Optional extensions are available. The cabins are mostly double, with some singles and some suites. All have windows facing the Nile and have individually controlled air-conditioning, internal telephone, a music system and private bathroom with shower. Some have a mini-bar, tv and vcr. Electric current is 220 volts 50 cycles.
Some ships have a beauty salon.
The Helio has a disco. Before the cruise, passengers go from Cairo to visit the pyramids, the sphinx and the solar boat of Cheops. On the cruise they visit the temples of Luxor and Karnak, the temple of Horus, the dam at Aswan, the temple of Philae, the Agha Khan Mausoleum and the temples of Khnum. Less expensive season is May through September.