5-Day MS Salacia Cruise

Enjoy a warm welcome from one of our tour managers when you arrive at the airport or railway station in Luxor, and then you will be driven in comfort to the area where you will be boarding your 5-Star MS Salacia Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan. Enjoy your first on-board lunch shortly after boarding, and then a little later in the afternoon you will enjoy a tour to the East Bank of Luxor to visit Luxor Temple and the huge Karnak Temple complex.

All your tours during the cruise are small group tours shared with some of our other clients. You will also have one of our Expert guides with you during all tours to ensure that your cruise is as rich and rewarding as it possibly can be.

After your tour, you will return to the ship, and you will have some time for yourself before dinner is served in the beautifully appointed dining area. Enjoy the first night of your cruise on the gentle waters of the Nile in Luxor.

Meals Included: Lunch and Dinner

Begin the second day of your MS Salacia Nile Cruise with a nice breakfast on the water at Luxor, and then you will head to the West Bank of Luxor with your small group and your guide to visit another 3 wonderful ancient sites, starting with Valley of the Kings.

Valley of the Kings was a royal necropolis where pharaohs and certain influential nobles of the New Kingdom were laid to rest in rock-cut tombs. Some of these consist only of a simple burial chamber, while others a complex maze of chambers and passageways. Like the pyramids, nearly all of the tombs were raided and looted in antiquity, with Tutankhamen’s tomb being one of the only ones which was discovered still sealed, with everything still inside, including his mummy.

Next, you will visit the ancient rock-cut mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, a vast complex that was constructed by the same workers who constructed and decorated the tombs at Valley of the Kings. You will also visit the huge Colossi of Memnon on your way back to your cruise ship.

There are no further tours or excursions today, so once you have had your lunch, you will be free to enjoy the rest of your day as you wish while you sail to Edfu via Esna. Enjoy some afternoon tea and dinner at the usual time, and enjoy another good night’s sleep on the water, this time at Edfu.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Shortly after you have had your breakfast, your guide will take you and your group to vist Egypt’s best-preserved ancient temple, the Temple of Horus which was discovered after having been buried under the desert sand for more than 2,000 years.

After your visit to the temple, enjoy lunch back on the boat, and then it will sail to Kom Ombo where you will enjoy another excursion, this time to visit Kom Ombo Temple which was dedicated to two different gods, Sobek and Haeroris.

After exploring the temple, you will return to the ship in time for some afternoon tea, and it will then sail to Aswan. Dinner will be served at the usual time, and this night of your MS Salacia Nile Cruise will be spent on the water at Aswan.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Enjoy breakfast on board your MS Salacia Nile Cruise and then a bit later your guide will take you and the other members of your group to visit three very popular Aswan tourist attractions. First you will visit the remarkable Aswan High Dam which gave birth to Lake Nasser after construction of the dam was completed.

Next, you will be taken to visit the ancient Temple of Philae that was dedicated to two goddesses, Hathor and Isis. This amazing temple once stood on a small island which now lies beneath the water of Lake Nasser, and it was painstakingly moved in entirety to its current location on higher ground.

Once everyone in your group has finished looking around this site, you will then head to the ancient granite quarries to see the gigantic Unfinished Obelisk, after which you will return to the ship in time for some lunch.

There are no other excursions scheduled for today, so you will have the remainder of the day to enjoy as you wish. Afternoon tea and dinner will be served at the usual times, and you will spend the last night of your 5-day MS Salacia Nile Cruise on the water at Aswan.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Enjoy one last breakfast on the ship, and then shortly after you have eaten, it will be time for check-out and final disembarkation, at which point one of our tour representatives and a driver will take you to Aswan airport or Aswan railway station, dependent on what your onward travel plans are. Your epic MS Salacia Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan has come to an end, but you will have so many memories which you will be able to cherish forever.

Meals Included: Breakfast