3-Nights Nile Cruise Aswan to Luxor and Abu Simbel by Sleeper Train Round-trip from Cairo

Egypt Gift Tours driver will pick you up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza to transfer to the train station to take your overnight sleeper train to Aswan approx. 12 to 14 hours. ( Including dinner and Breakfast ).

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Meals included: Light dinner and breakfast.

Accommodation: Overnight sleeper train from Cairo to Aswan.

Our licensed tour guide will meet and assist you at Aswan railway station to be transferred by A/C car to your 5 stars Nile Cruise to check in before lunch. Have lunch on board. Then, start your tour by visiting the High Dam; achieved in 1960 to protect Egypt from the flood and generate electric.

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

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Later on, return back to your cruise for dinner, folkloric show, and overnight in Aswan.

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Note: If your arrival to Aswan is so early, so we might start the tour direct 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.

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Meals included: lunch and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Aswan on board the cruise.

Around 4:30, your guide will pick you up for Abu Simbel trip (sharing a group in a bus or minibus), 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. Get back to the cruise by noon time.

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Have lunch and be ready for the cruise navigation by afternoon heading to Kom Ombo city where to visit the dual temple of Sobek, the crocodile God and Horus, the Falcon God. Back to the cruise and have dinner. Continue sailing to Edfu for overnight.

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Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Edfu on board the cruise.

Around 5:30 to 6 am, 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. Return to the cruise to have your breakfast and start sailing. Relax on the deck watching the unique landscape and admire the beautiful scenery of the Nile river while sailing to Luxor. Cross Esna Lock, lunch on board and afternoon tea on the sundeck.

Late in the afternoon, arrive at Luxor 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.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Luxor on board the cruise.

Breakfast and check out to start your remarkable day by driving to the West Bank to visit 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.

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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 solo Female Pharaoh.

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End your tour in the West Bank by a photo stop in front of the gigantic statues of Memnon. Lunchtime in a local restaurant (optional).

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Back to the East Bank to see the largest temple ever; Karnak temple built through 2000 years and covering an area of about 63 acres. Later on, transfer to Luxor railway station to take your overnight train back to Cairo (End of Service).

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Meal included: breakfast on the cruise and dinner in the train

Accommodation: Overnight sleeper train back to Cairo.

Once you arrive a Giza or Cairo train station, you will find our driver holding a sign with your name to transfer to your hotel in Cairo or Giza. (please, provide us with your hotel name and address in Cairo or Giza for the drop off transfer)

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Additional information:

• Child rate applies only when sharing 2 paying adults (maximum one child sharing parent’s room).
• A child from 5 to 11.99 years old accompanied by one adult will be treated as an adult.( full price)
• A child from the age of 12 years considered an adult with a maximum 3 members in the room.
• Prices are quoted in U.S dollars, per person per trip and valid, except during Christmas, New Year and Easter Holidays (100$ per person per night will be charged as extra supplement for these Holidays).
• If your arrival to Luxor is so early, so we might start the tour direct upon arrival as Cruise check in at 12:00.
• If the trip to Abu Simbel cancelled due to bad weather, you will be refunded with 30$ USD per person.
• Sometimes due to sailing conditions on the River Nile, Nile Cruises itineraries schedule and sailing time maybe updated. We assure that our clients will see all what is on their itineraries but maybe in different order.
• You will need to pay all the entrance fees by card except the High Dam and motorboat to Philae temple in cash.
• If you want to have your own room, then you need to book for a single person.
• If you are traveling in a group of 3 people, you will enjoy one triple room.
• If you are traveling in a group of 3 people, you will enjoy one triple room.
• Passports copies are required for the cruise line company, Abu Simple trip permission and sleeping train tickets.
• It is available to provide an Italian, Japanese, German or French tour guide with extra 150$ USD per person upon your request.
• It is available to pickup travelers at Cairo airport, Nasr City, New Cairo, New Giza or 6th.October with extra 10$ USD per person.
• It is available to drop off travelers at their hotels at Cairo airport, Nasr City, New Cairo, New Giza or 6th.Oct with extra 10$ USD per person.
• It is available to pickup or drop off travelers from Hotels at New Administrative Capital with extra 20$ per person.