Exchange your Easter at home for an exciting 4 day Nile Cruise Easter tour to discover the real Egypt traveling from Aswan (known as Nubia), with its colorful traditions and smiley people, sailing down the peaceful Nile watching the local life and birds with temples en route before arriving in Luxor. Once in Luxor, you will explore the ancient Pharaonic history on the West Bank Valley of the Kings and East Bank Luxor and Karnak Temples. A truly blissful Easter holiday in Egypt to remember.
You will be met on arrival at Aswan Airport by a Memphis Tours Representative who will assist you and then transfer you by air-conditioned vehicle to check in to your Jaz Jubilee Nile Cruise. Lunch will be served then you will meet your English-speaking expert Tour Guide to start your afternoon tours in Aswan. Start your visit to Cross by boat to Angilika Island to see the Temple of Isis at Philae, one of the Nubian Temples rescued before the High Dam was built. Enjoy Philae’s long colonnades, towers, and reliefs which include the last surviving hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions in Egypt. Back to your Nile Cruise for evening dinner onboard with time for relaxation and overnight stay in Aswan.
Early breakfast on the Nile Cruise, then a guided tour of the West Bank in Luxor to visit the most famous site known as the Valley of the Kings (the Royal Cemetery to 62 Pharaohs) where the magnificent Tombs were discovered including the famous boy King Tutankhamun (included in your visit). These Tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated, and filled with treasures from the afterlife of the Pharaohs. (The tombs visited are determined by the Egyptian Government to preserve them from the large flow of visitors, therefore are rotated throughout the year and cannot be confirmed as to which tombs before your visit). A visit to the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari then on to the two enormous and impressive Colossi of Memnon, the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III. Return to your Nile Cruise for lunch then an afternoon visit to the majestic Luxor Temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for rituals and festivals and dedicated to the God Amun. You will return to your Cruise Boat for dinner with the option to enjoy the Sound and Light Show at Karnak Temple in the evening or discover Luxor City and the local market. overnight in Luxor.