Aswan Trip Overview
Day tour from Aswan to see the highlights of Aswan and Nubia. These highlights include the High Dam, the Temple of Philae and a Nubian village. You will be guided by a licensed Egyptologist tour guide and transported to all the sites by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
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Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Starts: Aswan, Egypt
Trip Category: Unique Experiences >> Unique Experiences
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What to Expect When Visiting Aswan, Nile River Valley, Egypt
Day tour from Aswan to see the highlights of Aswan and Nubia. These highlights include the High Dam, the Temple of Philae and a Nubian village. You will be guided by a licensed Egyptologist tour guide and transported to all the sites by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Nubian Village, This is a Village and does not have a web-site, Aswan Egypt
called Gharb Soheil. It used to be a fishing village and the locals thought of the idea of making their village into an open-air museum to display the traditional Nubian life and culture. Here you will see lots of bright colored houses and meet kind people. You also visit a family home to enjoy the Nubian hospitality and to have a closer look at the local life and culture
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
This temple was built in honor of goddess Isis, the chief deity of the island the temple was built on. It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Luxor Travels, 3 Al Qarna Rd 3, Al Qarna Rd, Luxor 85951 Egypt
In the morning you will be picked up from your Aswan hotel and you will first visit the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods. After this visit you will take a boat trip to the Temple of Philae. This temple was built in honor of goddess Isis, the chief deity of the island the temple was built on. It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. After this visit you will go to a Nubian village called Gharb Soheil. It used to be a fishing village and the locals thought of the idea of making their village into an open-air museum to display the traditional Nubian life and culture. Here you will see lots of bright colored houses and meet kind people. You also visit a family home to enjoy the Nubian hospitality and to have a closer look at the local life and culture.
