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A Nubian village by boat
Private tour 4 hours Easy pace

A Nubian village by boat

4.9 (92 reviews) Aswan & Abu Simbel, Upper Egypt
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Duration
4 hours
Starts
14:00
Group
Up to 8
Pace
Easy
Guided in EnglishArabicGerman
Overview

Motorboat past the cataract islands to Gharb Soheil — painted houses, tea with a Nubian family and the Nile at golden hour.

  • Boat ride through the First Cataract islands
  • Tea and home-baked bread in a Nubian house
  • The painted domes of Gharb Soheil
  • Sunset on the Nile

Nubia had its own kingdoms, language and architecture long before the dams. We take a boat through the First Cataract to Gharb Soheil, visit a Nubian home for tea and bread, learn a few words of Nubian, and return as the sun drops behind the dunes.

Easy, gentle and loved by kids.

How I run this tour

  • It is private: just you, your companions, me and a driver.
  • The timings are a plan, not a schedule — we slow down wherever you want to.
  • Questions are the point. Nothing is too basic or too nerdy.
“The stones are 4,500 years old. The stories should still feel alive.”
Hour by hour

How the day unfolds

  1. 14:00

    Pick-up & boat

  2. 14:45

    Through the cataract

    Granite boulders, herons and the west-bank dunes.

  3. 15:30

    Gharb Soheil

    Walk through the village.

  4. 16:15

    Tea at a Nubian home

    Bread, hibiscus tea and family stories.

  5. 17:15

    Sunset cruise back

  6. 18:00

    Drop-off

The fine print

What’s included

Included

  • Karim as your licensed Egyptologist guide
  • Private air-conditioned car with driver
  • Pick-up from any Aswan hotel or Nile cruise
  • Bottled water
  • Private motorboat
  • Tea and snacks at a Nubian home

Not included

  • Gratuities for driver and boatmen (optional)
Meeting point

Pick-up from your Aswan hotel or cruise

Karim sends the exact pick-up time on WhatsApp the evening before. Running late or changed hotels? Just message — plans bend.

Ask Karim
Guest reviews

In their words

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“Organised everything over WhatsApp in two messages. On the day it all just worked. Worth every dollar.”
L Lucas MoreauFrance · May 2026
“Honest, funny and incredibly knowledgeable. He told us which add-on tickets were worth it and which weren’t, and never once took us to a shop we didn’t ask for.”
M Michael GrantUnited States · Mar 2026
“Honest, funny and incredibly knowledgeable. He told us which add-on tickets were worth it and which weren’t, and never once took us to a shop we didn’t ask for.”
C Chloé MartinCanada · Jan 2026
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