MS Stephanie Nile Cruise

The 5 Star MS Stephanie Nile cruise ship offers excellent facilities and accommodation which make for a wonderful River Nile cruise.

There is a swimming pool and bar on the Sun Deck and the MS. Monica offers a Library and Piano Bar.  The lounge bar situated on the main deck is an ideal place to socialise and relax in the evening and there is a plunge pool and bar areas offering drinks for all to enjoy.

Facilities onboard include

• Restaurant (located on the lower deck � 160 seats)
• Lounge Bar
• Large heated swimming pool
• Reading area
• Internet connection
• Sun deck with recreation area bar
• Bazaar
• Laundry service
• Safe deposit boxes in cabin
• Sports equipment
• clinic

Accommodation

All of the spacious and modern air-conditioned cabins have balconies, mini bar and colour tv.

The cabins offer fully equipped private bathrooms with hairdryer and bathtub plus an individual safe.

Day 1 - Monday 

Met and transferred from Luxor airport to your cruise vessel check in and dine on board.
Over night in Luxor.

Day 2 - Tuesday

Enjoy your first Egyptian sunrise, followed by morning tour the East Bank with a visit to Luxor Temple, originally joined to Karnak by an avenue of Sphinx and Karnak Temple which covers a huge area and includes several temples, the largest being the Temple of Amun. Afternoon sail to Esna and visit the partly excavated Temple of Khnum.  Dedicated to the ram- headed god Khnum, who was the patron god of the cataracts, who is said to have fashioned mankind from Nile clay on his potter's wheel.  Sail onwards to Edfu and moor overnight.

Day 3 - Wednesday

Morning visit to the extraordinary Temple of Horus, the mythical son of Isis and Osiris in Edfu. Here, according to myth, Horus avenged the murder of his father Osiris by defeating his father's Brother Seth in combat.  Afternoon cruise onto Aswan for the night.

Day 4 - Thursday

Visit the High Dam - finished in 1971; it has ensured up to three harvests a year. The Unfinished Obelisk - still rooted to the bedrock of pink granite and the Temple of Isis on Philae Island. In the afternoon enjoy a trip in a traditional felluca around Elephantine Island which will lead you to the Botanical Gardens on General Kitchener Island given as a gift in 1890. Here, visitors enjoy the beautiful flowers imported from Africa, India and the Far East. Evening Show with the Nubian dance troop.  Overnight in Aswan.

Day 5 - Friday

Optional excursion to the ancient wonder of Abu Simbel priced at GBP130.00 pp by air, or GBP65.00 pp by road. For clients not taking the optional excursion, the morning is free to explore Aswan city and markets.  Overnight in Aswan.

Day 6 - Saturday

Morning Sail to Kom Ombo to visit the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris. The boat then sails onwards to Luxor stopping at the Edfu temple for clients who joined the boat in Aswan, while other clients relax and enjoy the sunshine on the sun deck.  Sail back to Esna and moor overnight.

Day  7 - Sunday

Visit to the West Bank to the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Evening the famous Belly dance show on board.  Overnight in Luxor

Day 8 - Monday

Check out of your cabin by 11:00 hours ready for transfer to Luxor international airport for your return flight to the UK.  Optional excursion, Balloon flight at sunrise priced at GBP70.00.

Please Note: The order or content of your itinerary may have to be amended due to lock closures, low water levels or any other unforeseeable circumstances. Due to the increasing number of boats on the Nile, at some docking points boats are moored side by side obstructing the view from cabins.

General Information: Occasionally, due to operational difficulties a change of vessel can occur. However, the sightseeing itinerary will remain the same.

Traditionally, a tip is expected at the rate of GBP4.00 per person per night which includes coach drivers, bell boys, housekeeping staff, crew, bar/restaurant staff and all off the boat tipping. Additional tipping is not expected. Credit cards are accepted on board Ms Stephanie and our other vessel the Ms Monica.


For more details and prices for cruising the Nile on board the MS. Stephanie Nile Cruise ship please call our Freephone number 0808 1089 100

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