Overview
Watch the beautiful Nile Valley scenery and the real Egyptian life from the deck of a 5-star Nile cruise. Explore the highlights of the sightseeing in Luxor and Aswan, stop en the route to visit the pharaonic sites of interest such as; Kom Ombo and Edfu Temples. Discover one of the most impressive temples in Egypt by visiting Abu Simbel 285 km south of Aswan. Have fun and enjoy plenty of night entertainments of the belly dancing show, galabiya party, Nubian show or disco and more in 4 days/3 nights Nile Cruise every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday or Friday from Aswan to Luxor. Full board, check in with lunch, check out with breakfast. Rounded-trip first class sitting train tickets and door-to-door transport included.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Cairo transfer and overnight Sitting Train from Cairo to Aswan
In the evening around 6 pm, our driver will pick you up the lobby of your hotel in Cairo or Giza to be transferred to Giza train station to catch the overnight sitting train to Luxor. The train takes approximately 12 to 14 hours.
Accommodation: Overnight first class sitting train to Aswan.
Meals: Not Included.
Day 1: Arrive Aswan, Transfer to Nile Cruise and Aswan Tour
Once you arrive at Aswan train station, get off the train where you find our representative holding a sign with your name to be transferred by A/C car to your 5 stars Nile Cruise to check in before lunch. Have lunch on board.
Then, start your tour by visiting the High Dam; often called simply Aswan Dam, one of the world’s largest embankment dams and achieved between 1960 and 1970, is a massive concrete dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. The project was developed by the Egyptian government with the help of the Soviet Union to better control flooding, regulate river flow, provide increased water storage for irrigation and generate electricity.
Proceed to visit Philae Temple; which is an island-based ancient Egyptian complex dedicated to the goddess Isis. Originally built around 690 BC, it is renowned for its Greco-Roman architecture and significance as one of the last bastions of ancient Egyptian religion. The stunning complex was relocated to Agilkia Island in the 1970s via a massive UNESCO project to save it from the rising waters of Lake Nasser. You will be using a small motorboat to get there. Later on, return back to your cruise for dinner, folkloric show, and overnight in Aswan.
Note: If your arrival to Aswan is so early, so we will start the tour direct upon arrival since the cruise check-in time at 12:00 and we don’t want our guest to waste their time waiting at the lobby for check-in
Accommodation: Overnight in Aswan on board the cruise
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Day 2: Abu Simbel Trip (Sharing a group in a bus or minibus), Sailing and Kom Ombo Temple
Around 4 to 4:30 am, your guide will pick you up for Abu Simbel trip (sharing a group in a bus or minibus), to visit one of the most impressive places in Egypt; the rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel with their unique design built for King Ramesses 2nd and his beloved Queen Nefertari.
Drive for about 3 to 4 hours to meet your guide who will be waiting for you by the ticket office to explain the story of the temples. He will give you some free time to explore the 2 temples and take some photos. Drive back to Aswan for another 4 hours. Get back to the cruise around 2 to 2:30 pm.
Have lunch and be ready for the cruise navigation heading to Kom Ombo city. Enjoy tea time on the sundeck (free tea and cake).
Arrive at Kom Ombo by early evening, where to visit the dual temple of Sobek, the crocodile God and Horus, the Falcon God. Back to the cruise and have dinner. Continue sailing to Edfu for overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 3: Edfu Temple and Arrive Luxor(visit Luxor Temple)
Around 4:30 to 5 am, enjoy Horse Carriage ride with your tour guide to visit the temple of Horus at Edfu which is considered to be the most complete and the best preserved of all the Egyptian temples.
Return to the cruise, have breakfast and relax on the deck watching the unique landscape and admire the beautiful scenery of the Nile river while sailing to Luxor. Cross Esna Lock, lunch on board and afternoon tea on the sundeck.
Late in the afternoon, arrive at Luxor dock, to be transferred to enjoy Luxor temple on the East bank of Luxor; where ancient Egyptian, Christian and Islamic features are exhibited. Dinner on board and belly dancing show. Overnight in Luxor.
Note: If your cruise arrives by 3:00 or 3:30 pm, then you have chance to visit both Karnak and Luxor Temples on the East Bank of Luxor.
Accommodation: Overnight in Luxor on board the cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Luxor West Bank, Karnak Temple Tour and Departure transfer
Accommodation: Not Included
Meals: Breakfast.
