Temples and Timeless Vistas

Five Day Nile Cruise

Our five-day Nile cruise is the perfect add-on to a Cairo visit.
Weekly on Sat , Mon , Tue, Wed & Thu. Embarkation Luxor or Aswan

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Rates & Itinerary for : 4 days , 8 Days Cruise . Add air fare within Egypt , or one way Sleeper train and one way air. Add Abu Simbel . Add Petra Jordan
Add Spain: Madrid, Eastern Spain and Barcelona

DAY 1 - LUXOR Saturday - Weekly Year Round (LD)

We have several boats that do start on different days of the week to accommodate your schedule: You may start this 5 day sailing Weekly on any Saturday , Monday , Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Please advise your flight detaisl into Luxor, complimentary arrival transfer is included from the airport or train stattion to your Nile cruise . Check in on your luxury cruiser at noon. After lunch, we visit the great temples of Luxor and Karnak, then return to our Nile cruiser in time for afternoon tea. Wish to add Cairo hotel stay before and after the cruise ?

DAY 2 - VALLEY OF THE KINGS Sunday (BLD)
We tour today as well the magnificent tombs in the Valley of the Kings, including Tut-Ankh-Amon's tomb, and the great temple of Queen Hatshepsut, we stop at the Colossi of Memnon on the way back to our cruise.

Then it's on to Queen Hatshepsut's Temple and the Colossi of Memnon.

Afterward, we'll continue on Luxor's west bank to get a totally different perspective on ancient Egyptian life, at the ancient workers' settlement of Deir el-Medinah. While most of the imposing stone monuments and sites of Egypt honor the lives and after-lives of royalty, Deir el-Medinah gives us unique and surprising insights into the ordinary citizens who constructed and decorated the tombs.

Here we'll see the excavated homes shared by laborers with their domestic animals. These quarters were surprisingly large, with three good-sized rooms, courtyard, kitchen, and even storage cellars. While ancient Egypt might not have been a workers' paradise, we'll see that artisans and builders were highly regarded in their community. We are proud to be the only operator to offer regular visits to this singular ancient settlement in its tour and cruise programs.

DAY 3 - EDFU & KOM OMBO Monday (BLD)
We cruise by Esna to Edfu, where we board horse-drawn carriages for the ride to the Temple of Horus. Returning to our ship, we set sail for Kom Ombo. In the evening, there's a jolly galabia party aboard.

DAY 4 - KOM OMBO & ASWAN Tuesday (BLD)
We explore the twin Temples of Haroeris and Sobek at Kom Ombo, then sail south to Aswan. After lunch we board a graceful felucca and cruise among the islands, returning to our ship in time for tea.

DAY 5 - ASWAN - Nubian Museum, Camel Caravan, Nubian Village, Wednesday (B)
After breakfast we check out, visit the awesome Aswan dams, and next an ancient granite quarry complete with an unfinished obelisk, the Nubian Museum ,then board a motor launch to visit the Temples of Philae, be our guest if you wish on a complimentary short camel caravan to a near by Nubian Village for tea with the locals, returning to Aswan Airport to Railway Station late afternoon.End of our service - Bon Voyage ! Itinerary is subject to change without notice.

Add Cairo stay - Add Air Fare or Sleeper Train & Flight - Add Abu Simbel

RATES per person in USD for the total 5 day Cruise
Sample : M/S Monaco. M/S Mojito. M/S Monte Carlo, M/S Adonis
M/S Beau Soliel

Inclusions:

• All shore excursions, entrance fees, the service of an English Speaking guide.
  
• Welcome fruit basket upon check-in on board the Nile Cruise .
  
• Large bottle of water per person per day delivered to your cabin.
  
• All outside cabins, including all tax & service charges.
  
• All meals: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner.
  
• Afternoon tea daily onboard.
  
• One small bottle of water per person with each meal, as well as tea or coffee with each meal
  
• Arrival and departure transfer , before and after the cruise from / to the airport or the railway station
  
• Tea or coffle plus bottled water with each meal on board the cruise.

