Enjoy the Nile in Egypt
while any Egypt tours you can enjoy Taking a cruise on the Nile in Egypt is a particularly exotic way to visit certain monuments characteristic of this country. While enjoying the benefits of cruising. Making a trip to Egypt was an old dream for us. And we made the choice to cruise the Nile on our very first trip abroad. From this feedback, I return in this article to the elements to know for a cruise on the Nile, what can be discovered there, and my advice to help you choose if you are in the optics of making one as well.
The sites of Egypt that we want to discover
Egypt has such magnificent and awe-inspiring sites that I think this is the most important. Knowing which sites you want to see, or at least get an idea of them, is the first element. If you do not have too many ideas on this aspect, Read on
Between Luxor and Aswan
The most "standard" cruises, at least the most frequent and at the most attractive prices, consist of going down the Nile between Luxor and Aswan. Between these two points, sites more or less close to the Nile, to which we will go by bus or private car. Or even on foot directly (examples from Luxor or Kom Ombo). Among these sites are the temples of Karnak and Luxor the valley of kings and queens, in the necropolis of Thebes, as well as the famous Colossi of Memnon. Edfu and its temple dedicated to the god Horus. the temple of Kom Ombo, bordering the Nile the temple of Philae, dedicated to Isis. It is located near Aswan and was relocated during the construction of the Aswan Dam in the 1960s.
Abu Simbel temple
It is one of the jewels of Egypt, and it is also difficult to imagine traveling to this country without going to Abu Simbel! Note that we actually speak of "temples" of Abu Simbel because there are several. As with the Philae one mentioned above, it was also moved in the 1960s for the construction of the Aswan Dam. It is now located on the shores of Lake Nasser. Without this trip, it would have been buried by the rising waters ... The problem is that he is about a 3-hour drive south of Aswan. And to get there you have to adapt to framed alternatives: arriving through the small local airport which is located just a few kilometers from the Abu Simbel site. from Aswan by shuttle (car taxi, bus, minibus). This road trip is regulated, and it is controlled by the police. This is the most popular solution and those travel agencies generally offer. by boat, since it is located on the shores of Lake Nasser, which is crossed by the Nile, and therefore accessible by some cruises. One of the temples of Abu Simbel Usually you get there by the daytime round trip.
The cruise option is certainly the most "logical", but it is long and not necessarily optimized. As mentioned above, most of the archaeological sites are in the area between Luxor and Aswan. A return boat trip to Abu Simbel adds a lot of travel to the cruise. This in fact roughly doubles its length, which is not optimal in terms of time! However, this remains feasible and some agencies offer it.
