The Valley of the Kings was far below red cliffs, and many of the tombs are larger than you think. The shafts are like 10 to 12 feet wide with 10 foot ceilings so they are not claustrophobic. In Ramses VI there is even a pit to stop thieves - not that it worked, just no giant rolling boulder to make it like an adventure movie. The Nile cruise part was fun and relaxing. Nile scenery has lush green fields that just suddenly turn into desert hills.
Villages dot the shoreline and there are always kids waving to the ships.
You can get real annoyed fast after awhile. Lots of palm trees and date trees along the river. They grow a great deal of sugar cane and banana too now. Nothing like the sweet, black smoke from a sugar cane factory wafting by the ship and then going for afternoon tea on the topside deck. The Great Pyramids are quite a spectacle.