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A multi-deck cruise boat moving up the river at sunset.

Cairo · Zamalek and the Nile Corniche

Nile dinner cruises

Two hours of cruising with dinner, band and belly dance.

€€€ High end

Several boats moored at Zamalek and along the Corniche offer the same format: buffet, tanoura and belly-dance show, and a slow round trip between the lit bridges. It is very touristy, and also the simplest way to see Cairo from the water at night.

The extra bit

Book a window table: in the middle you see the show but no longer the river.

Know before you go

Buffet quality is secondary: what you buy is the cruise and the show, not the dinner.

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Zamalek and Nile Corniche moorings, Cairo

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