Sonesta Amirat Dahabeya Cruise

Itinerary Details

Day 1 :

Saturday: Welcome to Aswan.
Embarkation in Aswan for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously appointed dahabeya.
Overnight, the ship moors on the Nile banks of Aswan.
Lunch & Dinner on board.

Day 2 :

Sunday: Aswan trip.
Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902).
You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction.
Sail on the way to KOM OMBO (noon time)
Overnight nearby KOM OMBO.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.

Day 3 :

Monday: Nile Tour.
Sail to Kom Ombo to see the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun.
Overnight moored beside a Nile island.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.

Day 4 :

Tuesday: Edfu tour.
This morning you will sail to Edfu to visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu.
Overnight moored beside an island.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.

Day 5 :

Wednesday: The River Nile.
Today will be a leisurely day.
After breakfast, commence sailing to Esna and passing the lock, then dahabeya will moor beside a Nile island.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.

Day 6 :

Thursday: Luxor Trip.
This morning you will sail to Luxor and visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28th Dynasty Luxor Temple.
Overnight moored in Luxor.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.

Day 7 :

Friday: Luxor West bank tour.
Excursion to the West Bank to visit the great burial places of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922.
Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu Temple and the Colossi of Memnon.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.

Day 8 :

Saturday: Luxor- Home.
Breakfast aboard the dahabeya followed by disembarkation.