private tour: 2 days Aswan and Abo simple temple

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Aswan
2 stops
1
Aswan High Dam
After meeting with your Egyptologist at a hotel in Aswan or Aswan Airport, you will begin your trip with a visit to the Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is an earthen dam built on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt, between... 1960 and 1970. Its importance was considerably greater than that of the earlier low-lying Aswan Dam which was completed in 1902 downstream.
40 minutes • Admission ticket not included
2
Temple of Philae
After visiting the Aswan Dam, go to visit the Philae Temple on Philae Island, which is an island located in the Aswan Dam reservoir, below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser in Egypt. Philae Island was originally located near the first wide cataract of the Nile River in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. After that, head to have lunch in one of the local restaurants and then go to the hotel.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 2
Abu-simple temple
1 stop
3
Abu Simbel Temple Complex
Early in the morning with your breakfast and then go with your private tour guide to visit the ancient archaeological site, Abu Simbel Temple. There you will visit two huge rock temples in Abu Simbel, the twin temple as it was originally carved out of the side of the mountain during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the century 30 BC, as a permanent monument to himself and his wife, Queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. Then return to Aswan for your lunch, then continue driving to the departure point again
9 hours • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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