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A Nile tour is fun … – On the road with Ahmed Saleh on the longest river in the world

Hamburg (World Express) – We follow the captain of a river cruise ship on its trip from Luxor to Aswan. On the Nile is still navigated like since ancient times – without a map and other navigational aids. Neither are lighthouses, buoys or Pricken it for orientation. But who seeks the captain’s license, which needs to know the river as his own pocket.

Everything flows on the River Nile

Saleh Ahmed sits cross-legged on a thick padded chair. As the only one he wears the turban, a sign of his dignity, all others have a cap on their head. The eyes move searchingly over the river, seem even to the depths of the Nile to invade relaxed resting his hands on the two steering wheels of the ship. “German made.” He says, pride resonates in his voice. “So I can turn it on the spot, without going to even an inch forward or backward.” When the 46-year-old Egyptian is speaking, all participants are quiet, because his word is law, contradiction pointless. Saleh Ahmed is the captain of the 73-meter-long MS Grand Star ‘, a Nile cruise ship.

The Nile is considered the longest river in the world. It springs from the mountains of Rwanda and Burundi and is flowing then through Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan, where it meets the Blue Nile coming from Ethiopia. Strengthened the river flows on through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is a synonym for a 6671 km long lifeline – and for all residents, past and present. Already thousands of years ago the river was the main artery of Egypt. Cattle, grain, and people and soldiers were transported on cargo and passenger ships, including obelisks and stone blocks for the construction of the pyramids and temples.
Start your Nile trip with a Uganda travel guide experiencing the start in deep Africa, following it up all the way down to the mouth of the river.
Today, there are mostly tourists, who moved on the Nile. About 300 Nile cruises in high season (December to April) commute through Upper Egypt, from Luxor to Aswan (about 200 km) and back. On board of these floating 5 star hotels five-star ambience is offered; complete with swimming pool and sun deck. To the guests a luxurious and leisurely existence is made possible. And once the ships are moored to the wharves, numerous tourists swarm over the walkways and the way to the temples of the pharaohs. The present-day Egyptians are usually immune to the fascination of the ancient world, for survival demands their full attention. They focus on the tourists who flock to turn around the legacy of Ramses or Hatshepsut.