Private Felucca Tour: Elephantine Island. Set sail in a private felucca and discover Aswan’s Elephantine Island, the legendary home of a Nile River god. Get a glimpse of Egypt’s richly layered past on a personalized, 2-hour tour with an Egyptologist guide; Elephantine is fringed with rocky coasts that shelter ancient ruins and temple sites, a fortified town, and a Roman-era nilometer that measured the river’s yearly floods until the 19th century. Book Now and Save 10%: Private Felucca Tour: Elephantine Island.