Every Saturday from Luxor & Saturday from Aswan
Aboard the Sonesta Amirat Dahabiya, you will find a combination of luxury and privacy that recalls the golden age of tourism in Egypt at the beginning of the 20th century, updated with modern amenities for your comfort. Cruise the Nile in style in the way it has been done for millennia, by the power of the wind, on this beautiful river yacht and experience the hospitality of the more gracious era of tourism.
Sonesta Amirat Dahabiya features 5 cabins and 2 suites, offering 7 night experience cruising between Luxor and Aswan. Joining a small group of fellow travellers, you will enjoy the Nile at a leisurely pace visiting small islands, local villages, and Pharaonic sites that are often missed by the larger Nile cruises.
- Pick up service & return from Aswan or Luxor to your Dahabiya Nile Cruise
- Accommodation on first class Sonesta Dahabiya Nile Cruise for 07 nights including all taxes
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included on your cruise
- All sightseeing tours as mentioned in the itinerary
- Entrance fees to the mentioned historical places
- English speaking guide during your tours
- All service charges & taxes
- Any extras and personal expenses
- Tipping kitty
Additional fees will apply if you confirm your booking with less than three weeks to the embarkation day.
Day 1: Saturday
Embarkation in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a Luxuriously appointed Dahabeya. After Lunch, Excursion to 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 aboard your cruise moored on the Nile Banks of Luxor
Day 2: Sunday
You will visit the West Bank for visits to the burial places of Pharaohs the Valley of the Kings - where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Continue to the adjacent Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Medinet Habu and the Colossi of Memnon
Overnight aboard your cruise near by Esna
Day 3: Monday
Today will be a leisurely day; After Breakfast. Commence sailing.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored beside a Nile Island
Day 4: Tuesday
This morning you will sail to Edfu, Visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored beside a Nile Island
Day 5: Wednesday
Today you will sail on the way to Kom Ombo.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored beside a Nile Island
Day 6: Thursday
Visit kom Ombo to see the Ptolemaic Temple of Kom Ombo dedicated to the crocodile god sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun. A leisurely day sailing to Aswan.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored nearby Aswan bridge
Day 7: Friday
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.
Overnight aboard your cruise in Aswan.
Day 8: Saturday
Breakfast aboard the Dehabeya
Day 1: Saturday
Embarkation in Aswan for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on a Luxuriously appointed Dahabeya.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored on the Nile Banks of Aswan
Day 2: Sunday
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 aboard your cruise near by Kom Ombo
Day 3: Monday
Morning sail to Kom Ombo To visit the ptolemaic Temple of Kom Ombo dedicated to the crocodile god sobek and the falcon-headed Horus, god of the morning sun.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored beside a Nile Island
Day 4: Tuesday
This morning you will sail to Edfu To visit the wonderfully preserved Temple of Edfu.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored beside an Island
Day 5: Wednesday
Today will be a leisurely day; After Breakfast Commence sailing to Esna, and passing the lock, Then Dahabeya will moor beside a Nile Island.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored beside an Island
Day 6: Thursday
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 aboard your cruise moored in Luxor
Day 7: Friday
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.
Overnight aboard your cruise moored in Luxor
Day 8: Saturday
Breakfast aboard the Dehabeya. Followed by disembarkation
- All cabins have large, panoramic windows
- Facilities include 5 cabins and 2 suites
- Open air oriental-style Jacuzzi
- A private direct-dial telephones
- Individual climate control, hairdryers
- Mini-bar,
- Safe deposit boxes
- Non-smoking
- Plasma televisions and movie channels.
- Bathrooms equipped with full size tubs
- Laundry service & housekeeping
- Accompanying motorboat to pull it in case wind is calm.
- Sun Deck
We make a donation to the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation for each booking reserved.
Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip and valid until December 31st, 2021, except during Christmas, New Year & Easter holidays.
- Less than 4 years free of Charge maximum 1 child.
- 4-11 years gets 50% discount.
- This policy is applied to maximum one child sharing parent's cabin.
We are offering a low down payment of just 10% to secure your spaces on the tour including hotel room, cruise cabin, domestic flight ticket, and other travel-related services. The remaining balance can be paid up to two days prior to your arrival date or in cash upon arrival at the destination to your tour manager, therefore, making your booking a risk-free investment.
It is a customary attitude for expressing one's satisfaction of good services rendered to him by staff on duty with him. We advise if you are willing to offer it, this would be great and if not, you are not obliged to do it.
- In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied:
From the date of booking until 61 days before your arrival date, 10% of the entire tour price will be charged.
Between 60 and 31 days before your arrival date, 20% of the entire tour price will be charged.
Between 30 and 15 days before your arrival date, 50% of the entire tour price will be charged.
Between 14 and 1 days before your arrival date, 100% of the entire tour price will be charged.
Additionally, there are cancellation fees on all domestic flights within Egypt. If you cancel a tour at any time, you will be subject to any fees according to the airline’s cancellation policy.
- Emergency Cancellation Policy
Memphis Tours offers a very flexible cancelation policy in case the government or the airline issues a travel warning from/to your departure country and destination. We, at Memphis Tours, prioritize your well-being and safety above all else and for that reason, we have adapted our cancellation policy to reflect our values. Familiarize yourself with our full payment policy, cancellation and refund conditions.
