5 Days Nile Cruise from Marsa Alam

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5 Days Nile Cruise from Marsa Alam

Get ready for unforgettable 5 days Nile Cruise from Marsa Alam Luxor to Aswan offering a unique blend of history, culture and relaxation. This unique Egypt tours started in Luxor, the biggest open-air Museum where you will see Valley of the Kings, Tutankhamun tomb, Karnak temple, Luxor temple, and Hatshepsut temple. Also, this Egypt travel packages takes you to Aswan attractions such as Edfu temple, Kom Ombo temple, and Philae temple dedicated to the goddess Isis on Agilkia Island. Egy tour packages offer this Nile Cruises on luxury boats, private guide, private car and best services. indeed, you will end your Marsa Alam tours with Abu Simbel temple of Ramesses the great before you head back to your hotel.

Tour Details

Duration 5 Days / 4 Nights

Tour Location Marsa Alam Luxor Edfu Kom Ombo Aswan Marsa Alam

Tour Availability Everyday

Pickup & Drop Off Hurghada Hotels

Tour Type: Private

Wheel Chair: Accessible

Tour highlight

Valley of the Kings

Hatshepsut temple

Memnon Colossi

Karnak temple

Luxor temple

Edfu temple

Kom Ombo temple

Aswan High Dam

Philae temple

Abu Simbel temples

Inclusions

Round transfer with air-conditioned vehicle

Knowledgeable Egyptologist tour guide

4 nights on board Nile River Cruise on full board basis Luxor to Aswan

Entrance fees to all the places in the itinerary

Transfer from Hurghada to Luxor

Train from Aswan to Qena

Transfer from Qena to Hurghada hotel

All Service Charges and Taxes

Exclusions

Entrance fees for the extra tombs in the Valley of the Kings

Tipping for Nile Cruise and guide

Beverages during lunches

Any optional tours

What to Pack

Sunglasses / Suncream

Hat/ Scarf

Comfortable shoes and clothes

Heavy clothes at Winter

Itinerary

Day 1, Marsa Alam Luxor Nile Cruise

Meet your guide at the lobby of your hotel around 04.00 am to start your Marsa Alam tour package to Luxor Aswan Nile Cruise. Upon arrival, you will start your Luxor attractions on east bank of the Nile River.

Karnak temple Complex

Enjoy the biggest open air Museum in the world and marvel at the beautiful Pylons, Hypostyle hall, Sacred Lake, Obelisks, and shrines of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Walk with your guide to visit Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, Ptah temple and Sekhmet shrine, Karnak Calendar, and Khonsu temple. at the end of your Karnak tour, your guide will join you to have smooth check-in at the Nile Cruise and lunch on board.

Luxor temple by night

after having some rest, you will join your guide again to visit Luxor temple by night and admire the hieroglyphics, carvings, birth room, Alexander shrine and much more. Back for dinner on board and overnight at Luxor

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 2, Luxor Edfu

Enjoy your tasty breakfast on board the cruise before you will start Luxor attractions on west bank of the Nile River.

Luxor west bank

Start your Luxor day tours with one of the most important stops and the second most visited place in Egypt, Valley of the Kings. The Valley was the burial place of the Egyptian Pharaohs for about 500 years during the New Kingdom of Egypt. Your guide will recommend 3 tombs for you to marvel at the amazing religious books decorating the walls of the tombs. The book of Dead, book of the day, Opening of the mouth and book of the holy cow are among the most beautiful books on the walls. Finish your tour in the Valley with the opportunity to visit Tutankhamun tomb before you head to your next stop.

Hatshepsut temple

If you are in Luxor, you can not miss the unique temple of Hatshepsut in Deir El Bahri with its unique design and scenes. The female king Hatshepsut decorate the temple with Punt expedition scenes, agriculture scenes, divine birth scenes and offerings scenes and Osiris statues of her.

later, you will go to your last stop on west bank before heading back to the cruise.

Memnon Colossi

The two huge statues of Amenhotep once decorated the entrance of his Mortuary temple on west bank. each is 16m height and 600 tons show him with his mother and wife.

after that, you will go back to the cruise and lunch on board and sail towards Edfu City via Esna lock all day and overnight at Edfu

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 3, Edfu Kom Ombo Aswan

Enjoy your morning coffee at the cruise bar before you start your visit to Edfu temple with hors carriage for about 15 minuets. Horus temple at Edfu is the best preserved temple in whole Egypt and the only one where you can see the struggle between Horus and Seth in details. Moreover, its the only one where they portraited the steps of building the temple in details.

at the end of your tour, you will go back to the cruise for breakfast and sail towards Kom Ombo city. Enjoy lunch while sailing then stop for visiting the crocodile temple of Kom Ombo. Marvel at the only double temple in Egypt where you can see everything duplicated and enjoy unique scenes like the Calendar, surgical instruments, and the Cleopatra scenes. Later on, back to dinner while sailing to Aswan for overnight.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 4, Aswan

Get your morning coffee at the cruise bar before you start your early departure with your Egyptologist guide to Abu Simbel temples. The distance between Aswan and Abu Simbel takes around three and half hours with coffee break on the way. Upon arrival, you can use the WC and start your visit the great temple of Ramesses II and the Nefertari temple. Both temples were relocated after building the High Dam in Aswan.

after visiting the two temples, you will start your way back to Aswan to enjoy lunch on board the Nile Cruise. there is a chance to visit Nubian village against charge with motorboat through Aswan first Cataract.

Dinner and overnight on board

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 5, Aswan Qena Marsa Alam

Enjoy last breakfast on board before you check-out and start Aswan attractions with your friendly guide to Aswan High Dam. Then you will head to the magic temple of Isis on Agilkia Island where you can see the meaning of absolute love between Isis and Osiris.

after that, you will have a light lunch near the train station before your board the VIP train from Aswan to Qena. Upon arrival, you will be transferred from Qena to Marsa Alam hotel.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner