8 Days Marsa Alam Holidays with Nile cruise Adventure
Enjoy 8 days Marsa Alam Holiday package Includes 3 Nights all-inclusive 5-star Hotel in Marsa Alam and 4 Nights Nile Cruises Royal Princess or Similar boat, All our hotels, and Nile cruises are handpicked.
Enjoy 8 days Marsa Alam Holiday package Includes 3 Nights all-inclusive 5-star Three corners Fayrouz and 4 nights Nile Cruises Royal Princess or Similar boat, All our hotels and Nile cruises are handpicked and our holiday experiences are designed around you,
Marsa Alam tours representative will meet & assist you at Marsa Alam International Airport, Transfer you to the all-inclusive 5-star-Hotel- Three corner Fayrouz by private air-conditioned vehicle, Overnight
Pick up from your hotel in Marsa Alam and drive to Luxor , Driving distance: 246 km. Embarkation& Lunch on board of the Nile Cruise, proceed with the Visits to the Eastbank of the Nile Including
Karnak
temple :
Karnak
is more than A temple, is 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
was the Most Important place for the worship of the Theban Triad(Amun, Mut, and Khonso)
Luxor Temple:
Largely built by the New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenhotep the Third and Completed by King Tutankhamon and the Great King Ramses the second, The First pylon was raised by Ramses the second and Decorated with His Military Battle of Kadesh
Dinner &Overnight onboard the Cruise in Luxor
Optional trip to the balloon ride in Luxor - After breakfast - You will visit
The valley of the Kings:
Once called the great Place of the Truth, this valley Called now the valley of the Kings, is a Majestic domain of the Pharaohs who once lay in great stone Sarcophagi, awaiting immortality, The isolated valley behind Deir el Bahri is dominated by the Pyramid-Shaped Mountain Peak
The colossi of Memnon:
Massive pair statues Known as the Colossi of Memnon, Rising about 18 M from the plain, are the remains of what was once the largest complex on the west bank, Built by Amenhotep the Third
The Queen Hatshepsut temple:
Rising out of the desert Plain, in a series of terraces, The temple of Hatshepsut Mergs with sheer limestone Cliffs on the eastern face of the Theban Mountain as if Nature herself had built this Extraordinary monument.
13:00 sail to Esna lock& lunch will be during the sail
18:00 arrive, Esna Lock, Sail to Edfu& Dinner
Overnight o board the Cruise in Edfu
Breakfast on board the Cruise
07:00 Visit the temple of Edfu
Edfu temple :
Upper Egyptian site dominated by a large well -Preserved temple, dedicated to the hawk-God Horus, The Construction of the Ptolemaic temple of Horus, which was founded on the site of a much earlier temple, dates to the period between the reigns of Ptolemy the Third(246 B.c), The descriptions on the walls include the Myth of contending of Horus and Seth(Probably performed annually as a religious Drama.
09:30 Sail to Kom combo
12:30 lunch onboard the Nile cruise during the sail
15:30 arrive Kom Ombo visit the temple of Kom combo
Kom Ombo temple :
The temple and the associated settlement site are located 40 K.m north of Aswan, the temple was dedicated to the deities Sobek and Horus and dates mainly to the Ptolemaic and Roman period(332 B.b -395 A.c)
17:30 Continue sailing to Aswan, Dinner will be during the sail
21:00 arrive Aswan and overnight on board the Cruise
Breakfast on Board the Cruise
08:00 Proceed with Visits to Aswan including the temple of Philae and a tour by Felucca around Elephantine, the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk
Phiala temple:
Built to honor the goddess Isis, this was the last temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Construction began around 690 BC, and it was one of the last outposts where the goddess was worshipped
The High Dam:
Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968. It was officially inaugurated in 1971.
The Unfinished Obelisk :
Aswan was the source of ancient Egypt’s finest granite, used to make statues and embellish temples, pyramids, and obelisks. The large unfinished obelisk in the Northern Quarries has provided valuable insight into how these monuments were created, although the full construction process is still not entirely clear. Three sides of the shaft, nearly 42m long, were completed except for the inscriptions. At 1168 tonnes, the completed obelisk would have been the single heaviest piece of stone the Egyptians ever fashioned.
12:00 lunch onboard the Cruise
Dinner &overnight on board the Cruise
Breakfast on board the cruise.
Tour to Visit Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel temples:
The two temples of Ramses the second and the Queen Nefertari were carved out of the Mountain on the west bank of the Nile between 1274 and 1244 B.c, The Great Temple was dedicated to Ramses the second, Ra-Harakhty, Amun Ra, and Ptah, with 4 Colossal statues, The second temple was dedicated to The Queen Nefertari and Goddess Hathor, the two temples were dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt on higher ground,The preservation of the two temples of Abu Simbel must Rank as the greatest Achievement of the Unesco.
Lunch in Aswan and Drive to Marsa Alam from Aswan Three corners Fayrouz
Free day at Marsa Alam
International departure Check out - transfer to Cairo Marsa Alam airport for final departure
Inclusions:
- Pick up service at Marsa Alam.airport
- 3 Nights at 5* hotel in Marsa Alam all-inclusive 5-star (Three corners Fayrouz)
- 4 Nights at 5* Nile cruise Full board( Royal Princess ) of Similar to the cruise
- An escorted knowledgeable tour guide all over the tour.
- All your transportation during the tour with a private A.C car
- Entering fees to all the mentioned sightseeing on the itinerary.
- Private transfer from Marsa Alam to Aswan
- Private transfer from Luxor to Marsa Alam
- Visit Abu Simbel temples included
- All service charges and taxes.
Exclusions:
- International Airfare.
- Egypt entry visa.
- Tipping
- Optional Tours
Please remember to bring:
- Passports
- Hat
- Sunglasses
- Suncream
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