Luxor: The conference starts at Luxor, a city that is located about 670 kilometers away from Cairo, the Nile cruise will be starting from the city of Luxor down to Aswan and the duration of the trip 4 days.
Conference participants from outside of Egypt, upon arrival at the Cairo International Airport, you must travel to the city of Luxor by a domestic flight, the duration of the trip will be about 1 hour and 15 minutes. There are several domestic flights from the city of Cairo to the city of Luxor, almost every hour.
Upon arrival at the airport in Luxor, you must rent a taxi in order to arrive at the site of the Nile Cruise. Taxi fees will be around 2 euros, and it’ll be a 20-minutes long journey.
If you prefer to travel by train, you’ll have to go to the railway station by Taxi and it’s about 19 km from the airport in Cairo, and then travel by the sleeping train to the city of Luxor and the trip duration is around 9 to 10 hours. The cost of the trip is about 50 euros, round trip Ticket to Luxor and the return from the city of Aswan where the Nile cruise trip is concluded.
If you choose to travel by bus, you must also go to Downtown Cairo and you’ll find the bus station booking besides the railway station, it’s about 20 km from the airport in Cairo.
The journey to the city of Luxor by bus duration is about from 8 to 9 hours, and the cost of the trip is about 10 euros, one-way ticket, to the city of Luxor. After you’ve arrived at the Luxor bus station, you must rent a taxi to arrive at the location of the Nile cruise. The cost of a taxi will also be about 2 euros and will arrive within 15 minutes.
As for the participants in the conference from Egypt, if you reside in Cairo, you’ll need to travel by bus or by the sleeping train, and if you reside in other cities, outside the city of Cairo, you must travel by bus or by the Express train from wherever you are in Cairo, then you can change trains and complete your trip by the sleeping train.
