Independent
Princess Cleopatra
Ten cabins, forty metres, Esna to Aswan
- Fleet
- No owning operator identified; sold by many Egyptian agencies (Discovery Tours Egypt, Nile Cruise Booking / Vantage Travel International, Ancient Egypt Tours, Bastet Travel, ETB Tours Egypt, Narmer Tours)
- Accommodation
- 10 cabins · 2 suites
- Guests
- Up to 20
- Route
- Esna - Edfu - Gebel El Silsila - Kom Ombo - Aswan (with Luxor east and west bank sightseeing at the Luxor end and Philae, High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk at the Aswan end)
- Length
- 3 · 4 nights
- Departures
- Nile Cruise Booking and Discovery Tours Egypt: Monday from Esna, Friday from Aswan. Ancient Egypt Tours instead lists Saturday/Monday/Thursday from Esna and Monday/Wednesday/Friday from Aswan.
About Princess Cleopatra
Princess Cleopatra is a replica of a nineteenth-century Egyptian sailing boat, forty metres long and 6.5 metres wide, carrying twenty guests with a crew of ten. Accommodation runs to eight seventeen-square-metre twin cabins and two twenty-six-square-metre queen suites with private terraces, all behind large panoramic windows and with en-suite bathrooms.
The boat sails the quiet Esna-to-Aswan reach past Edfu, Gebel El Silsila and Kom Ombo with an Egyptologist on board, bookended by Luxor sightseeing at one end and Philae, the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk at the other. Full-board dining covers Egyptian and international cuisine, and the five-day itinerary includes an island dinner with a Nubian show.
Each cabin has individually controlled air conditioning, and complimentary Wi-Fi is available on board under a fair-usage policy.
Highlights
- Eight twin cabins and two suites, twenty guests
- Forty-metre replica sailing boat, crew of ten
- Sails Esna to Aswan via Gebel El Silsila
- Suites with private terraces
- Island dinner with a Nubian show
The boat in detail
- Cabin categories
- Twin cabin (8, 17 m2 / 5 m x 3 m, en-suite bath, shower and WC, large panoramic outside windows) | Queen/double suite (2, 26 m2 / 6 m x 3 m, en-suite, private terrace)
- Dining
- Full-board dining on board | Egyptian and international cuisine | Island dinner with a Nubian show on the 5-day itinerary
- Facilities
- Individually controlled air conditioning | Complimentary WiFi (fair usage policy) | On-board electricity generation | Fresh-water filtration | Waste-water recycling and sewage treatment | Smoke detectors, emergency lighting and sprinkler system | Sun deck | Private terraces on the two suites
- Itineraries
- 5 days / 4 nights Esna (Luxor) to Aswan | 4 days / 3 nights Aswan to Esna | 8-day Luxor-Aswan and Aswan-Luxor packages via ETB Tours Egypt
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