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

Great way to see Southern Egypt. Our tour guide was Ahmed Eid, he was very knowledgeable, speaks many languages and nothing was too much trouble to assist with. He has a good sense of humour too. Easy to get hold of if you need anything. Get to see some of the best places to visit in Egypt on this tour. Staff on boat very friendly, food to a nice standard and accommodation was clean and adiquate. Balloon ride was amazing, I am not good with heights however gave it a go and really enjoyed it. If you decide to go for this trip and get Ahmed Eid as your tour guide you are on a win win situation.

We had an Amazing time on this cruise met some really great friends from all over the world. The crew members we so friendly and hospitable always tending to your needs with a smile an also food was amazing. The tours to the temples were great. Thanks to our tour guide Talaat Abdo for an amazing experience he is the best tour guide please request him if you take this cruise because his English is perfect he was very easy to understand and he takes his job seriously we could tell he was very passionate about Egyptian history.

The cruise schedule was very full but extremely rewarding. We particularly enjoyed the Luxor part of this journey and it’s definitely worth all the early wake-ups! Our guide, Wael, has been very helpful and accommodating throughout the journey. He is also knowledgeable and explain everything well to all of us.

Going into this a little blind, and having no expectations for accommodations and service, I can confidently say I was pleasantly surprised! My dad and I were constantly pleased with everything from driving, meals, communication…etc. Wael was an attentive, patient and Knowledgeable guide with us for 4 days. I mean, where does one store all that information? I personally liked that he called the night before the cruise started to clarify some details and introduce himself! This was a wonderful starting point to the week! Boat service was great, comfortable and pleasantly scheduled and organized on time. Who doesn’t love walking through 3-4 other boats to get to the dock! So crazy! Our hot air balloon ride was cancelled due to weather, but Wael gave us a few different options and each member of our group (11) each picked what they wanted! It worked out perfectly! Loved how we were a relatively small group too…. Being put together with strangers of all ages and sizes from all over the world can be tricky… but it worked out. TIP 1: Buy water and drinks outside the boat if you are on budget, but still doable on the boat. Drinks are not included in any meals - even water. Our guide gave us ample times to stop and get cash, water or snacks upon returning from tours! This was great! I do think you can pay to have an “all inclusive option”… but we didn’t look into it. TIP 2: Have small cash/change with you for tips outside the boat (drivers, boats…etc). As someone who lives in Egypt, I can say that this is very much a tipping culture! Embrace it. TIP3: if you think you’re going to sleep-in on this tour/boat package… think again! Be prepared for Early mornings, but you at-least beat the heat! I do wish if the boat maybe started the entertainment a little earlier due to early mornings for so many… maybe 8:30 or 9:00 instead of 9:30/9:45? Just a suggestion. I will for sure recommend this trip to others in the future.

Amazing trip, managed to see so much of Ancient Egypt in such a short time. Our guide Mahmoud took great care of us, teaching us about the historical sites across the region and he was very kind to take lots of photos for us.

It was an amazing experience. It was like i spend my days in paradise with the most incredible people. Our guide Talal Abdo is the best guide and wonderful and kind man. Thank you .

Me and my wife always travel around the world and reviews are very important to choose an tour. We ready a lot of bad and good reviews and came with a low expectation is. But when we got to the tour it was amazing: starting with the guide Bishop (nickname: Bee) knows a lot about formal and informal egipyt history and gives a lot of information during the tour (he is really great!). The boat is really nice too (Palace): renovated boat and the food is too good (diverse food each day). At all, the only problem is the communication with Mody Tours is not good before the tour. They need to increase it because after you arrive here you will have an amazing experience!

Our Tour Guide made all of us feel safe and at the right place anf the right time. Our expectations were supercede in all respects

Our trip was amazing!!! We chose the 4-night Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor with hot air balloon and Aby Simbel. I went with one of closest friends and coworkers, so it was two omen traveling solo. The tour began in Aswan, however I purchased the tickets and took a plane from Cairo to Aswan to begin the tour. Before booking I contacted the owner- his information was provided in Viator - and he was very helpful and pleasant - and informed me that the tour guides would be supplied to my friend and myself privately - with private car transport if we would like to upgrade our package. I was worried about not interacting with other tourists, so he did infom me to try at least one private tour and transport at the very beginning - which was temples in Aswan and the hydrodam. He was absolutely right! Take this advice- book private tours and transport if you are a small group of travelers or traveling solo. When you go to the temples, the locals are looking at those huge tour buses and they are all over you trying to sell stuff, begging, standing in the way and it is a huge headache. We breezed by these groups frequently, huge, huge plus for Mody Tours. Our tour guides were Aida, Taalat, Meena, and (I cannot remember his name, he has gray hair and blue-green eyes, was our guide for Ramses III temple.) All guides were very resourceful, well versed in ENglish, very polite, professional, and caring of our experience, going the extra mile to make sure we were comfortable, hydrated, fed, and educated on the temples and other historical sites. Aida helped my purchase a necklace for my godmother that she loves and took us shopping (again privately, without people hassling us) to some high quality stores where we brought Egyptian cotton sheets, spices, perfumes, as well as took us on a tour of the Nubian village. Taalat was also very kind, very well versed in the temple information, he took us to aa sculpture store privately where we purchased alabaster vases and statues. my friend has some difficulty walking and Taalat made sure to go above expectations to help, getting water, snacks, and cool drinks - that we did not pay him for, stopping at the pharmacy, carrying BOTH our bags and canteens (so he was weighed down), buying lunch, and basically catering to our every need. Meena, who also stayed on the cruise ship, made sure to outline our daily itinerary in WhatsApp, give us wake up calls, have our packed lunches or other meal times arranged, and coordinated our departure/arrival anytime we left the ship. Our Ramses III guide (sorry I cannot remember his name) was also an archeologist, so he also spoke about his personal experience on-site at the temples and his work outside of touring. He also invited us to his house for tea and snacks. Our drivers (sorry I can not remember their names except Mani) were all excellent as well. Opened doors and kept people away from the car when we were stopped. On the day Mani picked us up to go to the temples from the boat he stopped and got coffee and snacks for us - which we did not ask nor pay him for - and while we drove through the dessert he talked with us, showed us pictures of his wife and children, showed us the terraforming project where they are converting the dessert to farmland, showed us the desert mirage, we even got to use the bathroom for free at the rest stop. (also Amazing) The theme with this group is impeccable service and I am happy to recommend this company to anyone. I also encourage you to reach out to the owner if anyone needs special accommodations (they do not walk well, can not enter all temples). from what I heard from other tourists this is a personal touch of the guides and drivers, as there really is no handicap services that I witnessed. Thank you Mody Tours for you service. This was the highlight of my 14-day vacation and I can not wait to return.

The nile.cruise was really good for the price. Food and board were nice. The guide bishoi was good and had good knowledge on Egypt's history. The other guides were ok not too great.