How To Book Nile Cruise

How To Book Nile Cruise

By Hesham Elgammal on 29 Jan 2025

Last Updated: June 7th, 2021

If you want to spend your next vacation in Egypt, and you like cruises, you must go to Upper Egypt, specifically the area between the two tourist destinations of Luxor and Aswan, where the major ancient Egyptian monuments, tombs, and temples are located. Then you have two Egypt tour package options for practicing excursion sightseeing tours: one of the following tour package types or one of the following tour package types.

• Overland by moving from sightseeing to the other side between Luxor and Aswan by vehicle.
• To book a Nile River cruise from Aswan to Luxor or a cruise from Luxor to Aswan.

When do I start planning Nile Cruise reservations?

You can start to plan your trip to Egypt a year before this gives you the advantage of choice best Nile Cruise ship, also enjoy a good discount on early bird deals., anyway the Nile River Cruise booking a 6 months before your trips still fine, some travelers would like to try the last-minute bookings to buy a cheap flight ticket, but the last-minute deals are appropriate more with charter flights and Egypt tour packages that include international tickets.

Nile Cruise Accommodations

• Full-Board Nile Cruise: The majority of Nile Cruises are on a full-board basis. All meals are included and served in an open buffet format (or set menu on some cruises); some days, depending on the type and quality of the cruise ship, there are numerous options; these meals are provided on a set schedule. On some cruises, tea and coffee are offered every day at 5:00 p.m. while on the move. Other beverages are available in the bar area.

• Nile Cruise on an All-Inclusive Basis: Only a few Nile Cruises are on All-Inclusive Basis; the package often includes Full Board and All Beverage (mineral water, soft drinks, hot drinks, coffee, tea, juice, and local alcoholic beverages).

For coronavirus safety measures on the Nile cruises, find more information at https://nilecruisers.com/nile-cruise-safety-measures-covid-19/

Now we head to the point and answer the question of our headline, how to choose the best Nile Cruise?

1. Define your budget and how much you want to spend for your entire holiday to Egypt, then your budget for the Nile Cruise package, which usually includes an all-inclusive Nile cruise stay for 3 or 4 nights on board of Nile cruise boat, for saving choose 3 nights Nile cruise it is enough to cover all the sightseeing tours between Luxor and Aswan, Nile Cruise package includes full board accommodation, most of the sightseeing tours between Luxor and Aswan, transportations, guiding and entrance tickets.

 

2. According to the previous step If you have enough budget then you can book an ultra-luxury boat like one of the Oberoi Nile cruise boats; (Zahra and Philae) you will spend over $1500 per person, but if you have a budget between $700 & $1000 we advise you to book Luxury Nile Cruise such as Mayfair, Farah, Movenpick….etc. And if you have a budget less than $500 per person, I advise that you book a trusted deluxe 5* cruise like Concerto or Radamis. You can always check the reviews of the Nile Cruises on TripAdvisor.

3. After we have limited our choices to certain boats, we came to the point of, with homes, you are going to proceed with your next Nile cruise booking? There are many offline and online channels for booking. I will list every one of them and the pros and cons of each one

I. Through a traditional travel agency; if you have used to book with a travel agency your flight ticket ask them about the price of certain Nile cruise boat, usually, this can be a good choice in case if you are coming with charter flight as they can have the attractive package includes the flight ticket but usually, they do not have many choices.

II. To book direct with the cruise line, the only good side of this way is the trust of this channel, but you will pay what they call rake rate, which is much more expensive than any other way. Also, they do not provide a full Egypt holiday package.
III. To book with online trusted portals like Booking.com, Expedia, they are also much more expensive, and they are not flexible so you cannot change part of your package or customize your trip.

V. To book Nile cruise and stay online with an Egyptian tour operator, they have the best rates and you can customize your package as you like even during the trip, but you must choose a trusted one with good reviews and a secured website, speak first with more than one and I recommend to check and read Google my business & Tripadvisor reviews before you book your Nile cruise at https://nilecruisers.com//

Conclusion

The Nile River Cruise is the ideal way to complete your adventure across Egypt and experience a wonderful vacation among Egypt’s spellbinding wonders in utter luxury and delight onboard these incredible floating hotels, where all dreams come true. For every traveler wishing to make every moment of their Egypt journey unforgettable, the Nile River Cruise will provide the journey of a lifetime.



This article was updated and re-written in part by Hesham El Gammal; on January 29th, 2025 + fact-checked.