Sept 29 - Oct 2 Aboard MS Kasr Ibrim on Lake Nasser

The second cruise of our journey in Egypt ... our 4 day/3 night cruise on the Kasr Ibrim on Lake Nasser in southern Egypt. 

And I must say ... it was our FAVORITE part of our Egyptian Adventure!

Just for a little history, Lake Nasser came into existence in the early '70's after the Aswan High Dam was built, which backed-up the Nile River.  As most everything, this had both positive and negative effects on the people and environment of Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan.  Stories abound, and we can certainly see both sides of the debate.  If you're interested in more info, then here's just one link ...

Lake Nasser info

There are only SIX ships that sail on this uninhabited lake, and we chose the MS Kasr Ibrim for our cruise.  And we believe we made a great choice as we LOVED this cruise!

But unlike other cruises we've taken, there was no fancy dock here when you board the ship by Abu Simbel.  Check it out for yourself by watching this video ...



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The MOST AMAZING part of this cruise ... we NEVER SAW another boat the whole time!  We were told that 2 of the 6 boats were in dry dock for repairs.  However ... we NEVER saw the other 3 boats!  In this day and age ~ HOW COOL IS THAT??

The service, staff, and amenities are truly wonderful on this ship.  THIS is a cruise we would do again.

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Our ship from the tender

Hamid was our favorite chef!



Sept 27-28 Luxor and Aswan transition days

Even in my own head I get confused on how this all played out.  You see our Nile Cruise reservation was cancelled about 30 days before we left on the trip, so we had to figure out a new game plan so we wouldn't mess up our Lake Nasser cruise. 

So, our Nile Cruise sailed north from Aswan to Luxor.  Then we had two nights before we boarded our Lake Nasser cruise, which started south of Aswan at Abu Simbel.  That's why after we disembarked, we stayed one night in Luxor, took the train south to Aswan and stayed another night, and then flew further south down to Abu Simbel and boarded our Lake Nasser cruise.  And let's not EVEN confuse the issue more by saying upriver or downriver since The Nile flows south to north!

Thanks for bearing with me while I put this in writing for my own clarity!

Anyway ~ here are some images of these two days ...

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The Nile Cruise ships lined up and waiting to sail north to Luxor

Lots of boats around Aswan ...