Among the most interesting holiday activities you can enjoy during your Egypt vacation, luxurious Nile cruises, red sea cruises, and cruises in Lake Nasser rank quite high. The Nile has won many people's hearts from the days of the Egyptian pharaohs. Today, travelers seeking ideal Egypt vacations undertake Nile cruises annually.
The Nile Valley allows you to enjoy the best of Nile Cruises while enjoying captivating neighbourhood and sampling best dishes of Egypt. Nile Cruises simply refer to cruise ships sailing between Luxor and Aswan. Typically, Nile cruises are three, four or seven nights long although shorter trips take a few hours to sail between Luxor and Aswan.
Egypt Nile Cruisers are often referred to as floating hotels. With such features as small swimming pools, hot bath tubs, exercise rooms/gymnasiums, small libraries, nice restaurants, and even nightclubs, the cruisers have all the amenities of land based hotels. Most cruisers operate throughout the year, though the period between October and mid April is the best time for a Nile cruise due to the fairly cool weather.
The Red Sea is the other fascinating destination for Egypt vacations. Over many centuries, the Red Sea - situated between Asia and Africa - has served as an important link between the East and the West. Every year, many people visit the Red Sea coast while on holiday in Egypt, among them thousands of scuba divers from all over the world.
The coast of the red sea stretches from Suez down to the Sudan border. The red mountain ranges in the sea are rich in minerals, which is what inspired the ancient days travelers to give the sea the name Mare Rostrum - i.e the red sea. All year round, thousands of birds migrate to the Red sea shores, making the place a birdwatchers' paradise. The sea also has over 800 fish species including the deadly stone fish and the butterfly fish.
A cruise on Lake Nasser represents an extension to a Nile Cruise adventure or any other holiday in Egypt. Lake Nasser is the world's largest man-made lake offering you the opportunity to sail over the tranquil waters aboard luxurious vessels. Lake Nasser was created in the 1960s when the world famous High Dam was built and it is approximately 498.9km in length and a depth of up to 600 feet. The lake is named after Gamal Abdel Nasser,who was president of Egypt between 1956-1970.
The two temples at Abu Simbel are some of the greatest attractions around lake Nasser region. Ranking alongside the great pyramids of Giza as Egypt's top tourist attractions, the Abu Simbel temples represent an amazing engineering accomplishment. The temples were relocated from their original site to a higher ground during the construction of the dam, to prevent them from being submerged in the resultant lake Nasser.
Lake Nasser is arguably one of the best places for freshwater fishing in the world. Nile perch and tiger fish are the popular catches there.
Getting to Egypt and traveling within the country is relatively easy by flight. EgyptAir is one of the several airlines that operate flights to Egypt. Most international flights to Egypt land at the Cairo International Airport, while others arrive at the Sharm el Sheik airport. While a self explanatory map of Egypt is available, you may require a tour guide to help you move around and explore the country.
The Nile Valley allows you to enjoy the best of Nile Cruises while enjoying captivating neighbourhood and sampling best dishes of Egypt. Nile Cruises simply refer to cruise ships sailing between Luxor and Aswan. Typically, Nile cruises are three, four or seven nights long although shorter trips take a few hours to sail between Luxor and Aswan.
Egypt Nile Cruisers are often referred to as floating hotels. With such features as small swimming pools, hot bath tubs, exercise rooms/gymnasiums, small libraries, nice restaurants, and even nightclubs, the cruisers have all the amenities of land based hotels. Most cruisers operate throughout the year, though the period between October and mid April is the best time for a Nile cruise due to the fairly cool weather.
The Red Sea is the other fascinating destination for Egypt vacations. Over many centuries, the Red Sea - situated between Asia and Africa - has served as an important link between the East and the West. Every year, many people visit the Red Sea coast while on holiday in Egypt, among them thousands of scuba divers from all over the world.
The coast of the red sea stretches from Suez down to the Sudan border. The red mountain ranges in the sea are rich in minerals, which is what inspired the ancient days travelers to give the sea the name Mare Rostrum - i.e the red sea. All year round, thousands of birds migrate to the Red sea shores, making the place a birdwatchers' paradise. The sea also has over 800 fish species including the deadly stone fish and the butterfly fish.
A cruise on Lake Nasser represents an extension to a Nile Cruise adventure or any other holiday in Egypt. Lake Nasser is the world's largest man-made lake offering you the opportunity to sail over the tranquil waters aboard luxurious vessels. Lake Nasser was created in the 1960s when the world famous High Dam was built and it is approximately 498.9km in length and a depth of up to 600 feet. The lake is named after Gamal Abdel Nasser,who was president of Egypt between 1956-1970.
The two temples at Abu Simbel are some of the greatest attractions around lake Nasser region. Ranking alongside the great pyramids of Giza as Egypt's top tourist attractions, the Abu Simbel temples represent an amazing engineering accomplishment. The temples were relocated from their original site to a higher ground during the construction of the dam, to prevent them from being submerged in the resultant lake Nasser.
Lake Nasser is arguably one of the best places for freshwater fishing in the world. Nile perch and tiger fish are the popular catches there.
Getting to Egypt and traveling within the country is relatively easy by flight. EgyptAir is one of the several airlines that operate flights to Egypt. Most international flights to Egypt land at the Cairo International Airport, while others arrive at the Sharm el Sheik airport. While a self explanatory map of Egypt is available, you may require a tour guide to help you move around and explore the country.
About the Author:
Andrew Muigai is the MD of Africapoint.com, a travel agency that offers Egypt tours, Egypt flights, and reservations for Egypt Hotels among other Egypt travel services.
