A first time visitor to Egypt wanting to discover the ancient history of the country would do well to book a Nile or a lake Nasser (or both) cruise, as this was historically (for the Nile) the way to visit the temples and tombs located along the river. Cruising along the Nile, whose banks are lined with ancient villages, temples, cotton fields and date palms, all unchanged since biblical time, is meeting with the kings, queens and gods of a civilization that goes back 6,000 year. Besides, they also allow the tourist to gain a prospective of rural Egypt, where people live much the same way they did even thousands of years ago, in mudbrick homes, tending their fields with wooden plows and moving produce via donkey. What better way to experience such ancient history? An exciting array of floating hotels are there to accommodate groups of all sizes, offering updated amenities, such as air conditioning, swimming pools, shops and comfortable surroundings along with the ancient appeal of the scenery itself. 

South of Aswan lies the new High Dam which created the huge Lake Nasser, and the temples here, Abu Simbel is the best known, weres saved in late sixties through a worldwide effort. These wonderful monuments had been nearly unreachable for visitors before the cruises on lake Nasser started. Now the cruise brings you to the Kalabsha temple, Ramses III'srock cut temple known as Beit el Wali, the Roman temple of Hathor, known as Kertassi, Wadi El Seboua temple, the Meriotic and Ptolemaic temple called Al Dakka, the unfinished Serapis temple called Al Meharakka, the saved temple of Amada (built during ThothMoses III and Amenhotep II), the rock cut temple of Derr and tomb of Penout (deputy under Ramses VI). On the east side of the lake is the ancient Fort now called Kasr Ibrim - and furthest south the two famous temples in Abu Simbel.

LAKE NASSER CRUISES - 3-5 day/3-4 night itinerary
The best cruise combination possible along the Nile in a very in-depth discovery of Egyptian civilization. Cruise the waters of lake Nasser visiting Upper Egypt sites, then cruise the Nile between Aswan and Luxor visiting some of the sites not usually visited on regular tours. From 1560.00 US $ per person sharing. Departs MONDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY-WEDNESDAY DEPENDING ON CHOSEN BOAT AND ITINERARY with minimum 2 pax

NILE CRUISES - 15 day/14 night itinerary
The best cruise combination possible along the Nile in a very in-depth discovery of Egyptian civilization. Cruise the waters of lake Nasser visiting Upper Egypt sites, then cruise the Nile between Aswan and Luxor visiting some of the sites not usually visited on regular tours. From 1560.00 US $ per person sharing. Departs SUNDAY with minimum 2 pax