Nile Cruise / Lake Nasser
Program 8 : Aswan - Abu Simbel M.S Kasr Ibrim
4 nights / 5 days
Itinerary
Itinerary
1st Day: Arrival at Aswan.
Arrival to Aswan to board the boat, lunch on board.
Visit Kalabasha temple with its Pharaonic aspect, remodeled into the Greco-roman style { dedicated to the God Mandoulis }, then the Hemi-Speos of Beit el Wali { erected by Ramses II in the beginning of high reign }, then the Kiosk of Kertassi, erected to honor the Goddess Isis.
2nd Day: Aswan.
Boarding the cruise and sail to Wadi el Seboua.
Lunch, dinner and overnight on board.
3rd Day: Aswan / Kasr Ibrim (on board the cruise).
In the morning, visit Wadi el Seboua temple dedicated by
Ramses II to the two Gods Amun Ra and Ra Harmakis,
then the Temple of Dakka { dedicated to the God Thot of divine wisdom, lord of times and science, master of literature }, then visit the Greco-Roman Temple of Maharakka.
After that sail to Amada; visit the Temple of Amada from the 18th dynasty { built during the reign of Thohotmosis III, Amenophis III and Thohotomsis IV }, then visit the Hemi-Speos of Deir { dedicated by Ramses II to the rising sun }, finally the Tomb of Penout and viceroy of Nubians.
Sail to Kasr Ibrim. Dinner and overnight on board.
4th Day: Kasr Ibrim (on board the cruise).
Early morning, visit the Citadel of Kasr Ibrim, sole vestige of the distant past of Nubian in its original location.
Explanation is done from the sun deck of the ship as entrance to the site prohibited. Sailing to Abu Simbel and after lunch,
visit the temples.
Compulsory sound and light show at Abu Simbel temple followed by a candle light dinner on board and overnight.
5th Day: Abu Simbel.
Possibility for a second visit to the temples to watch the
spectacular Sunrise at Abu Simbel temple of Ramses II and his beloved wife Nefertari, symbol of the international salvage of the Nubian monuments. Transfer to Cairo Inter. airport for home departure.
