3-Night Nile Cruise: Aswan to Luxor

Embark in Aswan, Egypt's southernmost winter resort, and settle into your cabin with panoramic windows as the ship slips its mooring. Your first afternoon explores the island temple of Philae and the granite quarries, with an optional evening sail aboard a traditional felucca past the Agha Khan Mausoleum.

Cruise north to Kom Ombo, where the symmetrical double temple dedicated to Sobek and Horus sits directly on the riverbank, then onward to Edfu for a horse-carriage excursion to the best-preserved temple in Egypt. Back on board, afternoon tea is served on the sundeck as villages, palms, and water buffalo drift past — Nile valley scenery unchanged for millennia.

Arrive in Luxor for the grand finale: the West Bank's Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's terraced temple, and the Colossi of Memnon on one side of the river; Karnak's hypostyle forest and Luxor Temple on the other. Disembark after breakfast on day four, with airport transfer included and options to extend with Cairo or Red Sea stays.