Egypt Nile Felucca · Cairo
A wooden sailboat just for your group, with hotel pickup and drop-off by private car. Pick it for the quiet: an hour on the river with nobody else aboard, for less than any other boat in Cairo.
A felucca is the oldest kind of boat still working the Nile: a wooden hull, one tall triangular lateen sail and a crew of two or three (Wikipedia). This listing gives you one to yourselves. A driver collects you from your hotel lobby in a private air-conditioned car, a guide or assistant comes along, and the crew takes you out on the calm city stretch of the river.
Read the timing carefully. The listing runs for 2 hours, but the inclusions say a 1-hour private felucca ride. The rest is the drive, and Cairo traffic decides how long that takes. It's still the cheapest hour on the Nile in the city, and with your own boat you set the mood. Pick a slot just before sunset for the golden light the listing mentions.
Two more catches. No wind, no sail: the operator may swap the felucca for a motor boat at no extra charge. And there's no food or drink beyond bottled water. If you want dinner on your own boat, the Cafelluca felucca dinner costs more and gives you two full hours on the water.
The listing asks you to be in the lobby 10 minutes before pickup. The time can move with traffic, so keep your phone on.
A private air-conditioned car takes you to the dock. From downtown it's short. From New Cairo or 6th of October City in rush hour, it isn't.
Your guide or assistant takes you to the boat and hands you over to the crew. Nobody else joins you.
The crew raises the sail and tacks across the river. If the wind drops, a motor boat or a tow may take over, at no extra charge.
Same car, same driver, straight back to the lobby.
★★★★★This was a lovely peaceful tour for just 3 of us.
★★★★★Quiet trip on the river, great view, peaceful and comfortable!
★★★★★The tour was exceptional from the pick up to the drop off - i definitely recommend this tour!
★★★★★Very nice felucca trip, young guide who was very professional, friendly and very polite.
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The listing runs 2 hours from pickup to drop-off, with 1 hour on the felucca. The rest is the drive between your hotel and the dock, which depends on where you stay and on traffic.
The listing says the felucca can be replaced with a motor boat, depending on wind conditions, at no extra charge. Strong wind can also change the route or timing.
From your hotel lobby in Cairo, Giza, Al Haram, New Cairo or 6th of October City. Be ready 10 minutes before the pickup time.
No. You get bottled water and nothing else. For a meal on your own felucca, the Cafelluca private felucca dinner includes a 3-course dinner and unlimited soft drinks.
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A private wooden sailboat for your group, one hour on the water at the time you choose, with hotel pickup by private car.
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