Economy Travel on an Egyptian Nile Cruise

Cruises start in Cairo and head south towards the Aswan dam. With so many cruise lines available, your options for shore excursions become numerous.

If you search you can find a cheap Nile cruise. If you don't mind a little inconvenience travel during the months of May through September. Special deals are always available during these months as the dams are closed and you will be required do disembark one boat to board another when the boat comes to a dam.

Some cheap Nile cruise ships are:

Coral I Nile Cruise - this boat is a four star and has 73 cabins. Some cabins are below deck and all cabins are outside cabins. Full board meals include breakfast, lunch and dinner with beverages extra with the exceptions of tea, coffee and juice at breakfast. The cabins are of average size with a bathroom. On the boat you will find a swimming pool, lounge, piano bar, discotheque, sun deck, sun loungers and gift shop.

Egyptian Princess Nile Cruise - this is a five star boat that has 61 cabins. All cabins on upper decks and are outside with large windows. The cabins are of average size and include a bathroom and are air conditioned. Full board meals include breakfast, lunch and dinner with beverages extra with the exceptions of tea, coffee and juice at breakfast. On the boat you will find a boutique, gift shop, restaurant, lounge bar, discotheque, sun deck and bar, swimming pool, safes and laundry and dry cleaning.

These boats depart from either Luxor or Aswan. Prices range from $85 to $216 per person per night from October to May and from $65 to $144 from May through September.

Cruises start in Cairo and head south towards the Aswan dam. With so many Nile cruise lines available, your options for shore excursions become numerous.

John petersons has been contributing to leading magazines for the past 10 years.