Cruises

Romantic

    

Your honeymoon, or that special anniversary and you want an intimate, romantic cruise on the Nile . Drifting past the splendours of Ancient Egypt and the exotic scenery, your attentive but unobtrusive crew serve you 3 full meals a day of tasty local produce. As you sip a cold beer the sun sinks over the horizon. You, your partner and the stars. The crew play some traditional Arabic love songs softly in the background, or disappear into their own quarters.

Sailing

    

Time to leave your cares behind. As you step aboard worry and stress are left behind. Let the current take you from Aswan to Luxor or be like the ancient Egyptians and gamble on the wind taking you south. In fact the hieroglyph for south is a ship in full sail. Lateen rigged vessels sail up and down the Nile disdaining their motorised cousins. As the floating hotels power by, you are the subject of their cameras and videos as your elegant vessel shows its true colours against their clumsy lines.

Activity Holidays

    

Fishing, bird watching, and astronomy are all activities suitable for a private sailing boat. You are in charge, and if you want to moor for a day in search of that elusive bird, you can. The list of observable birds is long. Lake Nasser is the place for large Nile perch but their smaller brethren can be caught from the boat, and make a tasty addition to your evening meal. Fishing tackle is provided. All the photographs on this website were taken with a simple point and shoot digital camera, so photographers can just imagine what superb results they will get with decent equipment. Lastly, star gazers will rejoice in the absence of light pollution and the joys of identifying constellations and planets not visible in Europe .

Egyptology Holidays

    

Many of the major sites of Upper Egypt can be visited by a variety of modes of transport but certain places such as Gebel Silsila can only be visited by private sailing boat. And what a fantastic place it is to visit especially at night when it is floodlit. At other places such as Kom Ombo and Edfu you can avoid the crowds from the large cruise ships as your boat leaves when you say. Egyptology guides are available for your entire cruise.

Want to spend more time in Luxor ?

We work in conjunction with Flats in Luxor the premier accommodation website in Luxor , supplying apartments, flats and villas. This means we can offer combination river and land based holidays. See here for a list of possible land tours. If you want more after the delights of Luxor , we can arrange tours to Cairo , the Western Desert and much, much more. Please contact us for more details