Day 1: (Friday) Staff will meet you at your hotel, the airport or train station for transfer to the cruise. Embarkation before lunch. Lunch on board. FREE BONUS: Sail on the Nile by felucca (native sailboat). (Please note that these boats are solely wind powered, if there is no wind this will not operate). Afternoon at leisure. Dinner on board. Overnight Aswan (L,D)

Day 2: (Saturday) Breakfast on board while sailing to Kom Ombo. Visit the Kom Ombo Temple. Sail to Edfu while having lunch. Afternoon tea. Sail to Esna. Dinner on board. Overnight Esna (B,L,D)

Day 3: (Sunday) Breakfast on board before sailing to Luxor. Lunch on board then visit the East Bank (Karnak and Luxor temples). Afternoon tea. Dinner on board. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)

Day 4: (Monday) Breakfast on board then visit the West Bank (the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari and the Colossi of Memnon). Return to the ship for lunch. Afternoon free at leisure. Afternoon tea. Dinner on board. Overnight Luxor (B,L,D)

Day 5: (Tuesday) Breakfast on board and the afternoon free at leisure. Lunch on board while sailing to Esna. Afternoon free at leisure. Afternoon tea. Dinner on board. Overnight Edfu (B,L,D)

Day 6: (Wednesday) Breakfast on board. Lunch then visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu. Return to the ship and sail to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board. Afternoon free at leisure. Afternoon tea. Dinner on board. Overnight Kom Ombo (B,L,D)

Day 7: (Thursday) Breakfast on board then sail to Aswan. Visit the High Dam, Philae Temple and the Granite Quarries. Lunch on board. Afternoon free at leisure. Afternoon tea. Dinner on board. Overnight Aswan (B,L,D)

Day 8: (Friday) Breakfast before disembarkation. (B)

PRICE:

All prices are per person for the length of the cruise

CRUISES INCLUDE: Outside, Nile view cabins. All cabins have private baths and individually controlled air-conditioning. Meals as noted by B for breakfast, L for lunch and D for dinner. Transfers to/from antiquity sites visited on ship’s itinerary. Entry fees to sites. Services of an English speaking licensed guide unless you prefer a different language (we have guides fluent in most major languages). Port fees, service charges and taxes.

NOT INCLUDED: Anything prior to embarkation or after disembarkation. Items of a personal nature such as tips, laundry, telephone, beverages with meals, anything not specifically mentioned as included.