Category: Nile Cruises

Those of you who follow us here on the Nile Cruises 4u blog know that we have just come back from visiting the Royal Viking and the Viking Princess out in Egypt and you will have read how impressed we were with both vessels.

We have some great prices for departures in February and March and here are just a few of them:

1 & 8 February:

7 nights 5 Star Viking Princess – Full Board now just £749
7 nights 5 Star Deluxe Royal Viking – Full Board now just £949
7 nights Deluxe Boutique Alexander The Great – Full Board now just £1949 Continue reading “Viking Princess just £749 1st & 8th February”

Whilst we were cruising the Nile in late November we saw a lot of the ships that we sell and recommend.

Here’s a short video taken from the deck of the Royal Viking as the Jaz Royale Nile Cruise ship departed from Aswan. If you choose 720p from the menu bar of the video you get a better resolution, I think.

On our late November trip we had a great full day Giza and The Pyramids excursion with a wonderful guide called Ahmed,  our own driver and air-conditioned mini-bus.  We visited Memphis, Saqqara and the Great Pyramid at Giza.

What we didnt’ realise until we visited Saqqara is that the Great Pyramid wasnt’ the first or the oldest Pyramid.  That honour goes to the Step Pyramid at Saqqara which you can see above. Continue reading “The Step Pyramid At Saqqara”

We visited the Valley Of The Kings and the Valley Of The Queens when we were in Egypt cruising on the Royal Viking in December and took lots of photos using both our new Lumix digital camera and our iPhone.  Both cameras are excellent for different reasons. Continue reading “Valley Of The Queens”

This is an “action” picture taken of the MS Stephanie from the rear of the Royal Viking when we were cruising the Nile in November.

Barbara and I were relaxing on the Royal Viking’s sun-deck when she woke from her slumbers and noticed that we were passing the Stephanie.  Of course we have lots of passengers each week on the Stephanie and so, after Barbara’s shrieks woke me I grabbed my trusty Lumix camera and stumbled to the rail…. Continue reading “MS Stephanie Nile Cruise Photo”