Movenpick MS Darakum Nile Cruise

Movenpick MS Darakum Nile Cruise

Movenpick MS Darakum Nile Cruise
  • Every Monday From Luxor / Every Friday From Aswan

Overview

Embark on an unforgettable journey with the Movenpick MS Darakum Nile Cruise, where luxury meets history. Set sail on stunning itineraries with options for 4, 5, or 8 days. For an extended exploration, enjoy our 8-day cruises starting from either Aswan or Luxor. Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of Egypt while cruising the legendary Nile River. Book your extraordinary adventure today and experience the magic of the Nile like never before!

Included

  • Personal assistance at Luxor/Aswan airport, train station, or hotel.
  • Modern, comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle for all transfers to and from the cruise and during tours.
  • Stay aboard a luxurious Nile cruise with full board, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
  • Entrance to all listed historical sites included.
  • Professional Egyptologist guide for all excursions.
  • Experience traditional travel with a Taf Taf train to the Temple of Hatshepsut, a carriage to the Temple of Horus in Edfu, and a motor "Feluca" boat to the Temple of Philae.
  • Enjoy special nights with a cocktail party and fancy Galabia Complimentary mineral water during excursions.
  • All service charges and taxes are included.

Complementary services.

  • Daily bottled mineral water during excursions.
  • Shared mobile internet access.

Excluded

♦ Beverages not specified, tips, personal expenses, optional tours, laundry services, and any extras not included in the itinerary.

♦ Entrance to Tutankhamun's Tomb in the Valley of the Kings is not included.

♦ Transportation between Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan is not covered.

Itinerary:

4 Days - Aswan / Luxor Every Friday
Day 1: Aswan High Dam / Unfinished Obelisk / Philae Temple

Meet and assist at Aswan City (airport or train station or hotel). Transfer to your Nile cruise boat via private air-conditioned vehicle. Embarkation. Lunch on board. Enjoy visiting the High Dam of Aswan, Egypt's modern example of construction on a monumental scale. The controversial Aswan High Dam contains 18 times the amount of material used in the Great Pyramid of Khufu and created Lake Nasser, the world's largest artificial lake.

Transfer to visit the Unfinished Obelisk which still lies in its granite bed in the quarry, left behind because of a severe flaw in the stone.

Enjoy a tour to the Temple of Isis on the island of Philae which was famous during the Greco-Roman period. There you can see, in front of the first pylon, two granite lions. On the walls of the temple of Philae were inscribed the latest hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples

Breakfast on board. Tour to the double temple of the Hellenistic period on the eastern bank, the Temple of Kom Ombo. This unique construction is an architectonic conflation of two temples in one building. Lunch on board. Sail to Edfu.

Enjoy a visit to the Temple of the falcon god Horus at Edfu which is the best preserved example among the Greco-Roman temples of Egypt.

It is also the repository of the most detailed legacy on matters of cult and temple function. Sail to Luxor. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Valley of the Kings / Hatshepsut Temple / Colossi of Memnon / Karnak and Luxor Temples

Breakfast on board. Magnificent visit to the Valley of the Kings, the most famous concentration of royal tombs in Ancient Egypt. Disappointed by the failure of the pyramids to protect their royal owners from robbery and desecration, the kings of the New Kingdom decided to adopt a more secure mode of burial. Instead of the pyramid, they opted for deep, rock-cut galleries and halls. Enjoy a visit to Deir el-Bahari, Steep cliffs in the shape of a horseshoe form a natural background to two monumental buildings standing side by side, each belonging to a different period.

The earlier one, on the left, was built by King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep (11th Dynasty), as a combined tomb and funerary monument. More than 500 years later, the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty), whose tomb is situated in the Valley of the Kings, used the same site for the construction of her funerary temple.

Pay a tour to the Colossi of Memnon. The first monument one encounters on a visit to the west bank of Luxor is the site of the funerary temple of Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty).

The temple itself has all but completely disappeared, but the colossal twin statues of the king, which once stood proudly in front of the entrance to the temple, are still there to greet the visitor. Lunch on board.

Transfer to visit the Luxor Temple, most important monument, and most sacred of sites. It was conceived as a remote southern annex to the temple of Karnak, at a distance of about 3 kilometres from it.

Hence, it faces the Karnak Temple, and was connected to it by a long processional avenue, flanked by rows of sphinxes on either side. Many of those sphinxes have been unearthed and guard the entrance to the temple, but more still lie buried beneath the buildings of modern Luxor. Enjoy a wonderful tour to Karnak Temple.

Three temples of Egypt claimed supremacy over all the others: the Temple of Ptah at Memphis, the Temple of Re-Atum at Heliopolis and the Temple of Amon-Re at Karnak.

However, only one has been spared the ravages of time to amaze the visitor even today, 4,000 years after its initial stage of building – the Temple of Karnak. The Temple of Amon-Re was the melting pot of religion and politics.

Its monumental courts and halls witnessed the most critical events of Egyptian history. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Disembarkation

Breakfast on board. Disembarkation. Transfer by private air-conditioned vehicle to (airport or train station or hotel) in Luxor. End of our services.

