06:00
Coffee on the sun deck as the Nile turns silver.
Esna · Luxor · Aswan
Sail the Nile
as the Pharaohs did.
A private hand-built dahabiya. Twelve cabins, twenty-four guests, one river — sailed slowly between Luxor and Aswan, October through April.
The Dahabiya
A floating home,
A floating home,
hand-built in Esna.
Nile Spirit was built by a family of carpenters who have shaped dahabiyas on this river for generations. Wood shaped by hand in Esna. Brass cast in Cairo. Linens woven in Akhmim. Nothing on board was made by a machine that did not know what it was making.
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Journeys
Choose your slow Nile.
Five sailings on the dahabiya itself, and longer journeys that set the river inside a wider Egypt. Each opens to its full programme.
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3 nights · 4 daysThree Nights, Aswan to Luxor
From $950 per person
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4 nights · 5 daysFour Nights, Aswan to Luxor
From $1,000 per person
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4 nights · 5 daysFour Nights, Luxor to Aswan
From $1,150 per person
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5 nights · 6 daysFive Nights, Luxor to Aswan
From $1,200 per person
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7 nights · 8 daysSeven Nights, Luxor to Luxor
From $1,600 per person
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6 nights · 7 daysSix Nights, Cairo, the Dahabiya and Hurghada
From $1,500 per person
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7 nights · 8 daysSeven Nights, a Luxor House and the Dahabiya
From $1,400 per person
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7 nights · 8 daysSeven Nights, Cairo and the Dahabiya
From $1,600 per person
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8 nights · 9 daysEight Nights, Cairo and the Dahabiya
From $1,700 per person
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9 nights · 10 daysNine Nights, Cairo, the Dahabiya and the Red Sea
From $1,900 per person
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10 nights · 11 daysTen Nights, Cairo, the Dahabiya and the Western Desert
From $2,000 per person
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11 nights · 12 daysThe Solar Eclipse, August 2027
From $8,000 per person
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The Route
Every bend has a temple.
Two hundred and ten kilometres of sail between Luxor and Aswan, anchoring at seven ports of call where the river slows and the temples wait.
I
Luxor
Karnak · Valley of the Kings
II
Esna
Temple of Khnum
III
El‑Kab
Painted rock tombs
IV
Edfu
Temple of Horus
V
Gebel el‑Silsila
Quarry shrines
VI
Kom Ombo
Twin temple at sunset
VII
Aswan
Philae · the Cataract
Suites
Each cabin,
Each cabin,
a private destination.
Twelve cabins in three kinds — eight Deluxe Cabins, two Presidential Suites, and two Royal Suites across the stern. Honed stone, brushed brass and dark wood, linens woven by hand in Akhmim, and a window on the river itself.
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A Day Aboard
A day, gently kept.
09:00
A private excursion to a temple still asleep.
13:00
Lunch with the wind in the sails.
16:00
A swim, a book, an afternoon kept by no one.
19:00
Dinner at the captain's table, beneath the stars.
22:00
The river quiets. So do you.