M/S Esmeralda Nile Cruise - 4 or 7 Nights From each Monday and 03 Nights From Aswan each Friday Hotel

The cruise was excellent & above all our expectations. The services, staffing and cleanliness are all 5 star!! The food top of the top!! It’s a cruise that I recommend everyone!

Part of a TripADeal tour would not of chosen this cruise if doing independently.
Room 220 level of foyer. 4 nights.
I wouldn’t say this is a 5 star cruise as listed on itinerary.
Old looking and in need of refurbishment.
Boats are moored 8 deep and to get to your boat you walk through the foyers of all the other moored boats until you get to yours. Very funny I thought.
The boat has 4 levels. Restaurant lower level, level 2 foyer and rooms, level 3 rooms and bar with a couple of tiny gift shops and top deck small pool, bar undercover and open air seating. Plenty of deck chairs and tables and chairs to sit on. They also provide beach towels.
All meals are supplied. But did find many people very greedy on a boat and staff didn’t top up some of the foods. Once it was gone it was gone. That happened a couple of times when we got back from a tour late, food was cold and only bits and pieces to choose from. Also it is 1hour seating only and once they are ready to clean up they ask you to leave. You cannot take your own drinks into dinner then must be purchased. Prices are reasonable. Tea and coffee is only free at breakfast. Many of the pastries seemed to be a day old.
They had entertainment in the bar each night but didn’t attended, did hear they were pretty good by others on our tour.
You have to pay 150 Egyptian pound a day for internet and it works best in the foyer not in your room where you want it. So you don’t share they enter the password and if you want to swap with someone they disconnect and reconnect - only 1 person on at a time.
The room is a pretty good size. Ours had 2 large very hard singles beds. A 2 seater lounge by a window that opens as well as a chair and coffee table. There is a fridge. We had to disconnect the fridge so we could connect our power pack I think the only free one was above the mirror in the bathroom. The bathroom shower was tiny, had to leave the door open otherwise couldn’t wash properly. The hairdryer was one of those ancient boxes attached to the wall with the plastic coil attached to the head, 1 speed only. Towels are grey not clean looking at all probably washed in the Nile!
Some nights the cruise sails at night other nights moored.
Only our 2nd short cruise cruise and I’m convinced I don’t like them. I’m not the relax and sit around do nothing type of person. Will never choose a holiday with a cruise again, it’s not us.

Expected better from a 5 star ship. Food good but did not expect to have to pay for every cup of tea or coffee outside breakfast. Crew very scraffy with flip flops for a 5 star