Day Trip to St Simeon Monastery and Tombs of the Nobles in Aswan

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6 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: German and 3 more

Explore two of the less visited sights on the west bank of the River Nile in Aswan in a day trip to St Simeon Monastery and Tombs of the Nobles. Catch a motorized boat across the River Nile and ride a camel to this 6th- to 11th-century sanctuary dedicated to St. Simeon (Anba Hatre), and then proceed with Camel ride the Tombs of the Nobles, climb to the cliffside tombs, and head inside to admire the wall paintings and hieroglyphics that depict the nobles’ lives. Motor boat, Camel Rides, Entrance fees and hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

What's Included

Qualified Egyptologist tour guide
All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance fees to all mentioned sightseeing
Bottled water during the tour
Motor boat, Camel Ride & Ferry Boat ride
Pick-up and return from your hotel in Aswan
All service charges and taxes
Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
Tipping

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout .
Pickup details:

Your Tour guide will pick you up from the Lobby of your Hotel in Aswan

Itinerary

Duration: 6 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Monastery of St. Simeon

    Nile Holiday tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Aswan and start your tour crossing the Nile to the west bank of Aswan, then Join a camel ride next to Aga khan mausoleum, ride a camel to the 6th- to 11th-century sanctuary dedicated to St. Simeon (Anba Hatre), once home to 1,000 monks. Explore the monks’ dwellings and see the church with its fragmented frescoes.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Qubbet el-Hawa

    Move on with your Camel ride to visit the burial places of ancient Egyptian dignitaries of Aswan’s Tombs of the Nobles. Climb a set of stairs cutting across the hill to the cliffside tombs, most follow a simple plan, with an entrance hall, a pillared room and a corridor leading to the burial chamber. Head inside to admire the wall paintings, hieroglyphic biographies and inscriptions telling of the noblemen's journeys into Africa. On top of the hill above the tombs of the Nobles there is a small shrine or tomb of a local sheikh and holy man "Kubbet el-Hawa” Translated as "the dome of the wind'. The climb is rewarded with amazing views of Aswan, the Nile River and the surrounding landscape. After finished, Take the ferry boat across the River Nile to the east bank and then transfer back to your hotel in Aswan.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Supplied by Nile Holiday

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