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Sunset Felucca Ride: Luxor's Nile and Ancient Thebes
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18 Ratings
Luxor
Enjoy a sunset on a traditional felucca ride along the Nile River in Luxor. Witness the sun setting over ancient Thebes and take in the stunning views of this historic city. We can also organize your birthday party as you sail along the Nile.
Enjoy a sunset on a traditional felucca ride along the Nile River in Luxor. Witness the sun setting over ancient Thebes and take in the stunning views of this historic city. We can also organize your birthday party as you sail along the Nile.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Luxor Temple - Late afternoon, Your Luxor Local guide will pick you up from your Place in Luxor and transfer to the Nile side, where your Egyptian traditional Felucca is waiting for you journey. Board your Felucca and relax on the soft cushions. Experience the peace and tranquility of the Nile water that has been the lifeblood of Egypt since…
- Luxor Temple - Late afternoon, Your Luxor Local guide will pick you up from your Place in Luxor and transfer to the Nile side, where your Egyptian traditional Felucca is waiting for you journey. Board your Felucca and relax on the soft cushions. Experience the peace and tranquility of the Nile water that has been the lifeblood of Egypt since Pharaonic times.
- Luxor - Enjoy the Felucca gently glide down the river, watch the real Egyptian life pass by and enjoy the fantastic scenes that have not changed in millennia, the children playing in the water, the camels and donkeys, the farmers going about their work in the same ways they have done for centuries, and admire the water buffalo and a wide variety of birds. The felucca will sail to the Banana Island “an Island covered with banana plantations” the boat captain will berth the felucca off the island and take you on a short exploratory tour of the island, where you’ll be offered a refreshing cup of traditional Egyptian tea and some of the sweetest, most delicious bananas you have ever tasted. Return sailing and watch the sun sets slowly over Luxor West Bank, take in the scenes of life around you as you sail along the Nile, back to the Nile side and then transfer to your hotel in Luxor.
What's Included
- All taxes & service charge
- Private Sunset felucca ride on the Nile
- Bottled water during the tour
- Entrance fees to Banana Island (Gezira el-Moz)
- Qualified English speaking tour leader
- Pick up & Return services from your place in Luxor
- All transfer by a private air-conditioned vehicle
- All taxes & service charge
- Private Sunset felucca ride on the Nile
- Bottled water during the tour
- Entrance fees to Banana Island (Gezira el-Moz)
- Qualified English speaking tour leader
- Pick up & Return services from your place in Luxor
- All transfer by a private air-conditioned vehicle
What's Not Included
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tipping
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tipping
Additional Information
- The Felucca is scheduled to start about 15.00 in winter & about 17.30 in summer.
- Departure time may vary depending on sun set time
- Your tour manager will tell you the exact pick up time two days prior
- If the wind is not so good to sail the Felucca then a motorized boat will be placed to pull the Traditional Felucca. “Dhow”.
- Perfect for families, and couples wanting romantic time out
- The Felucca is scheduled to start about 15.00 in winter & about 17.30 in summer.
- Departure time may vary depending on sun set time
- Your tour manager will tell you the exact pick up time two days prior
- If the wind is not so good to sail the Felucca then a motorized boat will be placed to pull the Traditional Felucca. “Dhow”.
- Perfect for families, and couples wanting romantic time out
Location
Luxor Temple
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(18 Ratings)
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Ali_s
May 26, 2020
Awesome - Unique experience on a Felucca. Great crew. Very relaxing experience on the water, though the ride depends on the wind.
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Robertastambaugh
Jun 5, 2019
Great Solo Experience! - I spent 3 days in Luxor and schedule this felucca ride to experience the local sites from the Nile perspective. My guide met me at my hotel that was just across the street from where the boat was moored. He and his boat captain were very professional, telling me many things about the Nile and the city along the journey. As a single female traveler, I never felt uncomfortable at any time and very much enjoyed seeing the banana farm. Very relaxing ending to this wonderful trip!
