8 Days – Luxor Round Trip Cruise – Every Saturday Merit Dahabiya

From

$835.00

Duration

8 days

Overview

The Merit Dahabiya Nile cruise is an enticingly priced upscale vessel that will take you and a small group of fellow travellers on a an unforgettable experience of five or seven-nights Nile cruise journey between Luxor and Aswan. Merit Dahabiya has been designed to enable you to enjoy Egypt at a gentler pace and discover a River Nile where the large multi-deck cruises cannot dock.

Merit Dahabiya offers eight comfortable air-conditioned cabins is ensuite and offers large panoramic windows offering perfect views of the Nile. It is worth noting that the Merit’s cabins are more spacious than the majority of Dahabiya on the Nile.

While aboard your Dahabiya Nile cruise you will visit the magnificent temples and richly decorated rock-cut tombs of the Valley of the Kings are balanced with plenty of time to sit back and relax aboard your Nile Dahabiya spacious shaded sundeck (or enjoy the Jacuzzi!) as the twin lateen sails propel you gently up the Nile.

NB: In addition to booking individual cabins, it is possible for families and small groups of friends to charter the Merit Dahabiya Nile Cruise for an exclusive private Charter Cruise.

Included/Exclude

  • Meet and assist service upon arrival & departure
  • All transfers by air-conditioned modern vehicle
  • Assistance of our personal during your stay and excursions
  • Accommodation on board 5-star Dahabiya on full board basis
  • All Dahabiya Cruise excursions as mentioned in the itinerary
  • Entrance fees to all sights between Luxor and Aswan
  • Tea, coffee, mineral water and soft drinks throughout the Journey
  • Meals as indicated in the itinerary
  • Egyptologist guide during your excursions
  • All service charges and taxes
  • Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Optional tours
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities (Tipping)
  • Alcoholic beverages (available on board the Dahabiya)
  • Entrance fees inside Tutankhamun, Ramses VI, and Seti 1st tombs in the Valley of the King (Payable on spot with the assistance of your Tour Guide).
  • NB: The Nile Dahabiya Boat departure is dependent on booking at least 3 double cabins or 6 participants to guarantee sailing.

Cruise Facilities

Accommodation
Air Conditioned Bar
Fax
Hair Dryer
Internet
Library
Restaurant
Safe
Shower
Sun Deck-Bar
Swimming pool
Telephone
Television
Transporte

Tour Plan

  Upon your arrival at Luxor airport / train station, your Nile Holiday tour manager will meet and assist you, and then transfer to embark your Nile Dahabiya Cruise. The crew will welcome you on board and have your bags taken to your cabins. After Lunch on board, you will be accompanied by your Egyptologist tour guide to visit Luxor East bank sights. Start at Karnak temple, the largest religious temple ever built in Egypt. Enjoy walking along the avenue of Sphinxes as your tour guide explains how the massive facade was constructed. Proceed walking through the Great Pylons, the great hypostyle hall with 134 columns, the obelisks, and the sacred lake. And then enjoy free time to explore at leisure Head out to Luxor temple, which was once joined to the Temple of Karnak by a three-kilometer long Avenue of Sphinx. You will enter the temple through the great pylon where two enormous statues of Ramses II still stand, along with a pink granite obelisk (its mate stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France). After a fantastic guided tour to Luxor temple enjoy free time at leisure After finished, you will be transferred to back to your Nile Dahabiya Cruise. Overnight on board in Luxor Optional: In the evening, Sound and Light show at Karnak temple Meals: Lunch, Dinner
  Breakfast on Board and then pick up to enjoy your tour to the West bank of the Nile in Luxor. Start with a brief photo stop at the colossi of Memnon, which marks the ruins of a funerary temple of Amenhotep III. Head out to the Valley of the Kings, the sight where the rock cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (1550 – 1080 BC). The majority of the royal tombs was decorated with religious texts, images and provided with equipment that would enable a comfortable existence in the afterlife. You will visit 3 tombs of the most famous pharaohs Like Ramses III, IV tombs, Tomb of Merenptah, Tomb of Thutmose III, or Queen Tawosret. Whilst here, you will have the time to visit inside the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun “Extra ticket on spot”. Continue to the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, one of the incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt. There are three layered terraces, are connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens with foreign plants including frankincense and myrrh trees. After a fantastic tour, you will enjoy free time to explore at leisure. Later on, return to your Nile Dahabiya cruise boat before Lunch and begin our voyage along the Nile, travelling upstream from Luxor to Aswan. Tea time on board and overnight at Esna. Optional: a spectacular sunrise hot air balloon trip over the west bank of the Nile is available this morning (expect an early start to catch sunrise as the balloon rises). Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  Enjoy breakfast at leisure on board while sailing towards Edfu passing through the Esna Locks. It is common to have to queue to proceed through the lock, however this is a great opportunity to check out the process from deck with a cool drink in hand and listen to the shouts of the many captains as they navigate their way through the various small boats of merchants selling their wares. Settle back into the comforts of your Nile cruise ship and make the most of the incredible views across one of the world’s greatest rivers Set sail towards Edfu, you will enjoy horse and carriage ride to visit Edfu Temple, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. We will then set sail for a small Island “Al Ramady” where the Dahabiya will moor for the night. Enjoy your dinner on the sundeck, overnight on board. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  Today, enjoy breakfast on board while sailing the River Nile to Aswan. There is no sightseeing excursions scheduled for this day, it is going to be a wonderfully relaxing day and lots of relaxation time on the river while the Nile Dahabiya is sailing silently towards el Sheikh Fadl Island, where the Dahabiya will moor for the night. Enjoy your dinner on the sundeck, overnight on board. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  Breakfast on board, today you will explore Aswan sightseeing, start at the unfinished obelisk, the largest known ancient Egyptian obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone working techniques. Proceed to visit Aswan high dam, a rock-fill dam built across the Nile in Aswan between 1960- 1970. It creates Lake Nasser, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Continue with a motorboat ride to Philae Temple Island, comprises a large number of small Temples dates back to Pharaonic, Greek and Roman times. But the largest and the best preserved on the Island is the temple of the Goddess Isis. Afterwards you will enjoy a walking tour in Aswan Market (Souk). Later on, return to the Nile Dahabiya boat, enjoying an amazing evening in Aswan. Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  Today at the early morning optional Abu Simbel trip by Car or flight is available. Lunch on board your Nile Dahabiya Cruise or you can just spend a relaxed morning on the sun deck. Lunch on board while following the procession route of the pharaohs as you cruise downstream to Luxor, where magnificent temples and ancient villages line the banks against a dramatic desert backdrop. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  Free day relaxing onboard and continue sailing towards Luxor passing through the Esna Locks. It is not uncommon to have to queue to proceed through the locks, a great opportunity to check out the process from the Nile Dahabiya deck with a cool drink in hand, and listen to the shouts of the many captains as they navigate their way through the various small boats of merchants selling their wares to a captive audience – life on the Nile. Chill out and make the most of the incredible views across one of the world’s greatest rivers and your last night onboard. Overnight in Luxor Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  Disembarkation after enjoying your breakfast, then you will be transferred to Luxor (Hotel, airport / train station) for final departure. Meals: Breakfast Note: – Itinerary may change in sequence but not in visits, due to navigation circumstances, Program will always be respected. – Optional tours to Abu Simbel temple are available by Vehicle or Plane and can be placed in Day 5 or day 6 – before departure transfer in the afternoon (Recommended to be after 14:00).

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Max Guests

50

Min Age

12+

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