4-day journey to Luxor and Aswan including Abu Simbel departing Cairo via air

Marsa Alam Tours team will collect you from your Cairo accommodation by comfortable air-conditioned transport and transfer to Cairo Airport for departure to Aswan. Upon arrival in Aswan, our professional guide will welcome you and escort you to visit Aswan's main sites: historical visits encompassing the Temple of Philae and a traditional Felucca sailing expedition circling Elephantine Island, viewing the High Dam and Unfinished Obelisk. Philae Temple: Crafted to venerate goddess Isis, this represents the last temple constructed in traditional Egyptian design. Erected beginning roughly 690 BC, it marked one of antiquity's final places devoted to the deity's veneration. Aswan High Dam: The Aswan High Dam stands as a rock-filled structure positioned at the northern frontier separating Egypt and Sudan. Fed by the River Nile, its reservoir generates Lake Nasser. This engineering project commenced in 1960 and concluded in 1968, officially opened in 1971. The Unfinished Obelisk .
The Aswan region furnished ancient Egypt with its most prized granite, employed in crafting figurines and embellishing sacred buildings, pyramids, and monoliths. The sizeable incomplete obelisk situated in the Northern Quarries has furnished crucial knowledge regarding the production of these edifices, though the entire creation approach remains incompletely understood. Two of the shaft's three faces, totaling almost 42 meters in height, were finalized barring written symbols. The finished obelisk, weighing 1168 metric tons, would constitute the heaviest solitary stone block ever produced by the ancient Egyptians. 12:00 midday meal aboard the riverboat Felucca sailing in Aswan with opportunity to observe the sunset, An optional excursion to the Nubian settlement is available.

You will be collected from your accommodation by our Guide to view the sanctuaries of Abu Simbel. Early morning expedition to Abu Simbel originating from Aswan The Abu Simbel sanctuaries Both structures dedicated to Ramses II and Queen Nefertari were excavated from the mountain on the Nile's western bank spanning 1274 to 1244 B.C. The Principal Temple honored Ramses II, Ra-Harakhty, Amun Ra, and Ptah, featuring 4 Enormous figurines. The Secondary structure venerated Queen Nefertari and Goddess Hathor, the pair of sanctuaries were disassembled block by block and relocated to elevated ground, Conservation efforts for both sanctuaries of Abu Simbel should stand as mankind's grandest accomplishment by Unesco, Meal at midday in Aswan Transfer to the rail terminus for transport departing to Luxor originating in Aswan. Afterwards transportation to your lodging in Luxor -Lodging in Luxor staying at The Nile Palace hotel

Following breakfast, you will encounter your dedicated personal guide prepared to guide exploration: Karnak Temple: No site in Egypt surpasses Karnak in magnificence. Representing history's most expansive sanctuary complex crafted by mankind, this complex embodies generations of effort by ancient artisans and sovereign powers. The sanctuary of Karnak comprises in reality three principal sanctuaries, smaller enclosed temples, and diverse peripheral temples distributed across 247 acres. Luxor Temple: The sanctuary of Luxor functioned as the epicenter of the paramount celebration, the Opet commemoration. Constructed chiefly under Amenhotep III and Rameses II, the sanctuary's significance centered around providing the backdrop for celebration rites. The commemoration was fashioned to unite the corporeal dimension of the sovereign with the transcendent responsibility. Meal service will happen in a traditional eatery in Luxor . During evening hours you may partake in An Discretionary Entertainment Sound and Light Show in Karnak : The presentation starts through a chronological prologue covering the genesis of the magnificent settlement of Thebes and foundation of the Karnak Temple. The spectacle recounts the magnificent successes of prominent ancient sovereigns as you encounter an eloquent and artistic rendering of the aesthetic masterpieces and distinguished heritage comprising the Karnak complex.
Lodging at Nile Palace Luxor

Discretionary hot air balloon excursion Meal after waking at your lodging before accompanying your dedicated private guide and exclusive air-cooled transportation to experience: The Valley of Kings : The final interment location of Egypt's monarchs spanning the 18th through 20th dynasty, housing burial chambers including the legendary pharaoh Ramses II and adolescent pharaoh Tutankhamen. The burial chambers were generously laden with tangible riches a sovereign would require for the hereafter. A majority of the interior artistic embellishments within the burial chambers endure in commendable preservation. Hatshepsut Temple: Representing among the most breathtaking & optimally conserved of all sanctuaries of Ancient Egypt. The construction spread across a tri-level framework featuring dual expansive walkways centrally positioned joining the different levels. Colossi of Memnon: Pair of enormous limestone figurines portraying king Amenhotep III stand as solitary remnants of an extensive funerary shrine.
The monuments were constructed using quartzite stone blocks originally from Cairo before relocation 700 KM toward Luxor Midday sustenance will be dispensed in a regional restaurant in Luxor before returning to Luxor landing field. To depart for Cairo originating Luxor . Afterward you shall receive escort to your Cairo lodging