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Modern hotel lounge with armchairs, sofa, plants, and marble flooring under artificial lighting.
Modern outdoor pool with clear blue water and cabana lounging areas.
Sunlit outdoor patio with wooden floor, white draped cabanas, and wooden lounge chairs under clear sky.
Spacious outdoor bar with high chairs under a large canopy and city views.
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Spacious lounge area with modern chairs, marble floor, columns, and large windows for natural light.
Modern hotel room with double bed, sofa, TV, and large window with curtains.
Modern hotel room with beige sectional sofa, coffee table, rug, and framed artwork.
Hotel room with two beds, gray headboards, white bedding, and modern wall lamps.
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Five deck plans of a Nile cruise ship showing rooms, pool, lobby, and dining areas.
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Beach resort with palm trees, sunshades, and buildings near a calm lagoon under clear sky.
Yellow Mediterranean hotel building with balconies, palm trees, and flowering plants under a clear sky.
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Bright hotel room with twin beds, decorative pillows, a tulip painting, and an open balcony door.
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Hotel room with twin beds, bunk bed, wooden furniture, and wall-mounted TV.
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Children and adults enjoying a sunny day at a colorful outdoor water park with slides and pools.
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Ägypten ∙ Kairo-Luxor-Assuan ∙ Hurghada

Nilkombi MS Nile Excellence & Ausflug + Three Corners Rihana Resort

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Location

The family-friendly hotel is located directly on a 1,500-meter long, beautifully landscaped lagoon with its own beach section in El Gouna, north of Hurghada. A shuttle boat transfer (approx. 15 minutes) takes guests to another private island beach on the open sea, the beautiful Zeytouna Beach. From Zeytouna Beach, a long jetty leads out into the Red Sea. From there, you can experience the fascinating underwater world while snorkeling. The center of El Gouna is about 350m away. Hurghada Airport is about 25 kilometers away.
Beach resort with palm trees, sunshades, and buildings near a calm lagoon under clear sky.
Yellow Mediterranean hotel building with balconies, palm trees, and flowering plants under a clear sky.
Sunny beach with loungers, umbrellas, people swimming and relaxing by the water.

Facilities

Outdoor bar with wooden pergola, stools, and groups of people enjoying drinks under a cloudy sky.
Hotel with a large outdoor pool, sun loungers, umbrellas, and a two-story beige building.
Hotel garden with a pond surrounded by trees and buildings under a clear blue sky.
Built in a Nubian village style, the complex impresses with a cozy atmosphere, characterized by towers, domes, and arches, and features 434 comfortably furnished rooms spread across several two-story buildings. The resort has a beautiful and inviting reception area with seating and Wi-Fi in all public areas of the complex. Outdoors, there are four different swimming pools (fitness pool, sunset pool with two small slides, aqua splash pool with four different water slides, dolphin pool), three of which are heated in winter. There are also four children's pools for the little ones, three of which are heated in winter. One of these pools has small slides and water features. Sun loungers, beach towels, and umbrellas are provided free of charge at the pools and on the hotel's private beach. For your physical well-being, there is a main restaurant and four different specialty restaurants, as well as various bars.

Accommodation

Double Room Comfort (DK2)

The tastefully furnished rooms (approx. 21 sqm) have been completely renovated and feature a bathroom with shower/WC, minibar (for a fee), air conditioning, telephone, hairdryer, kettle, coffee/tea maker, safe, satellite TV, Wi-Fi, and a balcony or terrace with pool and garden view. Also bookable for single use (DK1).

Modern hotel room with double bed, floral wall art, and balcony view.
Bright hotel room with double bed, blue pillows, floral wall art, and balcony access.
Bright hotel room with twin beds, decorative pillows, a tulip painting, and an open balcony door.

Premium Room (PR2)

With the same amenities as the double rooms, but more spacious (approx. 28 sqm), these rooms offer pool/garden or lagoon views. Also bookable for single use (PR1).

