Aswan to Luxor Nile Cruise, 2 Nights, Abu Simbel & Balloon

Most of the Nile cruises listed here start in Luxor and finish in Aswan. This one runs the other way, north from Aswan, and at two nights it is the shortest cruise on the site while costing 703.10 EUR, more than several four-night boats. The direction is worth thinking about. You end in Luxor, and Luxor is where the balloon flies. The first day starts before dawn with the road to Abu Simbel, pickup around 5 am depending on where your hotel sits in Aswan. Boarding follows, then sailing, with Kom Ombo around sunset. On the second morning a horse and carriage takes you to Edfu and the Temple of Horus before the boat continues north, reaching Luxor around 8 pm. An Egyptologist guide handles the temple stops. Accommodation on a five-star boat, meals per the itinerary, door to door transfers, taxes and charges are all included. The balloon is the final morning, the same day you leave the boat after breakfast. Commercial ballooning in Egypt happens at Luxor and nowhere else, at dawn, over the Theban west bank, so ending the cruise here is what makes the flight possible. It is one morning inside a longer trip. Weather cancels balloon flights regularly and the boat keeps its schedule regardless. This listing puts a figure on that: a flight lost to bad weather is refunded at 30 USD per person. Transfers at the end run to your hotel, the train station or Luxor airport.