Nile cruises

During one of our holidays to Crocodile Island at Luxor in Egypt we signed up to go on a Nile Cruise with our tour operator, Thomsons. It was for four days and three nights and cost £330 all inclusive this included an outside cabin, (a window cabin), all meals some buffet some a la Carte, our own guide, (English speaking Egyptologist), all the trips and entrance charges to the temples and museums. We were so excited as we had not planned to do a cruise before we came to Egypt, but we were shown a short film and given all the details at our welcome rep meeting when we first arrived. They made ... more

My dad and I had always wanted to go to Egypt so this year we decided that we'd push the boat out (excuse the pun) and do it. We booked up with Discover Egypt after a friend had told us how good they were and what a good time they had. We took off from Manchester airport at ten in the morning on a Monarch flight, we had to pick up passengers at Gatwick so this added at least another hour onto the flight, I managed to sleep most of the way. The flight lasted around seven hours in total. When we arrived at Luxor airport we were met by a Discover Egypt rep and went to get our visa which cost £15 ... more

NILE CRUISE: PART TWO *********************** Having had a fair number of favourable comments on my first attempt at a Ciao review, and having re-read my offering, and those of the much more experienced reviewers here, I thought I'd put a little more flesh on its bones, as it were; beefed up by some of our more personal experiences, and a little more detail in terms of the sights encountered on our last little jaunt into the larger world. I'll flesh out the archaeological and cultural sites visited later, if anyone's interested. First and foremost, in terms of visiting Egypt, and particularly ... more

Baksheesh, Baksheesh, he called as his grubby hand came towards me, I was not being threatened just the normal request in Egypt if anyone does anything for you. After avoiding all the bag carriers at Luxor airport a simple thing like lifting our cases onto the coach, something we take for granted in England, and it cost a pound, Egyptian of course, and it should not have been that much but that’s the smallest denomination we had at the time, Lesson one, make sure you know what you are going to pay for, probably anything that a stranger does for you. And you have small change to pay it. Not ... more

I went on a Nile Cruise with Thomson. It was a five star boat part of the Presidential line called the Nile Commodore. In the brochure the details included all excusions which were packed into the 7 days, I thought oh yea dragged around from tomb to tomb but it was booked so off we went. We arrived to a wonderful friendly greeting. Thomson had a rep on board who came everywhere with us and was always around to help. Not a pretty young thing with fluttering eyelashes but a more mature young woman who was well respected by all the crew. The boat was fantastic wood panelling everywhere and ... more