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The fishing boats are built by The African Angler in Aswan
and are designed for fishing safaris. Built for tough work
in remote areas, each boat is fitted with long-range fuel
tanks and plenty of storage area for your equipment.
Fishing Platform
The bow deck is flat, providing a forward casting area and
there is an all round deck in case a quick manoeuvre is needed
when that big fish takes a dive under the boat. The stern
is a spacious trolling and casting area. And each boat is
fitted with a fish-finder and weighing scales up to 220lb.
Accommodation
Each boat has comfortable on board sleeping facilities with
two bunks each with full-size single mattress this area also
provides spacious daytime seating. At night the cabin can
be enclosed by canvas, providing a cosy sheltered sleeping
area. Each boat cabin has a 12v lighting system.
Many anglers enjoy the unique and peaceful experience of
sleeping under the desert stars on the wind-protected upper
deck, which has a ladder access.
We provide each angler with a freshly laundered sleeping
bag style sheet, pillow with fresh pillowcase and blankets.
This style of camping is comfortable but still maintains
the adventurous atmosphere of being out in the wilds.
Stealth Boats
Stealth Boats provide anglers with an alternative fishing
platform that can fish areas more quietly and efficiently
than our standard fishing boats. The main fishing boats have
to be big enough to live in and to carry all your personal
belongings, and although they double up very well as a fishing
platform the new stealth boat system defiantly has the advantage.
A Stealth Boat can be quietly drifted or rowed over underwater
promontories or past rocky drop-offs, allowing anglers to
cast lures, use live bait or wobble dead bait without the
disturbance caused by a bigger boat. Stealth boats are 5.5
meters long, carry two anglers and a guide and can be towed
by the larger boats between the fishing grounds. It is an
awesomely exciting experience to catch a big fish in one of
these smaller boats.
Chartering a stealth boat to use in addition to your regular
fishing boat is not expensive when two people are sharing
the cost. You can only book a Stealth Boat for the same number
of days as the safari you have booked.
We have three types of Stealth boat:
Kestrel is a steel hulled boat and has a
25HP engine, which is ideal for quiet trolling. Cost £25
per day.
Rahma is a glass-fibre speed boat with a
55HP engine. This has the great advantage of being able to
travel at up to 30MPH between fishing grounds, which is about
four times faster than our normal fishing boats. This saves
traveling time and as a result gives you a lot more concentrated
fishing. She is also very light and easy to row and anchor
off hot spots. Cost £40 per day.
King Fisher is a glass-fibre dingy with a
10HP engine she is very light and quiet and can fish hot spots
like a ghost. Cost £12 per day.
Supply
Boats
The supply boats carry the safari equipment,
provisions, fuel, cooks, helpers etc. They have built-in kitchens,
toilet and shower and large iceboxes to keep drinks cool.
Marhaba the Lake Nasser Safari supply boat is fitted with
a radio transmitter - receiver and keeps in contact with our
base in Aswan at all times.
A supply boat enables comfortable camps to be set up close
to the best fishing areas, even when the shoreline is rocky
and inhospitable.
Most people are pleasantly surprised at the standard of food
on safari. The style of cooking is a blend of western taste
merged with Nubian cuisine, which is superb, so if you are
planning on losing weight then think again!
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