Nile River Cruise

Why a Nile River Cruise is special
A Nile River Cruise takes you up close through 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian history. And, as your boat smoothly glides by the palm-tree dotted river banks, you view timeless farming scenes and drifting sand dunes.

Top 3 Nile River cruise attractions
Each of these Nile cruise sites in this alphabetical list has won a Hillman Wonders Gold Medal. Click their blue names to view my web pages on them.

• Abu Simbel
  Four great statues of Rameses II guard his temple's entrance. You fly from Aswan city to Abu Simbel (45 minutes). Or, you can take a bus (several hours).
  
• Karnak
  It is by far the largest of its kind in the world. The Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak is particularly impressive. It is situated in Luxor city.
  
• Valley of the Kings
  The carved underground tombs of 60 pharaohs are in the Valley of the Kings, including that of Tutankhamun (King Tut). It is near Luxor.

More top Nile cruise attractions
These five temples are also major Nile River Cruise must-sees:

• Edfu
  Best preserved and second largest temple in Egypt. Only Karnak is larger.
  
• Esna
  A Ptolomaic-era sanctuary surrounded by a modern era city.
  
• Hapshepsut
  She was Egypt's greatest female pharaoh.
  
• Kombo Ombo
  A double temple. One half is dedicated to Horus, the other half to Sobek.
  
• Luxor
  Sits next to Karnak Temple and is almost as grand

Other Nile cruise highlights include Valley of the Queens, Philae Temple, and Aswan High Dam.

Nile River location map