Meals: Breakfast

5 Days - Luxor / Aswan Every Monday
Day 1: Embarkation - Luxor and Karnak Temples

Meet and assist by our representative at Luxor airport or Luxor station (or pick up at hotel en Luxor). Transfer by air-conditioned modern & comfortable vehicle to the Nile Cruise. Embarkation. Lunch on board. Then, enjoy a wonderful visit to Luxor Temple, most important monument, and most sacred of sites. It was conceived as a remote southern annex to the temple of Karnak, at a distance of about 3 kilometres from it. Hence, it faces the Karnak Temple, and was connected to it by a long processional avenue, flanked by rows of sphinxes on either side. Many of those sphinxes have been unearthed and guard the entrance to the temple, but more still lie buried beneath the buildings of modern Luxor.

Tour to Karnak Temple. Three temples of Ancient Egypt claimed supremacy over all the others: the Temple of Ptah at Memphis, the Temple of Re-Atum at Heliopolis and the Temple of Amon-Re at Karnak. However, only one has been spared the ravages of time to amaze the visitor even today, 4,000 years after its initial stage of building – the Temple of Karnak. The Temple of Amon-Re was the melting pot of religion and politics. Its monumental courts and halls witnessed the most critical events of Egyptian history. Back to cruise boat. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Valley of the Kings / Hatshepsut Temple / Colossi of Memnon

Breakfast on board. Transfer to a magnificent visit to the Valley of the Kings, the most famous concentration of royal tombs in Ancient Egypt. Disappointed by the failure of the pyramids to protect their royal owners from robbery and desecration, the kings of the New Kingdom decided to adopt a more secure mode of burial. Instead of the pyramid, they opted for deep, rock-cut galleries and halls.

Enjoy a visit to Deir el-Bahari, Steep cliffs in the shape of a horseshoe form a natural background to two monumental buildings standing side by side, each belonging to a different period. The earlier one, on the left, was built by King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep (11th Dynasty), as a combined tomb and funerary monument. More than 500 years later, the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty), whose tomb is situated in the Valley of the Kings, used the same site for the construction of her funerary temple.

Pay a tour to the Colossi of Memnon. The first monument one encounters on a visit to the west bank of Luxor is the site of the funerary temple of Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty). The temple itself has all but completely disappeared, but the colossal twin statues of the king, which once stood proudly in front of the entrance to the temple, are still there to greet the visitor. Back to cruise boat. Lunch on board. Sail to Edfu. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples

Breakfast on board. Enjoy a visit to the Temple of the falcon god Horus at Edfu which is the best preserved example among the Greco-Roman temples of Egypt. It is also the repository of the most detailed legacy on matters of cult and temple function. Lunch on board. Sail to Kom Ombo.

Wonderful tour to the double temple of the Hellenistic period on the eastern bank, the Temple of Kom Ombo. This unique construction is an architectonic conflation of two temples in one building. Sail to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Aswan High Dam / Unfinished Obelisk / Philae Temple / Felucca in Aswan

Breakfast on board. Visit to the High Dam of Aswan, Egypt's modern example of construction on a monumental scale. The controversial Aswan High Dam contains 18 times the amount of material used in the Great Pyramid of Khufu and created Lake Nasser, the world's largest artificial lake.

Transfer to visit the Unfinished Obelisk which still lies in its granite bed in the quarry, left behind because of a severe flaw in the stone. Enjoy a marvellous tour to the Temple of Isis on the island of Philae which was famous during the Greco-Roman period. There you can see, in front of the first pylon, two granite lions.On the walls of the temple of Philae were inscribed the latest hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions.

Lunch on board. An amazing felucca ride on the Nile in Aswan to see the Elephantine Island. Enjoy watching the fascinating view and the color mixing between the navy blue for the River Nile, green for land, yellow for desert and the light blue for the sky. Back to the cruise boat. Dinner and overnight on board.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Disembarkation

Breakfast on board. Disembarkation. Transfer by private air-conditioned vehicle to (airport or train station or hotel) in Aswan. End of our service.

Meals: Breakfast

Prices:

May To September


Prices
03 Nights/ 04 Days
$ 1175 Per Person In Triple Cabin
$ 1199 Per Person In Double Cabin
$ 1950 Per Person In Single Cabin
04 Nights/ 05 Days
$ 1455 Per Person In Triple Cabin
$ 1499 Per Person In Double Cabin
$ 2499 Per Person In Single Cabin

Oct-April


Prices
03 Nights/ 04 Days
$ 1565 Per Person In Triple Cabin
$ 1599 Per Person In Double Cabin
$ 2699 Per Person In Single Cabin
04 Nights/ 05 Days
$ 1975 Per Person In Triple Cabin
$ 1999 Per Person In Double Cabin
$ 3455 Per Person In Single Cabin

Notes:

♦ Cruise Schedule may be changed in sequence but not in visits according to navigational circumstance.

♦ Special offer in case of sending request.

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Movenpick MS Darakum Nile Cruise
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