Dahabiya Nile Cruise

Nothing is more fun than the experience of cruising the Nile River on board Dahabiya Nile Cruise to explore the ancient sites of Egypt in a traditional way. Dahabiya allows you to experience the Nile’s romance in an intimate and privileged way. Dahabiya translated means Golden Boat in Egyptian. They were originally used by kings to travel on the Nile, and are beautifully crafted twin masted sailing ships.

The five stars Dahabiya aims to give guests a more than luxurious stay. Sailing on a Dahabiya is an out-of-the-ordinary journey as you will get the chance to visit the famous landmarks located between Luxor and Aswan such as Karnak Temple, Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut Temple, Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk, and more.

Discover Aswan and explore the fabulous attractions in Aswan besides enjoying the beautiful nature, with Amoura Dahabiya Nile Cruise, where you will feast your eyes by watching the glory of Philae Temple, which contains many ancient Egyptian sanctuaries and shrines, like For Millennia, the Bed of Pharaoh or Trajan’s Kiosk and more. You will also visit the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk, which was built by the Queen Hatshepsut, and it shed light on its marvelous designing, as it was going to be the largest Obelisk in the world.

Then you will sail to Kom Ombo to visit the glorious Temple of Kom Ombo; you can walk through the temple of Haroeris and the Temple of Sobek, those temples show the importance of the Ancient Egyptian priests.

Get excited with the Temple of Sobek, where you will find many mummified crocodiles, gorgeous inscriptions on the walls and beautiful clay coffins. However, the Temple of Kom Ombo is surrounding by amazing gardens of corn and sugarcane, therefore Kom Ombo is an amusing agriculture town and there were a lot of Nubian people that were living in it before the Nile flooding has affected badly on their lands.

In addition to Edfu Temple; a great chance to explore the Ancient Egyptian civilization by watching the marvelous Pharaonic inscriptions on the walls of Edfu Temple, which gave us a lot of information about the Pharaonic history, myth, religion and ancient languages.

Stroll at the Temple of Edfu, which was dedicated to Horus and Hathor, therefore it was the center of many ancient Egyptian festivals to sacred to the Horus, The building of Hypostyle Hall has a lot of amazing decorations, which are consisting of a description of the Feast of the Beautiful Meeting and the universal reunion between Horus and his beloved wife Hathor. There are also the first pylon, which is situated in the entrance of the temple and it has many beautiful inscriptions, the Temple of Edfu is spiritually has a connection to the Hathors Temple at the Dendera complex.

Embrace the culture of the Ancient Egyptians while visiting the historical city of Luxor with Sonesta Amirat Dahabiya Nile Cruise which gives you a memorable experience to visit the priceless monuments located between Luxor and Aswan.

Get amazed while visiting Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. Explore the dramatic history of Egypt and walk through Karnak where you will enjoy visiting the Hypostyle Hall which contains about 134 columns and enjoy visiting the Obelisks, Courts, Halls, and Pylons in the complex as construction in Karnak started 4000 years ago.

Discover the greatest and the largest religious building that ever made in the history; Karnak is a city of temples built over 2,000 years, dedicated to Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. Move to visit Luxor Temple which was built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II, was dedicated to Amun-Ra, whose marriage to Mut was celebrated annually. Unleash your inner with Sonesta Dahabiya and explore the archaeological paradise of the West Bank where you will visit Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon and Queen Hatshepsut Temple.

Sail to Edfu on board Donia Dahabiya Nile Cruise and explore the temple of Horus which was built during the Ptolemiac era on top of an earlier temple to Horus. This Ptolemaic temple, built between 237 and 57 BC, is one of the best-preserved ancient monuments in Egypt. The temple was dedicated to Horus the falcon headed god whose eyes were the sun and the moon.

Sail to Kom Ombo which was built during the Greco Roman period, was constructed on the ruins of a much older temple which was called "Ber Sobek" or the house of the god Sobek. This older temple was erected during the reigns of King Tuthmosis III and then during the ruling period of Queen Hatshepsut.

Then sail to Aswan on board Princess Donia Dahabiya where you will watch the beautiful surroundings and get to visit Philae Temple which built to honor the goddess Isis, this was the last temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Construction began around 690 BC, and it was one of the last outposts where the goddess was worshipped. The cult of Isis continued here until at least AD 550. This complex was actually one of the last remaining places where the ancient religion survived after the arrival of Christianity in Egypt. The Temple was relocated by a multinational UNESCO team from Philae Island, to its new location on Agilkia Island to protect it from the Nile Flooding. You will also visit the High Dam the great Egyptian project that was built to protect Egypt from the annual flooding of the Nile River.

Escape from the pressure of life and take Judi Dahabiya Nile Cruise from Luxor to discover the famous landmarks in the city. The scale and grandeur of monuments that have survived in the city is unparalleled anywhere else in the world as it was built over and around the treasures of the New Kingdom.

