MS Mayfair Luxury Nile Cruise

Board the MS Mayfair Luxury Nile Cruise before lunch and settle into your cabin as your Aswan to Luxor Cruise begins. After embarkation, head out to explore the highlights of Aswan, a city known for its rich history and remarkable monuments.

Your sightseeing tour starts at the Aswan High Dam, one of Egypt’s most important modern engineering achievements, offering panoramic views of the Nile River and Lake Nasser. Continue to Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis and located on Agilkia Island, where you will arrive by a short boat ride across the Nile.

The final stop is the Unfinished Obelisk, an ancient granite quarry that provides fascinating insight into how massive obelisks were carved during the Pharaonic era. After the tour, return to the MS Mayfair Luxury Nile Cruise for dinner and enjoy your first evening onboard as you begin your 4-day Nile cruise Aswan to Luxor. Overnight on board.

Meals Included: Lunch Dinner

Spend the morning on the MS Mayfair Luxury Nile Cruise, drifting toward Kom Ombo. Along the way, you get to see the really remarkable Kom Ombo Temple, which is devoted to both Sobek, the crocodile deity, and Horus the Elder. You can wander through its strange twin layout, admire the gorgeously carved reliefs, and read a few of the fascinating inscriptions. If you have time, theres also a chance to pop into the Crocodile Museum nearby before you head back to the cruise.

Continue your Aswan to Luxor cruise heading toward Edfu. While you’re traveling, enjoy lunch onboard and watch how the Nile scenery slowly shifts. In the afternoon, try a traditional horse and carriage ride to the magnificent Temple of Horus, one of Egypts best-preserved ancient sites. It’s especially known for its towering columns and the very detailed inscriptions that cover so much of it.

After your visit, you return to the MS Mayfair Luxury Nile Cruise and continue sailing onward to Luxor. Finish the day with a calm, easy evening onboard. Overnight on board.

Meals Included: breakfast Lunch Dinner

After breakfast, head to Luxor's West Bank, home to some of the most remarkable monuments of ancient Egypt and one of the highlights of any Luxury Nile Cruise Egypt itinerary.

Your first stop is the Valley of the Kings, the royal burial place of the New Kingdom pharaohs. Go ahead and wander through three tombs, all of them beautifully decorated, take in the well preserved hieroglyphs, and the colorful murals on the walls, then try to understand the ideas people held about what happens afterlife. Visitors can also pay a little extra to step into the well known tomb of Tutankhamun.

From there, move on to the magnificent Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, it feels like an architectural wonder, built right up against the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Those striking terraces and finely cut reliefs, they tell stories about her reign, and about how important she was among Egypt’s pharaohs.

The tour concludes at the Colossi of Memnon, two monumental statues of Amenhotep III that have overlooked Luxor's West Bank for more than 3,000 years. Return on board for lunch and spend the afternoon relaxing as your 5 Star Nile Cruise Egypt continues through the timeless scenery of the Nile. Overnight on board.

Meals Included: breakfast Lunch Dinner

Enjoy your final breakfast onboard before checking out and heading to Luxor’s East Bank, home to two of Egypt’s most iconic ancient temples.

Begin your tour at the magnificent Karnak Temple Complex, the largest religious complex in ancient Egypt. Walk through the Great Hypostyle Hall and admire its towering columns, sacred monuments, chapels, and courtyards that showcase thousands of years of Egyptian history.

Continue to Luxor Temple, originally built during the reign of Amenhotep III and later expanded by Ramses II. 

After your sightseeing tour, your 4-day Nile cruise Aswan to Luxor aboard the MS Mayfair Luxury Nile Cruise comes to an end. Leave with unforgettable memories of a luxury Egypt cruise filled with ancient temples, fascinating history, and beautiful Nile scenery. Overnight on board.

Meals Included: breakfast