Day Tour of Aswan, Philae Temple and Obelisk

Daily Tour 4 hours Availability: 2021-12-30
Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Egypt Aswan

Overview:

Enjoy highlights of Aswan in Aswan Day Tour. Our tours will take you to the High Dam that created Lake Nasser, as well as the Unfinished Obelisk to see how ancient Egyptians cut these huge stone pillars, and finally Philae Temple.

 

Included:

  • Pick up service from your hotel in Aswan and return
  • Professional English-speaking tour guide
  • Entrance fees to the mentioned historical places
  • All transfers by a modern air-conditioned vehicle
  • Bottle water during your trip
  • All service charges and taxes

 

Excluded:

  • Any extras not mentioned in the program
  • Tipping

Enjoy your Aswan Day Tour! Our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Aswan to enjoy a day tour in the amazing city Aswan. Start your tour by a visit to the High Dam, an engineering miracle built in 1960 protecting Egypt from annual floods from the Nile. Then proceed to visit the Unfinished Obelisk which shows the techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to cut obelisks. Most probably this obelisk belongs to Queen Hatshepsut, one of the rulers of the 18th Dynasty and the royal wife of king Tuthmosis II. This queen was the owner of her Temple in the eastern bank of Luxor. Also there is an opinion said that it belongs to Queen Nefertiti. Move on to visit the majestic Philae Temple which was built on the honor of Goddess Isis the chief deity of the island. Later you will be transferred back to your hotel

Directions Directions Save Save Nearby Nearby Send to phone Send to phone Share Share Aswan, a city on the Nile River, has been southern Egypt’s strategic and commercial gateway since antiquity. It contains significant archaeological sites like the Philae temple complex, on Agilkia Island near the landmark Aswan Dam. Philae’s ruins include the columned Temple of Isis, dating to the 4th century B.C. Downriver, Elephantine Island holds the Temple of Khnum, from the Third Dynasty.

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