Get amazed visiting Karnak Temple where you will enjoy visiting the Hypostyle Hall which contains about 134 columns and enjoy visiting the Obelisks, Courts, Halls, and Pylons in the complex as construction in Karnak started 4000 years ago and considered the biggest temple in the world and the main cult center during the Ancient Egypt. Amuse yourself visiting the astonishing monuments located at the West Bank of Luxor such as Valley of the Kings which contains 62 tombs of the famous Pharaohs of the New Kingdom, Queen Hatshepsut Temple, one of the best well preserved temples in the world, and the statues of Colossi of Memnon.

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Cairo and Luxor Tours Package

Amuse your soul with the magnificent mystery life of pharaohs by visiting the awesome historical places in Egypt, it is guaranteed that you will be very amazed by the wonderful look of the ancient spots that belong to the pharaohs era even if you are not a fan of history or the pharaonic monuments and archaeological places, you will not resist falling in love with its glorious secrets and magical inventions and discoveries in all the fields such as, medicine, science, arts, architecture, astronomy and language, as they invented the Egyptian writing system which is called hieroglyphs, this writing system helped them to record their history and important discoveries for the next generations to benefit from it, Besides it helped the whole world a lot in many inventions as the world know about mummification due to these notes by the hieroglyphs writing system, Mummification is a very mystery secret till now scientist did not settle on exact method of how they did it as each king mummy has a different situation and ritual of mummification according to the pharaohs' writings, Moreover their achievements in sculpture, they made very amazing decorations on their obelisks and walls of temples, pharaohs era is very huge century full with amazing stories and magical inventions, we could talk days and years about this amazing period, for sure you will not get bored from discovering about their wonderful and surprising century, Come to get familiar about this surprising era with Flying Carpet Tours through its amazing tours packages, you will get the chance to visit both most famous places Cairo the Capital of Egypt and the ancient magical Luxor, was once known as Thebes during the New Kingdom, but ancient Egyptians were calling it “t-apt”, which means “the shrine”, as it was the most important religious Pharaonic capital, then the Arabian travelers called it Al-Oksour, which means “site of the palaces”, and then it slowly became Luxor, it also has the most important monuments all over world, besides it is warm weather and amazing overlook on the Nile river where you can have a nice calm Nile crystal water depending on your request.

 You will be lucky by seeing the Great pyramids which are one of the seven wonders of the world and going back in time to the pharaohs era, feel how they used to think and get to know how was their daily habits, Know about their beliefs and Gods as pharaohs believed in higher power, they worshiped various Gods and believed that the king is a messenger from God, in the other side others thought that the king is the God itself, Explore all these mysteries and interesting secrets through Cairo and Luxor Tours Package, will give you a huge opportunity to visit the pyramids from inside with our guide explaining everything to you and answering all your questions, you can ride horse or camel around the pyramids area while watching their glorious beauty, you will be impressed by the biggest pyramid Cheops, it  is containing approximately 2.3 million stone blocks, which made many Egyptologists to guess that the workers had to set a block each two and half minutes, It belongs to Cheops the son of the Pharaonic king Snefru and he was the second ruler of Egypt in the 4th century, you will also get the chance to take pictures for your friends and yourself with the amazing Sphinx, is one of the fabulous Pharaonic wonders, it was constructed in Giza and located at the entrance of temples to guard the pyramids of Giza and the mysterious monuments inside them, it also consists of about 2,000 limestone blocks, this massive statue has the shape of lion in its body and a head of a Pharaonic man, it was believed that the head is belonging to the king Chephren, its body and head were symbolizing the strength and wisdom, Moreover the wonderful Egyptian Museum, a very ancient museum in Cairo with magnificent decor, it includes a big and rare collection of the Ancient Egyptian antiques and monuments, as well as the treasure of Tutankhamun, which is the most mysterious and marvelous monuments, it hold a huge amount of unique antiques and monuments for over than 5000 years of arts which were described as one of the most valuable arts design in the Ancient Egyptian dynasty, Also you can visit the amazing Muizz street, you can buy many souvenirs to your family from small shops, these are just a very few hints about what the package offer to visit but there are many other places and programs you can choose from, you will also visit the Ben Ezra Synagogue, Coptic Museum  and The Hanging Church and other much more amazing places you will explore through this tour package.

The other amazing spot is Luxor, after you explore the most famous historical places in Cairo and enjoy your amazing breakfast at a calm hotel, we will take you by flight to your next destination where you will get amused by the beautiful warm weather of Luxor city, explore its natural views and simple life, Besides trying their traditional tea while taking pictures wearing their beautiful special costumes and enjoy a very delicious Egyptian food at a local restaurant, you will see the magnificent Karnak Temple, is considered to be the largest temple in the whole world, as it includes six temples such as, the temple of Amun Ra, Temple of Ptah, Temple of Khonso, Temple of Montho, Temple of Ipt, and Temple of the God Osiris, Moreover the wonderful Valley of the Kings, is situated in the western bank of the Nile River in Luxor, it is containing amazing tombs of the kings and nobles that date back to the eighteenth and twenty-first Dynasties, it also was constructed to avoid the robbing of the Pharaonic treasures and mummified bodies, as there were more than sixty chambers, some of them were including the Pharaoh’s mummified bodies such as Ramesis I, Amenhotep I and Tuthmosis.

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