Quiet conversation and the whip of the felucca's single sail lull me into a peaceful state as we drift along the Nile near Aswan. We float past a temple dedicated to Ptah, god of the delta and ...

The above lines, translated from Injy Amer's original Arabic, accompany a photo showing a felucca’s sail surrounded by four dark silhouettes in a blue sky. The setting is Lake Borolos in the ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Pyramid-gazing in Giza, floating down the Nile, hot air balloon rides in Luxor, wandering over the ...

Rather than use the usual transport and accommodation, they opted to do it by felucca, covering the 800-km stretch that is Egypt’s portion of the Nile, and spending clusters of days with different ...

Bypass the modern cruises and their flaws and opt instead to glide south on a traditional felucca. Two-masted lateen sail crafts traditionally strung from reed or papyrus, feluccas carried ...

No trip to Cairo can be complete without taking an hour long ride in a traditional sail boat. Felucca ride ...