Luxor Trip Overview
Private full day tour from Luxor to see the highlights of Aswan and Nubia. These highlights include 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: 10 hours
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Unique Experiences >> Unique Experiences
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Private full day tour from Luxor to see the highlights of Aswan and Nubia. These highlights include 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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Pass By: Luxor Travels, 3 Al Qarna Rd 3, Al Qarna Rd, Luxor 85951 Egypt
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Pass By: Aswan, Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Nile River Valley
In the morning you will be picked up from your Luxor hotel and you will drive to Aswan in about 4 hours, taking the road on the East Bank of the Nile. During the drive you can enjoy the sights of Egyptian villages, the Nile, farms and fields.
When approaching Aswan you will have a light lunch on the way before starting your day tour. After finishing lunch and arrival in Aswan you will first visit the High Dam. After this visit you will take a boat trip to the Temple of Philae. After this visit you will go to a Nubian village called Gharb Soheil.
At every site you will get information from your Egyptologist tour guide and you will get free time to explore the sites by yourself.
After touring the sites you will be transferred to your hotel.
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
you will go to 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.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
the Temple of Philae, which was built in honour of goddess Isis. After this visit you will go to 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.
You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch, where you can also enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. Spend the night on board in Aswan.
Duration: 1 hour
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: 1 hour
