Movenpick Darakum Nile Cruise | 7nts - 4nts - 3nts from Luxor and aswan

Day 1 : Cruise Embarkation in Cairo

Dear guest, Welcome to Egypt!
ETB Tours Egypt represenative will transfer you from your hotel/ airport in Cairo to your luxury Nile cruise Movenpick M/S Darakum.
Enjoy your dinner on board, musice in the bar & overnight in Cairo.

Day 2 : Top sightseeing in Cairo

Enjoy your breakfast on board, then you will visit:

• Giza pyramids of kings Khufu, Chephren & Mecernius. 
• The great Sphinx which stands proudly guarding the whole area of the Pyramids, Sphinx is a statue of a mythical creature with a body of a lion and a human head.
• The Valley Temple where the body of the king is mummified.

Back on board to have your lunch meal before continue Cairo day tours visiting:

• The Egyptian museum, contains more than 160,000 rare archaeological items, including mummies which belonging to Egypt's pharaohs.

Back on board to have your dinner, enjoy Takht (Oriental music) & overnight in Cairo.

Day 3 : Memphis, Saqqara & Coptic Cairo

Breakfast on board & visit:

• Memphis which was the capital of ancient Egypt. 
• The Pyramid of Sakkara of king Zoser or as it called Step Pyramid of Saqqara,  built by King Zoser's Minister Amhotep.

Back on board to have your lunch before visiting Coptic Cairo & see:

• The Hanging church (Al Mo’alakaa) Abu Sirga church, & the Synagogue.

Enjoy dinner on board, Cocktail party & overnight in Cairo.

Day 4 : Sailing to Beni Suef

Breakfast on board & enjoy full day sailing to Beni Suef. Have lunch, dinner & overnight in Beni Suef.

Day 5 : Sailing to Minya

Have your breakfast while sailing to Minya, Enjoy lunch, dinner, music in the bar & overnight in Minya.

Day 6 : Minya Top Sightseeing

Have breakfast on board, then visit:

• Tuna El Gebel & Ashmunein.

Back on board to have your lunch meal & visit:

• Beni Hassan tombs (4 tombs),
• Tomb of Baqet III, Tomb of Khety, Tomb of Amenemhet, Tomb of Khnumhotep II.

Back to the cruise to enjoy dinner, Folkloric show & overnight in Minya.

Day 7 : Tel El Amarna & sailing to Assyut

Early morning sail to Tel El Amarna, the home of the 'Amarnian experience.
Breakfast on board while arrival to Amarna in time to visit the Amarna Visitors Center (at the anchor point) with Presentation on Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Visit :

• The Northern Cemeteries of, Ahmose, Tomb of Meryre, Tomb of Pentu, Tomb of Panehesy, the royal tomb of Akhenaten.
• The Great Palace of King Akhenaten.
• The Small and great temples of Aten.

Back to the boat and sail to Assyut,

• Stop in front of Prince Tawdrous Monastery to view the monastery from the boat (guide will of course provide some explanation on the importance of the monastery).

Have your lunch meal, dinner on board where you will enjoy Galabeya Party & Overnight Assyut.

Day 8 : Sailing to Sohag

Sail to Sohage, have your breakfast, lunch & dinner on board & enjoy black and white party.
Overnight in Sohag.

Day 9 : Sailing to Naga Hammadi

Early sailing to El Balyana, visit:

• Abydos temple and the new kingdom temple of Seti I 
• The holy city of Osiris God of the Dead.

Back on board to have lunch while sailing to Naga Hammadi via Naga Hammadi Bridges.
Dinner on board, arrival & overnight in Naga Hammadi.

Day 10 :  Dandarah Temple - Sailing to Luxor

Early sail to Qena, Breakfast on board & visit:

• Dandarah temple which is a 20 minute’ drive.

Return back to the cruise to have your lunch while sailing to Luxor. Enjoy dinner, belly dance show on board & overnight in Luxor.

Day 11 :  West Bank of Luxor

Breakfast on board & visit the west bank of Luxor, see:

• Valley of the Kings the ancient burial ground of many of Egypt’s New Kingdom rulers.
• Queen Hatshepsut temple, As the daughter of Amun the most powerful and popular god in Egypt at the time.

Have lunch, dinner & overnight.

Day 12 :  East Bank of Luxor

Have your breakfast & continue Luxor day tours visiting the east bank of Luxor, see:

• Karnak Temple, dedicated to Amun, was the center of his worship and his wife Mut and their son Khons.
• Luxor Temple, It was known in the New Kingdom period as Ipt-Rsyt, which means the southern shrine.

Dinner on board while sailing to Edfu & overnight.

Day 13 :  Edfu Temple & Kom Ombo Temple

Early morning visit Horus temple in Edfu, have lunch while sailing to Kom Ombo & visit Kom Ombo temple dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god.
Sail to Aswan & overnight.

Day 14 :  Aswan Top Sightseeing

Early morning, have your breakfast & visit:

• The High Dam, which provides Egypt with water & electricity and protect it from the danger of the devastating flood.
• Philae Temple of goddess Isis the wife of Osiris & the mother of Horus.

Have your lunch & visit the Nubian museum. Enjoy Nubian show & overnight on board.

Day 15 :  Cruise Disembarkation

Enjoy your day on board & prepare yourself for disembarkation after your lunch meal.
ETB Tours Egypt will transfer you in your final depareture to Aswan airport / station.