Traditional wooden sailing vessels known as feluccas have been a fixture on the Nile River for centuries. Hop aboard a felucca from Aswan, one of the best places to take a Nile cruise with its scenic shoreside landscapes and fascinating ancient sites. You will have the opportunity to sail the Nile by a felucca and you’ll have more time to truly relax as you float languorously down the Nile, passing some of the river’s cataracts (rocky stretches that create small rapids)