MS Magic I
Location
Embarkation: Saturday
Itinerary:
1. Day:
Arrival and embarkation. Dinner and overnight stay on board in Luxor.
2. Day:
A hot air balloon ride can be booked in the morning at 5 am (optional, only bookable on site).
Breakfast on board. Afterward, tour of the West Bank including the Hatshepsut Temple (1,2,3), Colossi of Memnon (1,2,3), and the Valley of the Kings (1,2,3).
Lunch on board. Afterward, departure to Edfu.
Dinner and overnight stay on board.
3. Day:
Breakfast on board. Afterward, departure to Kom Ombo. Lunch on board.
After arrival in Kom Ombo, the Kom Ombo Temple can be visited there (1,2,3).
Continue to Aswan. Dinner on board.
Overnight stay in Aswan.
4. Day:
Morning after breakfast, visit to the Aswan High Dam (1,2,3).
Afterward, visit to the Philae Temple by motorboat (1,2,3). Lunch on board.
Afternoon felucca ride on the Nile.
Afterward, opportunity for a visit to a Nubian village (3).
Dinner and overnight stay on board.
5. Day:
Early morning at 3:30 am, opportunity for an excursion to Abu Simbel by bus (2,3), breakfast box is included.
Lunch on board. Overnight stay and dinner on board.
Departure to Esna.
6. Day:
Morning after breakfast, visit to the Edfu Temple (1,2,3). Departure to Luxor. Lunch on board. Dinner and overnight stay in Luxor.
7. Day:
Breakfast on board.
Tour of the East Bank including Luxor Temple (1,2,3) and Karnak Temple (1,2,3).
8. Day:
Departure.
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The excursions listed in the itinerary are not included.
There is a German-speaking guide on the ship for the excursions.
Behind the excursions in the itinerary, it is always noted in which excursion package this trip is included:
Classic Excursion Package=1
Classic Plus Excursion Package=2
Premium Excursion Package=3
The excursion packages can be booked optionally. Entrance fees are included in the excursion packages.
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Classic Excursion Package (bookable with ref: KW Service: NILKLASS)
Package for winter season 2025/2026, summer season 2026:
Luxor Temple
Karnak Temple
Hatshepsut Temple
Valley of the Kings in Luxor
Colossi of Memnon
Edfu Temple
Kom Ombo Temple
High Dam in Aswan
Felucca ride
Philae Temple
Winter season 2025/2026, summer season 2026: 305.- € p.p.
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Additional excursions in the Classic Plus Excursion Package (bookable with ref: KW Service: NILKLASSP)
Day trip by bus to Abu Simbel.
Winter season 2025/2026, summer season 2026: 429.- € p.p.
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Additional excursions in the Premium Excursion Package (bookable with ref: KW Service: NILPREMIUM)
Luxor Museum
Nubian village in Aswan
Winter season 2025/2026, summer season 2026: 482.- € p.p.
Facilities
The ship features a friendly reception and a total of 72 beautiful outside cabins distributed across several decks. The main restaurant provides delicious meals for your well-being. The facilities are complemented by a reading corner and a lounge bar. A jeweler and a bazaar invite you to browse. Furthermore, there is a billiard room on board. You can relax and enjoy your holiday on the spacious sun deck with a pool and bar.
Accommodation
Cabins
The tastefully furnished cabins are equipped with a bathroom with shower/WC, hairdryer, telephone, satellite TV, video system, air conditioning, minibar, and safe.
The cabins can also be booked for single use.
The windows cannot be opened.
Meals
Full board
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet-style. Drinks are available for a fee.
All Inclusive
All Inclusive
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet-style. Domestic alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are included from 11 am – 11 pm.
Wellness
Massages are offered for additional relaxation (for a fee).
Hotel contact
Wi-Fi is available on the ship for a fee.
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24-hour cabin service, on-call doctor (for a fee).
Credit card
MasterCard and VISA.
Entertainment
Occasional evening entertainment with folklore is provided.
Hotelhinweis
Docking location in Luxor: Marsa Habiba or Blue Sky in El-Boghdady, Luxor (depending on availability)
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Booking note: Please note that at least one overnight stay is required before the Nile cruise.
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Smoking is only permitted on the outer decks.
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Booking note: Please note that for flights to/from Hurghada or Marsa Alam before or after the Nile cruise, at least one night in a hotel is required.
No overnight stay is necessary for flights to/from Luxor.
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Booking note: We reserve the right to rebook you to another ship for economic reasons. In these cases, it will always be a higher-quality ship. The travel itinerary will not be affected.
