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Overview
Steigenberger Minerva Nile Cruise, Non Traditional Time Out on board of Egypt Nile cruises are offered by Steigenberger Minerva Nile Cruise Tours, Book your Nile cruise tours and holiday with Steigenberger Minerva Nile cruise Holidays and enjoy our Leading service and Highest offers, World Tour Advice offer to the cruise lovers 2 itineraries with Steigenberger Minerva cruise ship, the first one is every Monday from Aswan 3 nights, and the 2nd itinerary is from Luxor 4 nights, Through Your Egypt Nile River Cruise
Itinerary
Itinerary 1
Steigenberger Minerva Nile Cruise 03 Nights from Aswan every Monday
Day 1 Monday Arrival, Aswan Tours
World Tour Advice representative will confront you upon your arrival at Aswan airport/ Railway station and Help you in all your steps, then direct transfer you to your deluxe Nile Cruise Steigenberger Minerva, Embarkation in afternoon before Lunch, Lunch will be served on board. Start your day trip to reconnoiter Aswan Sightseeing visit High dam which was built to Protect the water of the River Nile and produce electricity, Resume the tour to visit the Philae temple which was built about 2000 years ago, Proceed tour to visit Aswan Granite quarries and the unfinished obelisk, back to the cruise ship and enjoy the afternoon tea, Dinner will be served on board, At night Enjoy a Nubian folkloric Show.
Overnight in Aswan.
Day 2 Tuesday Kom Ombo Tours
Have a Nice Day and Take your breakfast on board Steigenberger Minerva Nile Cruise, start sailing from Aswan to Kom Ombo lunch meal will be served on board during the sailing time, arrival to Kom Ombo, guided tour to Kom Ombo Temple which is Quite extraordinary and it consists in fact out of two temples; Sailing from Kom Ombo to Edfu, Guided tour to visit Edfu Temple which is Dedicated to the worship of the god Horus, the temple is famous for its 36 meters height pylon and the wonderful statues of the falcon god, Horus, Lunch will be served on board, Have your afternoon tea, Dinner will be served on board, Egyptian Galabiya Party Overnight in Esna.
Day 3 Wednesday Luxor West Bank Tours
Breakfast will be served on board, Visit to the West Bank (Valley of the Kings, the temple of Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon), In valley of kings You will visit the tombs curved in the mountains to be burial place for Egyptian pharaohs starting from New kigdom, New kingdom Pharaohs stopped building pyramids to be their tombs and they chose to make their tombs in hidden secret place ( valley of kings), because during the Intermediate period in Egypt most pyramids were attcked and mummies and treasures were stolen, during the tour to valley of kings your guide will show you the best 3 exapmples of tombs, and he will give you
extra free time if you are interested in visiting King Tut Ankh Amon tomb with extra ticket, then going to the unique temple of queen Hatshepsut, the woman who ruled Egypt as a man, She was the first lady to make a femmenist revolution in the world, and she was saying that she is equal to any man, and represented herself as a man with a royal beard, Hatshepsut claimed that she is the son of god Amon to make Egyptian people accepting her as a pharaoh, after visiting Hatshepsut temple, proceed tour to the colossi of Memnon, these 2 colossi are belonging to AmenHotep III, and they were crying every mornng for very long time, that is why the Greek thought that they are belonging to Memnon , the child who was killed in the war,and his mother Eos was crying every morning, because a sad sound which was heared from these 2 statues every morning, the Greek thought that the 2 statues are belonging to Memnon, and the sad sound is belonging to his mother, back to your cruise, Lunch will be served on board, In afternoon you will visit the East Bank (Karnak Temple & Luxor Temple) Dinner will be served on board. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 4 Thursday
Disembarkation, World Tour Advice representative will transfer you to Luxor airport/railway station for final departure.
Itinerary 2
Steigenberger Minerva Nile Cruise 04 Nights from Luxor every Thursday
Day 1 Thursday Arrival to Luxor
World Tour Advice representative will confront & assist you at Luxor airport/ Railway station, or from any address in Luxor, Resume direct transfer you to your Luxury Nile Cruise Steigenberger Minerva, Embarkation in afternoon, Lunch meal will be served on board, Start your enjoyable Nile cruise trips by visiting Luxor most famous attractions, Luxor was the ancient city of Wasset or Thebes, which was a capital for very long time and that is why it is full of many monuments, temples and tombs belonging to the famous pharaohs such as Ramsses II, Your first tour in Luxor will be to Luxor East bank , East bank was the area dedicated only for life, that is why all Eastern bank monuments are temples dedicated for gods such as the Karnak temple dedicated to god Amon, and Luxor temple dedicated to his wife Goddess Mut , Your skilful tour guide will take you to recognize Karnak Temple which is the largest place dedicated for religious reason in all the world. visiting papyrus gallery, Resume your Tour to visit Luxor Temple which is one of the most superb Pharaonic buildings in Egypt. back to your Luxury Nile Cruise Steigenberger Minerva, Dinner will be served on board. Overnight in Luxor.
