SAILING SOJOURN

The Nile at Aswan.

Celebration Cruise
Our special 7-Day Tour shows you the top sights in Cairo, with four days (three nights) cruising on the Nile.

DAY 1: WELCOME TO CAIRO!
Thursday Our staff meets you at the airport and escorts you to your hotel. Enjoy the sights and sounds of Cairo as you like for the rest of the day.

DAY 2 : CAIRO
Friday (BL) Today we get to know the great Egyptian capital on a full-day tour. We start at the Egyptian Museum, then go on to Saladin’s Citadel with its Alabaster Mosque. After lunch at Felfela, one of Cairo’s most famous old-time restaurants, we drive to Giza for a visit to the Sphinx and a tour of the great pyramids.

DAY 3 : LUXOR
Saturday (BLD) An early flight takes us to Luxor, where we visit the gigantic Temple of Amon at Karnak, and the mighty Luxor Temple.

DAY 4 : LUXOR & ESNA
Sunday (BLD) Today we visit the pharaohs’ tombs in the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, and the Valley of the Queens. We continue to Esna, where we cross the lock and sail to Edfu.

DAY 5 : EDFU
Monday (BLD) At dockside, we board horse-drawn carriages for the short clip-clop ride through the town of Edfu to the stupendous Temple of Horus, the best preserved temple on the Nile. Then set sail for Aswan.

Nabila's dining rooms are large enough to accommodate all passengers at once.

DAY 6 : ASWAN
Tuesday (B) Disembark and visit the Temples of Philae, rescued from the rising waters behind the High Dam, and the unfinished Obelisk. Fly back to Cairo and return to your hotel.