Nile River Cruises

Written by Viator, August 2010

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The River Nile, the world's longest, has long been the lifeblood of a desert country. One of the highlights of a trip to Egypt is to take a cruise along this most famous of rivers for several days, sailing past monuments thousands of years old, each one a testament to the importance of the river to successive civilizations.

Enjoy the beautiful scenery as you cruise the Nile on a 5-day journey from Luxor to Aswan. Those with more time to luxuriate can spend eight days relaxing on a leisurely Nile River cruise from Luxor. Sightseeing with a private guide, entrance fees and meals are included on a luxuriously relaxing cruise on Egypt's famous river. Alternately, you can enjoy a 4-day cruise or 8-day cruise traveling from Aswan to Luxor.

Scheduled privately guided tours on the cruise include the Valley of the Kings, Karnak and Luxor Temples, Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo and the beautiful Philae Temple in Aswan. As the tours are private, you can plan your itinerary with your guide during the cruise.

The deluxe Nile cruiser boasts an on-board restaurant, lounges and reading areas, a discotheque, swimming pool with jacuzzi, large shaded sundeck with bar, massage service, boutique, gift shop and laundry service. Evening entertainment may include Nubian music and dancers, a Galabayeh night and belly dancing. The cruiser's 58 air-conditioned cabins have private facilities and satellite TV, and you can choose from three cabin types.

Shorter half-day cruises include a boat tour of Soheil Island and a felucca tour of Elephantine-Island and Aswan Botanic Gardens.

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Reply by Viator, April 2013
Doing what: Nile River Dinner Cruise in Cairo

Excellent short trip. The whirling dervish was unbelievable, worth going just for that alone. Food was good- we did not pay for the a la carte and it was excellent

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Reply by Viator, October 2012
Doing what: Nile River Dinner Cruise in Cairo

ENTERTAINING AND GREAT FOOD

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Reply by Viator, September 2012
Doing what: 4-Day Nile River Cruise from Aswan to Luxor with Optional Private Guide

Amazing value !!! A very relaxing and super informative tour. You will miss a lot if you just stay in Cairo and visit the pyramids. Lots of temples and Valley of the Kings !!!. Ship and crew where wonderful. Our tours where conducted by the local Viator agent South Sinai Travel. They make sure you are escorted when you leave the ship. Our local guide "Moe" who stayed with us in the cruise is a very qualified Egyptologist from Cairo University who gave us a very comprehensive background on egyptian mythology and history. So if you rather do the photography thing than learning egyptology, make sure to inform him so that he can talk less and give you more photo time !!! I recommend to take the optional Abu Simbel tour. Definitely better than the pyramids !!!

Word of warning !! Egypt has no oil and is a poor country. Lots of people depends on the tourist trade so do not freak out if there are hordes of vendors trying to sell you some tourist trinkets. They will not accept a "No thank you". Just don't make I contact and smile and say No and go on your way. Avoid private taxi tours or horse carriage rides beacuse they will bring you to their own perfume shops and egyptian dress shops and if you don't buy anything, they will demand a bigger tip aside from the agreed fare.

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