9 days/ 8 nights

Bring your sleeping bag and backpack!! This trip offers adventurous travelers a unique look at 5000 years of history. As there is virtually never any inclement weather and bugs are rare, the stars will be your cover as you sleep on the deck of your Felucca (sailboat). Fully crewed, your only job will be to enjoy the incredible sites, sounds and surroundings. This is life as it has been since recorded history began. Available from October through April.

A sample tour is:

Day 1: Arrive Cairo, be met by our staff who will assist you with clearing immigration and customs. Transfer to a quality hotel. (D)

Day 2: Enjoy visiting the Pyramids and Sphinx plus the Egyptian museum before you board the train for your overnight trip to Aswan. (B,L,D)

Day 3: Arrive Aswan and transfer to the Basma Hotel. Located at the highest elevation in the area you will have striking views of the Nile
and the Desert. Visit the Nubian museum in the afternoon or other antiquity sites in the area. (B,L,D)

Day 4: Board your Felucca. Raise the sail, turn the bow downstream and you are off. You will spend the night onboard at El Hardeyat Island
(about 12 miles upriver of Kom Ombo). The Felucca’s deck is nicely covered with large mattresses and comfortable cushions, serving as your bedroom, living room and dining room most of the time. Underneath is a luggage store, where all your bags are put and come out to be available for you twice a day: Once in the early morning after breakfast and before starting to sail, then you can prepare a small bag with what you might need during the day (books, glasses, hat, sun screen, camera, swimming suit, jacket or sweatshirt, etc.) The bags come out the second time is just before dark so you can put things away you will not need at night and get those things you will (flashlight, insect repellent
{although the bugs are not bad, it’s always best to be prepared}. 

The nighttime temperatures can fall as low as 10-12C (or 50’s to 60) with the wind chill (especially from late December through early March). The Felucca is equipped with a simple kitchen sufficient for providing you with your tasty meals, as well as hot and cold drinks. We suggest that if you use cream or milk in your coffee/tea bring some powered substitute such as Creamora or Coffeemate and if you use a sweetener other than sugar bring it too.

Breakfast is more likely to be a continental one in the early morning while quick, easy prepared food items are for the lunch; and a delicious dinner is prepared when you reach your overnight destination. Mineral water & soft drinks are available at any time and considered as extras to be paid at the end of the sail. Beer too can be available if you let your tour leader know before departing Aswan. Tea is the traditional means of showing courtesy and hospitality and you would never be charged for it.

Sailing on the Nile starts in the early morning till sun set in normal conditions and can be interrupted due to some reasons like wind or river currents or it may be due to spotting a nice area for swimming or lunch. Toilet needs can pause the journey and if you need to go you find an isolated spot on the banks. You will be given a small shovel to take with you. Once you have the location, dig a small hole and when finished bury your business. An antiseptic hand spray is kept on board so you can wash your hands on returning to the Felucca. 

In the evening you might want to build a small fire on shore and visit with your Nubian crew where they can teach you songs, show you their native dances and share stories. We suggest you bring a sleeping bag, flashlight, bug repellent, sunscreen, hat and sunglasses and if you forget any, let your guide know while you are in Aswan and he will assist you in obtaining what you
need. (B,L,D)

Day 5: Sail on to Kom Ombo, visit the temple and then sail to Hammam Island (about 18 miles upriver of Edfu) where you will overnight. (B,L,D)

Day 6: Sail on to Edfu, visit the temple and overnight. (B,L,D)

Day 7: Disembark your Felucca and transfer by bus to Luxor. At Luxor enjoy visiting the antiquity sites of both banks of the river including the Necropolis of Thebes with the valley of the Kings, valley of the Queens, Queen Hatshupset temple, Colossi of Memnon plus the temples of Luxor and Karnak. Board the train for your overnight trip to Cairo. (B,D)

Day 8: Arrive Cairo and transfer to your international departure flight or extend your stay to enjoy more of Egypt. (B)

DEPARTURES: October through April (based on a minimum group of four participants with them organizing the group).

Tour Includes: Hotel (based on double occupancy), Nile Felucca cruise, trains, meals as outlined (B: breakfast, L: lunch and D: dinner), ground transfers pertaining to the tour, entry fees and permits for sightseeing excursions, guide service. Travel insurance for those departing from the USA or Canada.

NOT included: any airfare, domestic or international, Items of a personal nature such as tips, telephone, laundry, entry visa, etc., anything not specifically mentioned as included.

Tour cost: Tour cost: Email us or call 1 (877) 778-3497 for current pricing.

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SPECIAL NOTE: COMBINE THE FELUCCA TRIP AND THE DESERT SAFARI FOR AN INCREDIBLE TRIP. THIS 18 DAY/ 17 NIGHT EXCURSION WILL PROVIDE MEMORIES YOU WILL FONDLY RECALL YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
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Prices are only an indication of providing these tours and services. Actual pricing will be done for a specific program custom designed for your party.