Our picks
Best Nile cruises for couples
Intimate dahabiyas and small boutique boats for a slower, more private sail, the quiet counterpoint to the big floating hotels. Compare them and enquire on WhatsApp.
Route d'EgypteEtoile d'Egypte
Eight cabins under sail, Luxor to Aswan
LazuliLazuli Albatros
Eight cabins, sixteen guests, Esna to Aswan
IndependentRoyal Cleopatra
Eight cabins under sail, Esna to Aswan
Swan DahabiyaSwan
Twelve cabins, three decks, quiet excursions
Sail the NileAbundance
Ten guests, no engine, only sail
Nour El NilAdelaïde
Ten cabins under sail, Esna to Aswan
Oriental Nile CruisesAida
A 2018 two-mast sailer to Aswan
IndependentAnoush
Seven nights under sail to Aswan
Oriental Nile CruisesArmonia
Five cabins, Mondays from Esna
Oriental Nile CruisesAsiya
A two-mast sailer for eighteen guests
IndependentAssouan
Six days under sail, Esna to Aswan
Oriental Nile CruisesAton Sun
A 2021 dahabiya, Esna to Aswan
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