Jane Akshar

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Spiritual tours of Egypt

We offer full spiritual tours of Egypt from Cairo to Abu Simbel Spiritual sites in Luxor include Shrine of Sekhmet Seven Gates of Osiris Temple of Thoth Sufi ceremonies of Zikr and Zar

Photos from a recent Nile cruise on one of Sail the Nile boats

Sail the Nile cruise John and Mike recently did a 3 night cruise with us and sent some photos This the exterior of their boat, a sandal a small version of a dahabiyya(spellings vary). As this is a smaller boat it is suitable for a small private group. The maximum …

Great Review on a Sandal Nile Cruise on Trip Advisor

Jane also arranged a three-day/night boat trip, sailing on the Nile from Aswan to Luxor. What a spectacular way to view the island tombs and temples. A large crew, replete with Egyptian Chef, all who curried our every wish and need, while onboard. The craft was spacious and housed three …

Sailing on the Nile this winter

Nile Cruise We are having a very busy start to our winter season with a cruise on a sandal(small version of a dahabeya) for two guests and several felucca trips. One guest described it “sunset sail on the Nile… the very air is like silk – I will be watching …

Want to get away from Christmas?

Bah Humbug, Scrooge had a point 🙂 Christmas not for you, want to ignore the festive season, you can. Although we cater for Christmas in Luxor we understand that not everyone wants to join in. We have had people recovering from family problems who would rather not have Christmas shoved …

Learning about Sailing as You Cruise the Nile

If you’ve always been interested in learning how to sailing now is your chance. The captain will be be glad to give lessons on how boats harness the power of the wind.

A Visit to Gebel Silsila by sailing boat

Gebel Silsila is located between Edfu and Ko Ombo and accessible only on a Nile cruise by a private sailing vessel, the big cruise boats can’t stop there. Judging by the guide books no travel writer has ever been there because only a paragraph or two is written about the …

Holiday Reading – Death on the Nile

Agatha Christie’s famous book, Death on the Nile, set in Egypt On a luxurious cruise on the Nile River, a wealthy heiress, Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles), is murdered. Fortunately, among the passengers are famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) and his trusted companion, Colonel Race (David Niven), who …

Map of Ancient Egypt – Your Cruise stops at

This is a link to an excellent interactive map of Ancient Egypt if you take a cruise on the Nile by sailing boat you have the opportunity to stop at a lot more places that don’t have docking facilities for the big cruise boats. If you look at the Egyptian …

Your dream holiday ….. a Nile cruise

Looking for that dream, you want to cruise the Nile, The Nile Cruise of a lifetime. Well if you want to cruise on the Nile you could not have come to a better place. Your cruise Nile river should be the luxury you always dreamed of. The river Nile is …

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