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Egypt Tour Example:
"From Alexandria to Aswan"
14 days that included Cairo, Alexandria, Aswan, Nile Cruise, Luxor, Dendera, Abydos & Minya

Visit to an island from the felucca sail boat See larger photo

Day 7 & 8 - visits in and around Aswan

The train arrived Aswan early in the morning, and we took our bus to the new section of the legendary Cataract Hotel. When we had arrived the hotel we went trough the beautiful hotel garden and down to the Nile where a traditional Nile sailboat was waiting for us.

Models of soldiers, from the Nubian Museum See larger photo

With the felucca sailboat we sailed around on the Nile in Aswan, visited the botanical island with palms, plants and different trees collected from further south in Africa. In the evening it was time for the Nubian Museum that gave a great glimpse into the Nubian culture that originally had its kingdom south of Aswan. In the evening the Nubian market was place many visited.

From land excursions to our cruise ship. See larger photo

After breakfast on the eight day we took the tour to the ancient granite quarry and the unfinished obelisk, which still can be seen as it was left there after a crack suddenly appeared during work some 3500 years ago. From there we went to the Philae temple and the grand high dam which holds the largest manmade lake in the world - Lake Nasser.

After these excursions we went directly to our Nile cruise ship where we was served lunch. As we chartered the cruise ship exclusively for ourselves on this tour, then we could tailor make all parts of the cruise. That gave us the opportunity to start sailing already the first day. We arrived to Kom Ombo in the evening when the sunset was sending its last rays over the majestic temple here.

On the Nile many still are fishing the way they did in pharaonic times. See larger photo

Day 8 to 11 - an exclusive Nile cruise

Due to the exclusive use we had over our Nile cruise ship, we could wait until the all the crowded groups had left the temple in the early morning. So after a good breakfast on the eight day, we were ready to visit this grand double temple in Kom Ombo.

A guard sitting on one of the columns in Kom Ombo See larger photo

Double temple as we said, a feature which is a one of its kind among Egyptian temples, as it has two equal sections laid out along each other - each part to one god. Along with this, the temple in Kom Ombo was a place for medicine and healing. After we had used good time to visit this temple, we went back to the Nile cruise and started on our second sailing day on this ancient flood.

In Esna you can even find the old "foot ironing" in daily use See larger photo

On the third day on the ship we started the day with a visit to the grand temple of the king-god Horus in Edfu. It's the most intact temple still standing in Egypt - from the Greek-Roman times, but as we could see, built in traditional Egyptian style.

After this visit we continued the Nile cruise with relaxation and lectures on deck until we arrived Esna in the afternoon. Here we walked into the city to see old traditions still alive here, from small tailor shops to a person who still used the old technique of foot ironing. From the outside we also saw the temple to the creator god Khnum. Late night we were able to go through the locks of Esna, and could continue our river voyage towards Luxor.

Columns and a palm in the Karnak temple See larger photo

When we arrived in Luxor, we had also ended our cruise voyage on the Nile, but before we checked in at the new hotel we headed directly towards the gigantic Karnak temple complex.

It takes time to walk through the main temple area here, and far more when we as here had one several of the best guides available (as we had throughout the tour). We visited the grand sections of the Karnak temple, but the group was as well taken to more hidden places that the standard flow of tourist did not get the chance to visit. When the visit was over, it was time for check in at the new section of the famous Winter Palace hotels.

 Day 1 to 6 - Arrival, Cairo and Alexandria
 Day 7 to 11 - Aswan and Nile Cruise
 Day 11 to 14 - Luxor to Minia & departure
 Day 1 to 14 - Accommodation used

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The four of us who is responsible for Egyptmyway.com have a collected experience of more than half a century in management positions within Egyptian tour operations. Holding lectures in Egyptology as the modern culture, guided special journeys and been responsible for television and film productions. Hotels, luxury tour operators as Abercrombie and Kent, American Express Travel and European charter operations to this destination.

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