HOW TO DO IT
Uniworld (0808
168 9110; uniworld.com)
offers numerous dates
for its 12-day Splendors of Egypt & the Nile
itinerary (a week cruising
the Nile with days in Cairo at the start and
end) from £3,999pp. Departures March-May and SeptemberDecember; includes flights from Heathrow,
transfers, all meals and local
beer and wine aboard the boat,
on-board gratuities and land excursions
with an Egyptologist.