Meroe Dahabiya Nile Cruise

From $2300

Description

Completely rebuilt from the ground up in 2017, Meroe is the pride of Nour El Nil, offering guests the most spacious cabins, a large salon and a deck that provides ample space for everyone to enjoy their privacy or to mingle with one another. Meroe has been a favorite of our returning guests and those simply wishing to have the most luxurious experience on the Nile. Aboard Meroe you will be taken care of by a staff of over 15, ensuring that you are afforded all the luxuries and delicacies we have to offer.

Icon representing tour detailsTour Details

Icon representing duration of the tourDuration

6 Days

Icon indicating availability statusCruise Schedule

Every Monday from Esna to Aswan

Icon representing tour locationTour Location

Luxor / Edfu / Kom Ombo / Aswan

Icon representing tour typeTour Type

Small Group Tour

Meroe Dahabiya Nile Cruise Facilities

Accommodation

  • Meroe boat includes Panoramic Suites, 8 Luxury Rooms and 1 Standard Room
  • All cabins have large, panoramic windows
  • Dining facilities, Bars and Reading Lounge.
  • Sprinkling System, Anti-Fire treatment and full Fire Safety measures.
  • Doctor on call.
  • Air Condition on board.
  • Private bath/shower with hair dryer
  • Accompanying motorboat to pull it in case wind is calm.
  • Sun Deck

Other Facilities

WiFi

Pool

Air condition

Private bath with Shower

TV

Mini Bar

Doctor available 24 hours

Gift Shop

Meroe Dahabiya Nile Cruise Itinerary

6 Days - Esna / Aswan Every Monday

Upon your arrival at Luxor airport / Luxor train station, you will be met and assisted by your tour manager from Luxor And Aswan Tours, then you will be guided by your Egyptologist tour guide for a tour in Esna. A thriving merchant town, Esna is best known for the small ancient Temple of Khnum, which sits 9 meters below street level. Your trip will begin with a brief walk to the temple and a stroll through streets filled with beautiful textiles and other exotic goods.
Overnight in Esna on board your Nile boat.

Meals Included:
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Whilst sleeping, we gently sail en-route to El Kab, on the East bank of the Nile, was once the capital of Upper Egypt and is still home to the temple of Nekhbet, as well as a row of fascinating decorated tombs carved into the slope of the mountains. Upon docking, you will embark on a beautiful walk through a small fishermen village to visit the necropolis. In the afternoon, the boat will arrive at Edfu, home to the Greco-Roman temple dedicated to the god Horus. This is among the best preserved of all Egyptian temples. Horse and carriage will take you to the temple through the busy city streets. After returning to the boat, you will set sail for a beautiful island.

Meals Included:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

This is a day devoted to the river: immediately after an optional morning walk and breakfast, you will set sail In the afternoon, you will stop at an island for a stroll or to swim in the Nile. As dusk begins, there may be an opportunity to walk into the desert along a valley lined with boulders covered in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and stone-age inscriptions. These images mark the beginning of the shortest trail through the desert to Libya (28 days in ancient times). At night, the boat will tie up the foot of floodlit temple of Gebel Silsileh.

Meals Included:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Here, the Nile, flowing between two mountains ranges, is at its narrowest. You will usually be the only visitors at this fascinating site, as large Nile cruisers are not allowed to stop here. After visiting the small temple of Horemheb and walking through the sandstone quarries, where ancient Egyptians cut stone for many of their most famous temples, you will visit a picturesque café to enjoy tea and shisha (waterpipe). You will then sail to a picturesque riverbank where you will stop for lunch and swimming.

Meals Included:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

After a night on the water and beneath the stars, the morning trip will take you to the town and temple of Kom Ombo. The temple was built during the Ptolemaic period on the site of an older temple and at one of the most beautiful locations, on a bend on the river. The temple was dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile-headed god. After enjoying the temple, you will visit the new Crocodile Museum, which contains many mummified crocodiles, attesting to the importance the creature played in this region in ancient times.

Meals Included:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner

Breakfast on board your Dahabiya Nile boat, then you will be transferred to Aswan airport / Aswan train station for final departure.

Meals Included:
  • Breakfast

What's Included

Included

  • Meet and assist service upon arrival & departure
  • Assistance of our personal during your stay and excursions
  • All transfers by a modern air-conditioned deluxe vehicle
  • Accommodation on board 5 star Dahabiya on full board basis
  • All Nile Cruise excursions as mentioned in the itinerary
  • Entrance fees to all sights between Luxor and Aswan
  • Egyptologist guide during your excursions
  • All service charges and taxes

Not Included

  • Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Tipping

Prices:

Double Cabin

USD $ 2300

per adult in a double share cabin

Single Cabin

USD $ 3609

per adult in a single share cabin

Double Cabin

USD $ 2650

per adult in a double share cabin

Single Cabin

USD $ 3959

per adult in a single share cabin

 

Prices
Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip except during Christmas, New Year & Easter holidays.

Children Policy
0 - 05.99 Free of Charge
6 - 11.99 pay 50% of tour price
12+ pay full tour price as per adult person.

Notes :
Child pricing applies to children who share rooms with their parents (Max 2 Children in one Room)

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