Felucca anyone?

[queenofdnile]

Has anyone been on the 4 night Nile felucca trip (11 day tour)? How primitive is this? What time of year is best? I've been to Egypt before on ship shore excursions. Thanks

[travelbugs]

We did a 12 day tour with a 4 day nile cruise last November, but the nile cruise was on a riverboat. We did a trip on a felucca one day. It's a very small open sailboat. I couldn't imagine spending more than a few hours on one let alone 4 days. Maybe they come in different sizes and we just had a runt. November was a perfect month. It wasn't extremely hot and we went over Thanksgiving so we didn't have to worry about who's relatives we were visiting!

[cruisemom42]

There are small and large felluccas. Still seem a little primitive for 4 days though. I'd rather be on a dahabiyeh, which is perhaps best described as something between a fellucca and a Nile cruiser. (Actually, they were the original Nile cruisers....)

 

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[queenofdnile]

Thanks, I'm still in the planning stage.