Princess Sarah Cruise 5 days 4 nights from Luxor to Aswan

Nice cabins with 2 beds, two chairs,large sliging glass window, footstool and desk. Safe, Kleenex and fridge but no coffee maker. Small flat screen TV which could have travel documentaries on TV because of the sit around time at lock and cruising. BBC and CNN were available while docked at Aswan. Wine only by the bottle only but screw top and they will keep it for you or take it to your cabin. Depending on direction of travel on the Nile select either right or left side for the sun. All meals buffet style. A/C appears to be controllable but our room always stayed at 22 degrees...72 Fahrenheit. Ship wi-fi was untested by me at 170EP per 24 hours. I used my Verizon cellphone (a month of foreign travel for 100USD or 10USD per day) as a wi-fi hotspot for our laptops. Caution try it out at home because you may have to use some added software e.g. pdaNet to make it work. The ships stack up at the docks so don’t expect a Nile/shore view. We did a three day Aswan to Luxor cruise. I’m pretty sure all run similar programs. The biggest problem is that there are so many ships they are stacked at the dock. We were the second of four ships and everyone except the outermost ship was just looking right into another stateroom 10’ away. If your were lucky to be the outermost ship you still would only have a 50% chance of seeing the Nile. Day 1 check-in and look at your neighbor..Day 2 either get up at 4AM to drive 3 ½ hours to Abu Simbel OR get picked up at 6AM to fly to Abu Simble and fly back by 1230PM...once everyone back on the ship it sails, stopping around 5PM to visit to a most interesting Temple Kom Ombo. Back on ship for dinner and continue to dock at Erfu for overnight. The next morning most leave at 6AM for a horse carriage ride to another Temple (we slept in). Day 3 spent cruising the Nile to Luxor (we chose a right side cabin to avoid afternoon sun) the only attraction being a lock. The tour programs indicate that you arrive in Luxor early enough to see all the main attractions on both side of the Nile. We managed Luxor Temple from 6PM until they turned the lights out at 8PM. Day 4 by 8AM you are off the boat. Our tour took us to Karnak Temple and check-in to a hotel. That afternoon we did the West Bank Valley of the Kings etc. Hours of sit-around punctuated by a few early get-ups and frantic touring.

Wonderful staff, very attentive and helpful. Cabin could have been a bit cleaner but it was very spacious and had a sofa which I moved so I could sit and look out as we cruised along. Pool deck had only one sunshade and so got very warm when the boat wasn't moving. Pool was adequate and tested regularly to ensure safety but still managed to look a little grubby at times. Food was very good and hygiene of food prep was excellent. I enjoyed my time on this boat and would recommend it.

At first, the cruise is not clean, the food is not good, and the treatment is not good from the senior receptionist. I do not recommend this cruise to you.