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Luxor - Aswan 7 Night Itinerary
Cruise Itinerary
7 Nights / 8 Days, Luxor - Aswan
| Saturday | |
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| 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 | |
| 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 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 near by Esna | |
| Monday | |
| Today will be a leisurely day; After Breakfast | |
| Commence sailing | |
| Overnight moored beside a Nile Island | |
| Tuesday | |
| This morning you will sail to Edfu | |
| Visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu | |
| Overnight moored beside a Nile Island | |
| Wednesday | |
| Today you will sail on the way to Kom Ombo | |
| Overnight moored beside a Nile Island | |
| 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 |
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| moored nearby Aswan bridge | |
| 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 | |
| Saturday | |
| Breakfast aboard the Dehabeya | |
| Disembarkation | |
- Itineraries may be changed without a prior notice due to navigational circumstances, may be in sequences but not in visits
- Sonesta is not liable for these changes
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