Our experience
We had a wonderful time on our 4-day Nile cruise. Our guide, Mohammed Gobran, was excellent and took care of everything seamlessly, from airport pickup in Aswan to the final drop-off. He was extremely knowledgeable, well-organised, and strategic in planning visits, which ensured we had a great experience at every site.
The cruise ship itself is a bit old, but this was not a deal-breaker and did not take away from the overall experience. The itinerary was quite jam-packed, with early starts around 4:00 am most days, which was a little tiring, but it did allow us to see and experience a lot in a short time.
grahithp · feb. 2026 · prin Tripadvisor
Sanremo on the Nile
Great experience.
The cruise takes place at high rates, you have early morning wake-up calls to visit the various sites some justified because the temples in the morning are much more beautiful (both for the fewer people and for the atmosphere). I expected a greater dedication in the various explanations to the temples given the majesty, I think there is a very personal assessment of what is explained and what can be omitted, my observation is perhaps justified by so much curiosity and desire to know. The free time available to personally visit the sites is very short, this is a big flaw regardless of the desire to take photos / selfies but just to live in the moment. Surely you stop at the usual “traps” for tourists, but if you know how to seize the moment you can shop at fair prices and with the right humility of the seller. Our guide was Mohamed Gobram, a good person and a good guide attentive to detail and precise in explanations, nice and helpful.
You live nice moments and lots of conviviality.
Super the Nubian village, very nice experience.
Kom Ombo is magical at night.
The food is very very good! Cleanliness of the rooms is right, there is a little humidity if your room is on the lower floor.
I would recommend this experience because beyond fatigue it offers the opportunity to visit many things and enjoy various moments.
Ps: I didn’t buy the internet having already bought a sim in Cairo, but I don’t know how good the signal is (I wasn’t advised).
823mariapiat · feb. 2026 · prin Tripadvisor · Tradusă
Wonderful but need some adjustments
From Aswan to Luxor, 4 days 3 nights
Wonderful International tour with nice people from all over the world.
Our guide Mohamed Gobran was very kind to us and explained a lot of things about the temples we visited, with details, accuracy and some funny anecdotes, always available to answer to your questions even if not so deeply as you would expect.
The boat was not a 5star experience and some areas were cold and humid, but it was very nice to stay in the sun around the swimming pool bar at the top. Excellent and various types of food, with charming and nice people as waiters maitre and chef and all the staff.
The one and only problem was the time spent during the visits, maybe too strict for seeing everything, like 45min-1h15m for a temple with a quick explanation and an average of 10mins of free time, such as Abu Simbel which requires at least 2 hours, especially when surrounded by big groups of people (see strange poses from chinese people in front of hieroglyphics blocking the traffic) Overtourism here is a problem and this kind of tours are part of it, doesn't change with better ships or longer trips. They said the free time was enough to take pictures, but didn't understand the needing of somebody of living the experience and just walking and watching around without being in a hurry and run the bus for the next stop (I mean, this trip must be relaxing and is not only about taking a picture of something and then go away, even if many people likes this way of traveling and flagging spots)
They also bring you to some local shops and places connected with the tour, but you can find way better prices by yourself (if you find time to escape the boat)
By the way a very good experience I would recommend, maybe not so magic as many people would expect but enough complete to have a good memory of this trip.
Plus tips for the visitors: don't buy on the boat and careful to people selling things right outside the boat, they are not dangerous at all, but they have leveled up prices (in the little shops outside in the towns, 1.5lt of water costs 20 egp, beer 40-60 egp, spices dates etc cost few egp)
You're welcome 😉
gabor597 · feb. 2026 · prin Tripadvisor
良い旅だった
寝台列車は思ったより時間がかかったけど面白いいい体験で、クルーズはゆったりと過ごせた。アブシンベル神殿までは往復のバスが少し大変だった。船のスタッフもガイドさんもみんなフレンドリーで楽しい旅行だった。
Mai_M · oct. 2023 · prin Viator
Notre plus beau voyage
Abu simbel et louxor et les visites le soir, kom ombo et edfou. Le guide mohamed etait vraiment à l ecoute et toujours prêt à nous aider. Merveilleuse experience. Le bateau renaissance bien équipé et la piscine et roof top tres sympa
Virginie_B · sept. 2023 · prin Viator
Amazing
The entire experience was very good, perfectly organized.
Abu simbel tour was the most beautiful and amazing experience, we'll always keep in our hearts but not just that single trip as the entire tour.
Our guide Mahmoud was the best!
Alessandro_G · aug. 2023 · prin Viator
Trip of a Lifetime!!!
I highly recommend Mahmoud as your professional tour guide on this cruise. He was extremely experienced, knowledgeable, and educated about all of Egypt. He was extremely passionate and punctual to ensure that we made it on time and remained on schedule. There were so many nuances and minute details to coordinate to ensure that strict compliance and timelines were met in between various modes of transportation to all of the temples, and tours that there is no way possible anyone short of an expert could have done it all. Mahmoud and the entire cruise staff to include all of our van, boat, bus, and ferry drivers ensure that we remained safe and throughly enjoyed our selves. At the end of the cruise Mahmoud even went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that we had transportation to our respective hotel, ground, or air reservations. He even coordinated all of that for our entire group AFTER the cruise. Finally, due to weather conditions the government decided to close down the hot air balloon ride initially scheduled on our last cruise day. However, Mahmoud did not give up!!! He contacted each of us individually who were remaining in Luxor an additional night, and ensured that we completed our hot air balloon ride the next morning when the government made it available again. We had a happy ending!!! The ballon ride was the icing on the cake to an already extensive and successful cruise. I highly recommend the cruise package. The food was prepared fresh daily. There was also live entertainment each night on the ship. We had belly dancers and more. On the last night, the crew gathered to sing to us and brought us out cake!!! Thank you Mahmoud and to everyone for making my time in Egypt more enjoyable than I could have ever imagined. I have made friends and memories that I will treasure for a lifetime!
Dr_C · apr. 2023 · prin Viator
Dishonest claimant
Incredible 6-day Nile cruise to Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel with train tickets from Cairo.
The title makes you dream but that’s all ...
Cancellation of the Abu visit on the day of departure of the cruise, tickets included in the price but we had to pay on site again. We paid for the train and ended up on a bus for 10 hours with no leg room and smelly. In short without the visit of Abu the activity did not cost the same price and we do not want to be reimbursed.
A trip full of adventure, I advise against. The claimant is dishonest.
Sorry I can’t put pictures of Abu Simbel, I haven’t seen him 🤷♀️
maurine a · apr. 2023 · prin Tripadvisor · Tradusă
We visited the pyramids the temples it was magic
Great holiday but never again with voyamar too much trouble on the other hand the great boats the three days in Cairo nothing to say
christel g · mar. 2023 · prin Tripadvisor · Tradusă
Fantastic cruise tour
The cruise was very nice and Mahmoud our tour guide was wery helpfull and knowledgable obout all the places we went . The cruise was nice and very clean cabin with great staff who catered to all our needs.
the sleeping train trip however was a dissapointing affair. it was extremely dirty and seemed like the cleaning was done as often as the maintenance that seemed to be from when the train was new at around 2 world war. i can understand it is old but when you pay 90 dollars each i would expext something more than that. However the staff was friendly and helpfull . The last day of our trip, Mody tours are a bit disappointing that they cant be able to get us from the train station anymore.
empressmmc · feb. 2023 · prin Tripadvisor