Day 2 Friday Luxor West bank Tours
Live The Happiness Through your breakfast on board, meet your tour guide to start your Steigenberger Minerva Tours to visit Luxor West Bank, Tours will contain the Valley of the Kings the most recognized and familiar ancient necropolis in Egypt. The kings of the New Kingdom of the Pharaohs period buried the deceased kings in this valley, tour to the temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahary, and tour to Colossi of Memnon, and if You have time You can add optional tours to other temples in Luxor West bank, return to your Luxury Nile Cruise Steigenberger Minerva, Sailing from Luxor to Edfu via Esna, Lunch will be served on board, Have your afternoon tea, Dinner will served on board. Overnight in Edfu.
Day 3 Saturday Edfu & Kom Ombo Tour
Start your Wonderful Day by your breakfast on board Luxury Nile Cruise Steigenberger Minerva, transfer from the ship to the temple by horse carriages, guided tour to Find Out Edfu Temple which is Dedicated to the worship of the god Horus, after the tour free time for bazzars, Sailing from Edfu to Kom Ombo, Proceed your Tour and Lunch will be served on board Luxury Nile Cruise Steigenberger Minerva, Have your afternoon tea, Upon arrival to Kom Ombo, guided tour to visit Kom Ombo Temple which is Quite extraordinary and it be Consist of in fact out of two temples; one dedicated to Sobek, while the other is dedicated to Haroeris, Sailing from Kom Ombo to Aswan. Dinner will be served on board
Day 4 Sunday Aswan Tours
Good Morning, Have your breakfast on board, Guided tour to Aswan High dam which was built by president Nasser to protect the water of the River Nile and produce electricity, then ride a motor boat to arrive the Temple of Philae constructed more than 2000 years ago, Proceed tour to the granite quarry where you will see Hatshepsut unfinished obelisk, Lunch on board, Have your afternoon tea.,Dinner will be served on board. Overnight in Aswan.
Day 5 Monday End of Holiday, Final departure
Enjoy your breakfast on board, Check out, optional tour to Abu Simbel, transfer to Aswan airport/railway station for final departure
Cruise Facilities
- Steigenberger Minerva Nile Cruise offer 77 cabins (73 double cabins, two single cabins and two suites)
- Restaurant, lounge & bar
- All the 24 hour reception service is available
- Wireless internet access
- Telephone system with international calls
- Doctor on calls on board.
- Laundry service & housekeeping
- Meeting area
- Bazar
- Sun deck for relaxing and leisure time, or to enjoy time in swimming pool
- Pool bar
- Beauty center
- Fitness equipments
- The cruise dimensions is 72 m length, 14 m width and 1.5 m depth
- Cabin
- All the Steigberger cabins are fully air conditioned
- All cabins has Panoramic windows
- All cabins has satellite color TV
- Video-on-demand channels
- Minibar
- Safe box in all cry\uise ship cabins
- Private bath/shower with hair dryer in each cabin
- Cabin size: 19 sqm
Included
- Meet and assist service upon your arrival & departure in both Luxor and Aswan airports or train station by our representative
- All Steigenberger Minerva Nile cruise tours and transfers will be by a modern A/C deluxe van
- Accommodation on board 5 star cruise on full board basis either 4 or 3 nights as your choice
- All Nile Cruise shore trips as mentioned in Steigenberger Minerva Nile Cruise itinerary
- Entrance fees to all sightseeing between Luxor and Aswan as mentioned in Minerva Nile Cruise tour itinerary
- Professional English-speaking tour guide during your shore trips from Luxor to Aswan
- All service charges and taxes
Excluded
- Anything not mentioned in the Nile cruise itinerary
- Optional tours
- Beverages
- Tipping
Notes
Steingenberger policy for children:
6 - 11.99 pay 50% of the Nile cruise price
0 - 05.99 is 100 % Free of Charge
What to carry with you?
Passport valid for More than 6 months
Cotton or linen clothes in summer and Warm clothes in winter
Hat, Sunblock, Sunglasses
Comfortable shoes
Camera / Video CameraMobile phone is better if you have whatsup application to be easier to contact you
Note: There will be extra during the peak periods ( New Year, Easter & Christmas )
