The best way to experience the Nile River is to travel along it slowly on board a felucca. A felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat and most Egypt tours feature a felucca trip where you spend one or two nights on board. We spent a very relaxing day sailing along the Nile from Aswan which was ...
I swam in the Nile and got schistosomiasis
The Nile River is the life blood of Egypt. It is the longest river in the world, flowing over 6,600 kilometres throughout Africa. For thousands of years it has provided a source of irrigation to turn the dry, desert landscape into lush, agricultural land. Today, it is also a important source of ...