Private 4 days 3 nights excursion in ASWAN & LUXOR on The Luxury Nile Cruise .

Our representative will meet you at your hotel lobby in cairo to drive you to cairo airport for your flight to Aswan , uopon your arrival to Aswan airport you will find our guide be waiting for you with sign of TREND TOURS EGYPT to guide to your hotel to check in & to saty the first night at your hotel in Aswan then in early morning at 5;00 am he will meet you to head to philae temple that located in Philae island in Aswan which originally was built in the days of the late period time of king Taharqa from the 25th dynasty 690bc and King Pasmatic the second then was modified and became larger in the days of the patlomaic era time of king Ptolemy the second which was dedicated for worshiping goddess ISIS goddess of Magic love joy and motherhood in ancient time in fact till 1970 the ruins of the temple was located here but the UNESCO organization put this temple and others Tempes of the Nubian or Aswan city in project of moving the temples and relocated them cause of the danger of the flood and the submerge due to the high dam project and Naser lake which it was moved to another Island called Igilika island and they took time 8 years to be moved and that temple has great significance which was the most ancient Egyptian temple became survived and ceremonies were practiced after the Christianity appearance in the time of the Roman about in 550 ac . ( duration 2hrs and half ) , then you will go directly to your Nile cruise to check in and to saty the first night in your own CRUISE CABIN . (note) ; you should to book one night at a hotel in ASWAN before the the first day tour in Aswan .

in early morning at 5 ;00 am you will go to see the high dam of Aswan which it was constructed in the days of the most beloved president Nasser in 1970 ad and it was one of the most important national projects in the country at that time which helped the country to control the flood and power generation resource of the electricity and water storage for the irrigation really it has had a significant effect on the economy of Egypt and we took time 10 years to build it and it’s capacity 11000m3 cubic. Height 111m and its length 3830 m . ( duration 1 hr) Then you will go to see the unfinished obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut that considered the largest one that found in ancient Egypt dates back to time of queen Hatshepsut 1450bc located on the north region of the stone quarries of Aswan its length 42 m 1090 tons weight which the obelisk creators began to carve and cut it directly of the bed rock stone but cracks appeared in the granite and the project was abandoned but the bottom side of the obelisk is still attached to the bed rock actually the obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone working techniques. then you will move to Abu Simbel temple of King Ramses the second that located on the West Bank of Nassrr lake which was dedicated for the defied king Ramses the great and it was built in 1265 bc and took time to be built about 20 years with another temple that was dedicated for the greatest and beloved wife of king Ramses queen Nefertari which the two temples were cut in the native bed rocks of the mountain the great temple of the king shows the iconic statues of the king and his family and inside the temple the statues of the king as Osiris figures and the walls temple depicted the heroic battle of Qadesh and the victory of the king against the hitites people And the first peace treaty that conducted in the history and it has the hypo style hall and the defied statues of the king , and god Ptah , god Rahorakhty and god Amon Ra . This temple has an important annual event which the solar alignment or the astronomical Phenomenon happens every year twice on 22 of October and on 22 of Feb which the Sun Rays illustrate on the statues faces of Sanctuary except god Ptah statue who was rented with realm of the dead and must be remained in dark that an evidence as the ancient Egyptians were very skillful in astronomy science the temple was saved by UNESCO among of the Nubian temples from the submerging of the temple due to the flood danger which in 1967 the project of relocate and moving the temple was started and successfully made by them , then you will be back to the cruise to enjoy your stay with the beautiful view of the nile river and the yummy meals .

in early morning at 6 ;00 am you be headed to Edfu temple that located on the West Bank of the Nile River in Edfu and was dedicated for God Horus who was identified as the Greek God Apollo and that temple was built in the days of the Ptolemaic kingdom between 237bc and 57 bc by king petolmy the third and king Ptolemy the 12th it contained on falcon bird statue that located in front of the temple gate and pillared hall , transverse hall sanctuary of Nectanob the first , shrine of Horus , the ruined pylon , and on one of the walls of the temple we have the foundation text of the temple as it was erected on 23 of August 273 bc and the mythical story of Horus and his avenger from his uncle god set and kiosk of Trajan and the East part of the temple roof offer the burning of the temple during the Roman time during the time of the appearance of the Christianity religion in the Roman Empire . ( duration 2hrs ) Then you will go to see komombo temple that was erected by king Ptolemy the 6th 180 bc and completed by king Ptolemy the 13th 47bc and dedicated to god SET , and Horus the elder and god Sobek the crocodile god of the fertility and Hathor and khonsubtoo that temple contained on the double entrance gate that leads to the pillared hall , the pylon , the rooms duplicated for SET and Horusvthe elder The most decoration on the wall of the temple the ancient egyptian calenadr & the surgical instruments . ( duration 2hrs) then you will be back to the nile cruise for having you lunch and to enjoy your time on the Cruise .

