Published on Apr, 2022
We wanted to do a trip through Egypt with our daughters for a long time and this year we had the possibility to do it. We started at Cairo to see the pyramids and then took the sleeping train to Aswan, where the Nile cruise to Luxor started. Pick up at the train station was on time, welcomed by our guide, checking in, freshing up and then it started with visiting the Aswan dam and Philae temple. The temple was beautiful. Our guide Mohamed was great, knowledgeable and humorous. He is a good storyteller and tested our knowledge, which is nice for the interaction. We were guided in a small group, us 6, a couple and a single traveller. We enjoyed it a lot.
The guide didn't push us at all to book optional tours, what we appreciated a lot. For sure great tours, but they started too early, haha. Instead of Abu Simbel or the hot air balloon we choose for the Nubian Village and even had a swim in the Nile. Very clean an refreshing, didn't expect it. After 4 days of cruising, visiting temples, eating. We felt a bit melancholic saying goodbye to everybody we spend time with those days. I recommend this cruise and specially the guide Mohamed.
Extra plus: on the boat you don't have to tip everybody separatly. At the reception they have a tip box for all staff. Of course the guide is extra :) And respect for all the people working with this heat during Ramadan.
