You can read the latest review on our Nile Cruise Testimonials page along with 27 others. Or if you dont’ have the time at the moment here’s a copy:

Dear Colin & Barbara,

Just to say that we had an absolutely fabulous holiday and to thank you for helping us to arrange it.

Needless to say but the tourist trade was very quiet, making it a great time to visit the sites without too many queues. On the security side, we could not visit Edfu because of some local problems and we restricted ourselves to the museum in Cairo, otherwise we felt perfectly safe at all times.

The itinerary (Nile cruise, Lake Nasser, Cairo & Luxor) worked perfectly and we would recommend it to anyone looking for a 2 week holiday seeing as many sites as possible. We debated if we should have done Cairo at a different stage of the holiday but I think it works best if you do the museum after you have seen some of the sites that the pieces came from.

Personally, I would not have liked to have finished the holiday in Cairo – it was too busy and polluted to be enjoyable but we could not miss seeing the pyramids or the museum.

A quick summary of the boats and hotels:The Ra II. It was about 70% full which was nice. Any more and it might have been a bit cramped on the sundeck etc. The Egyptologist (Mohammed) was excellent and we were in a group of between 6 and 14 depending on the excursion. Our first impressions were that the boat was a little “tired” but we soon got used to it. We particularly liked the fact that we had a Julliette style balcony and could open the windows. Some of the newer boats seemed to have full length windows that could not be opened. Fortunately, we only had one night when we were moored next to another boat.

The food was very good and the staff could not have been better. They managed the fact that we were on a 4 night cruise whilst most others were on a 7 night cruise very well. We saw Luxor and Karnak on the 2nd afternoon (while the 7 dayers had an afternoon off) and we could only see either Kom Ombo or Edfu (as Edfu had security problems, this did not affect us). Otherwise we saw just about everything, just with less leisure time. Sailing to Dendra on the first day was a bonus – not many boats seemed to do this.

The Omar al Kayham.

As you know, we were moved to this boat from the Prince Abbas. I don’t know if it was a better boat than the Prince Abbas but it was very good and it is difficult to imagine a better boat. There were only 27 passengers on this 3 night cruise of Lake Nasser. We were told that there were 130 crew which meant that we got excellent service even though it surely could not profitable. The cabin was about twice the size of the Ra II and we had a small balcony which was big enough to fit 2 chairs on. We really enjoyed this cruise, it is more relaxing than the Nile and the scenery is different. We typically had one stop of about 2 hours to see the temples and would usually see 3 or 4 temples in one stop. The only slight criticisms of this boat were that the reception struggled to change English money into Egyptian (we eventually got £20 changed).

Mercure La Sphinx, Giza.

Well located and reasonable quality. Most guests seemed to stay for only 1 night which meant that the lounge area felt a bit like an airport transit lounge at times. The pool and gardens were a nice escape from the city outside the hotel. A good choice for 2-3 nights. A taxi into the museum took 50-60 minutes. The pyramids excursion that you arranged for us was very enjoyable. We had been warned that many of these excursions insisted on visiting the carpet / papyrus shops. We made it clear that we were not interested and it was not a problem. The guide asked what we wanted to do about lunch and drink breaks. We agreed to simply have a drinks stop for about 45 mins and this worked fine. A little disappointed that we did not have the option to see the Solar Boat (he told us it was not open but other people staying at the hotel said that they saw it). Also, it would have been nice to have had the option to extend the day to include Dashur.

Sheraton, Luxor.

Very pleased that we went for the superior room with the Nile View, it finished the holiday off very nicely. Excellent hotel and we like that it was situated just out of town. As it happens, the Ra II moors next to the Sheraton. It appeared that the travel companies were pushing the hotel as a place for a family break in the sun. Given the state of the tourist trade, we could not blame them for trying but it did detract from the quality of the hotel at times (I know, I am a snob!). We did not feel confident enough to eat out in the evening but the on-site Italian restaurant was very good. We would have struggled to find somewhere we wanted to eat if we had been there for longer.  The hotel were giving big discounts on food and drinks which made them quite reasonable.

