Marsa Alam 5-Day Nile Cruise and Cairo Trip

Your driver will collect you from your hotel in Marsa Alam , then transfer you to Aswan to board your Nile cruise. Lunch is served aboard, followed by a visit of Aswan, including the Temple of Philae and a Felucca tour around Elephantine, the High Dam, and the Unfinished Obelisk. Phiala temple: built to honour the goddess Isis, this was the last temple raised in the classical Egyptian style, with construction starting around 690 BC as one of the final outposts where the goddess was worshipped. The High Dam: the Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam on the northern border between Egypt and Sudan, fed by the Nile, whose reservoir forms Lake Nasser; building began in 1960 and finished in 1968, with the official inauguration in 1971. The Unfinished Obelisk : Aswan supplied ancient Egypt's finest granite, used for statues and to decorate temples, pyramids, and obelisks. The large unfinished obelisk in the Northern Quarries offers valuable clues about how such monuments were carved, though the full process is still not completely understood. Three sides of the nearly 42m shaft were finished except for the inscriptions; at 1168 tonnes, once complete it would have been the single heaviest stone ever shaped by the Egyptians. Lunch aboard the cruise at 12:00
Dinner and overnight aboard the cruise

Breakfast and lunch aboard the cruise. An early excursion takes you to Abu Simbel from Aswan. Abu Simbel temples: the two temples of Ramses II and Queen Nefertari were hewn from the mountain on the Nile's west bank between 1274 and 1244 B.C. The Great Temple honours Ramses II, Ra-Harakhty, Amun Ra, and Ptah, fronted by 4 colossal statues, while the second temple is dedicated to Queen Nefertari and Goddess Hathor; both were later dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt on higher ground - their preservation ranks among UNESCO's greatest achievements. At 13:00 we sail toward Kom Ombo. The temple of Kom Ombo: this temple and its associated settlement lie 40 km north of Aswan, dedicated to the deities Sobek and Horus, and date mainly from the Ptolemaic and Roman period (332 B.C. -395 A.D.). We continue to Edfu for the overnight stay
Dinner and overnight aboard the cruise

Breakfast aboard the Nile cruise, then visit the Edfu temple : an Upper Egyptian site dominated by a large, well-preserved temple dedicated to the hawk-god Horus. Construction of this Ptolemaic temple, founded on the site of a much earlier one, dates to the period around the reign of Ptolemy III (246 B.C.). Wall descriptions include the Myth of the contending of Horus and Seth, likely performed annually as a religious drama. We sail on to Luxor through the Esna lock and visit Luxor temple. Luxor Temple: largely built by New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenhotep III and finished by King Tutankhamun and the great King Ramses II, its first pylon was raised by Ramses II and decorated with scenes from his Battle of Kadesh. Dinner and overnight aboard the cruise.
Galabeya party.

Breakfast aboard the Nile cruise, then visit the west bank of Luxor and Karnak . The Valley of the Kings: once known as the great Place of Truth, this valley - now called the Valley of the Kings - is a majestic domain where Pharaohs once lay in massive stone sarcophagi awaiting immortality. The secluded valley behind Deir el Bahri is overlooked by a pyramid-shaped mountain peak. The Colossi of Memnon: this massive pair of statues rises roughly 18 m from the plain and marks the remains of what was once the largest complex on the west bank, built by Amenhotep III. The temple of Queen Hatshepsut : rising from the desert plain in a series of terraces, the Hatshepsut temple blends into the sheer limestone cliffs of the Theban Mountain's eastern face, as if nature itself had shaped this extraordinary monument. Karnak temple: Karnak is far more than a temple - it's a spectacular complex of sanctuaries, kiosks, pylons, and obelisks, all dedicated to the Theban gods and to the greater glory of Egypt`s Pharaohs. Karnak served as the most important site for worshipping the Theban Triad (Amun, Mut, and Khonso)
Lunch will be served in Luxor , then a flight to Cairo, where you'll be transferred to your hotel.

After breakfast, visit the pyramids of Giza. Cheops , Chephren & Mykerinus . After seeing these famous pyramids, head over to the Valley Temple , giving you a chance to get a closer look at the Great Sphinx - the legendary guardian with a lion's body and the head of king Chephren standing beside the vast funeral complex. If preferred, guests may enter the interior of the great pyramid or the boat museum of king Cheops , though neither is included in the tour price. From there, continue your day tour to the Egyptian Museum of antiquities, home to some of the largest and most valuable pieces of Egyptian art in the world. It houses a rare collection exceeding 250,000 genuine artifacts dating back as far as 5000 years, including a dedicated Tutankhamen exhibit - treasures, gold, and jewelry that remained buried in his tomb for over 3,500 years until their discovery in 1920. The entrance fee for the Mummies room is not included. You'll then pass by Tahrir Square, where the Egyptian revolution began in 2011, before your tour wraps up with a drop-off at your hotel.
At the end of your Cairo tour, transfer to Cairo airport for departure to Hurghada , arriving at Hurghada airport around 18:45, then transfer to your hotel in Marsa Alam