4-Days Nile Cruise From Aswan To Luxor including Abu Simbel and Hot Air Balloon

The Cruise was really nice: room was great (better than expected, but not equivalent a 5-star hotel). Food was in great quantity and it menus differed every day. However, breakfast box for the early tours was terrible. Beverage prices in the cruise are high. Regarding tours, our Abu Simbel guide was the worst in all trip. Abu Simbel bus was also horrible. 4 hours is a long one way journey and we had to stay in a really small space. Assistance between the tours is not proper. The crew is nice, but it lacked information for the passengers. Balloon trip was awesome! Incredible! Local guides were really good: Sultan, Shady and Mohammed for Aswan, Kom Ombo/Edfu and Luxor were great.

Comfortable boat, good food, good staff. We loved all tours a temples visited. Our guide, Sultan, was great. Very professional with huge knowledge of Egyptian history and all temples. Also very helpful and fun. I recommend it for sure!

Really great trip but the Highlight was Bishoy our guide, he made our trips really excellent and he was super passionate about ancient egypt.

Positive: + helpful, friendly staff on board (even small birthday celebration with cake) + amazing balloon ride over valley of the kings - definitely worth the price!!! + great overview of the most important sights in a short time + decent quality food, mostly egyptian + very friendly, knowledgeable tour guides - special thanks to Michael & Mohamed Abd El Ghany for providing us with amazing insights into all the history we saw and for their hospitality and flexibility in organizing a great program for all of us To be improved: - NO DRINKS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE - not even water!!! - Short sailing time of the boat, the boat stood still for 2 days of 4 in the harbour of Luxor far south from city center - not enough time for visiting sights beyond quick photos, rush of the group - unexpected visit to a local stone workshop with pressure to buy overpriced products - boat has seen better days - deck chairs dirty and old, the few in the shade are often reserved with towels - cocktails weak, small and not what you would expect - not worth the price! Overall, we would do it again and found the value for money really good despite the drinks not being included. We did enjoy the experience even though most guests were much older than us (60+). We would've wished for more time for the sights and for sailing the river Nile. From our perspective, the 2-night tour might be a better fit for younger travelers.

The trip was overall great. The highlight were our guides Sultan and Mike who went a long way in our tour. The cruise passes from all the sites of interest. The only drawback would be that the boat could use a bit of an upgrade for the price.

Awesome experience! Great guides: Michael in Aswan, Mohamed in Komombo and Mahmoud in Luxor! All of them were very nice, polite and helpful. They were always trying to do the best to provide a great tour. They also were not pushing for tips, which is rare in Egypt. The cruise was also very nice, food ok, large and clean room and excellent air conditioning. The cruise is very comfortable way to visit the temples in Aswan and Luxor.

By far this cruise is one of the best experiences. We had a wonderful guide Hani, very knowledgeable with a passion for history. We had a private tour which I highly recommend.

The boat itself was not a 5 star luxurious boat as they described. The food is limited and did not have any variety. HOWEVER, the staff was absolutely amazing. They did everything in their power to make us happy and confortable. The best part of the trip was our guide MICHAEL. He is well spoken and very knowledgeable. He was proffessional, energetic, happy, flexible, and funny. Michael was not only our guide but also a great photographer! For that reason, I'll give this trip 5stars.

This trip was amazing! The ship is beautiful and comfortable. The best part was our guide Michael. He was funny and full of love and knowledge. We got an amazing, real world education on things we had only read about in our history books. But Michael doesn’t stop there. He makes sure your every need is taken care of. He is like a big brother protecting his family. If you book this wonderful experience, request Michael as your guide. Your experience will be incredibly enhanced if you are lucky enough to have him as your guide!

Our Nile Cruise experience was simply amazing! We flew to Aswan from Cairo the night before the cruise started (stayed one night in Movenpick Hotel in Aswan) and the tour guide Mr. Mohamed (Mo) picked us the next day in the morning to start our City Tour in Aswan (High Dam and Philea Temple). Around 1 pm we boarded the cruise (Blue Shadow) and had lunch, the same day in the afternoon we visited the Nubian Village (which was optional) and it was extremely worth it. We got back for dinner and later on that night the boat started sailing. On the way to Luxor we have visited many temples, but it was Abu Simbel, Luxor Temple and Valley of the Kings that impressed us the most. We also had an opportunity to experience the Hot Air Ballon ride in Luxor (included in the program) organized by Sindbad Hot Air Balloons and had panoramic view of Hatshepsut Temple. The Cruise per se was very well organized, rooms were clean, food was great and the stuff was very hospitable and friendly. There is a small swimming pool on the deck were you could chill out, treadmill and spinning bikes. Please note all drinks are exempted on the Cruise, however prices are the same like everywhere else. Our guide Mr. Mo was very informative, knowledgeable and helpful, he accompanied us during the whole duration of the program. The tour was truly value for money and we strongly recommended it.