Family Room (DF2)

The cozy family rooms have the same features as the double rooms, but are more spacious (approx. 37 sqm).

Bright hotel room with two beds, yellow accent wall, arched doorway, and balcony access.
Bright hotel room with two beds, a sofa, TV, and balcony with outdoor seating.

Double Room Superior

The newly bookable Superior Rooms (DSU, 28 sqm) are renovated and offer various views depending on the room's location in the hotel – either with a garden view or a refreshing pool view. The rooms are equipped with two different types of beds: a spacious king-size bed or two single beds, according to your preference. The rooms feature free Wi-Fi, air conditioning, a kettle, and tea/coffee making facilities.
Bookable for single use (DSE).

Double Room Superior Plus

The rooms (DSB) are more spacious (approx. 35 sqm) with amenities similar to the Double Superior rooms. The rooms are renovated and newly bookable.

Hotel room with twin beds, bunk bed, wooden furniture, and wall-mounted TV.

All Inclusive

Modern buffet area with wooden accents, stone countertop, and exposed brick wall under recessed lighting.

All Inclusive

The main restaurant "Sunny Restaurant" offers breakfast (7-10 AM), lunch (1-3 PM), and dinner (6-9 PM) in buffet style. Additionally, the restaurant offers tea time with various snacks from 4-5 PM. Furthermore, there are various specialty restaurants: "Greenhouse" with vegan and vegetarian dishes in the morning (7:30-11 AM buffet style), lunch (11 AM-3 PM à la carte for a fee) and in the evening (6-9 PM à la carte for a fee with prior reservation). "Lagoon Lunch" at lunchtime (12-3 PM à la carte). "Dolce Vita" with Italian dishes (6:30-9 PM à la carte) and "Chez Pascal" with a selection of various specialties (6:30-9 PM à la carte for a fee on Fridays). Soft drinks, hot beverages, and local alcoholic drinks are offered to guests until midnight at six different bars, including the All-Inclusive Bar, Sunset Bar, Dolphin Bar, Lagoon Bar, Lounge Bar, and Peanuts Bar, which is open until midnight and offers various entertainment and activities.

Not included in All Inclusive

Imported alcoholic beverages, freshly squeezed juices.

Dine Around El Gouna

The Dine-Around program offers guests with half board, full board, or all-inclusive a special culinary experience. Guests can dine at participating restaurants in other hotels – at no extra cost for the food (drinks excluded).
Depending on the length of stay, guests can use the Dine-Around offer multiple times: 1x for stays of four nights or more, up to 3x for five to seven nights, and up to 4x for eight nights or more. Guests of 5-star hotels have access to all participating restaurants. Guests from 3 or 4-star hotels can dine in hotels of the same category – an upgrade to a 5-star restaurant is possible for a small fee.
Table reservation through the hotel (ideally by 12 PM on the same day) is recommended.

Included Sports

Fitness room, yoga, beach volleyball, table tennis, bocce, water aerobics, and darts.

Sports for a fee

Bicycle rental, billiards, and diving center at the hotel (external provider) with various water sports activities. Furthermore, El Gouna offers various fitness activities through external providers, such as tennis and golf (18-hole golf course).

Children's Programme

For the little guests, there are separate children's pools, a playground, and the Trixie Kids Club (4-11 years).
Children playing on colorful playground slides and structures in sunny outdoor area.
Mother and child smiling by pool with water slides at a sunny vacation resort.
Children and adults enjoying a sunny day at a colorful outdoor water park with slides and pools.

Wellness

Sauna, whirlpool, steam bath, and massage for a fee.

Hotel Service

Wi-Fi access is available free of charge in public areas and in the rooms.
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Postal/banking services and souvenir shop.
Laundry service for a fee.

Credit Card

Visa, American Express, and Mastercard are accepted.

