Marsa Alam 2-Day Nile Cruise Including Abu Simbel

Departure from your hotel in Marsa Alam , El Quseir , or Port Ghalib, followed by a 3-hour drive to Edfu. On arrival at Edfu temple , you'll visit the site at 08:00 before boarding for lunch. Edfu temple is an Upper Egyptian site dominated by a large, remarkably well-preserved temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus. The Ptolemaic temple was built on the site of a much older sanctuary, dating to around the reign of Ptolemy III (246 BC). The wall carvings depict the myth of the conflict between Horus and Seth, likely re-enacted annually as a religious drama. At 09:30, sail toward Kom Ombo; at 12:30, lunch is served on board the Nile cruise during the sail; arrival at Kom Ombo follows at 15:30, with a visit to the temple of Kom Ombo. Kom Ombo temple : the temple and its associated settlement, located 40 km north of Aswan, was dedicated to the gods Sobek and Horus and dates mainly to the Ptolemaic and Roman period (332 BC–395 AD). At 17:30, continue sailing toward Aswan, with dinner served during the sail.
Arrival in Aswan follows at 21:00, with an overnight stay aboard the Cruise

Disembark after an early breakfast box, then head out early to Abu Simbel from Aswan. Abu Simbel temples: carved into the mountainside on the Nile's west bank between 1274 and 1244 BC, the two temples honour Ramses II and Queen Nefertari. The Great Temple, fronted by 4 colossal statues, was dedicated to Ramses II, Ra-Harakhty, Amun Ra, and Ptah, while the second temple honours Queen Nefertari and the goddess Hathor; both were later dismantled stone by stone and reassembled on higher ground — a relocation ranking among UNESCO's greatest achievements. At 12:00, lunch is served aboard a Felucca. Philae temple: raised to honour the goddess Isis, this was the final temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Work began around 690 BC, making it one of the last places where the goddess was worshipped. The High Dam: the Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam positioned on Egypt's northern border with Sudan. Fed by the River Nile, its reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction ran from 1960 to 1968, with the official opening following in 1971. The Unfinished Obelisk
Aswan supplied ancient Egypt's finest granite, prized for statues and for adorning temples, pyramids, and obelisks. The huge unfinished obelisk in the Northern Quarries offers valuable clues about how such monuments were made, though the full building process remains somewhat uncertain. Three faces of the shaft, nearly 42m in length, were finished apart from the inscriptions. At 1,168 tonnes, once complete it would have been the heaviest single stone the Egyptians ever shaped. Drive back to Marsa Alam