The wonderful facts about the River Nile

There are so many stories about Egypt, thecolourful history.
Pyramids and the River Nile. Nile cruise deals are a• The people of Egypt honoured a god called Hapi
way of going back in time, and visitors travelling thiswho they considered the god of the Nile. When the
great river can only imagine what life was like for theriver flooded once a year the Egyptians would give
Egyptians so many years ago. Most of the wellthanks to Hapi for allowing the river to bring fertility
known facts about the River Nile are that it is theto the land, allowing them to grow food to keep
longest river in the world, it flows into thethem alive.
Mediterranean Sea and its main source is Lake• The word Nile means valley and is taken from
Victoria.the Greek word ‘neilos'. However the ancient
Lake Victoria is thought to be responsible for theEgyptians referred to the river as Aur (black), due to
actual sourcing of water to the River Nile. However,the wonderful black mud that was left after the
on the northern side of this wonderful lake, there isRiver Niles annual summer flooding. Booking one of
Ripon Falls a waterfall that flows into a narrowthe Nile cruise deals is not just for adults as younger
opening of the river itself. Some Egyptians believefamily members will gain much knowledge of this
this part of the lake is the start of this amazing river.wonderful country while enjoying the high standard
Nile river cruises have on board all the informationof service that luxury Nile cruise ships offer to all
about the history of the river and Lake Victoria totheir passengers. At River Nile Cruise we offer a wide
allow passengers to debate on this insight of itsrange of Nile cruise deals to suit everyone.