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The transfer time from Hurghada or Marsa Alam is 7-8 hours, depending on the location of the hotel.
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Due to seasonal low water levels of the Nile or congestion/maintenance at the Esna locks, changes to the itinerary may occur. In rare cases, bus transfers or accommodation on an equivalent ship may be necessary to ensure the travel itinerary.
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Since the ship offered is a motor vessel, operating noises may occur.
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The ships sometimes dock one behind or next to each other, so it may be necessary to cross other ships. It may happen that the ship is not always accessible in a barrier-free way.
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When booking this ship, accommodation is provided on the MS Magic I or another ship with similar facilities and of the same category.
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Egypt is the land of baksheesh: To spare you the stress of constant tipping on board, your local tour guide will collect an amount of 6 €-7 € per person and night on the ship at the beginning of the trip, depending on the category of the ship. This sum is used for all the "good spirits" who make your holiday as pleasant as possible and is considered a recommendation on our part.
Tour operator category
5 Suns
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SUNRISE Select Garden Beach Resort
Location
The spacious hotel complex is located directly on the hotel's own 400 m long sandy beach. On the beach, there is a jetty that facilitates entry into deeper water and creates the perfect conditions for snorkeling. From here, guests can explore the beautiful and diverse underwater world of the Red Sea. The nearest shopping center, Senzo Mall, is about 300 m away. The center of Hurghada is approximately 20 km away, and Hurghada International Airport is about 15 km away.
Facilities
In this popular 5-star family resort, you will experience water fun for the whole family! The complex is embedded in a beautiful and generously laid-out garden landscape. Spend a great family holiday and enjoy Egyptian hospitality. The hotel, which is particularly popular with regular guests, has 483 comfortably furnished rooms distributed across several three-story buildings. The main building houses the reception, the Sun Ray Lobby Bar, and the Giardino buffet restaurant. The extensive and well-maintained garden area offers a spacious pool landscape consisting of three freshwater pools (Moroccan Pool, Aqua Pool, and a children's pool with slides; can be heated in winter). A highlight of the resort is the hotel's own aqua park with twelve different water slides (usage from 1.20 m) and a separate area with two children's slides (octopus, snake) that will make the hearts of water lovers, both big and small, beat faster.
In addition to the buffet restaurant, the resort offers five delicious à-la-carte restaurants (Italian, Egyptian, Mongolian, burger, fusion cuisine (for a fee), reservation required for each) as well as four additional à-la-carte restaurants in the sister hotel "SENTIDO Mamlouk Palace," which can also be used free of charge (reservation required for each). Additionally, eight different bars are available to you: Sun Ray Bar, Boulevard Bar (for a fee), Amuse Billiard Bar, Victoria Pub, Aqua Bar, Oasis Pool Bar (located in the main pool), Nasaya Beach Bar, and a shisha tent (for a fee). Sun loungers, parasols, and beach towels are included at the pool and on the beach. The facilities of the "SENTIDO Mamlouk Palace Resort" can also be used.
Accommodation
Superior Double Room
The 45 m² tastefully furnished superior double rooms (D) feature a telephone, bathroom with shower or bathtub/WC, hairdryer, coffee and tea maker, sitting area, minibar (daily refill with water, once a week refill with soft drinks), air conditioning, safe, TV, balcony or terrace.
Optionally bookable with pool view (DSP), partial sea view (D2S), or for single use (DE, ESP, 1SD). Also bookable as type I (DI) at a special price with limited availability.
Super Saver Room
The super saver rooms (SSZ) have the same facilities as the Superior double rooms, but have limited availability and a special price.
Also bookable for single use (SSE).
Deluxe Double Room
The deluxe double rooms (DD2/DD1) have the same facilities as the double rooms, are also approx. 45 m² in size, and additionally feature a king-size bed or two single beds, a seating area with a side table, and a vanity table.
Optionally bookable with pool view (DPB/DPE) or partial sea view (DDS/EDD), as well as type I (DDI) at a special price with limited availability.
Katta Family Room
The Katta family rooms (KWF) with bunk beds are bookable as schauinsland-reisen original rooms and are freshly renovated in Katta style (bookable under KWF and DF2).
The rooms include additional amenities for the little ones, such as a Katta-style loft bed, a Katta play corner with beanbags, a small table with chairs, an extra smart TV with HDMI connection, and a Katta height chart on the wall. Additionally, the power outlets are childproofed. The bathrooms feature child-sized towel racks and a step stool in front of the sink. With the same facilities as the double rooms, these rooms are also approx. 45 m² in size.
