Sonesta St. George 1 Cruise - Every Friday from Aswan

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Overview

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

Included Items

  • Pick up services from Awan Airport / Railway Station / Hotel and return.
  • Accommodation on board Nile Cruise for 07 Nights on Full Board Basis.
  • All transfers by modern air-conditioned private vehicle.
  • All entrance fees for mentioned sightseeing.
  • English speaking guide / escort during your trip.
  • Luggage handling when needed.
  • Bottled water during the trips.
  • All taxes and service charge.

Excluded Items

  • International / Domestic Airfare.
  • Entry Visa.
  • Tipping.
  • Any Personal Expenses.
  • Any Optional tours.
Day 1: Friday: Embarkation / Awan Sightseeing

Upon arrival Aswan Airport / Railway Station / Hotel will be met and assist by Royal Way representative who will escort you to your Nile Cruise, where you will enjoy the next 08 Days / 07 Nights Nile cruise holiday with fantastic sailing and thrilling tours for, lunch onboard.

Afternoon meet your tour guide who will accompany you in 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 Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the famous Unfinished Obelisk.

Later you will be taking by motor-boat to Island of Egilka visit the majestic Philae Temple that was dedicated to the Goddesses Isis. For our enjoyment, a Felucca Ride is included on the Nile River in Aswan this afternoon.

Return to our Nile cruise ship for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Saturday: Kom Ombo

Early sail to Kom Ombo, breakfast onboard then you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist to visit Kom Ombo Temple, the crocodile-headed God of fertility and creator of the world.

Lunch aboard your cruise with free time at leisure whilst sailing to Edfu. Afternoon tea is served on the sun deck while sailing to Luxor via Esna.

Enjoy oriental show and Galabia Party onboard, dinner and overnight Esna.

Day 3: Sunday: Luxor West Bank

Breakfast onboard the cruise, then will be picked up by our tour guide to visit archaeological sites of the ancient Egyptians on the west bank of the Nile including 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, you will visit 3 tombs.

Continue the tour to visit the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary, this impressive temple dedicated to the Queen Hatshepsut the only female pharaoh rises out of the desert plain in a series of terraces and merges with the sheer limestone cliffs that surround it.

Lunch onboard, free time on leisure, enjoy afternoon tea onboard, evening belly dance show, dinner and overnight Luxor.

Day 4: Monday: Luxor East Bank

Breakfast onboard, free time for leisure till noon time, after lunch will meet your tour guide to visit the two Massive temples on the eastern bank of the Nile, visit the Temple of Luxor and Temple of Karnak.

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 over more than two thousand years 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.

Dinner and overnight Luxor.

Day 5: Tuesday: Esna

Breakfast onboard, free day at leisure, lunch while sailing to Esna, enjoy afternoon tea onboard.

Evening Captain’s welcome party, dinner and overnight Esna.

Day 6: Wednesday: Edfu

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.

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.

Day 7: Thursday: Abu Simbel excursion / Free Day Aswan

Enjoy your breakfast aboard your Nile cruise in Aswan, free time on leisure onboard or 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.

Dinner and overnight Aswan.

Day 8: Friday: Disembarkation

Breakfast onboard, check out, then Royal Way representative will escort you to Aswan Airport / Railway Station / Hotel for departure.

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