As you told us they would, all the transfers went very well – from the moment we got off the plane until we checked in for our return. After a while we learnt to just trust things and they seemed to happen. The Rep in Luxor arranged a hot-air balloon ride for us at short notice – an experience not to be missed!

Thanks again for helping make this a successful and special holiday for us. We have already recommended you to friends who are thinking of an Egyptian holiday.

Best regards

Duncan & Susan

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Our clients recently returned from a 1 week Nile Cruise followed by a further week in Hurghada.

You can read the testimonial along with many other on our Nile Cruise Testimonials page or, to save you time, you can read it below:

Dear Barbara,

If you are thinking of going to Egypt or are thinking of going again – now is the time!

The Nile is quiet, the temples and tombs are empty (except for their righful occupants!).

We had a week on the Nile in September on the Sun Boat IV and what a wonderful week. Excellent food and accommodation, perfect service, an informative and enthusiastic guide. For 40 years I have always wanted to see the Nile and it’s temples, after a visit to the exhibition in the British Museum back in the 1970′s. It was everything I hoped for and more and the visit to Abu Simbel was unworldly.

The only “revolution” we came across was a small demonstration because some people’s houses were being knocked down as they were built on some 4000 year old tombs and a group of workers protesting about their poor pay in Hurghada (looks like democracy is taking hold). Nothing compared to what happened in London a week before we travelled.

Our second week was very different in the “Three Corners Sunny Beach” in Hurghada. Highlights were snorkelling on the Red Sea reefs, quad biking over the desert and relaxing on the beach. The downside was that most of Hurghada is a building site, the food in the hotel was bland although plentiful. This particular hotel was a bit “Butlins on the Red Sea”.

Thank you for a wonderful holiday, we are recommending it to all our friends. Next will be Cairo, Alexandria and the Nile Delta.

Jon and Sue
September 2011

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MS Stephanie Nile Cruise

We have just added a new testimonial that we received from a client who sailed on the MS Stephanie.

In fact they sailed last year but due to a problem with our emails we have only just retrieved it from our inbox!

If you take a minute you will be able to read a really positive review of this ship and how much the clients enjoyed their time sailing on her.  They also mentioned that if you get the time prior to departure to read up a little bit about the history of Ancient Egypt it will certainly help you enjoy the sights and experiences even more.

One Egyptian Travel Guide that we can recommend that a number of our clients have mentioned is the Dorling Kindersley “Eyewitness Egypt” guide.

If you pop over to the Nile Cruise Testimonials page you can read all 26 testimonials but in case you dont’ have the time at the moment here is the testimonial we’ve just published:

Hi Barbara,

This is just to thank you for the excellent arrangements for myself and Roger in Egypt. Everything that you did for us went like clockwork. The only thing that did not, which was quite out of your control, was the chaos at Luxor Airport. Mondays have four flights arriving within one hour with queues and chaos aplenty.

The cruise on the MS Stephanie was a dream and you managed to request top deck cabin space for us – well done. The crew were super attentive and your advice to pay up-front for alchohol was exactly right. The Egyptologist (Sam) was of enormous value, highly instructive and knowledgable with a clarity of delivery which made everything come alive. Your suggestion as to the Sonesta St. George Hotel in Luxor was excellent with top grade room service and beautifully appointed rooms with quality furniture.

We really appreciated your attention to detail. We would strongly urge anybody with even the slightest interest in history and particularly the history of Ancient Egypt to take the cruise asap! However I would add one caveat. Namely it pays you back “hand over fist” to do a little bit of background reading. Egyptian history is just too long to cover more than the highlights on the cruise. I would suggest that a quick “mug-up” on the 18th Dynasty, Ramses II and Tutankhamun would greatly increase one’s appreciation of what is on offer.

