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Cruising the Timeless Nile

Cruising & Visits

DAY 8/Wed. 8th September
Morning sail (group meditation) via Asyut to El Amarna and visit:
Asyut
Dock at the lock for a lunch break at this Nile city which has one of the
largest Coptic Catholic bishopric churches in the country.
Sail on after lunch.
Tel El Amarna
Located on the east bank of the Nile, taking its name from the Beni Amran
tribe that lived in the region and founded a few settlements. The Amarna
art-style broke with long-established Egyptian conventions and included
informal scenes, such as intimate portrayals of affection within the royal
family, or playing with their children, and no longer portrayed women as
lighter coloured than men.
The city was also occupied during later Roman and early Christian times.
The Evening
Excite your taste buds and enhance your culinary skills with an Egyptian
‘Cookery Lesson’.
Dinner & Overnight Cruise Ship
(TEL AL MARNA)

he Nile River is the longest river in the world.
T From its major source, Lake Victoria in east central Africa, the White Nile
flows generally north through Uganda and into Sudan where it meets the Blue
Nile at Khartoum, which rises in the Ethiopian highlands. From the confluence
of the White and Blue Nile, the river continues to flow northwards into Egypt
and on to the Mediterranean Sea. From Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean
Sea the length of the Nile is 5584 km (3470 miles).
DAY 9/Thu. 9th September
After breakfast, disembark for visits:
Tombs of the Nobles
The Tombs of the Nobles at Amarna are the burial places of some of the
powerful courtiers and persons of the city of Akhetaten. The tombs are
in 2 groups, cut into the cliffs and bluffs in the east of the dry bay of
Akhetaten.
Cruising with Lunch
The ship sails on to dock at Minya.
The Evening
Folklore Show.
Dinner & Overnight Cruise Ship
(MINYA)