4-night Nile cruises: Luxor to Aswan

Luxor East Bank (Karnak, Luxor Temple) and West Bank (Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon); Esna lock; Edfu; Kom Ombo; Aswan High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, Philae; usually a free afternoon with a felucca sail at Aswan.

Day by day

1. 1Day 1, Luxor, East Bank. Board around midday and take lunch on board. The afternoon is the two great East Bank temples, Karnak and Luxor, before the ship stays moored at Luxor for the first night.
2. 2Day 2, Luxor West Bank, then sail south. An early West Bank morning — the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's terraced temple at Deir el-Bahari, and the Colossi of Memnon. The ship casts off around midday and passes through the Esna lock in the afternoon. Most ships spend the night at Esna or Edfu; the exact mooring depends on how long the lock queue runs.
3. 3Day 3, Edfu and Kom Ombo. The best-preserved temple in Egypt, the Temple of Horus at Edfu, reached from the mooring by horse-drawn carriage. Later the ship reaches Kom Ombo, the twin temple shared by Sobek and Haroeris, usually visited in the late afternoon with its crocodile museum.
4. 4Day 4, Aswan. A morning of the High Dam, the granite quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk, and the Temple of Philae on its island. The afternoon is usually free, often a felucca sail around the Aswan islands, before the last night on board.
5. 5Day 5, Disembarkation at Aswan. Breakfast and an early disembarkation around 08:00, with a transfer to Aswan airport or the station.

The full programme, the stops explained and the alternatives are on the itineraries page.