Thank you Barbara for your fine efforts on our behalf.

Best wishes,

Charles A.

March 2010

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We have just received an excellent testimonial for the Domina Prestige Nile cruise ship.

It has been written by two of our clients who flew almost a week after the flights to Egypt were resumed after the Revolution and they are at pains to state in their testimonial how quiet and peaceful things are over in Egypt and what a wonderful time they had.

That bears out the experiences of Barbara and myself when we were out in Luxor some four weeks ago. Everything is very much back to normal and the Egyptian people we met were delighted that we had come and they were very proud of the Revolution and keen to tell us of the experiences and hopes for the future.

You can read this new testimonial and many more on our dedicated New Cruise Testimonials page but to save you the bother I am reprinting it here:

“Hi Barbara and Colin,

I would like to congratulate you and your organisation for making our holiday absolutely wonderful. It was everything I had always envisaged it would be and more.

The organisation from the very moment we booked was absolutely faultless. Your advice and help was invaluable. Your representatives in Egypt were very professional, well presented, helpful and were always available should be need to ask anything. Everything was organised down to the last full stop. Wonderful. The trips were stupendous, again so well organised.

The Domina Prestige Boat is luxury on the water. The cabins were spacious, bathrooms lovely with all the toiletries one would need. The patio doors with the Juliette Balcony was great. It meant we would just open the curtains, in a morning, open the patio doors and just watch everything go by. The food was delicious, always hot and with a very good variety. Lunch was just as good as the evening meal. I would certainly recommend anybody to go All Inclusive as it takes the hassle out of buying drinks, especially in the evening when you are with a crowd. Every meal time, we had two bottles of water given to us to take away.

All the Staff were so welcoming ,helpful, friendly and nothing was too much trouble for them. It was great to come back to the cabin in the evening to find a different towel sculpture every day.

Our Egyptologist was Amir, and he was absolutely excellent. He was so passionate about Egypt and it certainly rubbed off to all his group. We were called his “Family” and he most certainly made you feel that way. How he could remember all the things he told us is just amazing. A Truly Dedicated Egyptologist. I would highly recommend him to any Travel Company who needs an Egyptologist.

We travelled a few weeks after the trouble in Cairo and can honestly say, we saw nothing whatsoever of anything ever having happened.

Please, anybody who reads this and is interested in going to Egypt, it is perfectly safe, absolutely brilliant and has such magnificent sites to see.

One of the “MUST DO” trips is the Abu Simbel. We travelled early in the morning by coach, along with our pillows. It was absolutely magical. We saw the dawn rise over the Sahara, which is a sight to be remembered and never to be forgotten.

On arrival at Abu Simbel, it just made the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Absolutely magnificent If there is one sight you should see in a life time, it is definitely Abu Simbel,. On our return journey, we saw mirages in the desert. Again an absolutely Must.

Well I could go on and on. Praise after praise is all that we can give for this holiday.

Once again a very big THANK YOU. We will certainly be booking with you again and have already spread the word around about what a magnificent holiday we had with the help of you. We have told everybody to make sure they book with Nile Cruises 4u.

I do see that you do other destinations such as Kenya so we must get researching for next year”.

Mavis and Charles

Sale
Cheshire

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If you are looking for Nile Cruise Reviews to help you make up your mind which Nile Cruise Ship you should choose then please pop over to our Nile Cruise Testimonials page on the main www.nile-cruises-4u.co.uk website and click on the Nile Cruise Testimonial tab on the top navigation bar.

Currently we have over 20 Nile Cruise Reviews from our clients and we are adding to that number all the time. In fact we ask all our clients if they have the time on their return if they could drop us a quick email with their impressions of the Nile Cruise ship they sailed upon and the cruise overall.

It’s not a “failsafe” way of choosing your ship as everything in life is subjective and your tastes may not be the same as others but I think you can be sure that if a certain ship has consistent recommendations then you will probably like it too.

