El Hanem Dahabiya Nile Cruise 6 Days 5 Nights Luxor / Aswan

Our Representative will meet assist you at Luxor Airport or train station to cruise ship, check-in lunch on board and after lunch enjoy an afternoon visit to the impressive 

Meals Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Optional Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Ride back to Dahabiy Breakfast on board and then start your visits to the west bank of the Nile including the Valley of the Kings and Queen Hatshepsut Temple plus the tow status of Ramesses the Closes Of Memnon, Also will visit the Alabaster factory Meals: Breakfast Lunch Dinner

We will set sail to Esna. Here we explore the Temple dedicated to the ram headed god Khnum. The temple sits below street level within the town, as it was excavated from layers of earth. Enjoy discovering heritage craft traditions including beautiful textiles as we visit the restored Wekalet Al-Geddawi, a caravanserai, and the Ottoman era market of Al-Qissariya We then check in to the Dahabiya and enjoy lunch on board as we sail for about 4-5 hours to El Hegz Village This is an opportunity for true cross cultural exchange as we visit a local family who are excited to have visitors from the wider world. Your guide will translate so you can ask them questions and enhance your understanding of village culture. Dinner and your first night on the Nile, enjoying the comforts of the dahabiya.
NOTE: Departure takes place from any address in Luxor to Esna, home port of the Dahabiya.

Meals: Breakfast Lunch Dinner

At El Kab remains of ancient settlements date from about 3,000 BC (possibly centuries earlier) to Roman rule. The site is one of the most unique in Egypt because ancient villages and cities are rarely found. As we move inland you will see remains of the impressive mud brick walls and the long valley lined with tombs and shrines, including temples dedicated to Nekhbet and Thoth. We enter the decorated tombs of New Kingdom officials from the area.

We board the dahabiya for lunch and sail towards Edfu. Ride to the imposing Temple with its grand spaces and many hieroglyphic inscriptions. View Tell Edfu to the West of the temple, which includes houses dating from the Old to New Kingdom. If time allows, we also stroll through the local market.
We sail again, time to relax with dinner, and drift into dreams as you are now becoming part of the rhythms of the Nile.

Meals: Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Stepping off the dahabiya at Bisaw Island and the village, we take a leisurely walk through a farm, meet some of the women and children, and learn how the unique sun bread is baked in homes here. We are welcomed by the local fishermen to their boats, learning of the skills of these men who live in harmony with the Nile. Fish caught can be enjoyed as part of dinner that evening.

Sail to El Selsela, where we take a short walk parallel to the Nile to visit shrines and a massive quarry. Large amounts of sandstone were quarried here for temple buildings in Thebes (Luxor). Cut into the rock are the speos (chapel) of Horemheb, with its sanctuary containing rock shrines and various stelae and inscriptions. The huge quarry gives context to how much building material was sourced from this area. There is also an area of sand here where children (and children at heart) can slide and play.

We sail until it is time for an atmospheric barbecue dinner by moonlight and another tranquil night on board.

Meals: Lunch Dinner

A short walk from the dahabiya dock, the Temple of Kom Ombo is dedicated to the crocodile-featured god Sobek and the god Horus. the connection to the power of the Nile is unmistakable as you look towards the temple. we also visit the Crocodile Museum which includes some impressive mummified crocodiles.

In nearby El Daraw we plan dinner for that night and you learn how to shop Egyptian style, then try your new skills in the market shopping for ingredients for dinner. We also visit a camel barn to learn about these fascinating animals and about the-camel-trade.

We visit a Nubian Town. From about 7,000 BC, communities evolved from African Nile Valley civilizations to form the Nubian, ancient Egyptian and Kushite civilizations. there are several Nubian communities near daraw.  Nubian civilization is one of the oldest in the Nile River valley. Nubians are a distinct ethno-linguistic group indigenous to southern Egypt and northern Sudan, but Nubians in Egypt who were displaced by the construction of the High Dam near Aswan now mostly live north of Lake Nasser. Although Nubians are historically and culturally distinct from other Egyptians, they have long been interconnected with Egypt. While many Egyptian pharaohs colonized Nubia at various times, Nubian pharaohs from the Kingdom of Kush ruled Ancient Egypt in the 7th Century BC. At the end of the tour

We will transfer you after lunch to Aswan Airport.