Queen of the Nile
12 Days / 11 Nights
ITINERARY
Arrival
Once you step in the land of greatest history and magical tales. Our representative will meet and greet and take you to your hotel.
Memphis, Sakkara, Pyramids tour.
Full day of historical sightseeing at the first ever capital of ancient Egypt; Memphis, the graveyard of the kings and royals, Saqqara village and last but not least a visit to the great Pyramids of Giza. We then have lunch and breakfast at a local restaurant.
We’re On city tour! National Museum Of Civilization, Old Cairo
We visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in which the famous “Golden Parade” of Egyptian royal mummies was headed to. Our day is not complete without a visit to Old Cairo where we’re headed to the historical Religious Complex to visit a number of Mosques, Churches and Jewish Temples. Lunch at local restaurant.
City tour again! Egyptian Museum, old cairo and sultan hassan mosque
We visit the oldest archaeological museum in the middle east; the Egyptian Museum which contains the largest collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world. Our day is not complete without a visit to Old Cairo where we’re headed to the historical religious complex to visit a number of mosques, churches and jewish temples.
Dancing Lesson
We take our last dancing lesson at evening.
Touching down at Aswan.
We fly to Aswan to board the highlight of our trip, the Dahabiya Ship.
Aswan Sightseeings
We visit the world’s largest Dam; The High Dam, The Unfinished Oblelisk and the great temple of Philae.
Then, We sail after lunch To Kom Ombo(overnight).
Feluka ride, botanical garden and gharb sohail nubian village
We take the feluka towards the botanical garden which is home of rare birds and a lot of exotic plants. then we visit a nubian village called Gharb sohail to meet nubian women and explore their traditions and habits. finally get our henna tatoo
Then, We sail To herdiab (overnight).
Herdiab island beach.
Then sailing to Kom Ombo.
On our sixth day in water, we sail to Kom Ombo, visit the temple and continue sailing to Beshir island.
We spend the rest of our relaxing night at the river.
At evening, we experience our first cooking lesson
Sail to gabal el-silsila.
Visit sandstone quarries
Sail to Edfu
We enjoy our cooking lesson during the sailing.
Overnight moored beside a nile island.
Edfu temple
We take horse carriage ride to visit the magnificent temple of Edfu
Farmer house visit
We visit a village to meet with the farmers wives to learn about the culture & traditions of the upper egypt
Sail to and visit The town of Esna
We arrive at the farming town of Esna in which we visit an architectural beauty and a prime location at the Temple of Khnum.
Pass the Lock,
Then continue sailing to Luxor (overnight)
Luxor.
We touchdown at one of the most famous temples in the world; the temple of Karnak. Finally, our journey is not over without visiting the temple of Luxor.
Overnight in Luxor.
West bank sightseeings.
Our story continues at the Valley of Kings, visiting the temple of the greatest Queen in history; temple of Hatshepsut! We then visit the two historical statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III which are known as the Colossi of Memnon.
Saying goodbye to the Dahabiya
Our sailing trip ends at Luxor as we fly back to Cairo.
We’ll be waiting for your next trip with Cultoura!
We are taking the phrase “Dive into history” to a whole new level. Dahabiya Nile Cruise is a perfect demonstration for the old-schoolers, the people who want to literally explore history the ancient way. We start our journey by visiting Cairo’s most famous landmark or more precisely a wonder of the world, The Pyramids of Giza. We then fly to Aswan to continue our trip to the Dahabiya Nile Cruise, a ship that was used in the past to take the elite for an exploration of the Nile Valley. We are basically taking you to the past to experience a different but exquisite type of sailing to witness ancient temples and learn more about the chronicles of historical sites that can’t be reached in a usual Nile Cruise. Dahabiya is your chance to explore a lot more, to explore everything from Luxor all the way to Aswan!
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Travel packages for women in Egypt
Travel packages for women in Egypt
