Day 1

Wednesday, 19th
Cairo

Meet and assist through Cairo airport.

Check-in hotel.

Regroup and Dinner in a fancy Restaurant in Cairo; Welcome and Opening Ceremony.

Day 2

Thursday, 20th
Itinirary: Cairo- Saqqara Necropolis

Late walking up and breakfast at hotel.
10:00AM: Breakfast in hotel; Gathering for an orientation schedule, program discussion and meet our team.
1:00PM: Ride the bus to go to Saqqara Pyramid Complex 30km south of Cairo.
Saqqara contains the oldest complete stone building complex known in history, the Pyramid of Djoser, built during the 3rd Dynasty. Another sixteen Egyptian kings built pyramids at Saqqara, which are now in various states of preservation. High officials added private funeral monuments to this necropolis during the entire Pharaonic Period.
2:00PM: Saqqara visit includes, the Step-Pyramid of the Great Third Dynasty Pharaoh, King Zoser, the fascinating pyramid of Unas, and the Serapeum.
Lunch during the tour at midday
5:00PM: Drive downtown for an authentic, home-made traditional food.
6:00PM: Blue Lotus and Sound Healing Ceremony.

Day 3

Friday, 21st – SPRING EQUINOX
Itinirary: Cairo- Giza Plateau- Fly to Luxor

3:00AM: Wake-up call and coffee
3:30AM: Head towards the Giza Plateau for the private access to the King’s Chamber; SOUND HEALING ceremony and DR AIMON MEDITATIVE BREATH-WORK SESSION.
7:00AM: Walk out of the King’s Chamber and walk towards Sphinx enclosure.
9:00AM: Breakfast at the 9-Lounge Pyramid Restaurant.
11:00AM: Head to the hotel for check-out and to head for Cairo Airport to fly to Luxor.
5:00PM: Arrive at Luxor and check-in hotel.
6:00PM: Early dinner in the best restaurant that offer local and traditional food.

day 4

Saturday, 22nd
Itinrary: Luxor- luxurious Dahabyia Boat.

7:00AM: Breakfast at hotel
8:00AM: Meet at the lobby to start our ancient Thebes full-day excursion. First we will head towards the West Bank where we will visit the amazing and spectacular Ramesside Temple of Habu; this is an amazing structure and an archeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile; opposite to the modern city of Luxor. The Temple is associated almost exclusively with the Mortuary temple of Ramses the Third and it is one of the most preserved Temples in Egypt.
10:00AM: Visit the magnificent Temple of Hatshepsut; this is considered to be the masterpiece of ancient Egyptian architecture. It is a huge temple carved into the cliffs west of the Nile and it has three massive terraces above the desert floor. This construction also has gigantic causeways connecting it with the valley temple down below.
12:30PM: Lunch in a local restaurant.
2:30PM: Head to the east bank to visit the infamous Temples at Karnak and the majestic Luxor Temple. Karnak Temple is actually the largest complex of temples, pylons, chapels and other structures. The construction at the complex began during Middle Kingdom and temples continued to be added well into the Ptolemaic Period, for 1500 years! The area of Karnak was known to ancient Egyptians as ipet-isut, meaning, the “most sacred and selected of places”, and it was the main worshipping place of the 18th Dynasty New Kingdom, dedicated primarily to the god Amun.
4:00PM: The cruise will begin its voyage upstream going north to visit a series of Temples along the banks of the Nile.
The rest of the day will be spent at leisure on the deck or relaxing in the room. The Dahabyia is full-board basis and so you will have your main course meals inside the restaurant and usually an open-buffet.
Dinner and Sleep.

day 5

Sunday, 23rd
Itinerary: Esna Temple- Sail upstream

8:00AM: Wake up at leisure on-board the luxury cruise and join group for breakfast and coffee on deck as we watch the amazing scenery along the River Nile.
It is to be expected to arrive at Esna around early afternoon; just enough time to visit the small, yet the spectacular Esna Temple, also called Temple of Khnum. This is one of the most spectacular Temples along the Nile and for the majority of the temple the colors are still so vibrant and lively. The temple foundations were laid by Tuthmosis III of the 18th Dynasty, but Ptolemaic and Roman Emperors completed (40 to 250A.D), and their names are recorded all over the temple walls. The Temple is dedicated to the ram-headed god Khunum and his consort, the Nubian lion-headed goddess of Sekhmet.
Rest of day will be sailing upstream powered by the wind to sail as our ancient ancestors done thousands of years ago.
SHAMANIC BONFIRE CEREMONY with Loukia Papa.

day 6

Monday, 24th
Itinerary: Edfu- Upstream

8:00AM: Wake up at leisure and breakfast will be served on-board. We can have a morning swim for those who would like to enjoy swimming in the cool refreshing waters of the Mighty Nile River.
11:00AM: The cruise will stop at the next town of Edfu to go on a visit to one of the most intact and complete temples of ancient Egypt, the Temple of Edfu; this amazing temple is located on the West Bank of the Nile, in the city of Edfu, in Upper Egypt. It is one of the best preserved shrines in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during Hellenistic Period in Egypt. The Temple’s inscribed building texts “provide details of its construction, and also preserve information about the mythical interpretation of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation. There are also “important scenes and inscriptions of the sacred conflict between Horus and Set.”