Many of our clients have provided quite detailed descriptions of their Nile cruise ship, the accommodation on board, the standard of the food they enjoyed, the service they received from the staff, their impressions of the Egyptologist and even quite detailed descriptions of the excursions that they undertook.  So all in all the reviews are pretty helpful to anyone trying to decide on the correct Nile cruise ship for them.

We still have a stack of reviews to add to the site but its’ just finding the time as the day goes so quickly here in the office.

We regularly cruise the Nile ourselves and have either travelled on, visited or seen most of the Nile cruise ships you would be interested in so please feel free to call our FREEPHONE number 0808 1089 100 for a no-obligation chat, or, download our FREE Nile Cruise Guide which will give you more background information about Nile Cruises which will help you in your selection.

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Both clients had a wonderful time. Both parties were affected by the sad demise of African Safari Club and we had to rearrange new cruises for them instead. However they enjoyed their new vessels and as you will read they recommend cruising the Nile in either ship.

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Our clients really enjoyed the treatment and warm wlecome they received from the Egyptian staff on board the ships and at the hotel and all together hard a wonderful time.

You can visit our Nile Cruise Testimonials page to read more testimonials but I’ve added it below to save you time:

Hi Colin
 
Thanks for your note and I hope you and Barbara have a great time next week.  The weather is gorgeous!
 
Our holiday was really fantastic from the moment we arrived at Luxor airport.  I was so impressed by the level of service we received from all the local reps out there.  They really looked after us and kept us informed at all times.

 
The Lake Nasser cruise was different to the Nile one but just as enjoyable.  It was almost like cruising at sea at times with the expanse of the lake and the landscape was not green and fertile but endless desert.  It was very relaxing and exciting too when we saw the awesome Abu Simbel temples and also a few others along the way.  We had the places to ourselves which was pretty special as there were only about 40 people on our boat.
 
Having the last 3 nights at the Movenpick was a great choice and the perfect location to wind down and just chill out before home.  The hotel was excellent – we loved the accommodation and the beautifully landscaped gardens.  Our first 2 nights we were upgraded from standard to a superior room which I put down to them being so quiet.  However when we returned 5 days later it seemed much busier but we were again upgraded from superior this time to a suite.  It was fantastic just sitting out on our terrace looking onto the Nile and the feluccas sailing sedately past Elephantine Island. 
 
Everything has been faultless for us and thanks again for organising our trip……it has been very memorable.  You never know we might decide to repeat it sometime….it’s temping!  Will definitely recommend you to all we know who may be thinking of a similar itinerary.
 
Kind Regards
 
Jean & Alex  

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They kindly emailed me from their hotel in Aswan to let me know how they are getting on.  Here is the email I received:

Hi Colin
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Just a note to say what a fantastic holiday we are having here in Egypt.  I will update you on the full itinerary when we get home but so far everything has really exceeded our expectations.  After all the uncertainty of whether we would get here and would we enjoy it so soon after the revolution we are having one of our best holidays ever.  All the arrangements you made for us have been so smooth running and we are contacted by the tour reps frequently with pick up times etc.  Both hotels are excellent and I can’t praise the Oberoi Philae highly enough.  The Nile cruise was amazing ……the boat is just beautiful and the crew were so welcoming and friendly.  They really go the extra mile to ensure you enjoy your time onboard.   Visiting all the temples and tombs was the highlight and the Egyptologist was fantastic with his knowledge and enthusiasm for his subject.  We feel very lucky to be here at this time as the sites are still fairly quiet.  Looking forward to the Lake Nasser cruise starting tomorrow.
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Barbara and I are flying out ourselves in a fortnight’s time to enjoy another Nile Cruise and we will be “Tweeting” about our experiences and impressions throughout the week.  If you look to the right you will see in the right-hand column a menu that shows our latest “tweets“.  You can follow our week by popping back here to the Nile Cruise Blog or you can subscribe to our “Twitter” account and receive them as they are posted.

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