Stay of 11 days / 10 nights including 5 days and 4 nights aboard a felucca

Breakfast on board and departure for a walk / stroll in Koubanya : a typical village of Upper Egypt and its Wadi which touches the desert, a panoramic view from a height of Wadi Koubanya.

Resumption of navigation and lunch on board.

Landing at the island of Herdiab , which has a beautiful sandy beach and the opportunity to swim in the sacred river. A stroll among the fruit trees: mango, orange, fig, and lemon trees.

Navigation enjoying the picturesque landscape so charming until Daraw
Dinner and overnight on board

On the way to Luxor (110 km) - Arrival and check-in at the hotel in Luxor.

Late afternoon departure for the visit of the temple of Luxor : built during the New Phraonic Empire by the pharaohs Amenhotep III, Ramses II and many others. It best represents the schematic plan of an Egyptian temple with its elegant path of the Sphinxes, its gigantic facade. The colossi of Ramses II at its entrance and the majestic colonnade of Amenhotep III are simply dazzling. It is also from this temple that the obelisk of Ramses II comes which today adorns the Place de la Concorde in Paris, installed there since 1834

Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel and departure for the west bank of Luxor to discover the wonders of the Theban necropolis, visiting:

The Valley of the Kings;  the flagship site of Pharaonic heritage, a spectacular cemetery of the great pharaohs of Egyptian history. The Valley of the Kings is a deep valley two kilometers from the edge of the plain. It contains about sixty tombs dating from the New Kingdom of the Pharaohs. The Valley of the Kings is one of the main complexes of the great necropolis of ancient Thebes on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor.

The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut : a temple that stands out from the architectural scheme of the time with three terraces superimposed on each other against the mountain, creating a balanced harmony that delights the eye. Erected by the famous queen who was the only one at her time to be able to defy the rules of the transmission of the crown, a monopoly of men until then, to the point of calling her the first feminist in human history.

Photo stop in front of the two gigantic Colossi of Memnon ; two giants, each 17m high, stand at the entrance to a large temple (now in ruins) erected by the pharaoh Amenhotep3, during the 15th century BC.

Return to the hotel at the end of the afternoon

In the mid-afternoon, departure for the visit of the temple of Karnak : a historic, immense religious complex, built on approximately 60 hectares. Covering a historical period going from the 20th century BC to the 4th century BC. Karnak is a splendid historical site with its gigantic facade, its colossal statues, its elegant obelisks, its majestic hall of columns, its sacred lake and many other architectural and artistic wonders.

Night at the hotel