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The most of Egypt Nile cruises during high season, all definitely more different than the other and all having totally differences in their programs, and inside this article is a general description of the cruise adventure.

Most cruises do 7 nights or 3/4 nights, but shorter or longer cruises can also be arranged. A few cruises go as far north as Dendera, but generally the cruises go Luxor – Aswan – Luxor. It is often cheaper to buy a cruise as part of a package, as most cruises are geared towards groups and sometimes will charge the solo-traveller or the small group of 2 or 3 persons more than a package-deal.

Between Aswan and Luxor there is around 225 kilometers and a 7 night’s cruise will consist of around 3 or 4 days docked in Luxor and Aswan (usually 1 day in each town) where guests see the sites and use the cruise as a “floating hotel”. The cruise will often be docked with several other ships, and unless you are either on the innermost or outermost ship, there will not be any real view on those days.

The ships look more or less the same and have more or less the same schedules. They have 3-5 decks, some companies charge extra for cabins on the uppermost decks, some does not. There is a reception, a restaurant and a lounge/bar plus a sundeck, where you can often find a small swimming pool. Sometimes there are also a couple of small shops aboard selling gold, costumes, tobacco and postcards. Many ships cruising the Nile are classified as 5*. The experienced traveler will probably feel that 5 stars in Egypt is more like 3 or 4 stars in other places.

All meals are served on board the ship, but usually the restaurant does not offer any food outside meal-times. Sometimes the bar can serve a light snack, but be prepared and buy your own snacks and keep them in the cabin. Drinks are usually not included, and the guest sign a receipt each time they have something to drink. Most cruises does not allow “outside drinks” on the sundeck, the bar or the restaurant, but there should be no problem keeping some wine, spirits or water in the cabin.

Most cruises expect that you dress up for dinner, but nothing fancy, just casual. The fancy dresses are for the “Galabeya-party” or “Fancy-dress-party” held at least once a week on almost every ship. Depending on the mood of the travelers it can be an amusing night or an embarrassing night. Guests are dressed up in galabeyas, bellydancer-costumes etc., the ship serve an oriental buffet and after dinner there is silly games, music etc. One night there can also be a Nubian show, a tanoura (whirling dancer), an orchestra and a belly dancer but don’t expect entertainment on board a cruise to be world class!

Passing the lock in Esna can take hours if there are many ships waiting to go through. Once or twice a year, the lock closes down completely and cruises dock in Esna and not Luxor. The lock is closed around June and December for about a fortnight, but this can vary a great deal. Best to check with travel agent before booking.

The crew expect to be tipped generously after a cruise. Ten Egyptian pounds pr. person pr. night is a good amount and should be delivered in the reception on the day of check out. They have a box for the same.

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Cultural tourism is one of the most important types of holidays, as Egypt has many Pharaonic, Greek, Romanian, Christian and Islamic monuments which created cultural tourism since starting excavating Ancient Egyptian monuments, decoding hieroglyphs, and even now does not break missions effects, travelers, tourists and authors of books. Tourism of Egypt has published hundreds of books in different languages and was a mean to attract tourists all over the world.

Helio Polis is one of the most important Pharaonic archeological sites, nowadays we call it as Ain Shams, where the most important archaeological monuments of King Senusret I lies one of them is his famous Obelisk which is the only impact the rest of features of this city.

Giza plateau: The place of the three pyramids of Giza is the most important site in Egypt, king Khufu’s pyramid is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world as it is considered a unique architectural achievement engineered attest to the greatness of Egypt and stands to guard the Great Sphinx, a huge statue consists of a body of a lion and a face of a king.

Saqqara: Where the first step structure made of stone in the world still standing which was built by King Zoser in 2816 BC.

Dahshur: Dahshur is the place where we discovered the Bent Pyramid, known as the yellow pyramid and the Red pyramid of King Sneferu, the first complete pyramid in Egyptian history, the Black Pyramid of King Amenemhat III, and pyramid King Senusret III.

Luxor: The most important city in the southern level, which includes the effects of the world, was known in the old state in 270-280 BC. M and was famous in the Middle Kingdom when the foundations laid and the temple of Karnak. It was capital of the modern state and was known by several names like (WAST).

Karnak Temples: It is a wonderful complex of beautiful temples, which is unparalleled and includes Karnak temples of god Amon, his wife Mut and her son Khonsu.

Luxor Temple: Was opened after restorations, the most beautiful courtyard exists between the Egyptian temples is lobby of Amenhotep III, which was surrounded by 64 columns and hall of columns by 32 columns and has been called the yard of the sun because it was open to the sky.

City of Habu: The inauguration of a substantial addition on the tourist map because of its massive importance in terms of technical, aesthetic, and is the largest building to the King of Egyptian stayed intact so far and called Karnak, the western view of the magnitude which is a large temples remaining mainland western Luxor, that includes temples of great historical importance.

Valley of the Kings: Includes a huge number of tombs, like Tutankhamun’s tomb and its contents, which was transferred to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. in addition to tombs of Ramses I, Ramses III and Horemheb and Tuthmosis III.

Valley of the Queens. There are at least 75 tombs in the Valley of the Queens. They belonged to queens of the 19th and 20th dynasties and other members of the royal families, including princesses and the Ramesside princes. Only two were open at the time of writing, and the Tomb of Nefertari is closed for the foreseeable future but a replica will be built soon.

Aswan City: The city of Aswan, the most beautiful winter resorts of the world that includes several historic monuments, like the 2 temples of Abu Simbel which were built by Ramses II. They are the most important temples of Nubia.

Temple of Abu Simbel Sub: built by Ramses II in memory of his beloved wife Nefertari and the advantage of this temple is the beauty of his drawings, colors, and is called the temple of the goddess of love, rock music and beauty.

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