4 Days Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor including Abu Simbel and Hot Air Balloon

★4.7(626 reviews)Luxor4 daysPickup availableFree cancellation

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Overview

Experience Egypt’s ancient history with a Nile cruise. Journeying between Aswan and Luxor allows you to relax while soaking in the picturesque scenery of the Nile Valley. You'll also have the chance to visit legendary sites, including Karnak Temple, Luxor Temple, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, Philae Temple, the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk, Abu Simbel Temple, and many more historical treasures

What's included

Hot air balloon ride with a flight certificate
Visit to Abu Simbel Temple in a small group setting (Shared Tour)
Experienced, qualified tour guide
Lunch
Dinner
3-night stay aboard a 5-star cruise boat
Breakfast
Horse-drawn carriage or Bus Ride in Edfu, including a visit to the Horus Temple
All transfers to and from the temples

Not included

Tipping (Recommended - 10 US$ pe rperson per night for the Boat Crew, Drivers and Tour Guide))
Entrance Fees to all sites and Temples mentioned

Good to know

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
If the Hot Air Balloon trip cancelled due to bad weather or any other reason, you will be refunded with 25 USD per person.
Camera is not allowed on the balloon basket, you can only use your cellphone to take pictures.
Children under the age of 6 years are not allowed for the balloon trip.
Prices are quoted in U.S dollars, per person per trip and valid, except during Christmas, New Year and Easter holidays.
We drop off all our customers to Luxor east bank hotels and available to drive them to Luxor west bank hotels with extra 10 us dollars per person at the end of the Cruise Trip
We pick up all our guests from Aswan east bank hotels and available to pick up from west bank hotels with extra 10 us dollars per person
For Trips starts on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, The visit of Abu Simbel temples will be skipped and replaced by Habu Temple visit in Luxor
All bookings for 3 persons, will be accommodated in 1 Cabin (Room)
For bookings of 2 adults and 2 children aged between 2 and 11.99 years, one triple room (with three beds) will be provided.
The horse carriage experience to Edfu Temple may not always be guaranteed and could be subject to change due to safety considerations

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Traveller reviews

4.7★626 reviews

I am giving a 1 star

This tour was an absolute nightmare! No, I'm not exaggerating. I've been on a number of tours that were wonderful adventures. This one was not. My wife and I both deeply regretted this one and we were not alone. Less than 1/4 of our 11-person tour group ended up being booked on the "5-star" cruise ship that was promised. We were told we would be on the "La Sarah" which is indeed a nice ship, as advertised. The problem is that the tour company is happy to take your money in advance, but will not reserve a spot for you on the ship in advance. Then they will happily book you on the worst ship you've ever seen. We ended up on the ship from hell. Perhaps you think this is some overly dramatic assessment or that I am some spoiled tourist with unreasonable expectations.

Global11414316791 · Jul 2024 · via Tripadvisor

Khalid is best guide

This was the best guide and tour we had in our Egypt trip. Our guide is very knowledgeable about the Egyptian history and culture. He would take time to explain in detail how historical event interwoven into religious features. He is very sensitive and caring to our individual needs and questions. This is the best any tourist would wish to have.

guohuac378 · Jul 2024 · via Tripadvisor

Tourguide and an archeologist

We really enjoy our trip, As the leader of eight people group from America We are very pleasant ly surprise, Of how things were arranged and executed smoothly from pickup to each tour. A tour Guide colleen was a form archaeologist He was very knowledgeable and professional. He paid detail attention to the safety of our group. I'm very impressed by his dedication and friendliness. Our friends were very impressed .

jeffl496 · Jul 2024 · via Tripadvisor

Trip by boat in the nilo

The trip was fantastic, nice places and views. I want to thank our last guide Abanoub, that made very good explanations of Egiptian culture and temples.

R8874ZUtonip · Jun 2024 · via Tripadvisor

Experience of a lifetime. Will cherish it for a longtime

We had a great experience of hot air balloon and it was well organised . Abanoub is a great and friendly guide. He took us to valley of the kings . Explained so well , managed time so efficiently. We will the cherish the memory for a long time . I wish them best.

shasmeens2024 · Jun 2024 · via Tripadvisor

Recommend

All the staff were really nice and helpful. The guides were also quite good and helpful. We really appreciated Khaled, our guide through Luxor, he was very knowledgeable and was very good at explaining the history behind the monuments. The food on the boat was nice, changing often and the staff was always ready to help. The room was nice for a small room. The rooftop pool and bar area was really nice even if it got extremely hot at times. The overall experience was really nice even though most days the tours started very early in the morning (4, 5:30 and 3:30 am at times)

221analuisaa · Jun 2024 · via Tripadvisor

We recommend

We really enjoyed the boat experience. The boat workers were very attentive. Great rooms, cleaned every day! Every night with different shows. The food was better than we expected. We especially enjoyed the visit to Luxor with the guide Khaled. He explained everything very well, he was very friendly and helpful, he took us to the cheapest places for tourists! We recommend taking the tour with him.

martaaH8361DE · Jun 2024 · via Tripadvisor · Translated

Great Nile Cruise with Go Egypt Tours!

I did the Nile cruise with Go Egypt Tours and it was a great experience. They were extremely attentive and I felt well taken care of. Shout out to guided Abanoup, who helped me tour Luxor a whole day! I def in itely recommend anyone who’s looking for an exotic destination and for a company that makes it very easy for you to enjoy!

503ivanf · May 2024 · via Tripadvisor

Great time and outstanding visit to Luxor

The trip was great and absolutely worthy to visit great monuments and temples. The guide we had in abu Simbel, Kom obo Edfu were very good and gave good explaination. But the best guide we could possibly imagine has been Abanoub which stayed with us the whole day, he is incredibly knowledgeable of every subject, he guided us through the temples and the valley of kings. His passion for his job, the ancient story and the culture made us appreciate the day and motivated to visit everything despite the intense heat. To be noticed, he did never left us, he provided water and treated us with great care. We will remember this day as one of the best of our Egyptian experience

suicideblonde32 · May 2024 · via Tripadvisor

Very comolete tour - even with no reference guide

Excellent tour. May be chaotic at times, but there is always someone taking care of you. We had a different guide at each city. We had a hot air balloon plus the experiences in all the temples. Even the guide arranged for a falucca trip for us!

Y3051NZjoanh · May 2024 · via Tripadvisor

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