Nile Cruise Tour of the Mövenpick MS Royal Lotus
Experience unparalleled luxury and Swiss hospitality aboard the Movenpick Royal Lotus Nile Cruise. Sail from Luxor or Aswan and enjoy spacious accommodations, stunning views of the Nile, and visits to iconic sites like the Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple. Indulge in the best of Egypt with our Good 5-star Nile cruise tours, including stops at the Aswan High Dam, Philae Temple, and more.
The temples and tombs you'll visit and explore during the cruise are majestic in their scale and intricacy.
When you get to the Aswan airport, our agent will meet you and offer assistance. The MS Royal Lotus Nile cruise will then be reached via a private coach ride. The boat is going to leave before midday. Lunch will be served to you on the cruise ship after that. Up until the afternoon, the time is free. Then, we'll take traditional Nile boats for Nile river cruises in Egypt. The sailing will happen close to Elephantine Island's coasts. Then it's back to the cruise for coffee and afternoon tea. Dinner and overnight will be held on the cruise ship.
Optional Tour: There will be a trip to the temples of Abu Simbel. The excursion will take place on a domestic airplane or a private coach.
About 300 kilometers southwest of Aswan are the twin temples of Abu Simbel. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the complex is. The "Nubian monuments" are the "Nubian landmarks" that stretch downstream to Philae from the complex. The two temples were carved out of the cliff. This happened in the 13th century BC, under Pharaoh Ramses II. Not to be overlooked are the temples built to honor his supposed triumph at the Battle of Kadesh. 1968 saw the complex relocated. At the moment, it is situated atop a man-made hill. The building is also situated over the Aswan High Dam.
On board the cruise ship Royal Lotus Nile, breakfast will also be provided. Today, we're going to the Aswan High Dam. The dam has eighteen times the quantity of material that went into building the Great Pyramid of Giza. The length of the dam is 11,811 feet. In addition, its base is 3215 feet thick and 363 feet tall. We'll visit the Unfinished Obelisk after that.
Red granite, the same material used to build colossi and ancient temples, is used to construct the obelisk. The granite came from quarries in Aswan. It is believed that the obelisk weighs approximately 2.3 million pounds. We'll see the magnificent Philae temple after that. The waters of the Nile River gave rise to the temple.
After lunch, we'll head back to the MS Royal Lotus Nile cruise and make our way to Kom Ombo. When we get there, we'll visit the Ptolemaic temples of Haroeries and Sobek. We'll head back to the Nile cruise after that. Unwind on the sun terrace and take in the picturesque villages floating along the river. In actuality, the tea and coffee were served early in the evening on the cruise ship. While sailing to Edfu, we'll enjoy a delectable oriental supper on board the cruise ship. The supper includes a dancing night. At the dinner, there will also be an Egyptian folklore celebration. There will be an overnight stay aboard the cruise ship as well.
Breakfast will be served on the MS Royal Lotus Nile cruise ship, followed by a visit to the well-preserved Edfu temple, also known as the Horus Temple, built in 237 BC during six Ptolemies' reigns. The temple, the second largest in Egypt, faces the Nile River.
The first temple of Horus, supervised by New Kingdom rulers Seti I, Ramses II, and III, is oriented north-south and features ruins of an ancient pylon. Lunch on deck, followed by sailing to Luxor, with tea, coffee, dinner, and bedtime on board.
Breakfast will be served on the cruise. We will then disembark from the boat. We'll cross the Nile to the west bank today to see the Colossi of Memnon. Pharaoh Amenhotep III is depicted in two gigantic stone monuments. Furthermore, they have been buried in the Theban necropolis for 3400 years, dating back to 1350 BC. It was located across the Nile River from Luxor, Egypt's modern capital. Following that, we'll visit the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. We'll go to Hatshepsut Temple in the Queens Valley.
The solar god Amon-Ra is honored in this mortuary temple. You will be responsible for your lunch today at a neighborhood restaurant. Then we'll go to Luxor Temple, which is awe-inspiring. In actuality, the temple was erected using sandstone blocks from an Aswan location in 1400 BC. In truth, the location is in Egypt's southwestern corner. After that, we'll go on to Karnak Temple. The temple is home to a diverse collection of crumbling temples, chapels, pylons, and other structures. Furthermore, the complex's construction began under the reign of Sesostris I in the Middle Kingdom. After that, you'll be taken to Luxor Airport to catch your flight.
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