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Tour Description
Enjoy a memorable day tour in Aswan with Dahabiya Egypt Tours. Your guide will pick you up from your hotel to explore the city’s most famous landmarks.
Start your tour with a visit to the impressive High Dam, an engineering marvel that protects Egypt from the Nile floods. Continue to the Unfinished Obelisk, where you can learn about the ancient techniques used to carve massive stone monuments.
Then head to the beautiful Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis and located on a picturesque island in the Nile.
Optionally, you can extend your experience with a visit to a traditional Nubian Village, where you can discover local culture, colorful houses, and the unique lifestyle of the Nubian people.
At the end of your tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Aswan.
Highlights
Itinerary
Enjoy your Aswan Day Tour. Our Dahabiya Egypt Tours guide will pick you up from your hotel in Aswan to enjoy a day tour in the amazing city of Aswan. Start your tour with a visit to the High Dam, an engineering miracle built in 1960 to protect Egypt from the annual Nile floods. Then proceed to visit the Unfinished Obelisk, which shows the techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to carve 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. Some believe it may belong to Queen Nefertiti.
Continue to visit the majestic Philae Temple, built in honor of the goddess Isis, the chief deity of the island. Optionally, you can extend your tour with a visit to a traditional Nubian Village to experience the unique culture, colorful houses, and lifestyle of the Nubian people.
Later, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Aswan.
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Included
- Pick up service from your hotel in Aswan and return
- Private Egyptologist guide
- Entrance fees to the mentioned historical places
- All transfers by a modern air-conditioned vehicle
- Bottle water during your trip
- Bottle water during your trip
Excluded
- Any extras not mentioned in the program
- Tipping
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