Long Beach Resort
3. Giza Pyramids Inn
4. Sonesta St. George Hotel - Luxor
5. Movenpick Resort Aswan
Additional Info: we pick up all our guests from any hotels in Aswan,airport or train station
Itinerary
Arrive To Aswan - Nile Cruise And Aswan Day Tour
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Aswan
Noor Egypt tour representative will pick you up from your hotel in Aswan, Aswan airport Or Railway station - Then Transfer to board your 5 stars Nile cruise before lunch - Lunch on board - Then visit the High Dam and Philae Temple. Dinner on board - Folkloric Show - Overnight in Aswan Meals: Lunch, Dinner Note: If your arrival to Aswan or Pick up time is so early ( Recommended ), so we will start the tour direct upon arrival since the cruise check-in time at 12:00 PM, and we don't want our guests waste their time waiting at the lobby for check-in and also to avoid the heat.
Duration: 5 hours
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Aswan High Dam
start your day tour by visiting the High Dam, achieved in 1960 to protect Egypt from the flood and generate electricity. Prepare yourself for a particularly overwhelming sightseeing experience, Aswan High Dam is truly impressive. The Dam is 3600 metres long, 980 metres thick at base and 111 metres tall (at its highest point). The water of Lake Nasser, the world's largest man-made lake, have amassed behind it. It provides irrigation water and electricity for the whole of Egypt. Located 13 km south of Aswan then drive to visit philae temple.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Temple of Philae
Proceed to visit Philae Temple, the Greaco Roman temple dedicated to goddess Isis using a small motorboat to get there. This beautiful temple complex is one of the most picturesque in all of Egypt. It sits on Aglika Island just south of the old Aswan Dam.The temple was moved to its current location following the construction of the High Dam, which threatened to submerge it permanently. The careful reconstruction at the current site carefully completed, painstakingly preserving the original appearance and layout of the complex and even landscaping the island to match its former location. Philae rose to prominence during the Ptolomaic Dynasty as the center of the cult of the goddess Isis. This complex was actually one of the last remaining places where the ancient religion survived after the arrival of Christianity in Egypt, officially closing only in 551 AD. Early Christians then used the main temple on the island as a church. - Drive back to your Nile cruise and overnight in Aswan.
Duration: 2 hours
Abu Simbel Temple & Kom Ombo Temple
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Abu Simbel Temple Complex
Around 5 am it is the pick up time for the most important temples in upper Egypt which is Abu Simbel temples.Back to Aswan around 1 pm where the cruise will start to sail towards Kom Ombo.Enjoy all the natural views all over the way.Have unique photos of both cultures Egyptian and Nubian.Stop at Kom Ombo to visit Kom Ombo temple.cruise will start over to sail towards Edfu.Amazing sailing.Over night cruise.
Duration: 10 hours
Edfu Temple & Luxor East Bank
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Temple of Horus
Enjoy your breakfast, Touch the culture and visit Edfu temple by horse and carriage.Sail over and enjoy the local villages views at the both sides of the Nile.Drink your Egyptian tea on cruise sun deck during sailing.Pass the famous Esna lock.Arrive Luxor at sun set time.It is great chance to be in Luxor to visit the famous local market and drink the famous upper Egyptian sugar cane juice.Overnight cruise
Duration: 5 hours
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Luxor Temple
Late in the afternoon, arrive at your cruise dock, to be transferred to enjoy Luxor temple on the East bank of Luxor, where ancient Egyptian, Christian and Islamic features are exhibited. Dinner on board and belly dancing show. Overnight in Luxor. Note: if your arrival at Luxor dock by 3:00 or 3:30 pm, then we have chance to visit both Karnak and Luxor Temples.
Duration: 2 hours
Hot Air Balloon & West Bank
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Around 4:30 AM pick up for the incredible memorable trip of Hot Air Balloon ride over the west bank of Luxor and enjoy an aerial view of the city landscape and famous landmarks.
Duration: 10 hours
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Colossi of Memnon
After the Balloon ride you will have a photo stop by Colossi of Memnon, two magnificent twin statues image of pharaoh Amenhotep III and two smaller statues carved by his feet (one being his wife and the other his mother), stands graciously in the horizon of the magnificent Luxor horizons. The two statues, each measuring 60 feet tall, stands in the entrance of Amenhotep III’s mortuary temple. They are famously named by the name of Colossi of Memnon due to a phenomenon produced by one of the statues after an earthquake. Originally built in the Theban Necropolis in the west of the Nile River in the modern city of Luxor, the Colossi of Memnon, two colossal statues made of quartzite sandstone, which archaeologists believe was quarried at El-Gabal el-Ahmar, located near modern Cairo and then transported 420 miles overland to the ancient city of Thebes, remain after thousands of years. Then drive to Hatsheput temple.
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Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Visit The Queen Hatshepsut temple,discover her beautiful temple and her attractive story with her nephew. Rising out of the desert Plain, in a series of terraces, The temple of Hatshepsut Mergs with sheer limestone Cliffs of the eastern face of the Theban Mountain as if Nature herself had built this Extraordinary monument, Then drive to visit Kings Valley.
Duration: 2 hours
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Valley of the Kings
Arrive to The Valley of the Kings, which called the great Place of the Truth, this valley Called now the valley of the Kings, It is a Majestic domain of the Pharaohs who once lay in great stone Sarcophagi, awaiting immortality, Glance around the complex and see the tombs and resting places of remarkable Egyptian kings such as Merneptah, Ramesses III, and Ramesses VI. Then transfer to Luxor railway station, Airport or your hotel in Luxor.
Duration: 3 hours
Additional info
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• If the Hot Air Balloon trip cancelled due to bad weather, you will be refunded with 25USD per person.
• We pick up all our guests from Aswan east bank hotels and available to pick up from west bank hotels with extra 10 us dollars per person
• We drive all our guest to Luxor east bank hotels and available to drive them to Luxor west bank hotels with extra 10 us dollars per person
• A child less than 6 years is not allowed for the balloon trip.
• If your traveling in a group and wanted to have your own room, then do a separate booking for a single person.
• Camera is not allowed on the balloon basket, you can only use your cellphone to take pictures.
• Prices are quoted in U.S dollars,per person per trip and valid,except during Christmas,New Year,Easter holidays.
