Nile River Cruises — Local services in Cairo

This is our experience in a 3 Nights 4 days Nile river cruise from Aswan to Luxor.

The trip is very good and enjoyable, a different experience altogether. Many ships are engaged in this trip and the comfort and luxury marginally varies depending on which vessel one has booked their trip in. Our ship was named NILE ADMIRAL and it appeared to be of a medium level luxury cruise.

The room with a double bed is smallish with a good wash room (dry and wet area well separated). The bed is enough for two but small for three and occupies 70% of rooms area. Other furniture occupied most of the remaining space leaving a very little space for opening luggage and normal movement. However, the space crunch is understood as the vessels can't be made too large keeping in mind the ESNA lock gate crossing which requires a uniform standard size vessel.

The bed linens and toiletries provided were ok. The room has a big glass window for outside view which is fabulous. Some of the passing vessels had balcony but ours didn't had one.

The top deck or terrace was fantastic with a great wide and open view of both the sides of nile river and the beauty was enjoyed by us. Evening tea was regularly served in this top deck everyday.

The breakfast, lunch and dinner was served in the dining hall in the basement. The quality if the food was very good but not at all compatible with our Indian taste buds. But I personally enjoyed the food on every occasion. Wide variety and fresh and unique taste.

The vessel also had a small swimming pool which was enjoyed by some members of our group. The ship also had a bar and an entertainment hall where one enjoy drinks and dance show organised by the cruise team.

There was also a small souvenir shop inside the ship from where shopping can be done. Expensive than market but not bad as in the ship shopping.

The trip was as under:

Day 1 : Boarded in stationary ship at afternoon at Aswan. Roaming locally at Aswan, getting a glimpse of the city and a bit of shopping. Day 2: Abu Simbel visit from the ship from Aswan early in the morning and back to ship in afternoon. Ship starts cruising. Evening halt at Kom Ombo for temple visit. Day 3: Ship cruised overnight to Edfu. Visited Edfu temple. Ship again starts cruise, crosses Esna lock gate and reaches Luxor in late evening. Ship ports. Day 4 : Checkout from ship to visit Luxor temples and other sites.

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