Temples and Timeless Vistas

Five Day Nile Cruise

Inclusive of all transfers and Roundtrip Domestic air fare Within Egypt

Your Honeymoon on board your Deluxe 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
Add Cairo stay - Add Air Fare or Sleeper Train & Flight
Add Abu Simbel En Espanol

DAY 1 - CAIRO LUXOR - Saturdays - Weekly - Year Round (LD)

Please advise the name of your hotel in Cairo. Transfer is included ( private car/driver) from your hotel to the airport. Domestic air fare between Cairo & the cruise is included.
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. Transfer is included from Luxor Airport to the 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. Monday sailing on the M/S Amarco - Weekly - Year Round

DAY 2 - VALLEY OF THE KINGS (cBLD)
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.

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 (cBLD)
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 (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, (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 .Transfer is included ( private car/driver) back to Aswan airport. Domestic air fare is included as well back to Cairo .
In Cairo , we meet you at the airport & escort you back to your hotel or assist with your transfer to another connecting international flight. End of our service - Bon Voyage ! Itinerary is subject to change without notice.

Deluxe Category Nile Cruise:
RATES per person in USD for the 5 stars - Deluxe
Inclusive of domestic air fare within Egypt:
Sample Deluxe Nile Cruises: M/S Monaco , M/S Monte Carlo. Movenpick M/S Radamis II
M/S Mojito , M/ S Queen of Hansa, M/ S Princess Sara , M / S Beau Soleil,

RATES per person in USD for the 5 day Cruise :
Four stars - First Class - Always Guaranteed Outside Cabin

• For a PRIVATE: CAR/DRIVER and private GUIDE for all the shore excursions for the duration of the cruise , please add :$ 250 per person.
• For Christmas / New Year / Easter : please add 20 % to any of the rates
  

Inclusions:

• All shore excursions, entrance fees, the service of an English Speaking guide.
  
  

• Welcome fruit basket upon check-in.
  
  

• One large bottle of water per person daily while on board the cruise.
  
  

• One small bottle of water for EACH guest , with EACH meal.
  
  

• All outside cabins, including all tax & service charges.
  
  

• All meals: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner. Afternoon tea daily onboard.
  
  

• All airport transfers as listed, all by private air conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur .
  
  

• Domestic air fare between Cairo & the cruise in economy class , tax included.
  

More Choices and General Notes :

• Add Cairo stay - Add Abu Simbel -En Espanol . Add an extra night at a legendary hotel in Luxor or Aswan Click for the full listing  of  Nile Cruises - Map -Nile Cruise Route

• Rates & Itinerary for : 4 days , 8 Days Cruise . Add Spain: Madrid, Eastern Spain and Barcelona
  
  

• 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.

• 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

• One way sleeper & one way air fare , between Cairo & the Cruise
  
• Full listing  of  Nile Cruises
  
• Nile Valley Map
  
• Nile Cruise Route .
  
• MS Nile Dream .
  
• MS Queen of Hansa
  
• Rates & Itinerary for : 4 days , 8 Days Cruise .
  

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Nefertiti Turns Egypt Upside Down!!

The first bloodless religious revolution against the established church in Ancient Egypt
And the seat of power that rested with the priests in Karnak .
Nefertiti conducts the religious ceremony at the Temple of Aton
wearing only a see-through cloak and thong-style panties !

Nefertiti Turns Egypt Upside Down!! 1350 BC - Queen Nefertiti is reported to have led her Egyptian subjects on a wild spree of idol-smashing, temple-destruction, and forced migration, all part of a campaign of religious reformation. In Egypt a temple painting of a well-endowed Nefertiti in a chariot, wearing only a see-through cloak and thong-style panties, may explain why it was easy for Egyptian to follow her to the end of the Earth.

"From now on, there will be only one Deity, and that Deity is Aten, the Sun Disc," she has commanded.

Reliable sources in the Nile Valley report that all temples to gods other than Aten have been closed, and that a hefty fine will be imposed on anyone caught with an outlawed statuette.

Idols are to be smashed immediately, and the shards turned over to the priests of Aten.

"The capital of Egypt will now be at Tel El Amarna," reads a decree widely circulated in cuneiform on clay tablets.

"All priests are to settle within one hour's journey of the new Temple to Aten. All bidders on public works contracts will likewise have their head offices within the same specified distance."

Egyptian leaders in exile have disputed the motives behind the upheaval. "It's just a ploy to concentrate power and wealth in her hands and those of her husband, Ikhnaton," stated one defrocked priest.

"Everybody knows that Nefertiti has risen to her position on qualities that have nothing to do with religion.

She isn't called Incarnation of Beauty for nothing," he added, referring to the literal meaning of her name. The source asked not to be identified, fearing reprisals. Tel El Amarna, Nile Valley, 2004 - from Paul Glassman, special correspondent "Wow," commented Joe Shiner, an agro-businesman from Des Moines, as he toured the main temple at Tel El Amarna. "It's one thing to hear that Nefertiti was a real beauty. But it's quite another to visit in person and learn the real story." "Until I came here, I didn't know that she was behind the idea of having only one god-even before the Hebrews and Christians and followers of Mohammed.

"And now that I see her picture, I can understand why people followed her. This is not what I expected . . . not at all!" Mr. Shiner gestured as he spoke to a temple painting of a well-endowed Nefertiti in a chariot, wearing only a see-through cloak and thong-style panties.

"If she was my queen, I'd follow her to the end of the . . . "
Mr. Shiner's comments were interrupted by the approach of his wife.

Disclaimer: The facts presented are as accurate as can be ascertained from the archeological record. Mr. Joe Shiner is a composite of the satisfied clients of Nubian Nile Cruises .