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Yalla Bina

New in 2024, ten cabins for twenty

Yalla Bina is a Nile dahabiya (a traditional wind-powered sailing boat), built 2024. It has 10 cabins for up to 20 guests.

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New in 2024, ten cabins for twenty. A brand-new ten-cabin dahabiya for up to twenty guests, sailing Luxor to Aswan with Egyptologist-guided temples, for travellers wanting a modern take on traditional sailing.

Best for couples · unhurried travellersCabins 10 · up to 20 guestsRoute Esna → Aswan

Accommodation: 10 cabins
Guests: Up to 20
Built: 2024
Dimensions: 35 × 7 m
Route: Louxor - Esna - Edfou - Kom Ombo - Assouan; sightseeing includes the Karnak temples, Luxor and Philae.
Season: 2026 and 2027 seasons

About Yalla Bina

Yalla Bina is a traditional Egyptian dahabiya inaugurated at the end of 2024, roughly 35 metres long with ten cabins on a single deck and room for up to twenty guests. She sails the Luxor to Aswan reach, calling at Esna, Edfu and Kom Ombo, with sightseeing at Karnak, Luxor and Philae.

Onboard there is an air-conditioned panoramic salon with Nile views, indoor and outdoor dining on the upper deck, and a sun deck with loungers and shaded areas. A small cooling basin on deck offers relief from the heat, and the decor blends traditional Egyptian and modern touches.

Meals are chef-prepared using local ingredients, with Egyptian cooking classes among the onboard activities. Longer itineraries add an Abu Simbel extension, with or without flights.

Highlights

New for 2024, ten cabins on one deck
Up to twenty guests, Luxor to Aswan
Panoramic air-conditioned salon
Sun deck with small cooling basin
Egyptologist-guided temples and cooking classes

At sail

Day by day

The canonical 5-day / 4-night rhythm on the Esna to Aswan reach. Days flex with wind and mooring rights, which is half the point of a sailing boat.

Day 1
Embark at Esna
Transfer in, settle into your cabin, and a first sail south as the crew raises the lateen sails.
Lunch · Dinner
Day 2
Edfu · Temple of Horus
The best preserved temple in Egypt in the morning quiet, then onward to an island mooring.
Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
Day 3
The quiet Nile
A sailing day: village walks where the boat moors, swimming off the deck where conditions allow, tea as the sails come down.
Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
Day 4
Kom Ombo
The double temple to Sobek and Horus late in the day, then a last night on the water short of Aswan.
Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
Day 5
Disembark at Aswan
Ashore after breakfast. Philae Temple sits twenty minutes away, and Abu Simbel works as an extension.
Breakfast

Take the whole boat

10 cabins · up to 20 guests · whole boat from about US$3,416 a night

About US$3,416 a night for the whole boat, or roughly US$20,496 for a six-night sailing.

At this size two or three families travel together without anyone being split between boats, and the crew cooks for your party alone. Tell us your dates, and how many adults and children, and we will price the whole of Yalla Bina.

That is the arithmetic of Yalla Bina's own published cabin fares, not a quoted charter rate. Operators price exclusive use separately, and usually below the sum of the cabins, so tell us your dates and we will come back with the real figure.

Price the whole boat

What Yalla Bina costs in 2026/2027

The published rate is US$854 per person, 5-night , checked on 2026-09-05.

We are not publishing a trip total for Yalla Bina, for the reasons below. Ask us and we will quote the sailing you want.

What this figure is, and is not

The published figure may be a low-season or triple-occupancy rate rather than the year-round double.
Converted from the currency the operator quotes in, so it moves with the exchange rate.
The published figure is quoted per person, 5-night, which does not multiply into a trip total.
Rates move with season, cabin and departure. We quote every sailing live, and there is no booking fee to ask.

Source: the operator's published rates

Deck plan

The boat in detail

Dining: Chef-prepared Egyptian cuisine using local ingredients
Interior and exterior dining rooms
Onboard Egyptian cooking classes
Facilities: Large air-conditioned salon with panoramic Nile views
Indoor and outdoor dining areas on the upper deck
Sun deck with loungers and shaded areas
Small water basin / plunge pool for cooling off
Orientalist decor blending traditional Egyptian and modern elements
Itineraries: Luxor to Aswan (no flights)
Luxor to Aswan with Abu Simbel extension (no flights)
Luxor to Aswan with Abu Simbel extension (flights included)

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Yalla Bina questions, answered

How much does Yalla Bina cost?

Advertised rates start from US$854 per person; prices vary by season and cabin.

How many cabins does Yalla Bina have?

10 cabins, for up to 20 guests.

What route does Yalla Bina sail?

Louxor - Esna - Edfou - Kom Ombo - Assouan; sightseeing includes the Karnak temples, Luxor and Philae..

What is included in the fare on Yalla Bina?

A dahabiya fare of this kind normally covers your cabin on full board, entrance to the temples named in the itinerary, an Egyptologist guide, the listed shore excursions and transfers at each end. Tips, drinks, optional excursions such as Abu Simbel, and personal expenses are normally extra. Whether soft drinks, Wi-Fi and service charges sit inside the fare genuinely differs between operators, so confirm those for Yalla Bina before booking.