Felucca

Welcome to my travelogue experience of Egypt. This is a trip packed with some of the top sites Egypt has to offer, I will be travelling with a professional tour operator, unlike my usual spur of the moment trips like Norway which was fantastic. The ...

... there are still dahabiyyas (luxurious double sail boats) and feluccas plus around 400 modern cruise boats. A felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean including Malta, ...

We spent two and a bit days sailing on the Nile from Aswan up to nearly as far as Luxor. We sailed on a traditional Nile Felucca Sailboat which was very peaceful and a cool mode of transport!We had the option of a Cruise boat but we think the experience ...

... henna tattoes as well.  So it was a really cool evening.  The guys on the cruise really missed out. Sleeping on the felucca was pretty good, although it still felt really hot by the time we went to sleep.  There was no need for sleeping ...

... dock on the other side of the river for breakfast before setting sail again. I decide today to get towed behind the boat with a rope. The felucca is going a little to fast for me and I think I almost end up drowning. We all have a good laugh once I am ...

... day was the best on the boat, we really had a good day of sailing.  As we were really tilting the boat, we passed a Felucca that had capsized and sunk and only the mast was sticking out.  We were hoping this wouldn't happen to us! Sadly, the ...

... to a backpackers meeting (if you're there cool, if not, that's cool too) to discuss the possibility of the 3 couples doing a Felucca trip together. Since Chisa and I had 1st class tickets and Nick and Dee, 2nd class we said our goodbyes on the platform ...

... ships and touristy trips are not our style though so we opted to ply the Nile the way the ancient Egyptians did, on a felucca.  Feluccas are traditional wooden sail boats that have been used on the Nile since antiquity. The felucca has remained, over ...

... .  The Rhumo was oh so very smooth. Parked the felucca on a beach at dusk, dug a hole for the community toilet, and enjoyed songs around a campfire. Everyone slept onboard the felucca under the stars, capping a delightful day of sailing.  ...