upon ypur arrival to Luxor city you will visit the east bank visiting places Karnak & Luxor temple , which you will stop firstly at Karnak temple complex which the construction of the complex of the temple began during the middle kingdom 12th dynasty time of king Senusert the first in 1950 bc and continued into the Patlomaic period ( 305- 30 bc ) also the extant building date to the new kingdom in fact Karnak temple and the area that surrounding the complex known as ( Ipet -Isut) Which means the most selected places and it was the main centre of worshiping the thyban triad ( Amon , Mut and Khunso ) among the complex of El Karnak temple are the Great hypostyle Hall , the Pylons , the pillared hall , the Festival hall of king Thutmoses the third the sacred lake which it was used for the ritual purification of the priests of the temple , the sacred scarab where located in the middle of the temple symbol of God Khipri the God of Existence according to the ancient Egyptian beliefs and the obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and King Thutmoses and other smal temples and shrines that were built by the greatest pharaohs of the new kingdom . During the Time of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in 323 Ad , he gave his order to close all the pagan temples throughout the Roman Empire that why this temple was closed and ignored for A While and the Christian churches were founded among the ruins which we have here the most famous example of the reuse of the Festival hall of King Thutmoses the third which was painted and decorated with Coptic inscriptions and saints . ( duration 2hrs ) Then you will be headed to see the largest temple in Luxor city known as Luxor Temple which was constructed approximately in the 14th bc ( 1400bc ) during the new kingdom and it was known in ancient Egypt as ( Ipet- Resyt) means the southern sanctuary although Luxor temple wasn’t dedicated to worship the main gods of Thebes but for the rejuvenation of kingship , it may many of the pharaohs were crowned as kings on Egypt throne in it or for the annual opet festival of the kings the temple was constructed by the greatest kings from 18th dynasty to 20th dynasty and it contained on the two statues of king Ramses the great , the oblesik of queen Hatshepsut and king Ramses two obelisk but unfortunately the oblesik the queen,s one stands nowadays in De Le Concorde in Paris which it was a gift to the king of France by King Muhammad Ali pasha in 1830 ad , the chapels of king Amenhotep the third , but during the Roman time the chapels were converted to churches to serve the new faith and the long avenue of the sphinxes that were located between Karnak and Luxor temple which they re represented with kings heads and some of them with ram headed symbol of God Amon Ra the main God of Thebes also we have here Islamic mosque known as Abu El Hagag mosque that located within the temple and was built on some of the columns of the temple also it was church then converted to ba a mosque during the 7 century . (Duration 2hrs) Then you will visit the West Bank visiting places which you will head to Dair El Bahari temple , the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut which is known as ( Djeser-Djesrw) ( the holy of the holiness ) was erected by the great architect Senenmut and the most favorite person to the Queen which he hold high positions during the time of queen as a deputy , close advisor , overseer of the royal buildings , and Tutor of her daughter princess Nefru Ra , actually the Tempe was built in the honor of glory of God Amon and for her posthumous worship , Senenmut the architect took the mortuary temple of King Montuhotep the second from the Middle Kingdom as an example of building the mortuary temple of the queen we would say it a copy of it and located also next to it which it is cut the native rocks of the mountain cliffs and designed as terraces reached by ramps and staircases lead to colonnade hall , gardens , avenue of the queens sphinxes and its halls have statues represent the queen kneeling in front of the god and stinging ones too but the most paintings here for the divine birth tale of the queen to be legal to rule Egypt which for the first time in ancient Egypt for a lady to rule Kemet and the punt expedition that was sent by the queen to bring the rare trees and the offerings from south east of Africa , also you can the pillars capitals represent the cow head or goddess Hathor . ( duration 2hrs ) The. You will go to see the two colossal statues of king Amenhotep the third known as Memnon,s statues according to the Greek myth of Memnon the giant great warrior which they were constructed in front of the great temple of Amenhotep the third but the temple in ruins and the statues in bad condition but they still largest statues found on the West Bank of Thebes which their height 18m and made of quartzite and date back to 1350 bc. (Duration 1 hr) Then you will go to see the valley of the kings known as the valley of the gates of the kings , it is the necropolis of the most famous kings of the new kingdom which it was used as burial place from time of King Thutmoses the first and Amenhotep the first too until king Ramses the 11th (1540-1074bc ) which that location was chosen by the pharaohs after the Hyksos invasion and was selected carefully to keep and preserve the tombs from the hands of the invaders and the treasure hunters too which they cut the tombs under ground in the mountain and were designed as very deep long passage way leaded to many rooms and the most deep one was to hold the funerary objects of the dead pharaoh , actually we have found about 65 tombs for the royal families and the nobles and the walls of these tombs were painted with all aspects of the next world such as hymns , magical spells , book of the dead texts to ensure passing the dead person soul on the next world and to escort his journey to the heaven and to be protected from the harm and the most famous one known for King Tut the golden boy king that was found in 1922 intact by Howard Carter . Also we found 91 tombs in the valley of the queens here known as ( Ta -set-nefrut) means the place of the beauty ) also we have 91 tombs here but the tomb of Queen Nefertari the great wife of King Ramses the great considered the most beautiful tomb in the valley and the most expensive one . then you will have the lunch then you will be transferred to luxor airport for your flight back to cairo .