4-daagse Nijlcruise van 3 nachten van Aswan naar Luxor met ballon en Abu Simbel

The whole trip was worth it and nothing short of amazing! We couldn’t have experienced Egypt the way we did if it weren’t for Mohamed. He is very well-versed in his country’s history and did a fantastic job educating the team. He is also highly organized and ensures that everyone in the group is well accommodated. In addition, he has a great way of adding more fun to the entire experience. Yalla Habibi!

We were a little confused on our initial pick up but we had very a great experience on this cruise and we highly recommend it! Our guide and Egyptologist, Mohamed Gobran, made this trip even better. He's very passionate and knowledgeable about Egypt. He is a very organized guide and managed to keep everyone in his group fully informed verbally and also by WhatsApp of our daily program. He also tended to our individual needs going above and beyond what we expected. He took group pictures at many sites and sent them to us via WhatsApp that will be reminders of our great time cruising the Nile. Mohamed made us aware of all of our costs up front and it was taken care of first thing to get that out of the way along with some basic guidance of what to expect on our trip. We didn't use the ship wifi as our phone provider has an excellent international plan. Some of the other passengers purchased Sim cards at the airport, in town, or online before boarding the cruise. You could also purchase a sim on the cruise but I believe it was more expensive. Expect your days to start very early. We started at 4:30am - 5:30am every day and many of our tours were also at night. These times were much cooler and I loved seeing many of these temples all lit up at night or early morning... there was something very magical about it! Also, there's a lot to see, I can't believe how much Mohamed fit into such a short amount of time so be prepared to be on the go! Habibi! The day time tours were very hot so dress cool, wear comfortable shoes and stay hydrated! I recommend bringing something to keep you cool such as a portable battery operated neck fan, fold up fan, just something to keep you cool. We dressed mostly in light weight shorts(not too short, conservatively) and tank tops/ light weight shirts. We didn't encounter any temples that we had to cover our shoulders or our knees during our tours which I was worried about unnecessary. All of our transportation to and from our sites were very modern, clean, with A/C and we were comfortable. Be advised locals will be relentless and coming at you from all sides to sell you their wares! Mohamed would take us through the unavoidable aggressive markets quickly as to not slow down our tours. At times you may have to walk through other ships to get to your ship. Also, make sure you have plenty of small denomination egyptian money for tipping as everyone you encounter everywhere will expect a tip (even for giving you directions) and many bathrooms will charge 10, 20 or 50 egyptian pounds to enter... be sure to grab the tissues on the way in as there may not be any toilet paper in the bathrooms. The ship accommodations could use some updating, their 5 stars may not be your 5 stars but we were comfortable and the staff and the food that was served buffet style, was amazing. Drinks are not included but were very inexpensive. I would definitely say the food and drink prices were much better than the many ocean cruiseliners I've encountered. We really enjoyed meeting our amazing big diverse group from many different countries, ages, and backgrounds who watched out for each other. Mohamed affectionately called us to get going with Yalla, yalla, Habibi (let's go my darlings ones) which probably all of our group will remember forever. We bonded together within a short 4 day cruise...some feel like family that we plan to keep in touch with, this makes our big world feel so much smaller! Thanks Mohamed! Bah!!!

Pros: - making new friends. - good food. - you will visit the most important temples in Aswan and Luxor. They are impressive. - the room was pretty nice, and they cleaned it daily. - the guy from the cruise shop was very helpful. Cons: - prices for beverages are insane (they are not included). - free time in the temples is too short. - they will take you to shops that are not in the itinerary. - We couldn't make the hot air balloon because they gave priority to other groups, they kept us waiting. Also, no refund was made.