Eyaru is all about the Egyptian spirit. You will get to experience the Egyptian culture and see the Egyptian spirit in everything around you. Everything on Eyaru is handmade down to every plate and carpet. You’ll feel the Egyptian spirit in every room you enter, with a different design in each that’s inspired from the concept of Eyaru in pharaohs’ time.

You will enjoy the most luxurious hospitality while exploring new destinations in Egypt through unique routes. You will visit many unforgettable sites along the Nile River between Luxor and Aswan, sites that are unique to Dahabiyas and not available on large cruises, such as El Hagz Island, Bassaw Village, and Gebel El-Silsila. You won’t only get to visit the amazing attractions between Luxor and Aswan, you will get to experience the real local life in each city you visit and go to their local markets. In Bassaw Village, you will visit a local’s house and stay with him and his family. You will experience a day in an Egyptian life and see how they truly live.

Your meals on Eyaru will also have the Egyptian spirit in them. During you stay, all your meals will be true Egyptian authentic dishes. During your visits to the local markets, you can even buy fresh ingredients for your dinner that night or buy some fish and fire up the grills on the sundeck! You will get to live the Egyptian experience to its fullest. There is also the possibility to attend live cooking sessions of your dinner and learn local recipes that you can try when you get back home.

Eyaru can be enjoyed all year round and that due to Eyaru’s premier feature, its pergola. The pergola closes off on part of the sundeck by glass. So, there is no need to stay indoor during the cold months and miss the picturesque scenery of the Nile during your stay. That’s why Eyaru is the only Dahabiya that sail from Luxor to Aswan and vice versa.

Eyaru has no motors; it gets dragged by a tugboat from a distance, so you never feel any disturbing sounds or vibrations during your trip. And for the first time on the Nile, the staff of Eyaru stays at night on the tugboat, so you enjoy complete privacy on board.

Itinerary:

Meet, greet and assist at Aswan airport and transfer to your Dahabiya.

Embarkation in Aswan and Lunch onboard then visit the High Dam, the Old Dam, and the Unfinished Obelisk, lying in ancient granite quarries of Aswan, then proceed to Philae Temple, Dinner onboard and Overnight onboard in Aswan.

You will continue your tour in Aswan by visiting the historical sites in Aswan, Possibility for an optional visit to Abu Simbel Temples.

Breakfast onboard and Visit Aswan Botanical Garden and Gharb Sohail village. Overnight onboard in Aswan.

After having an appetizing breakfast, sail to Kom Ombo and visit Kom Ombo Temple. Enjoy lunch while sailing and visit Gabal El Silsila. Then Sail to Bassawa Island, upon arrival, visit one of the local family and their farm. Take your dinner onboard and Overnight onboard at Bassawa Island.

After breakfast, sailing to Edfu and visit Edfu Temple, having lunch while sailing and your deliscious dinner onboard and Overnight onboard before Esna Lock.

After having breakfast, visit Esna Temple and Cross Esna lock. Have lunch and enjoy sailing to Luxor and Arrive at Luxor. Overnight onboard in Luxor.

You will have your breakfast onboard. Free time in Luxor and after Lunch, visit East Bank, the gigantic temple complex of Karnak, followed by the awesome Luxor Temple started by Amenophis III in the 14th century B.C. and extended by Ramsis II. Overnight onboard in Luxor West Bank.

You will have your breakfast on board. Visit the West Bank Necropolis, the burial ground of the Pharaohs at the Valley of the Kings, where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Proceed to the nearby Valley of the Queens, the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch and Dinner on board. And Overnight in Luxor West Bank.

You will have your breakfast and then disembark, and then transfer to Luxor Airport.