Aswan Highlights In 3 Days

Arrival at Aswan Airport/Railway to begin your Aswan day tours with our expert tour guides.. Meet our tour guide to commence your Aswan highlights 3 days tour. Visit the High Dam, which is regarded as one of the most significant engineering feats of the twentieth century. Aswan High Dam was built to save water and protect Egypt from the Nile’s high and low floods. Then proceed to the wonderful Temple of Philae.

Philae Temple or the temple of Isis at Philae Island in Aswan is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. It is known as the “Pearl of Egypt”. The temple is located on an island, so it requires a short boat ride. End your tour at the granite quarry of the Unfinished Obelisk. Then, transfer to your hotel for your first night of your Aswan highlights in 3 days. 

Optional tour: Nubian Village tour in Aswan

Your second day of Aswan highlights 3 days tour takes you to the phenomenal temples of Abu Simbel. So, you will take a transfer (about 3.5 hours) with your tour guide to these phenomenal temples. The temples of Abu Simbel are considered among the most celebrated achievements of ancient Egypt. The two temples were cut in the cliffs about 310 Km south of Aswan. The Great Temple was built for Ramses II (1279-1213 BC), while the Small Temple was built for his beloved wife, Queen Nefertari.

Because of the rising water of Aswan High Dam, the temples had to be saved and rescued in a magnificent world rescue operation of temples in Lower Nubia. Then, transfer back to your hotel in Aswan.

Today, you will discover some of the hidden gems of Aswan as the beautiful Island of Sehel and the historical Island of Elephantine. Sehel Island is one of the largest islands on the Nile, located upstream from the First Cataract in Aswan region. It contained a quarry for the mining of granite, the hardest stone used in ancient Egypt. The island contains hundreds of inscriptions and royal cartouches, immortalizing countless officials and kings. Many of these inscriptions can be seen on the large granite boulders surrounding the island.

While Elephantine Island’s southern end comprises the site of ancient Abu. Its name meant both ‘elephant’ and ‘ivory’ in ancient Egyptian language, a reminder of the important role the island once played in the ivory trade.
Conclude your Aswan highlights 3 days tour with a transfer to Aswan airport/railway.