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Brookebond134
Apr 22, 2019
Wonderful experience! - We enjoyed a brilliant evening cruise on the Nile in a felucca; one of the highlights of our holiday. Our tour guide, Hesham Hamd Mohamed, was superb. Hesham was both friendly and knowledgable, as were the two crew members onboard. The trip included a stop at Banana Island where we enjoyed tasting the sweet bananas. Seeing the sun set over the Nile was exceptionally memorable too.
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Freedom603024
Apr 19, 2019
Great Company! - Our group of 4 were very disappointed when are ride was cancelled due to high winds and the decision it would not be safe. Thank you! Not only was it a good decision but this company and Viator which was the booking agent refunded our full fee with absolutely no hassle. Thank you Khaled!
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Mya
Oct 25, 2018
Casual, Relaxing and Unique - This was a great way to end a busy day exploring. We were picked up from our accommodation in a shuttle and taken to our boat, which took us on a lovely cruise to the Banana Plantation. We got to explore the grounds, see not only banana plants but molokhia, corn, papaya. At the end of the walk around the grounds, we sat at the restaurant and DEVOURED banana after banana and had a casual chat before being taken back on the boat. We were actually dropped to where we were staying - Achti Resort - which is located on the Nile so we didn’t need the shuttle back!
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Hagag
Sep 3, 2018
Captain Tyson from Egypt .Luxor. - Naec tarp
I wish you would be in Luxor to go to the banks of the Nile to sail to Banana Island this trip takes 2 hours. Another trip is to go somewhere for fishing from the Nile and then offer you a lunch. There is a trip to Aswan by boat sail
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Sarah
Feb 25, 2018
Felucca ride with Hani - We have had a great afternoon. We were picked up from our hotel and taken to the boat where we were pulled along by another boat because there was no wind to drive the felucca. We arrived at banana island and had a short walk around before being given some delicious bananas to eat. We were able to take away any from our basket that we didn’t eat. I think we had 4 each and took 2 with us! We went back on the Nile and sat to watch the sun set. Thank you to our guide Hani, he was a lot of fun and made the trip very enjoyable.
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Atlalan
Jul 18, 2019
Nile Felucca ride at sunset - I enjoyed the Nile river cruise with Mahmoud earlier today.
It would appear that I was lucky has there was some wind today which made it even more pleasurable.
Must be the 3 crickets some new friend gave me yesterday.
Mahmoud was a good guide explaining some of the local history and I shared my pictures of all the obelisks I saw in Rome for him to explain the meaning to me.
Now the history of the romans in Egypt during that period is all taking shape in my mind.
The only thing I would recommend differently is the serpentine ( spelling ) island.
There is little value of seeing 2 crocodiles caged up and would be better for these animals to be send back to the wild of Lake Naser.
The latter not a reflection of this tour because everyone stops there for a quick visit.
Thank you for the river Nile cruise and Mahmoud
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Kayla
Dec 18, 2018
Sunset was pretty and fruit delicious - So I was under the assumption we would be riding a boat similar to what the ancient egyptians rode. It's just your standard sailboat. That is if there is enough wind for it. We had no wind that day, so we took a motor boat instead. Which at first I was a little disgruntle then I saw stranded feluccas/sailboats being towed by motorboats! The farm was nothing special, but the fruit was pretty delicious as well as the sunset over the Nile was gorgeous.
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Amanda2be
Apr 3, 2018
Great trip - Wonderful. This trip was well organised by our guide. It was a very relaxing trip down the Nile conducted by two Egyptian men who sailed the Felucca and made tea while we took in the sights of life on the river banks and were told about the history of Egypt by our guide. At Banana Island we had a small walk and sat in a cafe eating banana's from the Island. We could have done with a longer walk. We saw all sorts of life going by on the island including a crocodile in a cage!! On our way back there was not enough wind and so we were towed, which was fun and we drank more tea, we were then taken back to our hotel. Perfect first trip out at sunset after the day travelling the day before. The guide was very informative, tips needed.
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