12 Nights Cairo - Luxor - Nile Dahabeya boat - Abo simbel

12 Nights Cairo - 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: airport pickup, transfer to your historic hotel with fantastic views of the pyramids. [No meals] 

Day 2:Tour the Giza Plateau, Explore the interior of one of these legendary pyramids. Ride Like a Local on camel back and continue to the Solar Boat Museum, Then, view the Great Sphinx, then continue your tour in the Egyptian history and visit The Red Pyramid, Dahshur necropolis in Giza. [B]

Day 3: Drive to Sakkara, then visit the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities,Enter the fascinating Mummy Room, featuring the remains of ancient Egypt’s pharaohs and nobility. [B]

Day 4: Flight to Luxor , East bank tour then check in your hotel. [B]

Day 5:you will be taken to Dendera and Abeydos , you will be drive back to your hotel in Luxor. [B]

Day 6: visit the West Bank of Luxor, explore three tombs (please note that an extra fee is payable for a visit to King Tutankhamen's Tomb or Seti 1 ), Temple of Hatshepsut then visit Habo templeB]

Day 7: Departure to Esan, Visit of the temple. Welcome aboard, embarkation. Lunch on board. sailing to the rhythm of the wind.  overnight in El Hegz.[B, L, D]

Day 8: a daily discovery of Egypt visit Edfu temple, a trip to the villages of Karabla and Zeniga , return to the boat, lunch . At the end of the day, visit the Silsila quarries,Bivouac in front of the temple lit in the evening and barbecue (Magic place)! [B, L, D]

Day 9:  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. [B, L, D]

Day 10: we visit the city of Daraw where we will find the typical market.  Small sailing to Balouli Island, a beautiful sandy beach for swimming in the Nile. Then we continue towards Aswan. [B, L, D]

Day 11 : Early morning departure to Abu Simbel Lunch on the boat. At sunset, departure of the boat to visit Sound and Light show of Philae Temple and overnight in Aswan.[B, L, D]

Day 12: Transfer to Aswan airport to catch your flight to Cairo. arrival, then walk from Bab el-Fotouh to Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, where tightly packed stalls display everything from spices and leather goods to jewelry and birds. Explore the Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan, built in 1356, and among the finest examples of early Mamluk architecture.. Check in and overnight in Cairo. [B]

Day 13: After Breakfast transfer to Cairo airport for your international flight. [B]