8 Days / 7 nights
Daily Tour
88 people
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Sonesta Amirat Dahabeya combines comfort and beauty in a most inspiring way, promising a remarkable, rewarding cruise experience of legendary hospitality
The Sonesta Dahabeya – the Amirat was launched in February, 2009 – offers a cruise experience like no other on the Nile. It is intended to take you back in time to a gentler, more gracious era on the Nile during your 7 night cruise between Luxor and Aswan.
Daily guided excursions are offered to renowned Egyptian temples, tombs and ruins along the Nile. As a member of the Sonesta fleet of deluxe-service Nile cruisers, this small cruise boat will combine comfort and beauty in an inspiring way, offering a spectacular opportunity for an extended family or small group to discover the Nile on a private Nile cruise.
Amirat Dahabiya Cruise Vessel Facilities:
6 deluxe cabins and 2 elegant suites with private terrace
Open air oriental-style Jacuzzi
Spacious sundeck and stylish common lounge
All cabins and suites feature private:
Direct-dial telephone
Individual climate control
Hair dryer
Mini bar,
Safety deposit box,
Plasma TV and movie Channels
Amirat Dahabeya Safety:
Smoke & heat detector.
02 life jackets in each cabin.
Escape map in each cabin.
Fire Fighting System.
Embarkation in Aswan for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously appointed dahabiyya. Overnight, the ship moors on the Nile banks of Aswan
Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902). You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction.
Sail on the way to KOM OMBO ( noon time ). Overnight near by KOM OMBO.
Sail to Kom Ombo to see the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun. Overnight moored beside a Nile island.
This morning you will sail to Edfu to visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu.
Overnight moored beside an island aboard the dahabeya.
Today will be a leisurely day. After breakfast, commence sailing to Esna and passing the lock, then dahabeya will moor beside a Nile island.
This morning you will sail to luxor and visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak, with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28th Dynasty Luxor Temple. Overnight moored in Luxor aboard the dahabeya.
Excursion to the West Bank to visit the great burial places of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu Temple and the Colossi of Memnon.
Breakfast aboard the dahabeya followed by disembarkation.
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