This morning meet your
EE Travel Tour Guide for your transfer to the airport to board your
private jet departing for Abu Simbel.
Upon arrival at Abu Simbel you will be visiting these giant monuments were carved from scarlet sandstone cliffs beside the Nile, by the artists and engineers of
Pharaoh Ramses II -
“The Great” - for reasons of empire your Egyptologist will explain. We are here at the perfect time of day, when the early morning light is full on the facades of the temples and the colossal statues, which adorn them!
After your visit we fly to Aswan.
Lunch will be served at the
legendary Old Cataract Hotel.
Afternoon lunch a voyage by motor launch (bird watchers. be on the alert!) takes us across the lake between the two dams to explore the romantic
Temples of Philae, rescued, like the Abu Simbel Temples, from the rising waters of the Nile due to the building of the High Dam - and re-situated on nearby Agilkia Island! - In the beautiful Temple of Isis, principal monument of Philae, enter Sanctuary - the last holdout of the ancient Egyptian religion when Christianity swept the land in the early centuries AD.
This afternoon you are invited for a lazy sail on the river in a “felucca”, traditional sailing craft of the Nile, - skimming along the shores of palm covered
Elephantine and Kitcheners Islands, - with views of
the Mausoleum of the Agha Khan - and a stop to go ashore on Kitcheners Island and stroll through its marvelous
Botanical Garden.
Afternoon board your
private jet returning back where upon arrival your
EGYPTIAN EXPRESS Tour Guide will escort you back to pier to re-board your cruise ship.
This morning meet your EE Travel Tour Guide for your transfer to the airport to board your private jet departing for Abu Simbel.
Upon arrival at Abu Simbel you will be visiting these giant monuments were carved from scarlet sandstone cliffs beside the Nile