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Nile Cruises Luxor to Aswan: Routes, Boats and Prices
Classic Egypt Tours: Cairo, Luxor and Aswan Itineraries
Nile Cruise and Red Sea Holidays: Two-Week Egypt Trips
White Desert Tours from Cairo: Oases and Desert Camping
Short Breaks in Egypt: Three and Four Day Cairo Trips
Tailor-made Egypt Tours: Private Trips Built Around You
Egypt, planned properly
Every one of our Egypt tours is planned and run by our partner in Egypt — a local company, in the country, who knows which morning to visit a tomb and which boat has actually been refitted.
Planned by a local expert in Egypt
Local expert
based in Egypt, not a call centre
No middlemen
you pay the local company direct
Built around you
not a fixed departure
24 hours
typical reply time
Handpicked
Six routes that cover most of what people come to Egypt for. All private unless marked as a group departure, and all changeable.
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8 days · Classic Egypt
The route most people take first, at the length it was built for: Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum, then a flight to Luxor and four nights sailing down to Aswan.
from US$2,135 / per person
8 days · Nile & Red Sea
No boat on this one. Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum, a night in Luxor for both banks, two nights on the Red Sea, then back to Cairo for the Citadel, Coptic Cairo and the Royal Mummies.
from US$2,040 / per person
10 days · Classic Egypt
Five nights in Cairo either side of a four-night sail from Luxor to Aswan. The Cairo days are private, just your party and a guide; the sightseeing off the boat is shared with a small group.
from US$2,635 / per person
10 days · Nile & Red Sea
Egypt in three parts: two days in Cairo, three nights sailing Aswan to Luxor, then three nights on the Red Sea with nothing scheduled. The temples first, the sea afterwards.
from US$2,310 / per person
12 days · Classic Egypt
The standard Cairo-and-cruise route with two extra nights in a Luxor hotel before boarding, which is what buys you the Valley of the Queens, Medinet Habu, the Ramesseum, and a day out to Dendera and Abydos.
from US$3,160 / per person
Why a local expert
We are not the company on the ground in Egypt, and we do not pretend to be. Your trip is planned and run by our partner there — a local travel company whose people live and work in the places you are going.
Responsible travel
Guides, drivers and boat crews are employed directly by the Egyptian operator rather than subcontracted per trip. Tipping guidance is published up front so nobody has to guess.
We do not sell camel rides at the Pyramids, and we will tell you which sites are genuinely worth the extra ticket rather than adding them by default.
How we work
Good to know
Most European and North American passport holders can get an e-visa online or a visa on arrival at the airport. We send the current guidance with your booking confirmation.
October to April. Summer in Luxor and Aswan regularly passes 40°C, which makes the temples hard work. December and January are the busiest and priciest.
The cruise is worth it. Edfu and Kom Ombo sit on the riverbank and are far easier by boat, and you unpack once. Hotels in Luxor and Aswan make more sense if you want a slower pace.
Budget €15–20 per person for each guided day, plus €5–10 per person per night for the cruise crew box. Tipping is genuinely expected rather than optional. You get a full breakdown before you travel.
The tourist corridor — Cairo, the Nile valley and the Red Sea coast — has been stable for years. We follow your own government's travel advice and will say plainly if we think a route should change.
Yes. Every trip is private unless it is marked as a group departure, so days can be added, dropped or reordered before anything is booked.
Entry rules, opening hours, security advice and exchange rates all move. Check them at the source, not here.
