Things To Do In Aswan | Nubian Village & Botanical Garden
One of the best things to do in Aswan is a relaxing trip by the traditional sailing boats to visit Botanical garden and sail to Nubian village with a motor.
Inside The Nubian House
In the Nubian village they also sell small and cheap souvenirs like necklaces and much more.
Nubian House from outside
When we see Mekka and the Mosque, we should know that the owner of this house have been in Saudia Arabia and he visited the holly Mekka.
Inside A Nubian House
Mastabas or rectangular building covered with carpet and it is used instead of the chairs in the villages till now.
Wall Painting
Nubian House Wall art, Nubian village, Aswan.
Crocodiles and Nubians
Each house keeps a crocodile as a pet in open-air cages.
Felucca Riding on the Nile
Traditional Nile sailing boat on the Nile at Aswan.
The Nubian House on the Nile
The brick of their houses is plastered gay colors and painted with their own modern pictograms of happy occasions.
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Things to do in Aswan including a visit to the botanical garden with a traditional Felucca boat and a visit to the Nubian village where you can meet with locals. This program could be done in the morning or afternoon. If you spend your vacation in a hotel then your guide will pick you up from your hotel to the place from which you will start your program on the Nile but if you are in Nile cruise boat, most probably you will reach the place walking.
The program starts with one of the funniest and best things to do in Aswan Felucca riding which is a traditional wooden boat with sails and it depends on the wind. The Felucca will gently sail from the east bank of the Nile to the Botanical gardens or Kitchener Island on the west bank of the Nile. Here in Aswan, you will watch the clear blue water and you will hear the birds singing or watch them while looking for fish like cranes and gulls.
After about 30 minutes, you will reach the Botanical gardens or Kitchener Island which is 650 meters long and 115 meters large and it covers an area of 17 feddans. The Botanical gardens have many different qualities of tropical and subtropical and for this reason, it is considered to be one of the most important centers for botanical researches. The garden has a huge variety of plantations and rare trees. Here you have to walk along the island from the north where is the original entrance till the south passing by all the 27 squares of the island which is similar to a chessboard. In the end, there is the Nubian cafe shop if you like to have a Coffee or smoke Shisha. Our motorboat will be waiting for us by the south exit of the garden to sail to the Nubian village or the live Museum.
One of the things to do in Aswan is The Nubian village on the west bank of the Nile to the south of Aswan in the first cataract. It’s the place where Nubians moved after the building of the high dam, so it is a real village and real Nubians living there with their own traditions and everyday life.
A short journey full of charming scenes like Agha Khan Tomb and Elephantine Island and the pretty houses painted in bright colors. In the Nubian village, you will have so much fun, a lot of things to do and a lot of places to visit. You will start with the school where you will seat in a class and the Nubian teacher will teach you something about Arabic and Nubian numbers and phrases.
Nubian Traditions
Then you will have a gentle short walk through the village roads till you will enter one of the Nubian houses and enjoy the hospitality of these kind people. They will offer a welcome drink while listening to the story of Nubian and their spoken language and their traditions. Later on, you can hold the baby Crocodile that they raise in small basins inside almost all their houses. They also sell small and cheap souvenirs or women there can make Henna tattoo for you. Then back to the motorboat and sail back to your temporary home, the Nile cruise or the hotel.
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Cancellation by the clients
Cancellation requests should be sent via fax or emailed to provide the Company with written confirmation that your reservation should be cancelled.
In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied.
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Cancellation by Golavita
We reserve the right to cancel a tour at any circumstances but will not cancel a tour less than 45 days before departure, except for Force Majeure, Low Bookings or clients’ failure to pay the final balance, the Company will, upon cancellation, return all monies paid excluding payment for travel insurance or offer an alternative tour of comparable standard. No compensation will be paid to the Client if cancellation is because of Force Majeure or Low Bookings.
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