Sonesta St. George

Board the ship in Luxor before lunch and settle into your cabin.

In the afternoon your Egyptologist takes you to the Temples of Karnak, the largest temple complex ever built, through the Avenue of Rams and the 134 columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall. Then to Luxor Temple as the lights come on along its colonnade.

Welcome dinner on board.

An early start for the West Bank: the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried in tombs cut deep into the hills, the terraced Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, and the Colossi of Memnon on the way back.

Back on board for lunch as the ship sails south through the lock at Esna towards Edfu.

Morning visit by horse carriage to the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the best-preserved temple in Egypt.

Sail on to Kom Ombo for the double temple of Sobek, the crocodile god, and Haroeris, and the small crocodile museum beside it. The ship continues overnight to Aswan.

The Aswan High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk still lying in its granite quarry, and Philae Temple, reached by motorboat on its island in Lake Nasser.

In the afternoon a traditional felucca sails around Kitchener's Island and the Aga Khan Mausoleum.

Optional: an early-morning trip to the temples of Abu Simbel.

Breakfast on board, then disembark. Transfer to Aswan airport or on to the next part of your trip.

Board the ship in Aswan before lunch.

In the afternoon: the Aswan High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk and Philae Temple by motorboat, then a felucca sail around Kitchener's Island at sunset.

Optional: an early-morning trip to the temples of Abu Simbel before the ship sails.

Sail north to Kom Ombo and visit the double temple of Sobek and Haroeris in the late afternoon light. The ship continues to Edfu.

Early visit by horse carriage to the Temple of Horus at Edfu.

Sail through the lock at Esna to Luxor. In the afternoon, the Temples of Karnak and Luxor Temple.

The Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon, then back to the ship to disembark.

Board before lunch. In the afternoon, the Temples of Karnak and Luxor Temple with your Egyptologist.

The Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Sail south through the Esna lock in the afternoon.

The Temple of Horus at Edfu in the morning, the double temple at Kom Ombo in the afternoon, and on to Aswan.

The High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk and Philae Temple, then a felucca around Kitchener's Island.

Optional: the temples of Abu Simbel at dawn.

In the afternoon, a boat to a Nubian village on the West Bank for tea in a family house.

A day on the river: the ship sails north past Kom Ombo and Edfu. Time for the pool, the spa and afternoon tea on deck.

Through the Esna lock to Luxor. Optional: the Temple of Hathor at Dendera.

Farewell dinner on board.

Breakfast on board, then disembark.