Day 1: Saturday
Embarkation in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a Luxuriously appointed Dahabeya. 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.
Meals: Lunch – Dinner
Day 2: Sunday
You will visit the West Bank for visits to the burial places of Pharaohs the Valley of the Kings – where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun 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 near Esna
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 3: Monday
Today will be a leisurely day; After Breakfast. Commence sailing. Overnight moored beside a Nile Island
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 4: Tuesday
This morning you will sail to Edfu, Visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu. Overnight moored beside a Nile Island
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 5: Wednesday
Today you will sail on the way to Kom Ombo. Overnight moored beside a Nile Island
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 6: Thursday
Visit Kom Ombo to see the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun. A leisurely day sailing to Aswan and moored nearby Aswan bridge
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 7: Friday
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
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 8: Saturday
Breakfast aboard the Dehabeya & Disembarkation
Meals: Breakfast