Nile Cruise: The Best Way to See Egypt.
The Nile cruises mostly go from Luxor, near the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens to Aswan, stopping at various temples and ancient sites along the way: El Minya; Beni Hasan; Tell El Amarna; Asyut; Abydos; Dandara; Luxor Temple; Karnak Temple; Necropolis of Thebes (including the tombs of Rameses VI, tomb 9, Seti I, tomb 17, Tutankhamun, Tomb 62 and the Colossi of Memnon, Deir El Bahri and Medinet Habu); Isna; Idfu; Kom Ombo; The Botanic Island, Granite Quarries, High Dam and Philae Temples in Aswan. Abu Simbel is another sight that can be access in a separate cruise from Aswan or by plane. The Temple of Rameses II is another important sight.
This article features photographs from Cairo, Gisa, along the Nile to Luxor and Aswan and travel tips, advice and recommendations of the best places to stay and best archeological sites in Egypt.
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Egypt: Table of Contents
- Guidebooks
- The Pyramids at Giza
- Map of Egypt
- Photo of the Pyramids
- Books
- Pyramids at Giza, Egypt
- More Pyramids
- The view you rarely see
- Current Weather in Egypt
- The Sphynx
- The Nile Cruise
- The Cruise
- Egypt at CafePress
- Egypt Photo Gallery
- The Nile
- Egypt Excursions
- African Hotels and Destinations
- Photographic Equipment
- Aswan, Egypt
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Guidebooks
Frommer's Egypt
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Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 12/17/2009)
The Rough Guide to Egypt 7 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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Fodor's Egypt, 2nd Edition: Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore, Smart Travel Tips from A to Z, Plus Maps and Co lor Photos
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Guide to Ancient Egypt, The Penguin: Revised Edition (Penguin Handbooks)
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The Pyramids at Giza
Photo of the Pyramids
Books
Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
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Egypt (Country Guide)
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 12/17/2009)
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 12/17/2009)
Fodor's Egypt, 3rd Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/17/2009)
Pyramids at Giza, Egypt
More Pyramids
The view you rarely see
Current Weather in Egypt
What's The Temperature in Egypt
Current weather conditions in Cairo, Egypt
Local Pollen Reports
19°C (Feels like 19°C)
Last update: 12/18/09 11:30 AM Local Time
Humidity: 52%Visibility: 10.0 km
Dew Point: 9°C
UV Index: 3 (Lawn and Garden Weather)
Barometer: 1016.9mm steady
Moon: Rush Hour Traffic
Wind: 19km/h From: Airport Conditions
Today
Fair
High: 23°C
Low: 13°C
Sunrise: 6:45 AM
Sunset: 4:58 PM
Saturday
Dec 19
Sunny
High: 24°C
Low: 13°C
Sunrise: 6:46 AM
Sunset: 4:58 PM
Sunday
Dec 20
Sunny
High: 26°C
Low: 14°C
Sunrise: 6:46 AM
Sunset: 4:59 PM
Monday
Dec 21
Partly Cloudy
High: 26°C
Low: 13°C
Sunrise: 6:47 AM
Sunset: 4:59 PM
The Sphynx
The Nile Cruise
Many cruises have a fancy dress party one evening to allow you to meet the other guests and make a fool of yourself, but where do you get fancy dress from? While waiting to go through a lock, queued up with many other cruise ships, suddenly you will find your ship surrounded by many small boats and you can haggle from the top deck for clothes. They throw them up for you to look at, and try on, then if you like them throw money down money to them.
The Cruise
The gym on the top-deck of a cruise ship.
Egypt at CafePress
The Nile
Egypt Excursions
The Nile has so many wonderful sights to see and the cruise ships stop at each of the major ones for small groups to disembark and be escorted by horse-drawn carriage, coach or small boat. Excursions include many archeological sites featuring ancient mummies and temples dedicated to many different gods. This really is a relaxing way to see the sights.
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Photographic Equipment
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Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens
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Leica D-Lux 4 Digital Camera (Black)
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Leica C-LUX 2 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3.6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
Amazon Price: $499.95 (as of 12/17/2009)
Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue)
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Aswan, Egypt
Aswan is the end of the cruise, because the enormous Aswan High Dam gets in the way, although you can take another cruise from here on to Abu Simbal. The best place to stay in Aswan is the Old Cateract Hotel, where Agatha Christie wrote The Death on The Nile. It retains the character of the era in which she wrote the novel and has wonderful views from the bar across the river to the botanical gardens.
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters Dec 18, 2009 @ 3:44 am
- Wonderful Travel Lens. Photos are awesome! A trip down the Nile is definitely on our Trip List. Happy Holidays to you and Best Wishes for 2010! :)
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- Upon-Request Upon-Request Sep 10, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
- What a great travelogue! A Nile cruise is definitely on my "must-do" list. Thanks for sharing your awesome pics.
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- mukunda22 mukunda22 Jun 3, 2009 @ 12:35 am
- Those Pyramids are spectacular--Rare footage--Beautiful!!
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen May 27, 2009 @ 8:06 pm
- Someday I will travel the world
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- One day I will travel on the Nile! Such history, such beauty!
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