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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).

Abu Simbel

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.

Karnak

Valley of the Kings
The carved underground tombs of 60 pharaohs are here, including that of Tutankhamun (King Tut). It is near Luxor.

Valley of the Kings

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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