Lovely boat ride - Lovely boat ride around Elephantine Island. The wind was too much to allow for a felucca ride (by order of the river police) so we did a motor boat instead, but it was still nice. Our guide was informative and chatty (in a good way). About halfway through, they put out blankets and pillows and we sat on the roof of the boat for a better view.

Quiet ride in a pleasant breeze - During our tour, our group went on a sailing trip on the Nile in a falcon. A lovely breeze blew around our noses. The heavenly peace was particularly beautiful. Our skipper sailed close to the rock tombs while we were cruising. Then he brought out the drum and sang us something. The trip was very nice.

Felucca Trip with Ziggy - I'm a female solo traveler in Egypt and knew I wanted to do a felucca sailing trip. Try as I might, I couldn't find any other travelers to join my group. I contacted Ziggy (+2001208562850) after having found his info on trip advisor. We met up beforehand and discussed the trip that I wanted, and we ended up negotiating to find a reasonable price for the trip. I did 1 night sailing and was so glad I did (I wish I could've done more). I recommend going with Ziggy, especially as a solo woman there were never any worries as to my safety. He does his best to make those on his trip feel comfortable and enjoy their time. It was so relaxing and beautiful. He also went out of his way to make sure I had a good drop off point right near the train station at the end. Food was delicious, the boat was super comfortable for sleeping, and it was an all around great experience on the Nile. Thanks Ziggy!

Relaxing private boat ride - Very relaxing boat ride around the island near Aswan. Beautiful in the late afternoon. It was a highlight of our Aswan to Luxor visit, highly recommend it.

Serene sailing - Such a serene experience to sail on a felucca on the Nile. Thanks to our guide Peter, who kept us informed when we needed to be. A wonderful experience!

Fellucia trip in Aswan on the Nile river - We booked this few days before the trip. On the day we booked there was no winds favorable for the Fellucia trip so the guide took us in a boat and did not offer cancellation. I would not recommend booking this ride in advance but rather book it when you see the Fellucia’s on the river on the particular day, one is planning to go. Having said this, the guide was knowledgeable, apologetic and tried to make the best of the circumstances. We also visited the botanical garden which had a good collection of plants / trees from around the world.

We did not get the whole described experience - View of the Nile is amazing. We strongly recommend a felucca ride, but make sure you know what you book and clarify. We started the trip nicely, enjoying the view of the nile after being picked up at our hotel in the Nubian Village and brought to the felucca. After about 30 mins of ride or so, we mention the botanical garden as we see it approaching and the guide tells us (to our suprise) that there are no stops. The description of this felucca ride clearly states 2 x 30 min stops. So we had to waste our time arguing with him instead of enjoying the ride. He made a few calls back to Emo Tours Egypt (his bosses) to verify. After a while, we were able to get him to stop at the Botanical Garden only. We were rushed through this part and only got about 20 mins of stop. Note that we payed 2 x 40$ US for this experience. He was asking us to pay an extra 40 Euro to stop at the other island which we refused. Also, note that the felucca captain was a very nice and sweet man and obviously felt bad for what was happening with the guide. As a final note, the guide was not really a guide, more of a handler. I mean he did not give any explanations of what we were seeing. I thought the definition of "guide" in this experience's description means that we will be hearing something from him. I had to actually tell him myself that the botanical garden was the work of an English gentlemen: surprised, he told me no. Lord Kitcheneris even mentioned in the description of this experience, my god. I find this is a problem with Trippadvisor and their platform. I could almost swear the add changed a few times between my booking to my review. I dont get how come that when you reserve an activity, you cannot get a simple hard copy e-mail confirming the trip details and inclusions that you can use as proof later... Plus all the communications with the event host are not accessible after the experience has ended ...

Would not recommend - Felucca trip was only half of the way, motorised boat the other half. No guide or explanation. Organiser tried to scam us - we wanted to stop at the botanical gardens (which was an option on the ticket) and we were told we had to pay 20 USD when the entrance is only 30 EGP.

No show - ruined my time in Aswan - Never showed up and ignored my texts/calls! Despite being active on WhatsApp, my attempts to reach “Nice Tours” were ignored and I sat waiting to be picked up until well after sunset when I gave up. Still haven’t gotten refund - DO NOT BOOK THIS!!!

Missed sailing. - No show at hotel. Missed sunset for sunset sail. Did not understand hotel was on island and we needed to meet him in town.