Cleo
Dahabiya. Operated by MELC Travel Group (luxury DMC, Egypt).
Not verified as sailing checked 12 Sep 2026
We have not confirmed that this vessel is currently in service. That is a statement about our checking, not a claim that it has stopped.
Our view
The boat may well be good and we are not saying otherwise. What we can say is that almost nothing on its own website is actually about it, including the prices, the testimonials and the awards. Ask MELC in writing for a rate sheet, a deck plan and a straight answer on the pool before you pay a deposit.
Who it suits
- Travellers who want a new boat with a large crew for its size
- Small groups taking the whole boat
- Anyone booking through an advisor who can get written answers from MELC
Who it does not suit
- Anyone who needs a price before committing, every figure on the vessel site is unedited WordPress template content and none of it is a rate
- Travellers who check reviews first, no guest account of this boat exists anywhere we could reach
- Anyone persuaded by the awards block, a boat whose first sailing was announced for November 2025 cannot hold a 2020 hotel award
- Guests who want the pool or the jacuzzi confirmed in advance, the operator's own pages contradict each other on both
- Service style
- Crewed dahabiya from a Cairo destination management company, running one product, a five night sailing to Aswan leaving on Saturdays with an Egyptologist on board.
- Nearest alternative: Kemet
- Both are recent Egyptian dahabiyas sold direct by a small company with a guide included. Kemet publishes a brochure, a crew list and a full inclusions list. Cleo publishes a website that is still running on its theme's demo content. See its record →
Identity · 3 of 4 on file
The vessel · 6 of 13 on file
How it operates · 6 of 9 on file
Price · 2 of 5 on file
Reputation · 1 of 3 on file
What we could not establish
Every empty cell above has a reason. These are the reasons for this vessel, written down at the time the record was made, including the places where published sources contradict each other.
No rate is recorded. The vessel's own website shows three price cards at 470, 370 and 270 US dollars per night, and an accommodations price of 130 dollars per night. All four are WordPress theme demo content. The price cards sit under a Coming Soon heading and their inclusions read Flight Ticket, Restaurant, Music Concert, Airport Pick-up and Sport Activities, which is template text for a resort, not a Nile sailing. The same pages carry lorem ipsum testimonials and a Luxury Resort App download block. Nothing on the site is a published rate.
The awards field is empty for the same reason. The about page shows a Best Award block reading 2020 European Hotel Association 3 Stars, 2022 Michelin Red Guide Leading Hotel, and 2024 Hotel Committee. A boat whose first sailing was announced for November 2025 cannot hold a 2020 hotel award, and the Michelin Red Guide does not name leading hotels. This is template content and none of it was recorded.
Whether the vessel has a pool or a jacuzzi is unresolved because the operator contradicts itself. The about page amenities list says Free pool access and the about and trade copy both say indulge in the sun deck pool. The home page names the same deck feature Jaccuzi and says Enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Nile as you indulge in the sun deck Jacuzzi, and separately says the Jacuzzi is in every bathroom. One of the two is wrong. A photograph or a deck plan would settle it.
The guest capacity is not recorded. Ten cabins at two per cabin would be twenty, but the operator publishes no capacity figure and the guest dropdown on its own booking form stops at 10, which suggests either single occupancy in some cabins or a lower real capacity. Lobster describes the last four cabins as single while the operator calls them twin bed.
Propulsion, length, the deck count, flag and registration, the operating season, the minimum age policy and accessibility are not published anywhere we could find. Nothing on the site says whether Cleo carries sails, is towed or runs an engine, so propulsion is unrecorded despite the dahabiya class.
No guest review of this vessel exists in any source we read. There is no TripAdvisor page, no blog account and no third-party reseller listing. That is consistent with a boat in its first year, and it is why operating status remains unverified.
The operator's page for this vessel at https://melctravel.com/cleo-queen-of-the-nile/ renders an empty body. The header, footer and page title load but the content area is blank. The operator's own page for the vessel is therefore recorded as cleodahabeya.com. The operator is MELC Travel Group, which is correct. The vessel site footer reads Middle East Logistics and Consultant Group, Melc Group.
Recorded 12 September 2026. If you can settle any of these, tell us and we will correct the record in public.
Press, awards and guest reviews
What other people published about this vessel. These are not our claims and they are not our view. Where an entry was the source for a fact above, the note says so.
Press
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