4 nights Nile cruise tour is one of the most popular Egypt tours packages. In fact, the 4 nights Nile cruise tour is also one of the most popular Nile cruise tours. The tour starts from Luxor by the embarkation on the cruise board before the lunch. Moreover, the tour program will include a visit to Karnak temple and Luxor temple. The tour also includes sightseeing of Hatshepsut temple and the Colossi of Memnon. In fact, the tours also includes a visit to the Valley of The Kings at the West Bank. The tour also includes the visits of Horus and Kom Ombo temples.
The 4 nights Nile cruise tour also includes the visits of Aswan. In fact, the visits of Aswan include Aswan High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk. The Nile cruise tour also includes the visits of Philae temple and Elephantine Island. The tour program also includes a visit to Agha Khan Mausoleum. Here under is the detailed itinerary.
Luxor Aswan
Saturday, Monday and Thursday
In fact, 4 nights Nile cruise tour starts upon the arrival at Luxor airport or station. Our representative will meet and assist you through the formalities and the procedures. And then, there will be a transfer to the Nile cruise. The embarkation on the cruise will be before lunch. In fact, the lunch will be on the Nile cruise board. And then, we will tour the awe inspiring Luxor temple. In fact, the temple founded in 1400 BC and built with sandstone from an area in Aswan.
4 nights Nile cruise tour will also include a visit to Karnak temple. The temple comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. In fact, the building at the complex began in the reign of Sesostris I in the Middle Kingdom. The work continued into the Ptolemaic period. And then, we will be back to the cruise for taking the dinner. You will take the tea and coffee in the early evening on the cruise board. Dinner and overnight will be also on the Nile cruise board.
Optional Tour: In this day, there will be an optional tour to attend the Sound and Light Show. In fact, the show held at Karnak temple in different languages.
In the second day of 4 nights Nile cruise tour, the breakfast will be on the Nile cruise board. And then, we cross to the west bank of the Nile to visit the Colossi of Memnon. In fact, the are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. The two statues stand there since 1350 BC. And then, we will go to the Valley of Kings and Queens. The tour program will also include a visit to Hatshepsut temple. The temple located beneath the cliffs at Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile.
In fact, the temple is near to the Valley of the Kings. The mortuary temple dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra. And then, we will return to the Nile cruise for taking the lunch while sailing to Edfu. You will take the tea and coffee in the early evening on the cruise board. Dinner and overnight will be also on the Nile cruise board.
In the third day of 4 nights Nile cruise tour, the breakfast will be also on the Nile cruise board. Today we will visit the beautiful preserved temple of Horus. In fact, the temple is the best which preserved of all large Egyptian temples. It built by the Ptolemy’s. And then, we will return to the Nile cruise for taking the lunch. In fact, the lunch will be also on the Nile cruise board while sailing to Kom Ombo. Over there, we will visit the temple of Sobek the crocodile god. In fact, the temple conveniently situated on the riverbank. And then, the Nile cruise will sail to Aswan. We enjoy a sumptuous Oriental Dinner and dance all night away to the Egyptian Folklore Party. Overnight will be also on the Nile cruise board.
In the fourth day of 4 nights Nile cruise tour, the breakfast will be also on the Nile cruise board. Today we will we view the Aswan High Dam, an embankment dam which situated across the Nile river in Aswan. And then, we will visit the Unfinished Obelisk. In fact, the obelisk made of the red granite which used for the ancient temples and colossi. The obelisk brought from quarries in the Aswan area. Around these quarries are many inscriptions, many of which describing successful quarrying projects. And then, we will be back to the Nile cruise for taking the Lunch on teh cruise board.
The 4 nights Nile cruise tour also includes sailing by traditional Nile boat along the Nile river. The sailing will be to visit Elephantine Island. The tour program will also include a visit to Philae Temple at Philae Island. In fact, the island was a rocky island in the middle of the River Nile, south of Aswan. It called in Hieroglyphic “Apo” which means Ivory. You will take the tea and coffee in the early evening on the cruise board. Dinner and overnight will be also on the Nile cruise board.
Breakfast will be also on the Nile cruise board. Disembarkation will be after the breakfast. And then, there will be a transfer to Aswan airport to catch your flight.
** Optional Tour: In this day, there will be an optional tour to Abu Simbel temples. In fact, the tour will be either by private coach or by domestic flight.
Abu Simbel temples located 300 km southwest of Aswan. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. In fact, it known as the “Nubian Monuments”. the site runs from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae which near Aswan. The twin temples originally carved out of the mountainside. In fact, it was during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century BC.