Category: Nile Cruise and Cairo

We’ve just added a new cruise to the main Nile Cruises 4u website.  It’s a Lake Nasser Cruise and Stay which includes 3 nights in Cairo, 4 nights on a Lake Nasser Cruise, 1 night in Aswan and 2 nights in Luxor.

Continue reading “Lake Nasser Cruise”

Not sure how many people who read this Nile Cruise Blog use Twitter but I’ve been using it for a few months now as a way to let people know what special offers we have or what developments we are undertaking here at Nile Cruises 4u or on our sister website, Kenya Holidays 4u.

Twitter is almost like a “micro-blogging” system.   This Blog is on WordPress, which is a blogging “platform”, and Twitter is a “micro-blogging” platform.  The difference is that Twitter “posts” limit you to just 140 characters.  Now you see where the phrase “micro-blogging” comes from.  So you are pretty limited as to what you can say.  However its’ ideal if you just want to let people know about something quickly.  well almost instantaneously.

You can “subscribe” to peoples “Twitter” feeds if you find someone’s posts interesting or useful.  I subscribe to a number of Twitter feeds from people who’s blogs I follow and, if you are interested in keeping up to date on what we post here on our main Nile Cruise Blog then you can follow our Twitter feed here.

Hope that made sense by the way!!

I’m not sure how many of you have downloaded our FREE Nile Cruise Guide.  I know that up to close of business last night over 3500 people had downloaded the Guide since we launched it on the website in the middle of last year.

If you havent’ downloaded it already then can I recommend that you do?  It’s not a sales pitch.  The Guide is really just a help to anyone who’s either going on a Nile Cruise or who is thinking of taking one.   It’s full of helpful tips and hints about what you’ll see, what you’ll do, what to wear, what to take with you and lots, lots more.

You can read it online or print it to read offline.

I hope you’ll find it useful and if you have any suggestions about anything you feel we can add to the guide please add a comment below.

I heard this on the “One Show” on BBC the other day and was quite amazed to find out that the very first lighthouse was constructed and operated in Egypt at Alexandria.

Here’s a little more about it from the “History Of Lighthouses” website…

“In early time people set fires at the edge of the water to warn boats of dangerous rocks and shores.  The Egyptians were the first people to build lighthouses to use light to guide ships.  In Egypt in 283 the Egyptians completed the tallest lighthouse ever built.  It guided ships for over 1,500 years and stood 900 feet tall.   Lighthouses were also constructed by the Phoenicians, Greeks, and the Romans”.

More Egypt facts soon!!

If you would like to enjoy a full week’s Nile Cruise followed by a three night stay in Cairo then you might like to consider the “Classic Nile Cruise“. Continue reading “Classic Nile Cruise”