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Nile River Cruise
candid Egypt tips
Why a
Nile River Cruise
is special
A Nile River Cruise takes you up close through 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian history. And, as your boat smoothly glides by the palm-tree dotted river banks, you view timeless farming scenes and drifting sand dunes.
Nile River Cruise
attractions
Top
3 attractions
Each of these Nile cruise sites has won a Hillman Wonders Gold Medal. Click their blue names to view my web pages on them.
Abu
Simbel
Four great statues of Rameses II guard his temple's entrance. You fly from
Aswan city to Abu Simbel (45 minutes). Or, you can take a bus (several hours).
Karnak
It is by far the largest of its kind in the world. The Great Hypostyle Hall is
particularly impressive. It is situated in Luxor city.
Valley
of the Kings
The carved underground tombs of 60 pharaohs are here, including that of Tutankhamun (King Tut). It is near
Luxor.
Other
top
Nile cruise attractions
These five temples are also major Nile River Cruise must-sees:
Edfu
Best preserved and second largest temple in Egypt. Only Karnak is larger.
Esna
A Ptolomaic-era sanctuary surrounded by a modern era city.
Hapshepsut
She was Egypt's greatest female pharaoh.
Kom
Ombo
A double temple. One half is dedicated to Horus, the other half to Sobek.
Luxor
Sits next to Karnak Temple and is almost as grand.
Other Nile cruise highlights include Valley of the Queens, Philae Temple, and Aswan High Dam.
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Nile cruise pages
Learn how the 3-night, 4-night, and 7-night itineraries differ:
Save time, money and disappointment. Click the link below to read my candid pointers:
View my photo gallery of the top five cruise vessels sailing to and from Luxor and Aswan.
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