Please click here for rates based on the Ultra Deluxe:
Movenpick Radamis II , the new Movenpick Royal Lotus , the all suites: MS Sonesta Star Goddess , the MS Sonesta Moon Goddess , Amarco

No airfares included. You may arrange your own transportation to the cruise departure point at Luxor/Aswan.

• For Christmas/New Year's and the month of April :
  Please add % 20 supplement, to any of the listed rates.
  
• For a PRIVATE: CAR/DRIVER & GUIDE for all the shore excursions for the duration of the cruise , please add :$ 250 per person.
  
• Children discount :
  Infant up to 2 years : %75 discount on the double rate .
  Children : 40 % on the adult double rate. ( 11 years of age or younger up to 2 years ), must be raveling with an adult. No children discount on triple or single rates.
  
  Add Domestic air in Egypt as well as Abu Simbel excursion by air , Compare with Abu Simbel by Private Guide . Read on Jacquie Kennedy & Abu Simbel
  
  Click here for the computed cost with domestic air fare included between Cairo & the cruise

Click here for : Rate for the Presidential suite on board
M/S Moon Goddess or Amarco or Liberty

Sleeper Train: ( Officially 4 stars we rate it 3 stars)
Sleeper overnight train leaves Cairo 07:30 PM. Private double or single compartments. Each train car has two bathrooms, one at each end of the car. Dinner & breakfast served on board. Upper & lower berth. Air conditioned. Club car for drinks & meeting other fellow passengers from all over the world.
Click here for this cruise computed one way sleeper & one way air fare , between Cairo & the Cruise

Boarding the cruise is from either Luxor or Aswan, depending on the availability at the time of booking.  

What to Pack:
Most of the year look forward to warm, even hot weather in Luxor & Aswan, morning & evenings are cooler. For Shore excursions, we suggest comfortable cotton & natural fabric lightweight clothing. Comfortable walking shoes are essential.

Clothing on Board:
Lightweight comfortable & casual clothing. Swimsuits, sun hat. Dining room dress code is casual for breakfast & lunch, but smart casual for dinner. All ships are fully air conditioned

Why book with us ? MS Nile Dream . MS Queen of Hansa

Jacquie Kennedy & Abu Simbel:
All Americans alive during the 1960s remember President John F Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Most Americans from that time also remember Abu Simbel, the dramatic, ancient pharaonic temple threatened by the rising waters blocked by the new Aswan High Dam.

It’s worth remembering that it was Jacquie Kennedy who provided crucial support for the mammoth rescue project. Without her help, Abu Simbel might have been lost.

No one questioned that the temple must be saved. UNESCO developed a marvelous plan to cut the huge monument into 1,423 stone blocks and move it 200 meters (219 yards) north and 63 meters (207 feet) higher, just above the estimated level of Lake Nasser, the vast inland sea that would be created by the new dam.

But who would pay? As a developing country, Egypt could not shoulder the burden alone. Other countries could contribute, but only one country --the United States of America-- truly had the resources for this
monumental rescue effort.

No matter how much wealth there is, it is never enough. Many legitimate, worthwhile projects compete for funds. What Abu Simbel needed was an advocate, someone who recognized the temple for the irreplaceable world art treasure that it was.

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, already famous for her grace, refinement, and sensitivity to the arts, saw the need to work for the salvation of Abu Simbel. It was she who urged Congress to allocate $10 million for the rescue effort (a sum roughly equivalent to $100 million today). It was an enormous amount of money, but she saw that America
must step up to the challenge of saving this treasure of worldwide importance for all time.

The rescue funds were approved by Congress and the temple was saved.

In appreciation for her efforts, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser presented the First Lady and the president with a 4000-year-old Egyptian statue (which is now preserved in the John F Kennedy Library &
Museum in Boston). (http://www.jfklibrary.org/visit_museum-14.html)

President Nasser wanted also to give a gift of thanks to the people of the United States for their valuable support. He asked Mrs. Kennedy to choose an appropriate monument. She suggested the small Temple of
Dendur (c. 15 BC), and the gift was readily approved. The temple was brought to the United States in 1965 and installed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967.
(http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/ view1.asp?dep=10&full=0&item=68%2E154)

Times change, leaders come and go, but some acts of support and generosity are remembered through the decades.

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy loved Egypt, and Egypt still loves her.