Additional Information:
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- Child rate applies only when sharing 2 paying adults.(maximum 1 child in one room)
- A child from 5 to 11 years old accompanied by one adult will be treated as an adult.
- Prices are quoted in U.S dollars per person per trip and valid, except during Christmas, New Year and Easter Holidays (150$ per person per night will be charged as extra supplement for these Holidays).
- If your arrival to Aswan is so early, so we might start the tour direct upon arrival as Cruise check in at 12:00.
- Sometimes due to sailing conditions on the River Nile, Nile Cruises itineraries schedule and sailing time maybe updated. We assure that our clients will see all what is on their itineraries but maybe in different order.
- If Abu Simbel Trip cancelled due to bad weather, you will be refunded with 30$ per person.
- You will need to pay all the entrance fees by card except the High Dam and motorboat to Philae temple in Egyptian money cash.
- If you want to have your own room, then you need to book for a single person.
- If you are traveling in a group of 3 people, you will enjoy one triple room.
- If you are travelling in a group and wanted to have your own room, then do a separate booking for a single person.
- Passports copies are required for the cruise line company and Abu Simbel trip permission.
- It is available to pickup travelers from Cairo airport, New Cairo, New Giza, 5th.Residence or 6th.Oct city hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
- It is available to drop off travelers at Cairo airport, Nasr City, New Cairo, New Giza, 5th.Residence or 6th.Oct city hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
- It is available to pickup or drop off travelers from Hotels at New Administrative Capital with extra 20$ USD per person each way.
- It is available to provide an Italian, Japanese, German or French tour guide with extra 200$ USD per person upon your request.
What’s Included:
- 3 nights accommodation on 5 stars Nile Cruise on full board basis.
- Meals, start with lunch and end with breakfast.
- Meet and assist upon arrival and departure.
- All transfers, pick up and drop off by an A/C. vehicle.
- Rounded trip first class sitting train tickets from Cairo and return.
- All Nile Cruise excursions as mentioned in the itinerary.
- Professional English speaking Egyptology Tour guide.
- Abu Simbel Temples trip, sharing a group in a minivan, minibus or bus.
What’s Excluded:
- Domestic flights or trains.
- Entrance fees to the mentioned sightseeing.
- Motorboat to Philae Temple.
- Water and Drinks on the Cruise.
- Wi-Fi on the Cruise.(available with extra charge)
- Any personal expenses like laundry etc.
- Tipping to Guide, Drivers, cruise crew etc.
- Any optional Tours if required.
- It is available to pickup travelers from Cairo airport, New Cairo, New Giza, 5th.Residence or 6th.Oct city hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
- It is available to drop off travelers at Cairo airport, Nasr City, New Cairo, New Giza, 5th.Residence or 6th.Oct city hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
- It is available to pickup or drop off travelers from Hotels at New Administrative Capital with extra 20$ USD per person each way.
Optional Tours:
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Other languages are available with extra 200$ USD per person upon your request.
- Hot Air Balloon trip with extra 120$ USD per person.
- Abu Simbel temples, private tour (140$ USD per person, starting from 2 Travelers, and 240$ USD for the single person).
- Nubian Village by motorboat (50$ USD per person).
Tour Price:
- Per Single Cabin: 1500$ USD.
- Per Person in Double Cabin: 1100$ USD.
- Per Person in Triple Cabin: 1100$ USD
Children Policy:
- 0 – 01.99 pay free of charge.
- 2 – 4.99 sharing with their parents (250$ USD)
- 5 – 11.99 sharing with their parents. 900$ USD per child
- 12+ pay full tour price as per adult person.
Christmas and New Year Holidays (18/12/2026 to 04/01/2027):
- Per Single Cabin: 2100$ USD
- Per Person in Double Cabin: 1700$ USD
- Per Person in Triple Cabin: 1700$ USD
Children Policy (18/12/2026 to 04/01/2027):
- 0 – 01.99 pay free of charge.
- 2 – 04.99 pay 350$ USD.
- 5 – 11.99 sharing with their parents. 1500$USD per child
- 12+ pay full tour price as per adult person.
Prices:
Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip except during Christmas, New Year and Easter holidays.
Note:
Child pricing applies to children who share rooms with their parents (Max 1 Child in one Room)
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