Luxor Trip Overview
Experience the morning train from Luxor to Aswan and enjoy one of the best Luxor day tours. Visit the most important sightseeing in Aswan; High Dam, Philae temple and the Unfinished Obelisk with a qualified Egyptology tour guide. Have a chance to visit one of the Nubian families on Soheil Island on a full day tour from Luxor. With door-to-door transport by a private A/C vehicle and rounded-trip sitting train from Luxor and return.
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Duration: 14 hours
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Experience the morning train from Luxor to Aswan and enjoy one of the best Luxor day tours. Visit the most important sightseeing in Aswan; High Dam, Philae temple and the Unfinished Obelisk with a qualified Egyptology tour guide. Have a chance to visit one of the Nubian families on Soheil Island on a full day tour from Luxor. With door-to-door transport by a private A/C vehicle and rounded-trip sitting train from Luxor and return.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Egypt Gift Tours licensed expert tour guide will pick you up from your hotel around 6:00 am, by air-conditioned car to Luxor train station, take the first train heading to Aswan.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
Arrive at Aswan train after about 3 hours, to start your marvelous day by visiting the High Dam; an epic engineering accomplishment achieved between 1960 and 1970 to protect Egypt from the flood and generate electric. It was largely financed and supervised by the Soviet Union.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
Proceed to visit the magnificent Greco Roman Temple of the goddess Isis; the chief deity of the island and know the love story between Isis and Osiris using a small motorboat to get there
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Unfinished Obelisk, Sheyakhah Oula, Aswan Egypt
Then, to Aswan’s granite quarries to see the unfinished Obelisk, about 40 meters in length and 1000 tons, which is considered to be the longest and the heaviest obelisk ever cut in Egypt, most probably belongs to the famous queen Hatshepsut.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Nubian Village, This is a Village and does not have a web-site, Aswan Egypt
Continue, down to the Nile to take a motorboat, sailing slowly to enjoy the scenery and views to the Nubian Village on Soheil Island and have a welcome drink in one of the Nubian families’ house, talk to them, know about their customs, walk around the village with your guide.Then, back to the dock by sunset and take the evening train back to Luxor.
Duration: 3 hours