Following the visit of Edfu, you will return to the Dahabyia for lunch.
Manifestation session with Loukia Papa
Dinner and sleep on-board the Dahabyia.

day 7

Tuesday, 25th
Itinerary: Selsela Quarry and Temple

Selsela Temple
The Dahabyia will set sail again upstream to the iconic Selsela Temple and quarry, only accessible from the Nile and approached by small boats and floating vessels; your next destination is the least visited Gebel-al-Silsila archeological site. There in this section of the Nile, the mighty River narrows and the bedrock changes from the dominating limestone of the north to the Nubian Sandstone of the south. Ancient Egyptians called it “Khenu”, or the “place of rowing”.

The sandstone quarries of Gebel al-Selsela have been used from the Middle Kingdom (c.2034–1650 BC) until the 20th century. More than a hundred quarries were exploited to extract sandstone blocks necessary to construct many of the ancient Egyptian Temples across the country. Silsila is not only a quarry, in fact, it was also an important destination for ceremonies and rituals. Indeed, priests and worshippers performed ceremonies, made elaborate offerings, and participated in religious rituals to the gods here. Selsela served as a place of devotion to a diverse array of deities including Amun, Sobek, Habi and others- each deity represented different aspects of life and nature. Most of the monuments at Gebel el-Selsela site, mainly shrines, were cut directly into the cliff face, creating an awe-inspiring landscape. The biggest of these structures is the rock-cut temple of Hormoheb.
MEDITATION with Loukia Papa.

day 8

Wednesday, 26th
Itinerary: Komombo Temple

8:00AM: Wake up at leisure and breakfast will be served on-board. We can have a morning swim for those who would like to enjoy swimming in the cool refreshing waters of the Mighty Nile River. The first Temple we meet after leaving Aswan is Komombo Temple which is quite unusual in many ways; it is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god, Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world with Hathor and Khonsu. While, the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Horus. The temple is atypical because everything is perfectly symmetrical along the main axis.
1:00PM: Return to boat for lunch.
2:00PM: rest day by an amazing sandy beach in the Nile.
6:00PM: Special dinner on the island and a local performance night.

day 9

Thursday, 27th
Itinerary: Aswan

7:00AM: Early wakeup call on-board the luxury cruise and join group for breakfast and coffee on deck as we watch the amazing scenery along the River Nile.
11:00AM: Checkout from the Dahabyia and head to Aswan by bus and then by boat to an island.
4:00PM: Arrive at the hotel for check-in and rest.
6:00PM: Meet at the lobby & early dinner in an amazing slow-cooked traditional food on an Island overlooking the majestic Philae Temple.
8:00PM: Night boat ride and Andara Crystals shopping on-board (optional).
9:00 PM: Return to hotel.

day 10

Friday, 28th
Cairo

6:30AM: Sunrise meditation (OPTIONAL).
8:30AM: Breakfast on a private boat around the Philae Island and the sacred Beja Island.
Head to Philae Temple, one of the most spectacular and complete temples in Upper Egypt. Philae Temple was said to be one of the burying-places of Osiris, it was held in high reverence both by the Egyptians to the north and the Nubians of the south. It was said that only priests were allowed to dwell there and it was reported too that neither birds flew over it nor fish approached its shores. However, in the time of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Philae was so much resorted to, partly by pilgrims to host them while visiting the tomb of Osiris. The Roman era saw an overall decline in pilgrimage to Philae, especially from Mediterranean regions, as evidenced by the reduced number of inscriptions. Nevertheless, it remained an important sacred site, especially for Nubians, who continued to visit both as individual pilgrims and in official delegations from their government in Meroe.
1:30PM: Return to Hotel for check out and immediately we will make our way to the Aswan International Airport to fly to Cairo.
6:00PM: Arrive in Cairo, check-in hotel and have a collective dinner and closing party.

day 11

Saturday, 29th
Wake up at leisure
Meeting in the lobby after breakfast to have a final closing ceremony in one of the conference rooms.
Drop-off at Cairo International Airport.
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