Spending the Night in the Middle of the Nile in a Felucca Cruise boat | Egypt Travel Blog: Day 4 (Part 30) 03D19

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On Day 4, we were to spend most of our day and night on the felucca. A felucca is a traditional Egyptian (also widely used the Mediterranean region) wooden boat with a canvas sail, without motors and powered by the wind. Feluccas come in different shapes, sizes and colors. Aswan is the boarding point for most felucca cruises in Egypt.

After breakfast at the Basma Hotel (see previous post), our tour mates all gathered in the lobby and our guide picked us up in a van to head towards the felucca port. I took some videos of the hotel lobby before leaving.

We were driving through Aswan city, in what looked like its downtown or main street. I recorded roadside scenes for most of the part. The road ran along the Nile River. This side of the Nile is a bustling city, but the other side looked very different with mountains and sand dunes.

Finally, we arrived at our destination, which looked like a docking place for lots of motorized ferries and traditional feluccas.

There were various types of ferries and feluccas. Some of them were huge and some of them were mid-sized to small. Some had several decks and some had just one.

We were directed towards our feluccas. I saw a gate-like structure, but the roof or shed was made of bamboo or some kind of plant that looked really good.

And then I saw our designated felucca, which I will describe in the next post in detail.