Sonesta Dahabiya Amirat Nile Cruise Itinerary
Sonesta Dahabiya Amirat - 07 Nights/08 Days - Luxor to Aswan - Each Saturday
Sonesta Dahabiya Amirat - 07 Nights/08 Days - Aswan to Luxor - Each Saturday
07 Nights/08 Days - Luxor to Aswan - Each Saturday
| Saturday | |
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| 11:00 | Embarkation in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously appointed dahabiyya. |
| 13:30 | After lunch, excursion to visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak, with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28th, Dynasty Luxor Temple. |
| Overnight moored on the Nile banks of Luxor. | |
| Sunday | |
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| 07:00 | You will visit the West Bank for visits to the burial places of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, the temple of Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon. |
| Sail on the way to ESNA. (noon time) | |
| Overnight nearby ESNA. | |
| Monday | |
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| 07:00 | After breakfast, commence sailing to Edfu and arrive at 6:00pm |
| Overnight moored beside a Nile island in Edfu. | |
| Tuesday | |
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| 08:00 | Visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu. |
| Overnight moored beside Maneeha island in Kim Ombo and dinner in the island. | |
| Wednesday | |
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| 08:00 | Visit El Silsila (optional) |
| 13:00 | Visit Kom Ombo |
| Overnight moored beside a Nile island in Aswan. | |
| Thursday | |
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| 10:30 | A leisurely sailing to Aswan and moored nearby Aswan Bridge |
| Friday | |
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| Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902). | |
| You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction. | |
| Saturday | |
|---|---|
| Breakfast aboard the dahabeya followed by disembarkation. | |
- Itineraries may be changed without prior notice due to navigational circumstances, may be in sequences but not in visits
- Sonesta Dahabiya Amirat is not liable for these changes.
- Sightseeing excursions are lead by English speaking guide.
- Other languages are available on request and may have an additional charge.
07 Nights/08 Days - Aswan to Luxor - Each Saturday
| Saturday | |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | Embarkation in Aswan for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously appointed Dahabeya. |
| Overnight, the ship moors on the Nile banks of Aswan. | |
| Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902). | |
| You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction. | |
| 13:30 | Sail on the way to Kom Ombo. |
| Overnight nearby Kom Ombo (in Baloula Island or Hardiab and dinner on the island). | |
| Monday | |
|---|---|
| 07:30 | Sail to Kom Ombo to see the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon headed Horus, god of the morning sun. |
| 09:00 | Visit Kom Ombo |
| 13:00 | Visit El Silsila (optional) |
| Sail to Edfu and arrive at 6:30pm. | |
| Overnight moored beside a Nile island in Edfu (El Saraj Island | |
| Tuesday | |
|---|---|
| 08:00 | Visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu. |
| 10:00 | Sail to Esna |
| Overnight moored beside an island in Edfu. | |
| Wednesday | |
|---|---|
| Today will be a leisurely day. | |
| After breakfast, commence sailing to Esna and passing the lock, then dahabeya will moor in Luxor. (Arrives around 06:00pm) | |
| Thursday | |
|---|---|
| This morning you will visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28th Dynasty Luxor Temple | |
| Overnight moored in Luxor. | |
| Friday | |
|---|---|
| Excursion to the West Bank to visit the great burial places of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. | |
| Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu Temple and the Colossi of Memnon. | |
| Saturday | |
|---|---|
| Breakfast aboard the dahabeya followed by disembarkation. | |
- Itineraries may be changed without prior notice due to navigational circumstances, may be in sequences but not in visits
- Sonesta Dahabiya Amirat is not liable for these changes.
- Sightseeing excursions are lead by English speaking guide.
- Other languages are available on request and may have an additional charge.
