Every Friday
Three nights, Aswan to Luxor
3 nightsFull board5 mooringsEgyptologist guide
- Aswan
- Kom Ombo
- Edfu
- Esna
- Luxor
Board Friday at noon in Aswan, wake up on Monday in Luxor. Five moorings, four temples, one lock.
M/S Luna Shore visits Philae Temple
Aswan
Philae Temple
The temple of Isis, taken apart and rebuilt on higher ground when the dam raised the lake.
Typical visit2 hours
Getting thereMotorboat from Marina jetty, 10 minutes
Best lightEarly morning
Included onBoth sailings
Philae was never meant to be where it is. When the first Aswan dam went up, the island the temple stood on spent most of the year under water; when the High Dam followed, it would have gone under permanently. Between 1972 and 1980 the whole complex was cut into 40,000 blocks and reassembled on Agilkia Island, 500 metres away and 20 metres higher.
You reach it by motorboat from the shore, which is half the pleasure. The reliefs inside the Temple of Isis are among the last hieroglyphic inscriptions ever cut — the final one dates to AD 394.
Visit it with us
The sailings that call here
Every Friday
Every Monday
Four nights, Luxor to Aswan
4 nightsFull board5 mooringsFelucca included
- Luxor
- Esna
- Edfu
- Kom Ombo
- Aswan
Board Monday at noon in Luxor, wake up on Friday in Aswan. Two days at Luxor, and an afternoon under sail.