Luxor → Edfu → Kom Ombo → Aswan

Nile cruise — 4 days

Luxor to Aswan, three nights on the river

✓ Private tour — your guide, your car, your pace
✓ Licensed guide, fluent English
✓ Booking is free — you pay cash on the day
✓ Cancel free up to 48 hours before

from €699 / adult

Children from €350 · Final price depends on group size and date

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⏱ 4 days / 3 nights · 📍 Luxor → Edfu → Kom Ombo → Aswan

Best for: Anyone who would rather see southern Egypt properly than compress it into two exhausting day trips.

The temples between Luxor and Aswan were built along the river because the river was the road. Seeing them from a boat is not a gimmick — it is the only way the sequence makes sense. Three nights on board covers Karnak and the Valley of the Kings at one end, Edfu and Kom Ombo in the middle, and Philae and the High Dam at the other, with the sailing itself happening while you eat and sleep. Transfers from and back to Hurghada are included.

The detail

What is and is not included

Included

✓ Transfer Hurghada → Luxor and Aswan → Hurghada
✓ Three nights on a four-star Nile cruiser, air-conditioned, with sun deck and pool
✓ Breakfast, lunch and dinner every day
✓ Licensed Egyptologist guide, fluent English, throughout
✓ Entry to every temple on the itinerary
✓ All transfers between the boat and the sites

Not included

✗ Tipping for the boat crew and guide — around €30 per person for the trip
✗ Drinks with meals
✗ Hot-air balloon over Luxor at sunrise (optional, around €100)
✗ Abu Simbel excursion from Aswan (optional, around €80)
✗ Single-cabin supplement, around €80 for the three nights

The schedule

How the trip runs

Times are indicative. Your guide confirms the exact pickup the evening before, and the order can shift to dodge crowds or heat.

Day 1

Luxor

Transfer from Hurghada, board the boat, then Karnak and Luxor temple. Luxor temple after dark, lit, is the better of the two visits.

Day 2

West bank, then sail to Edfu

Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and the Colossi in the morning; the boat casts off after lunch and you watch the farmland go past from the deck.

Day 3

Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan

Edfu — the best-preserved temple in Egypt — in the morning, Kom Ombo perched over the river in the afternoon, into Aswan by evening.

Day 4

Aswan and home

Philae temple on its island and the High Dam, then the transfer back to Hurghada.

Before you go

What to bring

▸ Your passport — the boat is required to register it
▸ Four days of comfortable clothes, with shoulders and knees coverable
▸ Swimwear for the sun-deck pool
▸ Hat, sun cream, sunglasses
▸ A jumper for evenings on deck
▸ Around €30 cash for tipping at the end

FAQ

Questions people actually ask

What are the boats actually like?

Four-star, air-conditioned, with a sun deck and a small pool. Cabins run 16–22 m² with a private bathroom and a window onto the river. It is comfortable rather than luxurious; if you want five-star we will quote it separately.

Is there Wi-Fi?

Yes, and it is unreliable. It is fine for messages and hopeless for video. Treat four days on the Nile as four days offline and you will enjoy them more.

What is the food like?

Buffet, a mix of international and Egyptian. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and halal are all manageable if you tell us when you book rather than when you board.

How much walking is there?

Three to five kilometres a day across the temple sites, and there are steps and uneven stone almost everywhere. This trip does not work well for anyone with limited mobility, and we would rather say that now than at the gangway.

Can I travel solo?

Yes. There is a single-cabin supplement of about €80 for the three nights, and solo travellers on a Nile boat tend to end up eating with everyone else by the second evening anyway.

Is Abu Simbel worth adding?

If you have the extra day, yes — it is three hours each way from Aswan and quite unlike anything else in Egypt. If you are tight on time, skip it rather than rush it.

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