The newest ship of the Sonesta Nile fleet is the Sonesta St. George I Nile Cruise, with 47 deluxe cabins and 10 suites. Noted as one of the most elegant ships on the Nile, the St. George offers a full-service spa and fitness center, restaurant, bars, nightly entertainment and guided excursions
Upon arrival Luxor Airport / Railway Station / Hotel will be met and assist by Royal Way representative who will escort you to your Nile Cruise for embarkation, where you will enjoy the next 5 Days / 4 Nights Nile cruise holiday from Luxor to Aswan with fantastic sailing and thrilling tours for, check-in and lunch onboard.
Afternoon you will meet your tour guide who will escort you to visit Karnak Temple, the largest place of worship ever built. Its ancient name Ipet-isut means the most sacred of places. The temple, or, more correctly, the complex of temples, was built more than two thousand years ago by generation after generation of pharaohs. Within the complex, the great Hypostyle Hall is an incredible forest of giant pillars.
Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the god Amun Then enjoy some free time for shopping in Luxor and then you will be transferred back to your Nile cruise ship in Luxor.
Enjoy Belly dance show onboard, dinner and overnight Luxor.
Breakfast onboard the Nile cruise in Luxor, then you will be accompanied by your expert guide to enjoy a visit to the West Bank of the river Nile to visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon).
Then visit the Valley of the Kings, where the magnificent tombs discovered, those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs, then you will visit 3 tombs.
You will also have the chance to visit the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh who rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it then back to the cruise to sail to Edfu via Esna Luck with lunch, afternoon tea and dinner aboard your cruise, overnight Esna.
Before breakfast aboard your Nile cruise you may enjoy the amazing sunrise view from your river cruise in with leisurely free time while sailing to Edfu where you will be transferred by a horse drawn carriage to visit the famous Edfu Temple also known as the temple of Horus & Haroeris, the falcon-headed solar War God is the largest and most perfectly preserved of all the Nile temples.
Back to the Nile cruise by the same way to sail to Kom Ombo to visit the temple the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world.
Then return to your Nile cruise vessel to take a relaxing sail to Aswan with lunch, afternoon tea and dinner aboard your cruise and a peaceful overnight stay at Kom Ombo.
Breakfast aboard your Nile cruise ship in Aswan and then you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist speaking guide for an exciting tour to the world famous High Dam that was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops; continue to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptian pharaohs with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples.
The quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk and then you will be taking by motor-boat to island of Egilka visit the majestic Philae Temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis.
Afternoon tea will be served onboard, leisurely free time in Aswan, enjoy Nubian Folkloric Show onboard, dinner and overnight Aswan.
Enjoy your breakfast aboard your Nile cruise in Aswan, check-out our Nile cruise, you may join our Optional trip to Abu Simbel Temples to discover the magnificent monuments and the majestic two temples of the Abu Simbel that were built by Egypt’s great Pharaoh Ramses II one is of the Great Pharaoh himself and the second was dedicated for his favorite wife Nefertari.
Finally, our Royal Way representative will escort you to Aswan Airport / Railway Station / Hotel for departure.