- 4Days/Nights
- Egypt
- Aswan
- Overland & Cities stopover
- Private Tour
Aswan stopover tour, visit Aswan in 4 days starting by Philae temple and high dam next day Elephantine Island and Kitchener Island or Botanical Island. Relaxed atmosphere with the local Nubian people known for their friendly and warm heartedness throughout Egypt. It is a colorful society and has their own traditions; language and culture making the visitor feel at home.
In Aswan with many optional tours both locally and further afield like Lake Nasser and Abu Simbel.
Included
Three nights accommodation in Aswan (Based on Bed and Breakfast).
Aswan Tour: Visiting Philae temple, high Dam, Elephantine and Kitchener Islands.
An English – speaking guide (Egyptologist).
All transfers including “Meet and Assist” and departure transfers.
Excluded
Entrance fees to all sites, temples & Museums.
Any meals not stated on the itinerary.
Visas, tips, laundry and other items of a personal nature.
Itinerary
Upon arrival Aswan you will be met by our representative (holding Egypt Travelcations sign with your Name). Then you will be transferred to your hotel to spend the night.
Our head Representative will welcome you, help you check-in to the Hotel and let you know the plan for the next few days.
Morning- Breakfast at the hotel then our friendly expert Egyptologist guide will accompany you to Visit the Philae temple. As the center of the cult of Isis, the island of Philae was an important place of pilgrimage for worshippers until long into the Christian era. From Philae, Isis was said to watch over the sacred island of Biga, one of the mythical burial sites of her husband Osiris. After the building of the Aswan Dam, the island’s temples were partly submerged in water and visitors took to rowing boats to peer at the remains. Then Aswan High Dam, one of the biggest dams in the World (measuring 360 feet high and over a mile and a half wide), was erected to store the flood waters of the Nile in Lake Nasser, Overnight at your hotel.
You have this morning an optional to visit Abu Simbel temples, get an early start journey across Aswan desert with your Egyptologist guide to explore the mighty twin temples of Ramses II, considered among the most inspiring temples in ancient Egypt and discover this fascinating UNESCO World Heritage Site and learn more about how the rock temples to Ramses the Great was moved to a more secure location during the construction of the Aswan Dam to be oriented so precisely that this incredible wonder can still be observed today.
The great Sun Temples of Abu Simbel are considered masterpieces of ancient Egypt that related for king Ramses II and the Temple of Queen Nefertari. They were reflecting the glory and grandeur of the new Kingdom. Both temples were discovered in 1813, after centuries of being buried under desert sands. Both temples were moved in 1960 with the help of the Egyptian government and UNESCO to avoid the rising water of the Nile.
After breakfast, you will sail by Felucca to visit Elephantine Island: the island is characterized by it's Grey boulders which some say resemble elephants drinking form the Nile, And Kitchener Island or Botanical Island to see the beautiful and peaceful botanical gardens with a nice collection of plants from all over the world.
After breakfast, transfer to farewell the land of the pharaohs.