Jewels of the Nile

Tour description

Want to experience the real "Jewels of the Nile?" Well this tour is for you. It’s a perfect combination of Egyptian culture and the thrilling experience of catching the real Jewels or the Nile - the mighty awesome predatory Nile Perch. First you will have seven days fishing on Lake Nasser with your own boat and guide for the perfect private fishing safari. You will then get to experience the other fantastic sights and sounds of the Egyptian way of life - both past and present - with a luxury 5-star Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor. Just check out the itinerary attached to this tour.

You start your Egyptian fishing adventure in Cairo with a visit one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the great pyramids at Gisa, followed by the Sphinx. We next take you on a tour to the world famous Egyptian museum.

From here you fly to Aswan and transfer to Aswan dam, and from here you will make your way up the lake with all the fuel, food and water you require for the full length of your tour.

This tour is a safari in the truest meaning of the term. You are living it by camping on your boat literally miles away from any civilization. The stars become your ceiling with a step behind the rocks to your bathroom. Within 2 hours you are out of mobile phone signal, no television, or radio and no electricity. Just you your fellow anglers and guides completely at one with mother nature for the rest of your tour. What awaits you is pure nature and heaven, you can fish as hard or as little as you like. Although Lake Nasser is famous for the Nile Perch there other species that if fished with balanced tackle, can and do provide great sport, Tiger fish, Vundu catfish and on light fly tackle the bread and butter fish of the lake Tilapia. Most of our customers come on this trip to try and catch the largest fresh water fish of their life. Although this can never be guaranteed, practically everyone achieves this goal and has an Angling Adventure of a Lifetime.

After finishing your fishing we transfer you back to Aswan where you will board a luxury 5-star cruise boat for a leisurely cruise the Nile. Before setting sail we take you on a visit to the lovely island temple of Philae and for a traditional felucca sailboat cruise.

Surrounded by the sumptuous setting of your luxurious cruise boat you slowly make your way down river. You can relax by the pool and watching the world go by during the day, and dine and enjoy traditional Egyptian entertainment by night. En route you will stop at the fabulous temples of Komombo and Edfu before finally reaching Luxor.

In Luxor you take a tour to the Pharaonic tombs in the Valleys of the Kings and Queens as well as the vast temples of Luxor and Karnak. Finally you fly back to Cairo were we transfer you to the airport for you flight home.