Hotel features

  • Bicycle Rental
  • Golf
  • Children's Playground
  • Diving
  • Tennis
  • Wi-Fi
  • Family Friendly
  • Animation
  • Air Conditioning
  • Hotel Safe
  • Sports and Active Holidaymakers
  • Water Slides
  • Kids Club/Mini Club
  • Children's Pool
  • Massages
  • Sauna
  • Spa
  • Internet
  • Shopping Facilities
  • Sandy Beach
  • Direct Beach Location
  • Extended Hygiene Concept

Note

The hotels Three Corners Rihanna Resort and Three Corners Rihana Inn have been combined into one complex.
The rooms are divided as follows:
Double Room Comfort (DK2) = former Rihana Inn
Premium Room (PR2) & Family Room (DF2) = Rihana Resort
Room renovations are ongoing.
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Please note that the shuttle to Zeytouna Beach is free of charge, food on site is for a fee, but drinks are included in the All-Inclusive program.
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The hotel is barrier-free and suitable for wheelchair users. 14 barrier-free rooms can be booked on request (PR2/DF2).
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Please note when choosing your hotel and departure airport that, especially when combining "Marsa Alam Airport - Hurghada Hotel" and vice versa "Hurghada Airport - Marsa Alam Hotel", very long distances may have to be covered and a long transfer should be expected. This also applies when booking this hotel after a Nile cruise.
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The entry visa for all travel services booked with schauinsland-reisen is not included in the travel price. Guests have the option to arrange the visa themselves or purchase it from the schauinsland-reisen tour guide upon arrival for €30 per person.
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TAMR HENNA
HURGHADA/EL GOUNA
EGYPT
TEL: 0020-653580025-29
FAX: 0020-653580030

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Product information

Combined product consisting of a Nile cruise on the MS Nile Excellence and a beach holiday including all intermediate transfers. Accommodation in the hotel will always be in the cheapest available room category. Embarkation is always on Thursdays. The trip must be started at least one day in advance, as an overnight stay is mandatory. The next possible embarkation will always be taken.

Cruise details

MS Nile Excellence incl. Excursion

Route/Ship location

When booking the MS Nile Excellence, the following excursions are automatically included: Valley of the Kings, Kom Ombo Temple, and the visit to the High Dam in Aswan.
The excursion packages listed below can, of course, still be booked.
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Embarkation: Thursday.
Depending on the day of embarkation, the route may shift.
Route:
Day 1:
Arrival and embarkation. Afternoon visit to the Luxor Museum (3). Dinner and overnight stay on board in Luxor.
Day 2:
A hot air balloon ride is possible at 5 AM (optional, can be booked on site).
In the morning, after breakfast, excursion to Thebes-West to the Temple of Hatshepsut (1,2,3) with a visit to the Colossi of Memnon (1,2,3). Visit to the Valley of the Kings (1,2,3). Lunch on board.
Afternoon sail to Edfu. Dinner and overnight stay on board.
Day 3:
Morning continuation to Kom Ombo.
Lunch on board and visit to the double temple (1,2,3).
Continue to Aswan, dinner and overnight stay on board.
Day 4:
Morning after breakfast, visit to the Aswan High Dam (1,2,3).
Then visit the Philae Temple by motorboat (1,2,3). Lunch on board.
Afternoon felucca ride on the Nile (1,2,3).
Then visit a Nubian village (3).
Dinner and overnight stay on board.
Day 5:
Early morning at 3:30 AM, opportunity for an excursion to Abu Simbel by bus (2,3), breakfast package included.
Then it's back to Kom Ombo.
Lunch on board. Overnight stay and dinner on board.
Day 6:
Breakfast on board. Then the ship continues to Esna. Dinner and overnight stay on board.
Day 7:
Breakfast. Then you have the option to visit the Edfu Temple (1,2,3).
Then the ship continues to Luxor.
Upon arrival, you have the option to visit the East Bank with the Luxor Temple (1,2,3) and the Karnak Temple (1,2,3). There is an opportunity for a sound and light show at Karnak Temple (optional, can be booked on site).
Day 8:
Departure.
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The excursions listed in the route are not included.
There is a German-speaking guide on board for excursions.
The excursion package in which each excursion is located is always indicated behind the excursions in the route:
Excursion Package Classic Excellence=1
Excursion Package Classic Plus Excellence=2
Excursion Package Premium Excellence=3
The excursion packages can be optionally booked. Entrance fees are included in the excursion packages.
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Excursion Package Classic Excellence (can be booked by email to: res.aegypten@schauinsland-reisen.de)
Luxor Temple
Karnak Temple
Hatshepsut Temple
Colossi of Memnon in Luxor
Edfu Temple
Felucca ride
Philae Temple
-> Winter season 2025/2026, Summer season 2026: 155 € p.p.
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Additional excursions to the Classic package are included in the Excursion Package Classic Plus Excellence: (can be booked by email to: res.aegypten@schauinsland-reisen.de)
Day trip by bus to Abu Simbel.
-> Winter season 2025/2026, Summer season 2026: 280 € p.p.
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Additional excursions to the Classic Plus package are included in the Excursion Package Premium Excellence: (can be booked by email to: res.aegypten@schauinsland-reisen.de)
Luxor Museum
Nubian Village in Aswan
-> Winter season 2025/2026, Summer season 2026: 333 € p.p.
The MS Nile Excellence has a total of 30 modernly furnished exterior cabins spread across several decks. The reception area is bright and elegantly designed and has a reception desk. Enjoy culinary delights in the main restaurant and savor cool drinks served by the three bars on board. There is also a small bazaar and a cozy reading corner. As of Winter 2024/25, the ship has a small fitness studio that is freely accessible to all guests on board. To make your vacation perfect, you can relax on the sun deck on loungers or cool off in the pool and enjoy the dreamlike view of the landscape along the Nile.
Five deck plans of a Nile cruise ship showing rooms, pool, lobby, and dining areas.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner as a buffet or set menu.
Breakfast includes soft drinks and hot beverages. Lunch and dinner include two soft drinks and a small bottle of water per person.

