Luxury Nile Cruise
Enjoy a Nile Cruise on 5-Star MS Nile Premium from £1,045 per person
Save £100 per person – early booking discount
This itinerary has proved the most popular Nile Cruise with our members. There’s plenty of time to explore the treasures of ancient Egypt, admire the views and soak up the atmosphere.
Price includes
Early booking offer - £100 off per person – book by 31 Mar 2010
Return flights
Standard cabin on a full board basis
Sightseeing tours accompanied by an Egyptologist
Return resort transfers
Services of a local representative
Itinerary highlights
- Luxor
- Valley of the Kings
- Tomb of Tutankhamun
- Temple of Horus at Edfu
- Lake Nasser
- Aswan
- Philae
- Abu Simbel
- Kom Ombo
- Karnak
- Sound & Light Show
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MS Nile Premium features
The MS Nile Premium ’s ambience is sophisticated and chic. Decorated predominantly in neutral tones, its dark wood lends it a colonial feel and it remains stylish without being fussy; modern while retaining warmth.
The MS Nile Premium offers its guests a truly elegant cruising experience, with all the latest features to ensure the safety and comfort of those aboard. The lounge bar with its attractive terrace area is the perfect place for a pre-dinner drink and the large, well-appointed restaurant serves a delicious range of international and regional cuisine.
Evening entertainment onboard the MS Nile Premium includes traditional belly dancing and a Galabiya party – where guests dress up in Egyptian costumes.
Cabins
There are 56 standard cabins, 2 Ambassador Suites and 2 Presidential Suites.
All cabins are beautifully decorated in dark wood with opulent soft furnishings.
Each has a large panoramic window and is air-conditioned with a safety deposit box, telephone with voicemail, plasma TV with marine satellite channels & music system, minibar, hairdryer and luxurious en suite bathroom with bath, shower and WC.
Furthermore, all suites have tea- and coffee-making facilities, while a complimentary fruit basket, cookies and two small bottles of mineral water are provided on a daily basis. A bottle of wine is provided in suites on check in.
Ambassador Suites share a private balcony and have a seating area, and larger bathroom with jacuzzi bath. Presidential Suites have the greatest floor area and benefit from a large bathroom with jacuzzi bath and a spacious sitting area.
Ship facilities
- Small pool on deck
- Sun deck
- Large restaurant
- Cocktail lounge
- Bar
- Fitness room
- TV lounge
- Reading room
Facilities subject to charge include
- Internet access with USB stick modem
- 24 hr room service
- Laundry service
8 day Classic Nile Cruise itinerary
Day 1 - Monday - Luxor
- Embarkation before lunch.
- Dinner.
Day 2 - Tuesday - The West Bank
- After breakfast, leave by coach to visit the West Bank, which was designated as a burial ground by the ancient Egyptians.
- Visit two or three tombs in the Valley of the Kings and at least two more in the Valley of the Queens and marvel at the intricate murals. The tombs are open according to a system of rotation, to minimise damage caused by visitors, and there is an additional charge for visits to the Tomb of Tutankhamun and Tomb of Ramses VI.
- Continue to the Temple of Hatshepsut, built in memory to the only woman to reign as a Pharaoh, its terraces and colonnades stand stark against the hills, and the Colossi of Memnon, a pair of enormous statues, 18 metres tall, which once guarded the mortuary Temple of Amenophis III.
- Set sail for Edfu.
- Lunch & afternoon tea onboard.
- Dinner.
Day 3 - Wednesday - Temple of Horus at Edfu
- After breakfast, visit the Temple of Horus, the falcon god, whose battle with his evil uncle, Seth, is told in vivid pictures inscribed on its walls.
- Lunch onboard.
- Afternoon tea and sail via Kom Ombo to Aswan.
- Dinner.
Day 4 - Thursday - Aswan & Philae
- After breakfast, visit the High Dam, the construction of which was finished in 1971, creating Lake Nasser, the world’s largest reservoir.
- See the ancient granite quarries and the Unfinished Obelisk before continuing to the Island of Philae, with its Temple of Isis, the divine mother of all the gods, set in a stunning location surrounded by water. It was relocated during the building of the High Dam.
- Lunch.
- Sail on the Nile in a traditional felucca around Elephantine and Kitchener’s Island.
- Dinner.
Day 5 - Friday - Optional trip to Abu Simbel
- Optional excursion to Abu Simbel (from £85 per person by road and £199 by airplane) home to the magnificent Great Temple of Ramses II and Temple of Queen Nefertari, which feature colossal statues and well-preserved reliefs. This site is all the more impressive for the fact the temples were relocated in a massive salvage operation during the building of the High Dam.
- Lunch.
- Optional excursion to the Sound & Light Show at the Temple of Isis at Philae.
- Dinner.
Day 6 - Saturday - Kom Ombo
- After breakfast, sail to Kom Ombo to visit the temple dedicated to two gods, Haroeris and Sobek – the crocodile Nile god. This was a place where crocodiles used to bask in the sun, although since the building of the dam they are no longer found on this stretch of the Nile.
- Sail to Edfu.
- Lunch & dinner onboard.
- Continue on to Esna.
Day 7 - Sunday - Karnak & Luxor
- After breakfast, visit the most magnificent of the Nile temples, the stunning Temple of Karnak, constructed over a vast area during a period of some 1,300 years. It incorporates three separate temple enclosures and highlights include the Great Hypostyle Hall, with its gigantic pillars, and the Sacred Lake. An avenue of Sphinxes links this temple to the Temple of Luxor, the next stop on your itinerary, also dedicated to the Theban Triad gods, Amun, the ‘unseen one’, his wife Mut, goddess of the heavens, and their son Khons. The reliefs here are remarkably clear, partly due to the fact that it lay buried under sand for thousands of years.
- Lunch & farewell dinner onboard.
- Optional excursion to the Sound & Light Show at Karnak Temple.
Day 8 - Monday - Disembark at Luxor
- Breakfast followed by disembarkation at Luxor.
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Classic Nile Cruise on MS Nile Premium – prices & dates
Save up to £100 per adult on below prices with the early booking discount – call for details.
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Classic Nile Cruise
8 days on the MS Nile Premium
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Dates
2009/10
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Standard
cabin pp
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Ambassador
Suite pp
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Presidential Suite
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01 Nov - 19 Dec
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£1145
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£1529
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£1585
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20 Dec - 26 Dec
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£1345
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£1789
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£1849
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27 Dec - 03 Jan
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£1965
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£2839
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£2965
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04 Jan - 20 Mar
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£1145
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£1529
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£1585
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21 Mar - 27 Mar
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£1175
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£1559
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£1615
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28 Mar - 11 Apr
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£1695
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£2389
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£2489
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12 Apr - 02 May
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£1145
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£1529
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£1585
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03 May - 30 Jun
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£1045
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£1339
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£1385
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01 Jul - 31 Jul
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£1099
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£1399
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£1439
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01 Aug - 31 Aug
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£1219
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£1515
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£1549
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01 Sep - 30 Sep
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£1159
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£1449
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£1499
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01 Oct - 31 Oct
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£1199
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£1499
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£1545
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Early booking discount additional - Save up to £100 per adult on above prices. Call for more details.
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Prices per person, based on two people sharing a standard cabin
Includes return flights, resort transfers, full board, sightseeing tours with Egyptologist and services of a local representative.
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