The English writer “Agatha Christie” was inspired by the idea of ​​her famous story “A Murder on the Nile” – which was turned into a movie in 1978 and parts of which were filmed on it – after spending several days onBoard during her visit to Egypt in 1934. The star David Suchet filmed a copy New from the story in the 2003 TV movie On Board…
It is Sudan… It was built by Thomas Cook International Shipbuilding Company in 1885, in England, as part of a group of boats including the ships “Arabia and Egypt”.
And the name of Sudan was given to it so that there would be two ships bearing the names of Egypt and Sudan, according to the official title used for the King of Egypt at that time in all official documents and royal signatures, which is the King of Egypt and Sudan.
The ship Sudan was used by the royal family a few times. It was famous for being the ship of King Farouk because he used it once or twice during his visit to his palace in the Muta’a, the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan or the Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor.
It is still working with the original steam machine “Original”. It is considered the only ship in the Nile River that operates with this mechanism and the same “mechanics”, as wide corridors characterize it. The steam machine is located in the middle and not in the rear, unlike other ships that claim to operate with steam, unlike Truth.
Sudan is made of wood, and all the materials used in the construction are natural and not plastic, for example, the bumpers made of cotton… It is also filled with paintings and rare historical collectables…
The total number of rooms on the ship is only 23, with 46 guests, and each room bears the name of a famous person such as King Farouk’s Room, Agatha Christie’s, Naguib Mahfouz, and Umm Kulthum.
Sudan was renovated in 2001 after it was discovered by a French tourism company, which strived to buy it from the original Egyptian owners, and indeed it was completed.
And in 2006, Sudan was launched again to sail between Luxor and Aswan, making it the oldest ship sailing in the Nihil River and even older than the construction of the High Dam.