06 Nights Luxor - Nile Dahabeya boat - Abo simbel

06 Nights Luxor - Nile Dahabeya boat - Abo simbel

The latest recreation of the Egyptians to make the Nile Cruise journeys even more enjoyable is the reuse of the Dahabeya style ships. The Dahabeya was an elegant style of boats that the royal family of Egypt and the Egyptian aristocrats used during the beginning of the 20th century, the 1920s till the 1940s, to cruise the Nile.

Imagine these wonderful wooden crafted elegant boats sailing smoothly in the Nile moving from one historical site to the other while the tourists relax and enjoy the Breeze of the Nile and watching the Egyptian peasants in their daily life activities.

These Dahabeya boats are quite magnificent and they have a magic of their own making the tourists feel as if they belonged to the royal family of Egypt in the last century. This was why the Egyptians revived these Dahabeya ships to serve the travelers to cruise the Nile in a style that can never be found anywhere else.

Day 1: Arrival Luxor - Overnight Luxor hotel: (No Meals)

Enjoy a complimentary airport pickup and transfer to your marvelous hotel, with a side view of the stunning River Nile - Overnight

Day 2: East - West Bank - Overnight Dahabeya (B, L, D)

After enjoy your open buffet breakfast at your hotel, meet your Egyptology and your driver start the day visit Luxor's populous East Bank, and the massive temple complex of Karnak, as well as Luxor Temple then cross to the West bank of the river Nile to visit the Necropolis of Thebes, the burial site of the Great Pharaohs of the New Kingdom. Discover the Valley of the Kings and step inside the tomb of Tutankhamun. Later, explore the Temple of Hatshepsut. Then Departure by road at morning for Esan, home port of your boat. Before Check-in, Visit of the temple Esna. Welcome aboard, installation. And it is gone, the Dahabeya leaves the shore, you are in the middle of the Nile. Lunch on board. Afternoon of quiet sailing to the rhythm of the wind. You start to relax. Your stopover for the night is El Hegz.

Day 3 :Edfu - Silsila quarries (B,L, D)

Breakfast sailing, followed by a daily discovery of Egypt visit Edfu temple, a trip to the villages of Karabla and Zeniga , return to the boat, lunch and sailing. At the end of the day, visit the Silsila quarries, the place where the ancient Egyptians took their blocks of stone for the construction of their temples. Bivouac in front of the temple lit in the evening and barbecue (Magic place)!

Day 4 :Kom Ombo (B,L, D)

After breakfast, wander through a palm grove on the heights of the Nile between the river and the desert, a path of paradise, between date palms, palm trees and small hand-grown gardens And navigation. Arrived at the end of the day in Kom Ombo, We visit the temple! Small sailing near the town of Daraw.

Day 5: Daraw (B,L, D)

After breakfast, we visit the city of Daraw where we will find the typical market. bateaux, dromedaries, the market of vegetables, fruits, fabrics  !!! Small sailing to Balouli Island, a beautiful sandy beach for swimming in the Nile. Then we continue the navigation towards Aswan.

Day 6 :Abu Simbel tour by road (B,L, D)

Early morning departure to Abu Simbel to admire the famous temple of Ramses II and the temple of his wife Nefertari, Lunch At sunset, departure of the boat to visit Sound and Light show of Philae Temple overnight in Aswan.

Day 7: Disembarkation (B)

After breakfast transfer to Aswan Airport or Aswan train station.