Stay: 8 days & 7 nights on the cruise
Departures from Paris every Saturday
DAY 1: FRANCE – LUXOR
Departure from Paris on special flights to Luxor.
Upon arrival, you will receive full assistance by our representatives from Affari Qui Travel.
Representatives will take you on board of the cruise to install your bags and belongings in your cabins.
Night on board.
DAY 2: LOUXOR (Rive gauche) – ESNA (env. 50 KM)
• Breakfast on board.
Crossing the Nile for a visit to the necropolis of Thebes (Valley of the Kings) where tombs are cut in the rock to be safe from the brigands.
Visit the temple of Queen Hatshepsut where rites were held to benefit him and stop the colossi of Memnon.
Lunch on board.
You’re free to wander the souks of Luxor in the afternoon
Dinner and overnight on board.
DAY 3: ESNA – EDFU – KOM OMBO (env. 185 KM)
Breakfast on board.
Navigation to Edfu.
Free time on the cruise.
Lunch on board.
At Edfu, a horse-drawn carriage will take you for a visit to the Temple of Horus, which is considered the second biggest temple in Egypt.
Navigation to Kom Ombo.
Dinner and overnight on board.
DAY 4: KOM OMBO – ASWAN (env. 45 KM)
Breakfast on board.
Visit Kom Ombo temple dedicated to the gods Haroeris and Sobek.
Navigation to Aswan.
Lunch on board.
In the afternoon, there will be a visit to the high dam.
A visit to the Philae Temple, dedicated to the cult of Isis and saved from the waters by Unesco.
Sound and light at Philae Temple (Optional)
Dinner and overnight on board.
DAY 5: ASWAN – KOM OMBO (env. 45 KM)
Breakfast on board.
Opportunity to make the optional excursion to Abu Simbel to visit the two temples of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari. They were to be engulfed by the waters during the commissioning of the high dam on the Nile (Optional).
Lunch on board.
Felucca ride around Elephantine Islands in the afternoon.
Navigation to Kom Ombo.
Dinner and overnight on board.
DAY 6: KOM OMBO – LUXOR (env. 216 KM)
Breakfast on board.
Full day sailing to Luxor.
Free time on board.
Lunch on board.
Sound and light at the Karnak Temple (Optional)
Dinner and overnight on board.
DAY 7: LUXOR (Right bank)
Breakfast on board.
A visit to the Karnak Temple, the Great Temple of Amon Re, with its impressive hypostyle hall of 134 columns.
The last visit will be to the Temple of Luxor that the Egyptians call “The Southern Harem of Amon”.
Lunch on board.
You’re free to wander the souks of Luxor in the afternoon.
Dinner and overnight on board.
DAY 8: LUXOR FRANCE
Breakfast on board.
Depending on the flight schedule, you will be transferred to the airport to take a plane from Luxor to Paris.
NB:
The order of visits may be modified due to local requirements (sailing time, passage of the lock, influx of tourists on the sites …). The entire program will nevertheless be respected.
Due to the time slots of the used airlines, it remains possible that the first or the last night and / or the day does not have entirely passed on the boat.
