Pharaohs and
Pyramids of Egypt
We took a Viking river cruise for 2 weeks in August of 2022,
entitled Pharoahs and Pyramids.
There were 62 people on the tour from all over.
We traveled hundreds of miles on the Nile River from
Cairo south to Aswan, stopping daily along the way to see ancient temples in Luxor,
Karnac, Edfu and others. We flew to Abu Simbel in southern Egypt to visit
Ramsesses and Nefatari’s temples.
We started out in Cairo, saw the Cairo Museum,
The Pyramids of Giza and The Sphinx. At the Pyramids,
we were the only ones to go directly inside the Great Pyramid,
all the way to Khufu’s Sarcophagus.
It was 230 steps up a narrow passage.
After traveling to and being inside the
pyramid and marveling at the Sphinx,
we took a camel ride.
The Karnac Temple Complex
Temple of Luxor
We cruised up and down the Nile. Saw many temples.
Went to Aswan Dam.
Took a plane ride to Abu Simbal in southern Egypt,
which is Ramesses’s Temple and his Queen Nefertari’s Temple.
In The Valley of the Kings, we saw
King Tut’s Tomb and
his mummified body
Bev took a hot air
balloon ride over Luxor
Deir el-Bahari, which is the temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
Other places we encountered
Views on board our ship
