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Cairo sailing boat Tours on the Nile by felucca

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Cairo sailing boat Tours on the Nile by felucca
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Overview

Navigate the Nile River’s gentle current with a 2-hour lunch cruise with hotel transfer. Escape Cairo’s busy streets and enjoy warm breezes as you sample Egyptian delicacies from an open buffet. Watch swaying palms and the city skyline drift by, spot traditional feluccas and fishing boats, and take in the sights from the water. When you return to port, simply meet your driver for the return trip to your hotel.

How this compares

Cairo · 1247 Cruises & Sailing · typical ~4,569 EGP · 753 EGPgood value

Highlights

  • Private tour
  • Hotel pickup

What's included

  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • private trip
  • Bottled water
  • Personal Items
  • Tipping
  • Lunch at local restaurants (Local Egyptian Food)(Optional)

Itinerary

  1. 1
    Qasr El Nil Bridge

Frequently asked questions

How long is this experience?
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Can I cancel my booking?
Yes — you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before it starts.
What's included?
All taxes, fees and handling charges · Hotel pickup and drop-off · private trip · Bottled water

Reviews (29)

4.1
★★★★
Based on 29 verified reviews
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diegobarberio
★★★★★
Aug 2024

il tour è stato molto carino, la nostra accompagnatrice davvero preparata e molto simpatica. abbiamo scelto opzione con pranzo e pranzato con del cibo tipico

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Inge Stigsen A
★★★★★
Feb 2016

Vi anbefaler denne smukke tur på Nilen. Hvis man sejler om dagen, kan man meget bedre få indtryk og se, hvad der viser sig på bredderne og hvor frodigt der er på markerne. Maden var utrolig lækker og betjeningen i højsædet. Vi var virkelig deres gæster. Muhammed var vores guide til og fra båden og vi blev venlig guidet og taget os af. Vores chauffør kørte os dygtigt i den kaotiske trafik.

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Kerry_L
★★★
Nov 2023

Well it wasn’t a Felucca and it wasn't much of a lunch. However it was a very enjoyable private boat trip on the Nile. Lunch was a takeaway chicken shawarma! Ok yes it was very tasty but we ate it in the car en route back! Not quite what we had thought it would be. So the 3 stars are really only because it wasnt as advertised but we did have a good time.

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Pamela_C
★★★★★
Jul 2023

Beautiful leisurely Nile trip with a very entertaining Captain, who sang to us and danced too. Perfect way to see the Nile. Had an amazing lunch afterwards in Cairos oldest restaurant, food was amazing!

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David_T
Mar 2023

Different place from picture. Only in city area. Picture is can see desert area, but we go only in city.

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Roberta_L
Feb 2023

The guide did not say a SINGLE word on the way to the boat nor the whole way back to the hotel. When we got to the boats, he got out of the van to make arrangements and came back to the van and told us the government said there couldn’t be any felucca rides that day! Had no one checked in advance to confirm with the boat owner? Our only choices were to go back to the hotel (!!) or take a 30 minute ride (instead of the hour ride) in a motor boat. Faced with these choices, we chose the motor boat. But wait, the guide didn’t go on the boat with us so we had NO narration, just a ride with a driver

753 EGP/ per person
4.1(29)verified reviews
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Scenery and touching the water. The boat was very nice and we were able to take pictures and the guide and driver where great!!!!
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