Desert Extension
Egypt Tour Packages
Nile Cruise and White Desert Adventure
Eight days combining temple sightseeing with the White Desert chalk formations, Bahariya Oasis and a night camping under the stars.
Cruise route
Long Nile Cruise
Long Nile cruise routes add more sailing days and may include Dendera, Abydos, Esna, or extended Cairo-to-Luxor sectors depending on vessel operation and security permissions.
Long Nile cruises: more sailing, more temples, fewer ships
Six itineraries here run 8 to 12 days, from about $980 to $1,940 per person. They exist because the standard 4- and 5-night sailings cover only the Luxor–Aswan corridor, which is a fraction of what is actually on the river.
Desert Extension
Grand Tour
Egypt Tour Packages
Grand Egypt Tour: Cairo, Nile Cruise and Abu Simbel
Ten to twelve days covering the Egyptian Museum, Giza, Karnak, Philae and Abu Simbel: the whole circuit in one organised trip.
Remote Desert
Egypt Tour Packages
Nile Cruise and Siwa Oasis Adventure
Nine days pairing the classic Nile route with Egypt's most remote oasis: Siwa's salt lakes and the ruins of the Oracle Temple.
Egypt Package
12 Days Egypt Grand Tour with Nile Cruise
Cairo, Alexandria, a full Nile cruise, and Abu Simbel. The most complete single itinerary covering Lower and Upper Egypt together, a strong…
Egypt Package
Nile Cruise and Alexandria Extension
Cairo, a Nile cruise, and a 2-day Alexandria coastal extension. A Mediterranean coastal extension most Nile packages skip entirely, a strong fit…
Egypt Package
Nile Cruise and White Desert Package
Cairo, the Nile cruise, and an overnight camping extension in the White Desert. An overnight desert camping night most Nile itineraries never…
What the extra days buy
- Dendera. The temple of Hathor, north of Luxor, with a painted ceiling that survives in colour because it was buried under debris until the 19th century. Most cruises never go.
- Abydos. The Seti I temple and the king list carved in its corridor — one of the primary sources for the entire chronology of ancient Egypt.
- Esna. The lock and the sunken temple of Khnum, currently mid-restoration and revealing colour nobody had seen for two thousand years.
- Actual sailing time. On a 4-night cruise you sail perhaps 12 hours total. On these, considerably more.
What to check before booking
Northern sectors beyond Luxor depend on operating permissions that change, so confirm the current itinerary rather than the brochure version. Ask specifically whether Dendera and Abydos are sailed to or reached by road — both are offered either way, and the difference matters.
These sailings run less frequently than the standard route. If your dates are fixed, ask us early which vessels are actually operating them.