Dahabiya Nile Cruise
7 Nights/8 Days
All rates are based on private tours for two (2) or one (1) person. However, if you are a family or group traveling together, our tour consultant will provide a discounted price according to the number of people you book for.
The most private and opulent way to explore the Nile is aboard a Dahabiya Nile Cruise. These boats, known in Arabic as Dahabeyas, harken back to a time when the Nile Valley was explored by the European aristocracy aboard similar watercraft. So, if you want to view the Nile in the traditional way, hop on a boat and travel back in time. Enjoy a relaxing trip, visit attractive local villages and idyllic islands, and discover fascinating temples and tombs not found on the typical Nile cruise route. Sonesta Amirat Dahabeya Cruise sails every Saturday from Aswan for 7 nights & every Saturday from Luxor for 7 nights
Sonesta Amirat Dahabeya was launched in February, 2009 - offers a cruise experience like no other on the Nile. It is intended to take you back in time to a gentler, more gracious era on the Nile during your 7 night cruise between Luxor and Aswan. Facilities include 5 cabins and 2 suites, open air oriental-style Jacuzzi, spacious sundeck and stylish common lounge.
Sonesta Amirat Dahabeya includes 5 deluxe cabins with Panoramic windows and 2 elegant suites with private lounge all have open air oriental-style Jacuzzi, spacious sundeck and stylish common lounge.
All cabin accommodations are full board, and feature private direct-dial telephones, individual climate control, hairdryers, mini-bar, safe deposit boxes, plasma televisions and movie channels.
The suites each offer a private terrace.
Saturday: Welcome to Aswan.
Embarkation in Aswan for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a luxuriously appointed dahabeya.
Overnight, the ship moors on the Nile banks of Aswan.
Lunch & Dinner on board.
Sunday: Aswan trip.
Today you will visit the Aswan High Dam (completed in 1971); the Old Dam (completed in 1902).
You will also visit the Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, a structure rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser at the time of the High Dam's construction.
Sail on the way to KOM OMBO (noon time)
Overnight nearby KOM OMBO.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.
Monday: Nile Tour.
Sail to Kom Ombo to see the Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun.
Overnight moored beside a Nile island.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.
Tuesday: Edfu tour.
This morning you will sail to Edfu to visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu.
Overnight moored beside an island.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.
Wednesday: The River Nile.
Today will be a leisurely day.
After breakfast, commence sailing to Esna and passing the lock, then dahabeya will moor beside a Nile island.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.
Thursday: Luxor Trip.
This morning you will sail to Luxor and visit the magnificent temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak with its vast hypostyle hall of 137 columns, followed by the imposing 28th Dynasty Luxor Temple.
Overnight moored in Luxor.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.
Friday: Luxor West bank tour.
Excursion to the West Bank to visit the great burial places of the Pharaohs - the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922.
Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu Temple and the Colossi of Memnon.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on board.
Saturday: Luxor- Home.
Breakfast aboard the dahabeya followed by disembarkation.
Sonesta Amirat Dahabeya allows you to experience an imaginary world of luxury & privacy.
All cabins & suites feature private direct-dial telephones, individual climate control, hairdryers, mini bars, safety deposit boxes, plasma TVs and movies program.
Sonesta Amirat Dahabeya combines comfort and beauty in a most inspiring way, promising a remarkable, rewarding cruise experience of legendary hospitality.
On board you will enjoy with a different and amazing itinerary to visit all monuments between Aswan and Luxor with daily guided trip.
Sonesta Amirat Dahabeya Public Area is serving breakfast buffet, lunch and dinner, set menu with Sun Deck Bar
Overlooking the Nile, offering refreshing cocktails all day until sunset.