Also bookable as a double room (FR2).
Limited space is available for 2 adults and 3 children.
Katta Family Suite
The family suites (2FS/FMK) are bookable as schauinsland-reisen Original rooms and have been renovated.
The suites are approx. 75 m² in size and consist of two separate bedrooms, a master bedroom with a king-size bed and another bedroom with two single beds, separated from each other by a hallway. Both rooms have their own bathroom with a shower. The double rooms with king-size beds are equipped similarly to the double rooms and feature a smart TV with HDMI connection. The rooms with two single beds feature special lighting, a dresser with a smart TV and HDMI connection, and a chill-out area with a beanbag. The power outlets are equipped with child protection, and the bathrooms feature a step stool as well as child-sized towel racks.
Please note that Katta and his friends are not graphically featured in Katta family suites.
The family suites can also be occupied by 4 adults.
Junior Suite
The junior suites (JS2) are approx. 80 m² in size and consist of a living/bedroom with extra sleeping arrangements and a separate bedroom. The rooms also have a bathroom with a bathtub and a terrace.
Also bookable for single use (JS1).
Beach Front
The beach front rooms (BF2) have the same facilities as the double rooms but are located in the first row to the beach and have a sea view.
All Inclusive
All Inclusive
Breakfast from 7-10:30 am, lunch from 12:30-2:30 pm (winter)/1-3 pm (summer), dinner from 7-10 pm (summer) 6:30-10 pm (winter), all buffet-style. Midnight snacks from 10:30 pm-1 am. Alternatively, dinner can be taken in one of the four à-la-carte restaurants.
Snacks at the pool bar from 12-5 pm. Snacks at the Aqua Bar from 12-4:30 pm and from 12-5 pm at the Gamila beach restaurant. Tea time and pastries from 3-5 pm in the Sun Ray Lobby Bar.
In the main restaurant, Katta's restaurant area is ready for the little ones and offers an extra children's buffet as well as children's tables.
Local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks from 10 am-midnight at the respective open bar.
Additionally, one buffet and four à-la-carte restaurants in the neighboring hotel Sentido Mamlouk Palace Resort are included (reservation required for each).
Sports included
Fitness studio (from 16 years, open from 8 am-7 pm), archery, table tennis, beach volleyball, water polo, football, boccia, mini-golf, giant chess, darts, tennis (floodlight for a fee), aqua park for the whole family, Body & Soul sports (yoga, Tai Chi), billiards (from 12 years). An international animation team offers a daily sports program.
Sports for a fee
Aqua center with banana boat, crazy eight & donuts, sailing, paddling, as well as windsurfing.
Children's program
Katta's mini club is available for little guests (3-12 years) and offers fun and games. This includes a general area with various games, a PlayStation room with a selection of different PlayStation games, as well as a sleeping and chill-out room for the kids' afternoon nap. In the evening, a children's cinema is available to the children in the mini club. Painting and cooking classes as well as sports activities round off the program. Furthermore, there is a playground, Katta's children's buffet corner in the main restaurant, and a mini aqua park with a pool available for the little ones. Katta offers a special highlight with his garden: here, the little ones can expect various types of vegetables that Katta takes care of with the little guests.
The babysitting service is available for a fee.
Wellness
The spa area (from 16 years, usage for a fee) is open from 10 am-8 pm and offers you a sauna, steam bath, jacuzzi, and hammam. Massages and other treatments are for a separate fee. Registration is sometimes required.
Hotel contact
Wi-Fi is available throughout the entire complex free of charge.
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Hairdresser, room service, laundry service, babysitting service (each for a fee).
ATM with exchange function.
Multilingual staff and 24-hour reception.
Credit card
Visa, Mastercard.
Entertainment
The resort offers daily and evening entertainment as well as shows in the amphitheater.
Live music is offered in the evening, and the in-house DJ creates a great atmosphere in the Victoria Pub.
Hotelhinweis
Barrier-free hotel complex
Barrier-free rooms are available (DPB/FMK/KWF, only as a customer request).
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Tour operator category
5 Suns
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Country category
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The ship features a friendly reception and a total of 72 beautiful outside cabins distributed across several decks. The main restaurant provides delicious meals for your well-being. The facilities are complemented by a reading corner and a lounge bar. A jeweler and a bazaar invite you to browse. Furthermore, there is a billiard room on board. You can relax and enjoy your holiday on the spacious sun deck with a pool and bar.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet-style. Drinks are available for a fee.
Occasional evening entertainment with folklore is provided.
Last updated: 21.08.2026 16:17