5 Days Nile Cruise From Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan Private Guided Tours

Egypt Gift Tours licensed tour guide will meet and assist you at Luxor Airport, Railway station or east bank Hotel to be transferred by A/C car to your 5 stars Nile Cruise to check in before lunch. Have lunch on board.

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Then, start your tour by visiting the largest temple ever: Karnak temple, one of the most important religious centers of ancient Egypt with its marvelous obelisks and temples. It was built through 2000 years, covering an area of about 63 acres.

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Proceed to visit Luxor temple, where ancient Egyptian, Christian, and Islamic features are exhibited. Admire its obelisk and statues. Back to the cruise, dinner on board and overnight in Luxor.

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Note: If your arrival to Luxor is so early, so we will start the tour directly 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 Luxor on board the cruise.

Breakfast and start your remarkable day by driving to the West Bank to explore the Theban Necropolis by visiting 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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Continue, 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 sole Pharaoh.

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End your tour in the West Bank by a photo stop in front of the gigantic statues of Memnon. Return back to the Cruise by noon to have your lunch. Start sailing down the River Nile, afternoon tea on the sundeck. Cross Esna Lock and overnight in Edfu.

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Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Edfu on board the cruise.

After your breakfast, 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. Back to the cruise. Relax on the deck watching the unique landscape and admire the scenery of the Nile river while sailing to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board. Afternoon tea on the sundeck.

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Late in the afternoon, stop at Kom Ombo city where to visit the unique double temple of Sobek, the crocodile God and Horus, the falcon God. Return to the cruise and have dinner followed by folkloric party operated by the cruise staff and tour guides. Continue sailing to Aswan for overnight.

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Meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Aswan on board the cruise.

After breakfast, be ready to discover with your guide the highlights of Aswan and listen to the story of the Nubian immigration. 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 Graeco Roman Temple dedicated to goddess Isis using a small motorboat to get there.

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Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Accommodation: Overnight in Aswan on board the cruise.

Check out after breakfast. Enjoy a trip in nature around Aswan islands using a felucca (a small sailing boat) for one hour. Later on, you will be transferred to your Aswan Hotel, Airport or Railway station.

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Meals included: breakfast.

Accommodation: No accommodation Included.

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Optional Tours:

Hot Air Balloon In Luxor (100$ USD per person)

Abu Simbel temples, private tour (120$ USD per person, starting from 2 travelers and 180$ for the single Traveler).

Abu Simbel temples , sharing a small group (60$ USD per person)

Nubian Village by motorboat (50$ per person)

Additional Information:

• Child rate applies only when sharing 2 paying adults.
• A child from 5 to 11 years old accompanied by one adult will be treated as an adult.
• Prices are quoted in U.S dollars , per person per trip and valid, except during Christmas, New Year and Easter Holidays.
• If your arrival to Luxor is so early, so we will start the tour direct upon arrival as Cruise check in at 12:00.
• 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.
• It is available to pick travelers from Luxor west bank hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
• It is available to drop off travelers at their hotels in Aswan west bank with extra 10$ USD per person.
• Other languages are available with extra 200$ USD per person upon your request.
• It is available to provide Italian, German, Japanese or French tour guide with extra 200$USD per person.
• 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 and wanted to have your own room, then do a separate booking for a single person