Aswan Trip Overview
enjoy the highlights of Aswan and Luxor
with stops in Kom Ombo and Edfu
Tour the Valley of the Kings and so much more with an Egyptology guide
Feast on buffet lunches, dinners, and breakfasts on board a 5-star ship
Take it easy with door-to-door transfers to and from the port
experience the life trip hot air balloon
visit the fabulous temples of abu simbel
touch the real Egyptian culture in luxor and Aswan
collect the most important sites in upper Egypt in 1 package
the best price and the quality of service theses are our targets
gather between the great Egyptian Nile river quietness on cruise board and the fabulous temples and tombs in upper Egypt
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Aswan, Egypt
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Balloon Rides
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What to Expect When Visiting Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt
enjoy the highlights of Aswan and Luxor
with stops in Kom Ombo and Edfu
Tour the Valley of the Kings and so much more with an Egyptology guide
Feast on buffet lunches, dinners, and breakfasts on board a 5-star ship
Take it easy with door-to-door transfers to and from the port
experience the life trip hot air balloon
visit the fabulous temples of abu simbel
touch the real Egyptian culture in luxor and Aswan
collect the most important sites in upper Egypt in 1 package
the best price and the quality of service theses are our targets
gather between the great Egyptian Nile river quietness on cruise board and the fabulous temples and tombs in upper Egypt
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
The Aswan High Dam or the High Dam is a water dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt. It was established during the reign of Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Soviets helped build it. The dam helped a lot in controlling the flow of water and mitigating the effects of the Nile flood. Used to generate electricity in Egypt. The length of the dam is 3600 meters, the width of the base is 980 meters, the width of the summit is 40 meters, and the height is 111 meters. The volume of the body of the dam is 43 million cubic meters of cement, iron and other materials, and it can pass through the dam a flow of water up to 11,000 cubic meters of water per second. Construction of the dam began in 1960
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Philae Island is an island in the middle of the Nile River and it is one of the strongest forts along the southern borders of Egypt, separating the Nile into two opposite canals in Aswan. .
The name Philae or Velay refers to the Greek language which means (the beloved) or (the beloved). As for the Arabic name for it, it is the Anas of existence in relation to the myth of Anas found in the stories of One Thousand and One Nights. Egypt is in the south. And the worship group was devoted to the worship of the goddess Isis, but the island contained temples of Hathor, Amenhotep and other temples.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
Abu Simbel is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Lake Nasser, about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is one of the “monuments of Nubia” listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. And that starts from the direction of the flow of the river from Abu Simbel to Philae (near Aswan).
The twin temples were originally carved from the mountains during the reign of King Ramses II in the thirteenth century BC, as a permanent monument to him and Queen Nefertari, to commemorate his victory in the Battle of Kadesh. However, in 1960 the facility complex was completely moved to another location, on an artificial hill made of a dome structure, and over the Aswan High Dam reservoir.
Duration: 7 hours
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
This temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philomator, but its decoration was only completed in the Roman era at the time of Emperor Tiberius, and we see in this temple also the same features that we find in other Ptolemaic Egyptian temples in terms of design, architecture and decoration, not suitable for this temple a special feature that gave rise to worship Local in the place, where people used to worship local locals Subic and Horus with the head of a falcon, and despite the difference in origin and character, they lived side by side for centuries without mixing or bonding with each other, and then we find that there are no two sanctities in this temple Adjacent to the sanctuaries only in which there is an idea also on the axis of each of the arc
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
The Temple of Edfu, or the Temple of Horus, is the second temple of ancient Egypt in size, after the Temple of Karnak, located in the city of Edfu in Upper Egypt on the western bank of the Nile River, which was known during the Hellenistic period in Greek. The Temple of Horus took about 180 years to build.
The temple is dedicated to the main god Horus, who was identified as Apollo according to the Greek interpretation. It is one of the best preserved attractions in Egypt. The temple was built during the rule of the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. M. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information about language, mythology, and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. In particular, the inscribed temple building texts “provide details [both] of its construction as well as preserving information about the legendary interpretation of it and of all other temples such as the island of creation.”
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Luxor Temple is a large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the eastern bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor today known as (Thebes ancient). Founded in 1400 BC. The Luxor Temple was built to worship Amun-Ra, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu. They are the gods, which are also called the Theban Triad (Theban Triad). Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important buildings in the temple are those that were constructed by Kings Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC).
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Hot Air Balloons Luxor, Khaled Ibn Walid St، Gazirat Al Awameyah, Luxor, Luxor Governorate 85951, Egypt
Hot Air Balloon Trip
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The Valley of the Kings, also known as “The Valley of the Kings”, is a valley in Egypt that was used for 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries BC to construct tombs for the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state extending during the eighteenth dynasties to the twentieth dynasty in ancient Egypt. The valley on the west bank of the Nile River facing Thebes (Luxor now) in the heart of the ancient funerary city of Thebes. The Valley of the Kings is divided into two valleys; The Eastern Valley (where most of the royal tombs are located) and the Western Valley.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Temple of Hatshepsut or the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a temple from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and the best remaining temples were built about 3500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile opposite to Thebes (the capital of ancient Egypt and the seat of the Amun worship) (Luxor today). The temple of the temple of Behsubut, a temple, a shrine, is unique in comparison with the Egyptian temples that were built on the eastern bank of the Nile at Thebes. The temple forums have three successive floors with open terraces. The temple was built of limestone, and in front of the second floor columns were erected limestone statues of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Colossus of Memnon, (in English: Colossus of Memnon (Colossus of Memnon), statues of two statues, erected around the year 1350 BC, all that remains of a temple built in memory of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty, located in the funerary city of Thebes, Located west of the Nile River from the present-day city of Luxor.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Karnak, or the Karnak Temple Complex, which is known as the Karnak Temple, is a group of temples, buildings and columns, where the expansion and construction processes continued since the Pharaonic era, specifically the kings of the Middle Kingdom, until the Roman era in Luxor in Egypt on the eastern coast. The temple was built for the divine triad Amun (Amun Ra in modern times), his wife the goddess Mut and their son the god Khonsu; And each of them has a temple belonging to the Karnak Temples Complex. Sometimes tourists and non-specialists mean only Karnak Temple, the temple belonging to Amun Amun Ra.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
