Choose your river.

Board at golden hour. Karnak's forest of columns before the crowds, then Luxor Temple lit against the dusk — the avenue of sphinxes stretching into the dark.

The royal tombs and the Colossi in the morning, then cast off south. Lunch on deck as the river narrows through the Esna lock.

By carriage to the falcon temple of Horus, the best-preserved in Egypt. By dusk, moored beneath the twin temple of Kom Ombo, floodlit from the deck.

The softest light in Egypt. Sail to island-bound Philae by launch, the High Dam, and tea above the cataract before farewell.

Board and settle as Karnak is lit for the evening — the first dinner beneath the papyrus columns.

A full day ashore — the royal tombs, Hatshepsut's temple, and Luxor Temple at dusk.

Through the Esna lock and on to Edfu's temple of Horus by carriage, returning at sunset.

A morning at leisure on deck, the twin temple by late afternoon, floodlit after dark.

Philae by launch, the High Dam, and a felucca at golden hour beneath the cataract.

For those who linger — a dawn flight to the great rock temples of Ramses II, returning by afternoon.

Begin the sail back toward Luxor, a final evening on the river, and a farewell dinner under the stars.