HomeMS Salacia New Year Cruise
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Duration
4 Days
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22nd & 29th Dec 2025
A festive 4-day fantasy on this MS Salacia Nile Cruise in Egypt during the New Year holidays from Aswan to Luxor visiting Valley of the Kings, Temple of Philae, and more. Our New Year Cruise MS Salacia is one of the best value Nile Cruise tours in Egypt with the Best Cruise operators on the Nile. So come and enjoy your New Year holiday in Egypt.
Included and Excluded
- Meet and greet service upon arrival and departure from our Representatives
- Assistance of our Personnel during your stay and excursions
- All transfers by sharing deluxe air condition vehicle.
- Accommodation for 3 nights aboard 5* Nile cruise on full board basis
- Gala Dinner Party for New Year in Egypt
- All Nile Cruise excursions as mentioned in the itinerary.
- Excursions to visit Philae Temple, and Unfinished Obelisk
- Excursions to visit Kom Ombo Temple and Edfu Temple
- Excursions to visit Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple and Colossi of Memnon
- Excursions to visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple
- Admission fees to the sights throughout the tours.
- Professional English-speaking Tour Guide.
- Applicable taxes for Nile cruise included in the price.
- Personal spending ( Soft drinks )
- Optional excursions.
- Tipping for Nile Cruise crew and Guide
Itinerary
Your Memphis Tours Representative will meet and greet you at Aswan Airport or Train Station where you will be transferred by a private A/C vehicle to your Salacia Nile Cruise ship for embarkation in Aswan. Enjoy Lunch on board the Nile Cruise, then you will be accompanied by your knowledgeable Egyptologist Tour Guide for a tour to visit the ‘Unfinished Obelisk’ which still lay in the granite quarries that provided ancient Egypt with building materials. It would have been the largest piece of stone ever handled but when a crack was discovered it was abandoned where it was being hewn. Cross by boat to Angilika Island, to see the Temple of Isis at Philae which is one of the Nubian Temples rescued before the High Dam was built. Enjoy Philae’s long colonnades, towers and reliefs which include the last surviving hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions in Egypt. Return to your Nile cruise boat with time to explore the City of Aswan with dinner on board and overnight stay in Aswan.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Breakfast on board the Nile Cruise before sailing to Kom Ombo to visit the Temple shared by two Gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo ( the only Temple shared by two Gods in Egypt). Back to the Nile Cruise for Lunch and afternoon tea on board whilst sailing on to edfu. On arrival at Edfu, your Tour Guide will escort you to Edfu Temple by a Kalesh ride ( horse and carriage) for an exploration of the huge Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu, which is the most complete and best preserved of the Egyptian Temples, consisting of many columns, halls, chambers and chapels. Two statues of Horus flank the twin towered entrance gate; and inside, one of the interesting inscriptions lists the titles of books (scrolls) held in the library. Dinner on board and overnight on your Nile Cruise Ship in Edfu. Time to prepare for an evening of glamorous dresses and sumptuous food for your Egyptian New Years Eve Gala dinner and party.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Happy New Year! Enjoy New Year’s morning breakfast on board your Nile cruise in Egypt while sailing to Luxor with lunch on board the vessel, then you will be guided for a wonderful exploration of the East Bank of the Nile in Luxor to Karnak Temple the world's largest ancient religious site. The hypostyle hall with its colossal granite columns is one of Egypt’s famous landmarks. There will be free time to explore the different parts of the huge complex built during the reigns of various Pharaohs. Then you will be transferred to the majestic Luxor Temple which built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II for ritual and festivals and dedicated to the God Amun. You will be transferred back to the Nile cruise ship for afternoon tea and dinner on board with. Overnight aboard the Nile cruise vessel in Luxor. You may wish to take advantage at night, of the optional evening ‘Sound and Light Show’ which tells the story of Luxor and Karnak.( Highly recommended) with free time at leisure in Luxor for great shopping opportunities. Overnights in Luxor.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Breakfast on board the Nile Cruise ship before disembarkation, then you will be accompanied by your expert Guide for an amazing tour of the West Bank of the River Nile in Luxor to the Valley of the Kings, which the original resting place of the world famous boy King Tutankhamun to visit 3 tombs, (The three tombs visited inside Valley of the Kings are determined by the Egyptian Government as to preserve them from the large flow of visitors, therefore are rotated throughout the year and cannot be confirmed as to which tombs prior to your visit). Then move on to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (the only Female Pharaoh) at El Deir EL Bahari and the two towering statues of the Colossi of Memnon. After the final tour, you will be transferred to Luxor airport or Train Station for final departure.
Please Note: There is an additional Charge to enter the Tombs of King Tutankhamun and Ramses VI.
Meals: Breakfast
Prices & Accommodation
Price
$
1419
Per Person in Triple Room
$
1449
Per Person in Double Room
$
2289
One Person Travelling Alone
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