Credits
Image credits
Photography of Anakob and Mango Guesthouse is their own. Destination photography is by the photographers below, published on Unsplash under the Unsplash License or on Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons licence shown.
| Image | Photographer / source |
|---|---|
| A felucca under full sail on the Nile at golden hour | Gijs Jakobs, Unsplash |
| Feluccas gliding across the Nile at dusk | Jean Pierre Cabáni, Unsplash |
| A felucca silhouetted against an orange Nile sunset | Michael Starkie, Unsplash |
| Feluccas moored among the granite rocks of the Nile at Aswan | Noha Badawi, Unsplash |
| A felucca sailing below the desert hills of Aswan’s west bank | Unsplash (via original Syaha site) |
| A man resting on the golden sand of the Nile shore near Aswan | Leonard von Bibra |
| Philae Temple rising from the water on Agilkia Island | Martijn Vonk, Unsplash |
| Trajan’s Kiosk at Philae reflected in the Nile | c gom, Unsplash |
| The four colossal statues of Ramses II at the Great Temple of Abu Simbel | c gom, Unsplash |
| Close view of the carved faces of Ramses II at Abu Simbel | Jorge Fernández Salas, Unsplash |
| Carved columns of Kom Ombo Temple glowing in late sun | حامد طه, Unsplash |
| A brightly painted Nubian house with a domed roof | Thales Botelho de Sousa, Unsplash |
| A Nubian village on the west bank of the Nile | Thales Botelho de Sousa, Unsplash |
| Camels crossing the desert before the Pyramids of Giza | Moxin Wang, Unsplash |
| The Great Sphinx with the Pyramid of Khafre behind | Alex Azabache, Unsplash |
| A camel caravan crossing the Giza plateau at sunset | simon, Unsplash |
| A decorated camel resting before the Pyramids of Giza | Original Syaha site |
| The minarets of the Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifa’i mosques over historic Cairo | Omar Elsharawy, Unsplash |
| The Step Pyramid of Djoser beyond the cobra frieze at Saqqara | Dmitrii Zhodzishskii, Unsplash |
| The alabaster sphinx at Memphis | Aleksander Stypczynski, Unsplash |
| The colonnade of Luxor Temple in warm evening light | Artem Bryzgalov, Unsplash |
| Looking up through the giant papyrus columns of Karnak | Mo Gabrail, Unsplash |
| An obelisk rising above the ruins of Karnak Temple | 2H Media, Unsplash |
| The terraced Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut beneath the Theban cliffs | Alessandro Santoro, Unsplash |
| An Osiride statue at the Temple of Hatshepsut | Alex Azabache |
| A seated colossus of Ramses II at Luxor Temple | Hongbin, Unsplash |
| The yellow-and-white Mango Guesthouse among the gardens of Elephantine Island | Mango Guesthouse |
| Guests sharing a traditional Nubian lunch in the courtyard at Mango Guesthouse | Mango Guesthouse |
| Anakob’s shaded sundeck with Nubian textiles, looking across the Nile | Anakob |
| Lounge seating under Anakob’s felucca-shaped sundeck shade | Anakob |
| The blue Anakob houseboat with its rooftop sundeck | Anakob |
| Anakob lit up on the still Nile at blue hour | Anakob |
| Anakob moored on the Nile at dusk with the west bank behind | Anakob |
| Anakob moored among the granite boulders of Aswan | Anakob |
| Aerial view of Anakob’s sundeck on the Nile | Anakob |
| A Nile-view bedroom aboard Anakob with Nubian accents | Anakob |
| A calm double bedroom aboard Anakob | Anakob |
| A bright bedroom with striped kilim rugs aboard Anakob | Anakob |
| Anakob’s open kitchen and shared lounge | Anakob |
| Breakfast served on deck with the desert dunes across the river | Anakob |
| A bathroom with Nubian village artwork aboard Anakob | Anakob |
| Aerial view of Aswan’s islands and the Nile at sunrise | Anakob |
| A felucca beneath the Tombs of the Nobles on Aswan’s west bank | Anakob |
| A spread of traditional Nubian dishes | Anakob |
| Handmade Nubian clay pots | Anakob |
| The Avenue of Sphinxes leading towards Luxor Temple | Mohamedibrahem2025, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| The Citadel and the domes of the Muhammad Ali Mosque above Cairo | Vyacheslav Argenberg, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) |
| The two Colossi of Memnon on the West Bank of Luxor | Ray in Manila, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) |
| The Bent Pyramid of Sneferu in the desert at Dahshur | Darer101, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| The great pylon and gateway of the Temple of Horus at Edfu | Vyacheslav Argenberg, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) |
| The illuminated glass facade of the Grand Egyptian Museum at night | Mohamed abdelzaher, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| The twin towers of the Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo | Radosław Botev, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0 PL) |
| Brass lanterns glowing in a lane of Khan el-Khalili | Mohammed Moussa, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| The painted astronomical ceiling and sarcophagus in the tomb of Ramesses IV | Tim Adams, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) |
| The first pylon of Medinet Habu, the temple of Ramesses III | Sara Nabih, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| The Nubian Museum in Aswan lit at dusk | Marc Ryckaert, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) |
| The Unfinished Obelisk lying in its granite quarry in Aswan | Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| Two saddled camels resting on the sand of the Nubian desert near Aswan | Vyacheslav Argenberg, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) |
| Golden sand dunes rising above palm trees on the banks of the Nile near Aswan | Mustang Joe, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) |
| A traveller sandboarding down a steep desert dune in Egypt | Collinsalex2, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| The yellow-and-white façade of Mango Guesthouse above its garden, strung with colourful bunting | Mango Guesthouse |
| The rooftop terrace looking across palm trees and the Nile to the dunes of the west bank | Mango Guesthouse |
| The rooftop terrace laid with cane chairs and tables under a clear Aswan sky | Mango Guesthouse |
| Looking down on the rooftop terrace with its colourful Nubian seating | Mango Guesthouse |
| The garden in the warm evening light, with the guesthouse rising behind | Mango Guesthouse |
| A curving garden path lined with plants and hedges | Mango Guesthouse |
| A lounge with a large mural of a Nubian woman above a red sofa | Mango Guesthouse |
| A bright hall with red tentmaker curtains opening onto the garden | Mango Guesthouse |
| A shaded courtyard with patterned canopies and bunting | Mango Guesthouse |
| A bright bedroom with a vaulted ceiling, a red quilt and cane chairs | Mango Guesthouse |
| The sitting area of a guest room, with a wooden sofa and blue cushions | Mango Guesthouse |
| A double room with a striped quilt and paintings of the desert | Mango Guesthouse |
| A modern double room with a golden bedspread and wood floors | Mango Guesthouse |
| Bowls of creamy rice pudding topped with nuts and cinnamon | Mango Guesthouse |