While on your Egypt vacation, there are several interesting activities you can undertake. Among these are luxury Nile cruises, or cruises in the the Red sea and Lake Nasser. River Nile has, since the time of the Egyptian pharaohs, won the admiration of many people, more so visitors seeking the ideal Egypt holidays.
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 red sea coast runs from the Suez gulf in the North down to the Sudan border further south. The sea derives its name from the mineral-rich mountain ranges in it, which made ancient travelers name in Mare Rostrum. Throughout the year, thousands of migratory birds come to the red sea coast, making the place a haven for birdwatching enthusiasts. In the sea are also found over 800 fish species among them the deadly stone fish and the butterfly.
A luxury cruise in the Lake Nasser is yet another natural extension to any Egypt vacation or Nile cruise adventure. Created in the 1960s after the construction of Aswan High Dam, the lake was named after the president of Egypt at the time, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Lake Nasser is about 498.9 km long and up to 600 feet deep.
Among the attractions around Lake Nasser, the two temples at Abu Simbel rank alongside the great pyramids at Giza as Egypt’s top attractions. Apart from just being historic sites, the Abu Simbel temples represent one of the greatest engineering feats of modern days. The two temples were relocated from their original site during the construction of Aswan high dam, to protect them from submerging in the lake that formed.
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.
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