Duration: 4 days · 3 nights
Starts from: Luxor
Group size: Up to 12 guests
Difficulty: Easy

Overview

Three nights on a 5-star cruise boat with full board and guided visits: Luxor's East and West Bank, Edfu, Kom Ombo, the High Dam and Philae, with time on the sundeck in between.

There's no better way to see the Nile Valley than from the river itself. You board your 5-star cruise boat in Luxor and, for the next three nights, your cabin travels with you. Each morning brings a different stretch of riverbank: farmers in the fields, children waving from the banks, and the desert hills never far behind the palms.

Every day mixes guided visits with time to rest. A licensed Egyptologist guide takes you through Karnak and Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut's temple, the remarkably complete Temple of Horus at Edfu and the double temple of Kom Ombo, with its small museum of mummified crocodiles. In Aswan you see the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk and Philae, and finish with a felucca sail.

Between visits, the sundeck and pool are the best seats on the boat. Meals are served on board, usually as a buffet, and the evenings are calm: dinner, a drink as the boat sails or lies moored, and early nights before early starts.

Highlights

Three nights on a 5-star Nile cruise boat
Karnak, Luxor Temple and the Valley of the Kings
The Temple of Horus at Edfu
Kom Ombo's double temple and crocodile museum
Philae temple and a felucca sail in Aswan
Sundeck and pool with views of the riverbank

Itinerary

1
Day 1
Luxor: boarding and the East Bank
Arrival pickup and transfer to the boat. Settle into your cabin and have lunch on board, then visit Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple with your Egyptologist guide. Dinner and the night moored in Luxor.
2
Day 2
West Bank → sail to Edfu
An early start for the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Back on board for lunch as the boat sets sail south, passing through the lock at Esna. Afternoon on the sundeck and the night on the river.
3
Day 3
Edfu → Kom Ombo → Aswan
Morning visit to the Temple of Horus at Edfu, one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt. Sail on to Kom Ombo for its double temple and crocodile museum around sunset, then continue to Aswan.
4
Day 4
Aswan: High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, Philae & felucca
Visit the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Isis at Philae, followed by a felucca sail among the islands. Disembark and transfer to Aswan airport, the railway station or your hotel.