Food is the best that we have had in Egypt. Five course a la carte evening meal. The staff are very helpful and create a happy atmosphere. Room was very nice. The cruise is a great way to relax. The sightseeing was also excellent. Top deck was never crowded.

We had a problem with the transfers at both ends of the trip. Driver was an hour late on the day that we disembarked. Luckily we had time to spare but it could have been stressful.

Unfortunately, our boat required unexpected repair, but the company, prior to our arrival, managed to put us on a different boat of equal if not better quality. We set sail on the Sonesta Moon Goddess, which was fabulous.

Nothing that comes to the main

Lovely clean ship with helpful staff

food was good but breakfast could be improved with more fresh fruit. non-alcoholic drink selection needs to be improved

The staff are wonderful, everyone is super friendly and tries hard to help. The restaurant crew in particular are attentive and efficient. The service runs like a well-oiled machine. Dining was a mixed bag, the buffet lunches, featuring Egyptian style food were delicious and excellent. In contrast the dinners were disappointing, featuring a multi course “European” style menu which was adequate but not brilliant. Excursions were good and Hamid the tour guide is extremely knowledgeable and experienced.

The ship is tired and dated, by no means a luxury cruise. Unfortunately not enough time is spent cruising the Nile and too much time (every night and a few days) moored alongside, generally 3 ships deep in Luxor, Edfu and Aswan. This means one has to traverse the other vessels to get to the Alexander. Given the temperatures in Egypt all ships’ Aircon etc are powered on 24x7 and there are generators running everywhere. Air quality while moored up is terrible and it doesn’t really improve much when under way as the vessels seem to run extremely smoky heavy fuel oil. I believe there are around 200 ships plying the river between Luxor and Aswan, which has many sugar plantations many of which seem to be continuously burning off the sugar cane stubble etc. The air pollution was quite depressing.