Dahabeya
Egypt

“Sobek” itinerary plan
(The Crocodile God)
We remind you that, for technical/operative reasons, itinerary plans may be subject to variations or changed without prior warning.

10 days/9 nights
Egyptair scheduled flights from Milan and Rome
2 nights in Cairo, 7 nights’ sailing from Aswan to Luxor (or vice versa)

* Sailing from Luxor to Aswan

1st day - Saturday ITALY / CAIRO Departure from Italy for Cairo. Assistance on arrival and transfer to the Hotel Villa Belle Epoque. Overnight stay.

2nd day - Sunday CAIRO Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit to the Ancient Egyptian Museum with its Hall of Mummies. Afternoon visit to the Necropolis of Giza with the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Solar Barge. Return to hotel in the late afternoon. Overnight stay at the hotel.

3rd day - Monday CAIRO/ASWAN Breakfast. Free morning and early afternoon transfer to the airport for departure by scheduled flight to Aswan. On arrival, transfer to the port and embarkation on the Dahabeya. Afternoon visit to the Nubian Museum which contains important relics and finds relating to Lower Nubia.

4th day - Tuesday ASWAN Free morning for the optional plane excursion to Abu Simbel comprising a visit to the Temples of Ramesses II and his favourite wife Nefertari. The afternoon will be dedicated to visiting the Great Dam, the huge construction which has created the 500 km long reservoir of Lake Nasser; even though it has supplied the entire country with electricity and improved irrigation systems, the construction has caused a real environmental upheaval, making it necessary to move monuments that would otherwise have been flooded by the water. Among these, the Ptolemaic complex of the Temple of Philae which, once salvaged from the lake waters, was moved 500 metres away and 30 metres higher than its original position.

5th day - Wednesday ASWAN/KOM OMBO In the morning, the boat sets sail for Kom Ombo. Afternoon landing and visit to the Temple of the Two Divinities; this Roman-Ptolemaic temple owes its name to the fact that it is dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and to the god Haroeris. Each architectural element is represented twice: on the façade two entrances lead to double chambers and sanctuaries through double rows of columns. To the right of the entrance to the temple stands the remarkable little temple of Hathor, full of mummified crocodiles dedicated to the god Sobek.

6th day - Thursday KOM OMBO/ EDFU Navigation continues towards Edfu. Landing and visit to the Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god whose statue, still in perfect condition, dominates the courtyard in front of the pronaos. Overnight stay in the area of Edfu.

7th day - Friday EDFU/ESNA/LUXOR
Morning navigation towards Esna. Arrival and visit to the Temple dedicated to Khnum, the ram-headed god of creation. Its columns, which contribute to enhancing the aura of monumental solemnity, are of outstanding beauty. Afternoon sailing towards Luxor. Arrival in the evening.

8th day - Saturday LUXOR Morning visit to the Temple of Karnak, a large complex dedicated to the god Amun which consists in a succession of temples, statues and skilfully decorated halls and walls. Return on board and lunch. In the late afternoon, visit to the Temple of Luxor dedicated by Tuthmosis III to the Sun-god Amun-Ra, to his wife Mut and their son Khonsu; of the various obelisks decorating the temple, one was donated to Louis Philippe of France and now rises majestically in Place de la Concorde in Paris.

9th day - Sunday LUXOR Early morning visit to the Necropolis of Thebes, which reached the height of its splendour between the XVIII and the XX dynasties; in fact the pharaohs of this period started to construct the necropolis. Visit to the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir-El-Bahri and the Colossi of Memnon, the 15 metre-high stone giants which were placed there to guard the valley. Free afternoon.

10th day - Monday LUXOR/ITALY Morning transfer to the airport and departure by air for Cairo, with connecting flight to Italy.

NB: From 6 to 13 June embarkations will only be reconfirmed on reaching a minimum number of 6 participants.

“Thot” Itinerary plan
(The God of wisdom and science)

We remind you that, for technical/operative reasons, itinerary plans may be subject to variations or changed without prior warning.

8 days /7 nights
Egyptair scheduled flights from Milan and Rome 7 nights’ sailing from Luxor to Aswan

1st day - Monday ITALY / LUXOR Departure from Italy for Luxor, via Cairo. Assistance on arrival and transfer to the port. Embarkation on the Dahabeya. Allocation of cabin accommodation.

2nd day - Tuesday LUXOR Morning dedicated to visiting the Temple of Karnak, a large complex dedicated to the god Amun which consists in a succession of temples, statues and skilfully decorated halls and walls. Return on board and lunch. In the late afternoon, visit to the Temple of Luxor dedicated by Tuthmosis III to the Sun-god Amun-Ra, to his wife Mut and their son Khonsu; of the various obelisks decorating the temple, one was donated to Louis Philippe of France and now rises majestically in Place de la Concorde in Paris.

3rd day - Wednesday LUXOR/ESNA Early morning visit to the Necropolis of Thebes, which reached the height of its splendour between the XVIII and the XX dynasties; in fact the pharaohs of this period started to construct the necropolis. Visit to the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir-El-Bahri and the Colossi of Memnon, the 15 metre- high stone giants which were placed there to guard the valley. Return on board and navigation towards Esna.

4th day - Thursday ESNA/EDFU Morning visit to Esna and the temple dedicated to Khnum, the ram-headed god of creation. Navigation continues towards Edfu. Afternoon visit to the Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus, the falcon-headed god whose statue, still in perfect condition, dominates the courtyard in front of the pronaos.

5th day – Friday EDFU/ KOM OMBO Morning navigation towards Selsela and then on to Kom Ombo, where a visit will be made to the Roman-Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and to Haroeris, one of the solar representations of Horus; for this reason, each architectural element appears twice.

6th day - Saturday KOM OMBO/ ASSUAN In the course of the morning the boat will sail towards Aswan. The afternoon will be dedicated to visiting the Great Dam, the huge construction which has created the 500 km long reservoir of Lake Nasser, and the Temple of Philae, a Ptolemaic complex dedicated to Isis which, once saved from the lake waters, was moved 500 metres away and positioned 30 metres higher than its original position.

7th day - Sunday ASSUAN Free morning for the optional plane excursion to Abu Simbel comprising a visit to the Temples of Ramesses II and his favourite wife Nefertari. The afternoon will be spent visiting the Nubian Museum which contains important relics and finds relating to Lower Nubia, the area now completely flooded by the waters of the lake.

8th day - Monday ASSUAN/ITALY morning transfer to the airport and departure by air for Cairo, with connecting flight to Italy.