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Sun Boat IV, Nile Cruise ex Luxor to Aswan

Cruise Sun Boat IV, Nile Cruise ex Luxor to Aswan
Cruise Line Sanctuary Cruises
Ship Sanctuary Sun Boat IV
Destination Egypt & Nile
Brief Description 4 Night Cruise sailing from Luxor to Aswan aboard Sanctuary Sun Boat IV.
Type of Cruise River
Departure Date 22 Sep 2024
Cruise Description 4 Night Cruise sailing from Luxor to Aswan aboard Sanctuary Sun Boat IV.

Day 1 Embark in Luxor
Board your 5-star deluxe Nile cruise boat, moored in a private dock in Luxor, where you will enjoy a welcome Zaffa, with drums and flutes.

On arrival, you will have the opportunity to visit Luxor Temple. Lunch will be served on board in the main restaurant. After lunch, visit the West Bank of Luxor to explore the Valley of the Kings. You will also have the chance to visit at least one tomb in the Valley of the Queens and the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. On the way back to the river Nile, we will pass by the famed Colossi of Memnon.

Afternoon tea will be served in the lounge.

Tonight, you will be greeted by your Boat Manager while you enjoy freshly prepared canapés with some complimentary Egyptian wine and local beer, followed by a gourmet dinner menu.

Day 2 Karnak Temple and Temple of Khnum
After a delicious breakfast buffet on board, our tour of the East Bank will begin with a visit to the Temple of Karnak.

Following the morning sail to Esna, enjoy lunch on board the boat.
After lunch, your Egyptologist will guide you around the Greco-Roman Temple of Khnum at Esna. The beautifully preserved Great Hypostyle Hall was built during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius; it was excavated from the silt that had accumulated through centuries of annual Nile floods and is about nine meters below present-day street level.

Afternoon tea will be served on board during the cruise to Edfu.

Tonight, a delicious dinner is served followed by a movie night on board.

Day 3 Temple of Edfu and Temple of Kom Ombo
Enjoy breakfast on board, followed by a visit to the Temple of Edfu.

Lunch will be served on board while cruising to Kom Ombo. You will also have the chance to take part in an Egyptian cooking lesson.

Following afternoon tea in the lounge, visit the temple of Kom Ombo - dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where, in ancient times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank.

Return to your Nile Cruise boat ready for the sailing to Aswan. Tonight’s entertainment will be an “Egyptian Night” costume party for all guests, with a chance to dress up in traditional Egyptian “galabeyyas”. Dinner will be a lavish buffet of Egyptian specialties.

Day 4 Philae Temple and Felucca Sailing
Enjoy breakfast on board, followed by a short motorboat ride to visit the majestic Philae Temple on the Island of Agilika. Next, we proceed to the Granite Quarries, which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples, and still hold a huge unfinished obelisk.

Following lunch on board, you will have a chance take a ride on a felucca (a typical Egyptian sail boat) around Elephantine Island, Lord Kitchener’s Botanical Gardens, and the Agha Khan Mausoleum (weather permitting, life jackets will be provided).

Afternoon tea will be served in the lounge while you enjoy the sounds of an Oud trio. Tonight’s farewell dinner will be a gala dinner, with white-gloved waiters serving gourmet cuisine.

Enjoy a Dervish show and belly dancer performance after dinner.

Day 5 Disembark in Aswan
A buffet breakfast will be served on board, before check out at 8am.
Sailing Dates
22 Sep 2024
30 Sep 2024
08 Oct 2024
16 Oct 2024
24 Oct 2024
01 Nov 2024
09 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024
25 Nov 2024
03 Dec 2024
11 Dec 2024
19 Dec 2024
27 Dec 2024
Pricing
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Cruise Itinerary
Date Port Arrive Depart
22 Sep 2024 Luxor, Egypt
23 Sep 2024 Esna, Egypt
24 Sep 2024 Edfu, Egypt
24 Sep 2024 Kom Ombo, Egypt
25 Sep 2024 Aswan, Egypt
26 Sep 2024 Aswan, Egypt
All itineraries and ports of call at the discretion of the cruise line subject to local weather conditions and may change without notice.

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