Felucca sailboat near Aswan Great Sphinx , Giza unique , Greco-Roman style temple that is Egypt ’ s only double temple . Tonight , enjoy a galabeya party featuring traditional Egyptian dress .
Meals : B , L , D | Nefertiti Small Ship
DAY 11 • Aswan • Philae Temple This morning , visit Philae Temple , dedicated to the goddess Isis . Originally located along the Upper Nile , Philae Temple was relocated downstream to Agilika Island in 1970 to protect it from the flooding caused by the construction of the Aswan Low Dam . The temple complex dates from the 26th Dynasty , with additions
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
On Days 6-13 , spend 7 nights aboard the privately chartered , 75-passenger Nefertiti — cruising the timeless waters of the Nile
through the Roman period , and was one of the last temples built in the classical Egyptian style , as well as one of the last tributes to a goddess .
Meals : B , L , D | Nefertiti Small Ship
DAY 12 • Aswan • Abu Simbel Visit Abu Simbel and witness monuments carved into rock as a tribute to deities and pharaohs . These temples were actually moved to their present location when construction of the Aswan High Dam created Lake Nasser . After dinner , enjoy a live Nubian show onboard , featuring a tanura dancer .
Meals : B , L , D | Nefertiti Small Ship
DAY 13 • Aswan • Disembark ship • Aswan High Dam • Cairo
Disembark the ship and transfer to the airport for your flight to Cairo . En route , tour the Aswan High Dam , which forever changed the agricultural rhythms of Egypt . Once subject to devastating Nile floods , Egyptian farmers looked to the Aswan High Dam as a way of improving their ability to control their crops . However the large reservoir it created displaced nearly 10,000 of the indigenous Nubian people who lived in the region . Upon arrival in Cairo this afternoon , the remainder of the day is yours .
Meals : B | InterContinental Cairo Semiramis or similar
DAY 14 • Cairo • Pyramids & Sphinx Drive to the Giza Plateau , home of the Pyramids of Giza . The largest of these three structures is the Great Pyramid of Khufu . Thought to be built more than
2,600 years before the time of Christ , the 480-foottall pyramid is the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still stands . See the inscrutable and mysterious Sphinx , which was carved almost entirely from one piece of limestone . Then , enjoy lunch at the Mena House Hotel . Set in the shadow of the Pyramids , the hotel has played host to guests like Winston Churchill , Charlton Heston , and Agatha Christie .
Meals : B , L | InterContinental Cairo Semiramis or similar
DAY 15 • Cairo • Old Cairo • National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
Visit the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization to see ancient treasures . Next , depart for Coptic Old Cairo to see the Hanging Church and the Church of St . Sergius .
Meals : B , D | InterContinental Cairo Semiramis or similar
DAY 16 • Return to U . S . Transfer to the airport for your flight to the U . S . Or begin your optional Alexandria : History & Romance post-trip extension .
Meals : B
See the full deck plan for the Nefertiti small ship on page 291 .
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44 Ancient Egypt & the Nile River