Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan for 3 nights includes tours

I booked some day tours and a river cruise through Egypt tours portal, this review is about the cruise portion. Mohamed Eldaw  led our tour on a nile river cruise from Luxor to Aswan stopping of at sights and temples along the way. The cruise was lovely the boat well designed plenty of space, clean and comfortable. The cleaning crew and luggage porter's were great and I missed my opportunity to tip them .  Mohamed let us know each night the start time and itinerary for the following day, we had group members leaving and joining each day not sure how he kept track but he did. He was very informative at the temples and made sure we were given the story of the temple while in the shade... sounds simple but makes a difference and I saw many groups standing in the sun being lectured to... Mohamed was very conversational in his delivery and provided alternative opinions making it enjoyable.  I thought I was fit but I don't cope with heat or steps....and there are soooo many steps everywhere!!!!! So I did struggle a little and my stomach was not coping so on the first day of the cruise I spent a few hours unwell in my cabin and while I didn't need anything Mohamed kept in touch via WhatsApp to make sure I was okay which when travelling solo is nice to have. And if course the ice creams a surprise treat from Mohamed that made me feel like a five year old!! They were just what we needed!! Mohamed,was professional, caring and had a sense of humour thankyou!

All went perfectly fine, boat was nice, great food, great crew, amazing guide! 100% recommended, especially for solo

I presume the itinerary changes so it was difficult to get information until a day before which was nerve-wracking. Overall this was a great trip on a lovely spacious boat. We were allocated an outward facing cabin which was great (boats can be moored together so can block the view). Food was varied and very nice, and most of the staff were excellent. We were told by our guide only to tip at the end in an envelope provided which was useful but didn't prevent man who took our bags to our cabin being quite aggressive in looking for a tip. We were moored for the first 24 hours before the boat left Luxor which was fine to do the sightseeing and relax on the boat. Our guide was great but we found the intensity of being guided too much. Our optional hot air balloon trip was spectacular and highly recommended but a very early start like most trips. One huge problem for us was that a vendor attached his boat to our boat, and was right outside our cabin window calling "hello" for over five hours, even when we asked four times for the staff to do something about it - we were unwell at the time and were trying to sleep. Nothing was done to get rid of this man even when the boat manager promised to do something about it. He was there attached when our boat was moving pretty fast so I don't know why he was allowed to remain attached. The trip to the Temple of Philae as ruined by being too short - just one hour and we were herded about rather than being allowed to enjoy ourselves at our own pace. There is a lovely cafe there with resident cats that I would've liked to have stopped at at leisure rather than a quick drink. Overall highly recommended but be aware you are on the guide's schedule not your own. We were for example picked up at Luxor Airport at 8.30am after a 3am start and taken straight to Karnak and Luxor temples, rather than taken to the boat to offload and change - we could've done the trips later in the afternoon when the boat was stationary until the next day for example. So there was a lot of rushing about when we could've been taken at a more leisurely pace.