King tut 1 boat trip

Hi just booked a weeks cruise down the nile on king tut 11 dont normaly do this as we like independant travel but did not have much time to organize our own trip. Has anyone been on this boat and is there any usful tips we should know about
thanks a lot for any info
mikkie

I guess there's not a lot to be said... except that if you follow the guided tour provided by the boat, you're going to be packed in a giant bus and rushed through antic sites so as to allow more times for fake factories of alabaster, papyrus, counterfeit perfumes, gold... where your guide will receive 70% on the price of any item you pay.

Have seen so many times tourists being taken strictly to the first three tombs at the entrance of the Valley of Kings with no time to actually walk inside the valley itself. Or people who were not taken to the temple of Luxor because their guide wanted to take them to a fake alabaster workshop... Plus the explanations provided by guides are sometimes dreadfully unaccurate and dumb.

Would encourage you strongly to visit antic sites on your own,a nd to never enter shops with a guide. The best way to visit Luxor and all the sites on both banks of the Nile is by riding a bicycle. For night sounds and lights, never follow the group as you'll be charged five times the price but hire a cab instead. Egypt as seen with a group is Disneyland...

As for the cruise boat... honestly, these are floating factories intended for basic tourists looking for all-you-can-eat buffet and swimming pools whose water is, well, extremely unhealthy to bathe in. The real Nile experience can come only be renting a felucca or by boarding one of the dahhabiya which provide real quality cruises by having a very limited number of persons on board.

good day from luxor /mikkie
on the nile crusies thay are just offer the foods B/L/D
then u should do all the Excursions with your side and you should get toure guied he will be with you all the cruise you will visit the eastbank and west bank , aswan ,edfu, komombo temple if you need me to organize your trip during your stay in nile crusies you are so welcome i will send to you all the details and rate , contact me mohamed@badwytours.com
best reagards so nice trip in your second home egypt
mohamed badwy