4 Days Nile Cruise from Hurghada

Take a four-day cruise on the beautiful River Nile from Hurghada to Aswan and onto Luxor.

Enjoy visiting the Pheala Temple Kom Ombo and Edfu before visiting beautiful Luxor and the Valley of the Kings Hatchepsuit Temple along with Karnak and Luxor Temples all while you relax onboard this brilliant Nile Cruise.

You will visit the famous High Dam, which controls all of Egypt’s water. The Dam has three years of Egypt’s water stored in it and is the largest rock filled Dam.

On your first day, you will also visit the unique Unfinished Obelisk which weighs 1,168 tons, and if it had of been finished, it would have weighed 1,200 tons. Many of the casing stones for the two pyramids at Giza came from this quarry in Aswan.

You will journey on to the beautiful Phelea Temple, which the ancient Egyptians built for the Goddess Isis who represents health, marriage and wisdom.

On your second day, you will sail to Kom Ombo. The Nile is not just life for Egypt but is also a source of goodness, and this is why most of the Temples in Egypt are built on the river.

Visit the wonderful Temple, which is shared by two Gods, Sobek and Horus. Sobek is also known as the Crocodile is the God of the Nile, the Army Military and fertility. Horus is the God of Sky and Kingship.

You will journey to Edfu to visit Horus Temple. The Temple of Edfu is an ancient Egyptian Temple which houses important scenes and inscriptions of the Sacred Drama which related to the conflict between Horus and Seth.

On your third day, you will visit the West Bank, home of the famous Valley of the Kings. Journey through the Valley of the Kings and explore the tombs of King Tutankhamun, Ramssess V1, King Tutmosis and Amenhotep II. There are also many kings buried in the Valley Explore the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, who was the first Pharaonic woman to rule Egypt.

Now onto the Colossi of Memnon facing the Nile. The Colossi are twin statues of Amenhotep III. A large earthquake reportedly shattered the northern colossus, after the quake, the lower half of the statue was reputed to Sing, always within 1 or 2 hours of sunrise.

On your final day, our Guide will accompany you to visit the magical Karnak Temples, the greatest example of worship in history and which was dedicated to the God Amun and his wife Mut. Karnak Temple was the place where the earliest International Peace Treaty was made. The Egyptian version of the Peace Treaty was preserved on a wall in the Temple of Amun at Karnak.

You will visit the majestic Luxor Temple which was built by Amunhotep III in the 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom, and it was completed by Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty. King Ramses II was the most famous king in the 19th Dynasty, and he ruled Egypt for about 67 years.

It was dedicated to the great god Amun-Ra, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu together representing the Theban triad. Enjoy visiting the Obelisk of Ramses II in front of the 1st Pylon.