5 Days Family Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan

Your 5 Days Nile Cruise Family Holiday begins in Luxor, where your guide and driver will pick you up in the morning for your first sightseeing visits. Explore two of the city’s most important ancient temples before boarding your Nile cruise and settling in for the journey south toward Aswan.

Karnak Temple:

Begin at Karnak Temple, one of the largest and most impressive temple complexes in ancient Egypt. Walk through its monumental gateways, courtyards, and towering columns while your guide introduces your family to the pharaohs, gods, and ceremonies connected with this extraordinary site.

Luxor Temple:

Continue to Luxor Temple in the heart of the city. Known for its grand statues, colonnades, and beautifully preserved architectural details, the temple offers another fascinating look at the history of ancient Thebes before your family begins the cruise portion of the trip.

After completing your sightseeing, your guide and driver will transfer you to the Nile cruise for check-in. Enjoy lunch and dinner on board, followed by your first overnight stay as your Luxor to Aswan family Nile cruise gets underway.

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast on board, continue your 5 Days Nile Cruise Family Holiday with a guided visit to Luxor’s West Bank, an area closely connected with royal burials and ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife. Your family will explore some of the most important monuments of ancient Thebes before returning to the cruise.

Valley of the Kings:

Begin at the Valley of the Kings, where many pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried in tombs carved into the desert cliffs. Inside the accessible tombs, painted walls and inscriptions reveal scenes connected with royal funerary beliefs and the journey into the afterlife.

Temple of Hatshepsut:

Continue to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, one of the most distinctive monuments on Luxor’s West Bank. Built against the cliffs, its terraces, colonnades, and dramatic setting make it an impressive stop for families discovering the story of one of ancient Egypt’s most famous rulers.

Colossi of Memnon:

Before returning to the cruise, stop at the Colossi of Memnon, two monumental seated statues that once stood at the entrance to the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III. The statues remain among the most recognisable landmarks of Luxor’s West Bank.

After completing your sightseeing, return to the Nile cruise for lunch and time to relax on board. Dinner will be served in the evening as your family Nile cruise in Egypt continues south along the Nile.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast on board, continue your 5 Days Nile Cruise Family Holiday with visits to two remarkable temples along the Nile River. Today’s sightseeing introduces your family to Edfu and Kom Ombo, two ancient sites with very different histories and architectural styles.

Edfu Temple:

Begin at Edfu Temple, one of the best-preserved ancient temples in Egypt. Dedicated to the god Horus, the temple is known for its monumental entrance, spacious courtyards, detailed reliefs, and remarkably complete layout, offering a clear impression of how a major temple complex once functioned.

Kom Ombo Temple:

Continue to Kom Ombo Temple, an unusual double temple dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus the Elder. Its symmetrical design includes paired entrances, halls, and sanctuaries, while the surviving reliefs provide fascinating details about ancient religious beliefs and aspects of daily and medical life.

After completing your visits, return to the cruise for lunch as you continue sailing toward Aswan. Dinner will be served on board in the evening, giving your family time to relax and enjoy the river scenery during your Luxor to Aswan family Nile cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast on board, spend the fourth day of your 5 Days Nile Cruise Family Holiday discovering some of Aswan’s best-known landmarks. Today combines modern Egyptian engineering with ancient stonework and temple history, giving your family a varied introduction to this distinctive city in Upper Egypt.

The High Dam:

Begin at the Aswan High Dam, one of Egypt’s most important modern engineering projects. From here, enjoy views across Lake Nasser while your guide explains how the dam transformed water management, agriculture, and life along the Nile.

The Unfinished Obelisk:

Continue to the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan’s ancient granite quarries. Still attached to the bedrock, this enormous monument offers a fascinating look at how ancient Egyptian workers quarried and shaped the massive stone obelisks used at temples across the country.

Philae Temple:

Visit Philae Temple, one of Aswan’s most beautiful ancient sites and an important sanctuary associated with the goddess Isis. Its island setting, decorated pylons, courtyards, and reliefs make it a memorable highlight of your family Nile cruise in Egypt.

After completing your sightseeing in Aswan, return to the cruise for lunch and time to relax on board. Enjoy dinner in the evening and your final overnight stay on the Nile before the journey concludes the following day.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Enjoy breakfast on board on the final day of your 5 Days Nile Cruise Family Holiday. After check-out, meet your guide and driver for your transfer to your hotel in Aswan, bringing your four-night Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan to an end.

Over the past five days, your family has explored the temples and royal sites of Luxor, visited Edfu and Kom Ombo along the Nile, and discovered some of Aswan’s most important landmarks while enjoying the experience of travelling between Upper Egypt’s historic cities by cruise.

Meals: Breakfast