5.0 on Tripadvisor Licensed by the Ministry of Tourism and AntiquitiesMinistry licensed guides On the river since 2011 Luxor and Aswan, every week
Four nights from Luxor is the classic Nile cruise. You board in Luxor, spend the first afternoon at Karnak, give the West Bank a proper morning, then sail south through the Esna lock to Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan. The extra night is spent on the river, not in a bus.
Sailing south from Luxor to Aswan, upstream against the current.
Boarding day is Luxor. Aswan is the last full day.
We meet you at Luxor airport and drive you to the ship. Welcome drink, then settle into your cabin and have lunch on board. In the afternoon, Karnak, the largest religious building ever raised, and then Luxor Temple, which is best seen as the light goes. Dinner and overnight moored at Luxor.
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An early start if you want the balloon. After breakfast, the Valley of the Kings with three tombs, the temple of Hatshepsut under its cliff, and the Colossi of Memnon standing alone in the fields. Back on board for lunch as the ship sails south through the Esna lock. Dinner and overnight at Edfu.
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Edfu Temple in the morning, a short ride up from the mooring. It is the best preserved temple in Egypt and the only one where you can still read the whole building. Back on board and sailing on to Kom Ombo, with lunch on the way. Kom Ombo is a double temple shared between Sobek and Horus, a few steps up from the water. Then we sail to Aswan for dinner and the night.
Breakfast on board, then Philae Temple on its island, built for Isis and moved stone by stone when the dam was raised. The Unfinished Obelisk still lies in the old granite quarry where it cracked. In the afternoon, a felucca around Elephantine Island. Dinner and overnight at Aswan.
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Breakfast on board, then check out and disembark. We drive you to Aswan airport or to your hotel, and that is where our services end.
Every ship we book runs the same programme with the same licensed Egyptologist. The difference is the ship.
Prices are per person for the whole cruise, two people sharing. Prefer a sailing boat with twenty guests? See the Swan dahabiya.
The same temples in a shorter trip, sailing with the current. See the 3-night itinerary.
Both directions on one ship, with time for Abu Simbel. See the 7-night itinerary.
Read how the two directions differ and how long a cruise should be, and what a Nile cruise costs.
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