Egypt - Carry on up the Nile

This is flexible and will be tailored around your requirements and desire to do either Cairo or the Nile cruise or combine them to give a real in depth Egyptian experience. A Cairo break would typically be for 3 nights whilst a Nile Cruise would start from 4 nights. There are a number of 3 and 4 night cruise journeys available between Luxor and Aswan or Aswan and Abu Simbel. Beside the sightseeing take into consideration that meals and evenings are a great time for a group. A-la-carte lunches and dinners can be catered for on board, or at specific onshore venues.

During the evening, groups celebrate in true style with the banquet room transformed into any one of several popular themed gala dinners, such as the famous Egyptian Night where guests and hosts wear traditional Egyptian clothes, or a Pharaonic Evening with guests dressed in royal costumes. A mixture of oriental and international meals are served at the themed events, while guests are entertained by folkloric shows featuring professional Egyptian musicians, a belly dancer, the horse dance and spinning dervish dancers. On the final night, a special Nubian show may also be arranged to bid the guests farewell.

Day 1

Arrive Luxor airport and transfer to your Nile Cruise. Alternatively fly in from Cairo and transfer to Cruise prior to sailing following day.

Day 2

Morning: Visit the West Bank (valley of kings, Hatsheput temple and Colossi of Memnon).

Afternoon: Sail to Esna with lunch aboard the cruise.

Sunset tea. Dinner, musical entertainment.

Day 3

Morning: Visit the Temple of Horus, (best-preserved Temple in Egypt built in 236BC by Ptolemy III). Lunch aboard the Cruise and afternoon sailing to Kom Ombo for Sunset tea.

Dinner & Galabeya party aboard the Cruise.

Day 4

Morning: Visit the most impressive Aswan High Dam, followed by a visit to the granite quarries where you will see the unfinished obelisk (the only Obelisk in Egypt left incomplete).

Afternoon - Lunch aboard the Cruise and afternoon at leisure

Dinner and Nubian Folklore show & overnight aboard the Cruise.

Day 5

Breakfast on board.

Depending on schedule you could either sail on the Nile by Felucca for 2 hours, passing by the Nilometer, Elephantine island and the botanical gardens (Kitcheners island) or join a tour to Abu Simbel.