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Nour el Nil

Luxor - Aswan, Egypt

Itineraries

All 4 boats ply the same route from Esna (45 minutes from Luxor) up to Aswan, taking 6 days (5 nights) from Monday-Saturday. On any given Monday there will be at least one boat departing, maybe more.

You are picked up from your hotel in Luxor at about 9.30 on the morning your cruise sets sail, and then driven down to Esna, where the boat is waiting to depart.

You reach Aswan around 9.30 on Saturday morning, and transfers can be arranged to a hotel, or the airport if you prefer. Or you can jump in a taxi (agree a rate before you get in though).

For full info on the itinerary, click the Day by day details link

Esna-Aswan cruise (Mon-Sat)6 days, 5 nights

Dates: All year (Sept-May recommended), departs Mondays

Esna-Aswan cruise (Mon-Sat)

Highlights:

  • Temple of Khnum at Esna
  • Temple and necropolis of Nekhbet
  • Temple of Horus at Edfu
  • Desert walk at sunset
  • Djebel Silsileh
  • Kom Ombo - Ptolemaic town
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Save to favouritesPrintMailNour el NilIt is hard to overstate the sheer magnificence of sailing down the Nile on one of these glorious dahabiyyas, but be assured it’s the trip of a lifetime and a seriously stylish one at that. Seven chandeliers illuminate the deck, while beautifully embroidered cushions and sofas line each side. The idea is that you plonk yourself down, then lose yourself in the raft of images that pass before you. It is highly unlikely that any of the Pharaohs travelled in such style. It takes 6 days to meander from Luxor to Aswan. You breakfast in the sun at the front of the ship, then decant to see something wonderful, perhaps a visit to a Pharaonic quarry or an enormous temple that spent centuries buried under sand. You can walk in the desert, swim in the river, visit a farm, sunbathe on the poop deck, and if the wind is blowing, great sails will be unfurled and you will glide across the water in serene silence. [i!/places_to_stay_lodging.php?hotel_key=1476!Rooms] below are small, but you’ll spend your time up on deck, and they are also sweet, with super-comfortable beds and screens to defeat mosquitoes. As for the crew, they’re as good as their boat, a highlight of your cruise. Unmissable, so don’t balk at the price.

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