Marsa Alam Nile Cruise Getaway

Our representative will collect you from your hotel in Marsa Alam . You'll then transfer to Aswan to board your Nile cruise ship. Lunch is served on board, after which you'll head out to explore Aswan, including the Temple of Philae and a Felucca sail around Elephantine, followed by the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk. 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. At 12:00, lunch is served aboard the cruise, and at 16:00 you'll enjoy a Felucca sail around Elephantine Island with a visit to Lord Kitchener's Island. There's an optional visit to the Nubian village afterward — one of Aswan's must-see attractions, well worth around 2 hours of your time. Vivid, artistic, and full of character, the Nubian Village will surprise you at every turn, and walking its streets you'll instantly sense its spirit. Dinner and an overnight stay follow aboard the cruise.

An optional excursion to Abu Simbel is available (90 $ per person), with breakfast and lunch served on board the cruise. An early departure takes you from Aswan to Abu Simbel. 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 smaller temple honours Queen Nefertari and the goddess Hathor. Both structures were later dismantled stone by stone and reassembled on higher ground — a relocation widely regarded as one of UNESCO's greatest achievements. At 13:00 you'll sail toward Kom Ombo. The temple of Kom Ombo: located together with its ancient settlement roughly 40 km north of Aswan, the temple honours the gods Sobek and Horus and dates largely from the Ptolemaic and Roman era (332 BC–395 AD). You'll then sail on to Edfu, staying overnight there.
Dinner and overnight stay follow aboard the cruise.

Breakfast is served aboard the Nile cruise, followed by a visit to Edfu. Edfu temple : an Upper Egyptian site dominated by a large, remarkably well-preserved temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus. The Ptolemaic temple was raised on the site of a much older sanctuary, with construction dated 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. You'll then sail toward Luxor through the Esna lock and visit Luxor temple. Luxor Temple: largely erected by New Kingdom pharaoh Amenhotep III and finished under King Tutankhamun and the great Ramses II, whose first pylon depicts his military campaign at Kadesh. Dinner and overnight stay follow aboard the cruise.
A Galabeya party rounds off the evening.

An optional hot-air balloon ride is available for 80 $ per person. Breakfast is served aboard the Nile cruise, followed by a visit to 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 — was a majestic domain where pharaohs once rested in imposing stone sarcophagi awaiting immortality. Behind Deir el Bahri, this secluded valley is overshadowed by a pyramid-shaped mountain peak. The Colossi of Memnon: two massive statues rising roughly 18 m from the plain, remnants of what was once the largest complex on the west bank, built by Amenhotep III. Queen Hatshepsut temple: rising from the desert plain in a series of terraces, Hatshepsut's temple blends seamlessly with the sheer limestone cliffs of the eastern Theban Mountain, as though 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 significant site for worship of the Theban Triad (Amun, Mut, and Khonsu).
Lunch follows in Luxor , before you're driven to Marsa Alam