Entertainment

Occasional evening entertainment with folklore or Oriental evenings.

Cabins

Suite

The friendly furnished suites (S2) are approx. 24 sqm and have a shower/WC, hairdryer, two single beds or one double bed, air conditioning (individually adjustable), minibar, safe, TV, telephone (for a fee), seating area, and French balcony.
Also bookable for single use (1SA).

Royal Suite

The Royal Suites (RS) have the same amenities as the suites, but are larger (approx. 37 sqm). The Royal Suites are located on the middle and upper decks.
In the Royal Suites, the French balcony also has a small table and two chairs.

Single Suite

The single suites (S1) are approx. 13 sqm and otherwise have the same amenities as the suites, but with only one single bed without a seating area.

Economy Suite

The economy suites (S2Z) are somewhat smaller (approx. 21 sqm) with otherwise the same amenities as the suites, and possibly without a French balcony and without a seating area, but with a non-opening window.

Hotel notice

Ship's address:
Blue Sky Dock – beside Baghdadi Police check point.
Check-in time: 12:00 PM
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Smoking is only permitted on the outer decks.
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Booking note: Please note that for a flight to/from Hurghada or Marsa Alam, at least one overnight stay at the hotel is required before or after the Nile cruise.
No overnight stay is necessary for a flight to/from Luxor.
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The transfer time from Hurghada or Marsa Alam is 7-8 hours depending on the hotel's location.
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Due to seasonal low water levels of the Nile or due to congestion or maintenance of the Esna locks, the itinerary may change. In very rare cases, bus transfers or accommodation on an equivalent ship may be necessary to ensure the itinerary.
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As the offered ship is a motor ship, operational noises may occur.
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The ships sometimes dock one behind the other or next to each other, so crossing other ships may be necessary.
It is possible that the ship is not always accessible barrier-free.
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Egypt is the land of baksheesh: To save you the stress of constant tipping on board, your local tour guide collects an amount of €8 per person per night on the boat, depending on the ship's category. This sum is used for all the "good spirits" who make your holiday as pleasant as possible and is considered a recommendation from us.
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