Day 01: Check in – Aswan – Daraw – Kom Ombo

Embarkation before lunch, sailing during lunch to the north, enjoying the landscape and taking knowledge about the farmer’s life in Egypt
Arrival to Daraw, visit the village and the local market, if the time permit we may visit the camel market using the local transportation, continue by the local transportation to Kom Ombo to visit Temple of Kom Ombo, and then board again our sailing boat “Ankh1”

Day 02: Jabel El Silsila – Hormoheb – Fawaza

Sailing a north to Jabel el silsila, the ancient quarry of lime stone, then sail on the river with our Ankh to visit the temple of Hormoheb on the west bank and continue to Fawaza, a small village south of Edfu.

Day 03: Edfu – Check out

Sailing north to Edfu, Disembarkation and visit Edfu Temple. And transfer to Luxor or Aswan

N.B:

During day 1 and 2 we will enjoy walking between the cultivated land for 2 hours per day (1 hour after breakfast and another before the tea time).

Notes

Sailing schedule is subject to change without prior notice due to navigational circumstances, but all sites will be maintained

Day 01: Check in – Aswan – Daraw

Embarkation before lunch, sailing during the lunch to the north, enjoying the landscape and taking knowledge about the farmer life in Egypt
Arrival to Daraw, visit the village and the local market, visit the camel market using the local transportation.

Day 02: Kom Ombo – Jabel El Silsila – Hormoheb

Sailing to Kom Ombo to visit Kom Ombo temple, later we board our sailing boat “Ankh1”  and continue sailing north to Jabel el silsila, the ancient carrier of lime stone, the cross the river with our Ankh to visit the temple of Hormoheb on the west bank.

Day 03: Fawaza Island – Edfu

Sailing to Fawaza, a small village south of Edfu, continue to Edfu.
Overnight onboard of our Sandal Ankh 1

Day 04: Edfu – Check out

Disembarkation and visit Edfu Temple
Transfer to Luxor/Aswan

N.B:

During day 1, 2 and 3 we will enjoy walking between the cultivated land for 2 hours per day (1 hour after breakfast and another before the tea time).

Notes

Sailing schedule is subject to change without prior notice due to navigational circumstances, but all sites will be maintained

Day 1: Check in – Edfu – Jebel Silsila

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.
Welcome onboard your private sailing vessel. Meet The Captain and the crew, enjoy your welcome drink, and then start sailing while having Lunch on board.
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.

Day 2: Hormoheb

Our Sandal will sail to the foot of Jabel El Selsila. We 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 peacefully. 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.
Overnight onboard of our Ankh I Sandal

Day 4: Koubanaya – Aswan

We start to explore the Nubian villages. Encounters with the fellahs, have tea and breakfast and walk between the painted homes. We walk up to Koubanya. Later we continue sailing and arrive to Aswan
Meals and overnight on board

Day 5: Aswan – Check out

Disembarkation After breakfast, and tour to 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.

Notes

Sailing schedule is subject to change without prior notice due to navigational circumstances, but all sites will be maintained

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