Category: Nile Cruise and Cairo

What the heck does that mean and who are the Texas Devils?

Well the Texas Devils are an American Air Force couple who are on a two year stint in Russia completing a Master’s Degree and enjoying life in St. Peterburg. They have a truly interesting blog at the Texas Devils Blog and in February they took a Nile Cruise and when I read it I thought that maybe our readers would enjoy it to.

Here’s their post and you can read it on the Texas Devils website by clicking here. They’ve got some great photos too.

Thanks to Courtney for her kind permission to reproduce their story.

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The cruise was fantastic. Hands down. The Olmsted Foundation encourages independent and cheap travel. A Nile cruise is neither. They hold your hand at every step, serve you, cater to every whim with an “of course, Sir!” and, in summary, are totally awesome. After almost killing ourselves with stupidity in Tunisia, we needed it.

So, join us on the deck of the Nile Adventurer. Not bad, eh? In Egypt, luxury is well done, and available at middle-class prices. The staff were very helpful, and not in that “yes Sir, but secretly I want to kill you” way. I honestly felt that the Egyptians were some of the most hospitable people I have ever met.

As you can see, the Nile is not short on beauty, especially at sunset. The incredible thing is the strip of green life near the river, and the total lack of vegetation after that. They say that the Nile has no tributaries within Egypt… think about that for a second. Crazy, huh?

All along the way you see herders and farmers who live off the river, all pretty much entirely without rain.

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Nile Cruise Guide.

If you have reached this page after receiving our email link it is probably because you are using an Apple Mac or you are using Firefox as your web browser and you have not reached the page that we wanted you to reach. 

As you will see from the date this is an old “post” that for some reason Mac and Firefox users seem to be re-directed to no matter what we do to “fix” the problem.

However we have now removed the “post” that was previously on the page and we have added the link below that will take you to the Nile Cruise Guide.

Apologies for any confusion this message may cause and for the fact that we dont’ seem to have sorted out the problem for Mac and Firefox users.

We hope that despite this small glitsch you will find our Nile Cruise Guide informative and useful.

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Here is the direct link to the Nile Cruise Guide:

I was only thinking over the weekend what a wide range of vessels are available to those wanting to cruise the Nile.

At one end of the spectrum you can cruise on a “felucca” which is a real “no-frills” option with no cabins, no toilet and no running water, where you will sleep on the deck or “camp” on-shore each night. These can be booked independently in Aswan but you need to determine just what is included in your trip. A real “adventurer’s” option.

At the other end of the scale is the Oberoi Zahra, the newest and most luxurious Nile cruise ship currently sailing.

In between are a large selection of 4 and 5 star ships that you can choose from depending on your taste and budget. Obviously we have our own favourites that we know and can recommend. The King Tut 1 and the El Fostate being just two of several we would suggest.

Plus there are the beautiful “Dahabiyyas” that I mentioned in an earlier post, which are luxurious and a true sailing experience.

So, like many thing in life, you get what you pay for and, on the Nile you can pay as little or as much as you like.