North Africa · Egypt

Nile Cruise, Luxor

Cultural Several days difficulty: Easy with kids: yes

Sailing the Nile between Luxor and Aswan on a white-sailed felucca or a boat means watching palm trees, villages and thousand-year-old temples drift by from the water. In Luxor, the great temple of Karnak and the Valley of the Kings with its painted tombs await.

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This stretch of the Nile is the setting of «Death on the Nile», Agatha Christie's famous mystery novel, brought to the screen several times. Going by boat along the same river, among temples, is stepping right into the story (the plot is for adults, but the trip is for the whole family).

With kids

See the giant columns of the temple of Karnak from the deck
Wave to the children rowing little boats beside the felucca
Look for animal-shaped hieroglyphs on the temple walls
Count the white sails of the feluccas crossing the river at sunset

Accessibility: All ages; the boat is comfortable and cool against the heat on land; the tombs have stairs and narrow spaces

With family

Sleep on board while the river drifts slowly past the palm groves
Go down to the Valley of the Kings to see the brightly painted tombs
Watch the golden sunset over the Nile from the boat's deck
Chat about the history of Egypt and the mysteries it still hides

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