Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

7-Night Middle East Cruise Adventure

AmaWaterways · AmaLilia · round-trip from Safaga

$8,339 per person · next sails Jan 25, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Safaga (HRG)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Round-trip into HRG · $8,080 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Safaga

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

108 mi from Safaga

Royal Mummy Re-display: Luxor's Wrapped Pharaohs Study

Study the carefully preserved royal mummies on display in Luxor Museum's dedicated chamber, with expert guides explaining mummification science, indiv…

108 mi from Safaga

Luxor Pottery Workshop: Traditional Wheel & Clay

Spend 3 hours in a working pottery studio learning wheel-throwing and coil techniques from artisans using clay sources unchanged since antiquity. Crea…

Your voyage · 7 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Days 1–2
Luxor/Karnak (Safaga) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 3
Edfu & Kom Ombo Temples · $240 for two with Egypt Tours Portalhow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Abu Simbel · $170 for two with Egypt Tours Portal (direct private tour operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Kom Ombo & Crocodile Museum · $360 for two with Luxor and Aswan Tours (private Egyptologist-led)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Abu Simbel · $170 for two with Egypt Tours Portal (direct private tour operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Luxor/Karnak (Safaga)port guide →
★ Valley of the Kings — how to make it yours →
Day 7
Dendera Temple of Hathor · $160 for two with TourHQ Qena Licensed Expert Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Luxor/Karnak (Safaga) Disembark
Back where you started — disembark in the morning.
Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Safaga

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

107 mi from Safaga · fly LXR

Luxor Unlocked: Pharaohs, Feluccas & Fires Under the Stars

Ancient Egypt Deep Immersion

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Safaga

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

107 mi from Safaga · fly LXR

Luxor Unlocked: Pharaohs, Feluccas & Fires Under the Stars

Ancient Egypt Deep Immersion

See the whole plan →
Home

Fly home from Safaga (HRG)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights round-trip into HRG · 2 travelers $8,080 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Safaga · River~$217
Cruise fare7 nights · AmaWaterways · 2 guests$16,678
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,100
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$26,255
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above); the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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