Day 1: Edfu – Check in
Transfer from Luxor to Edfu visit the Temple of Horus, the largest and most perfectly preserved of all the Nile temples. Horus, also known as Haroeris, was the falcon-headed solar war god.
Embarkation on board of Ankh 1 Sandal, and you will receive your welcome drink onboard your private sailing vessel. Meet The Captain and the crew, and then start sailing while having Lunch on board.
Day 2: Jebel Silsila – Hormoheb
Walk in the hills between the river Nile and the desert on the left bank, to the quarries of the Pharaonic era in the mountains of Jebel Silsila. Our Sandal will sail to the foot of this majestic mountain. We will discover the coronation hall of Horemheb, the last pharaoh who reigned in the eighteenth dynasty. In the evening we will have a wonderful barbecue around the temple, a once in a lifetime experience.
Meals and overnight on board
Day 3: Kom Ombo – Daraw
We resume our navigation on the Nile peaceful. Visit the temple of Kom Ombo this unique sacred place, built to the two gods: Sobek, the crocodile god and Horus, the falcon. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where, in ancient times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the riverbank and the mummified crocodile and the preserved Nilometer.
Visit the Camels market of Daraw, then returning through the gardens and palm trees. Lunch on board.
Day 4: – Koubanya
We start to explore the Nubian villages, we will enjoy meeting with the fellahs and have tea and breakfast, later we will have a chance to walk between the painted houses. After wards, we will enjoy walk up Koubanya.
Dinner and overnight on board
Day 5: Aswan
Arrival at Aswan and take a tour of Aswan High Dam, Egypt’s contemporary example of building on a monumental scale. Next, proceed to the granite quarries which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples. The quarries still hold the Unfinished Obelisk, possibly intended as a companion to the Lateran Obelisk, originally at Karnak but now in Rome. It would have weighed over 1,100 tons and would have been the world’s largest piece of stone ever handled. Continue by a short motor-boat ride to the Temple of Philae on the island of Agilka. The temple was dedicated to Isis, sister/wife of Osiris and patroness of the Ptolemaic rule.
Meals and overnight on board
Day 6: Aswan – Check out
Disembarkation After breakfast
Notes
Sailing schedule is subject to change without prior notice due to navigational circumstances, but all sites will be maintained