Sonesta Moon Goddess Nile Cruise

5 Day Sonesta Moon Goddess Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor

DAY 1 – Sonesta Moon Goddess Nile Cruise Embarkation

When you arrive in Aswan for your Sonesta Moon Goddess Nile Cruise vacation, one of our tour representatives will meet you at the airport or the train station, and then he will escort you in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle to the area where the Moon Goddess is moored. On arrival, you will embark, and shortly after embarkation you will be served your first onboard lunch on what is literaly a floating hotel on the Nile.

After lunch, one of our tour guides will leave the ship with you and a small group of our other clients, and then you will board a traditional Felucca boat for a trip on the river around Kitchener’s Island. After your trip, you will return to the Goddess Nile cruise ship in time for afternoon tea. You will then have free time for yourself until dinner time.

Tonight there will be an entertaining Folkloric show, and you will be spending the first night of your cruise on the water at Aswan.

Meals Included: Lunch and Dinner

DAY 2 – Aswan and Kom Ombo Tours, and Overnight at Edfu

After breakfast this morning, you will enjoy an excursion with our tour guide to see the Aswan High Dam and the ancient Temple of Philae. Like nearly all of the ancient monuments located between Aswan and Luxor, the Temple of Philae is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is one of the most famous and most visited historical sites in Egypt.

Following your tour, you will return to the Sonesta, and it will depart for Kom Ombo, where you will enjoy another onshore excursion after lunch has been served. This time yu will be taken to see Kom Ombo Temple, an ancient temple complex that was dedicated to two gods: Sobek, the god of fertility and creator of the world, and Haeroris, also known as Horus the Elder.

Return to the vessel after your tour, and it will then depart for Edfu. Afternoon tea will be served and there will be a Cocktail Reception party shortly before dinner. Tonight there will also be an onboard Disco, and this night of your Sonesta Nile cruise will be spent on the water at Edfu.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 3 – Edfu Tour and Cruise to Luxor

After breakfast, you will be leaving the boat with our tour guide and your small group of fellow travelers, and you will enjoy a visit to the ancient Temple of Horus which is the best preserved structure of the Ancient World. After your tour, you will return to the Sonesta Moon Goddess, and it will then depart for Luxor.

Lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner will all be served at the usual times, and in the evening there will be a fun-filled Galabeya Party for entertainment. Tonight you will be sleeping in your cabin aboard the Sonesta Moon Goddess Nile River cruiser on the water at Luxor.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 4 – Valley of the Kings and Queen Hatshepsut Temple Tour on the West Bank

Enjoy breakfast on the water at Luxor, and then our Egyptologist tour guide will accompany you and your small group for a West Bank tour to see the ancient Valley of the Kings necropolis and the breathtaking rock-cut Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Valley of the Kings is an ancient royal necropolis which was reserved for royalty and certain very privileged people during the New Kingdom period.

After your tour, our guide will escort you back to the Moon Goddess in time for another good lunch, and then after lunch, you will again disembark with our tour guide, and you will be escorted to the East Bank to see another two amazing ancient monuments: Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple. When this tour ends, you will return to the ship again and the rest of the afternoon will be yours to enjoy as you wish, with afternoon tea and dinner being served at the usual times.

Tonight’s entertainment will be a traditional Egyptian Belly Dance show, and you will spend the last night of your Sonesta cruise on the water at Luxor.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

DAY 5 – Sonesta Moon Goddess Nile Cruise Disembarkation and Departure

Enjoy one last breakfast aboard the Moon Goddess, and then you will check-out and disembark from your Nile River cruise. Our tour representative will then escort you to Luxor Airport or Luxor Train Station for final departure, depending on what your travel arrangements are.

We hope the past 5 days of your Sonesta cruise have been as magical as you were hoping they would be, and we wish you a safe and pleasant onward journey.

Meals Included: Breakfast