Enjoy a fabulous tour to Philae Temple, High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan. Discover in a half-day tour the highlights of the beautiful City of Aswan. Witness the great engineering feat of the High Dam, the stunning Temple of Philae, and the granite quarry of the Unfinished Obelisk with your professional tour guide.
Children from 0 – 5 years are free of charge
Children from 6 – 11 years get 50% off
Children from 12 years are considered adults
Explore the wonders of Aswan with our exclusive Aswan day tours. You will meet your guide at your hotel reception to commence your tour to Philae Temple, High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk.
Your tour to Philae Temple in Aswan starts at Aswan High Dam. The Nile is the root of Egypt’s culture and life. From ancient Egypt to the present day, Egyptians have tried to monitor the Nile and its floods. They built a small mud-brick dam near Cairo, which stood for several years.
During the British occupation of Egypt, the Aswan Dam was constructed. However, the old Aswan Dam couldn’t handle the high floods, so the High Dam was built. Construction of this dam began in the early 1960s and ended in 1971. It stands as one of the great engineering feats of the 1960s.
The highlight of your tour to Philae Temple is the stunning Philae Temple itself. This magnificent Temple of Philae, known as the Pearl of Egypt, was built during the Greco-Roman period. Philae, derived from Pilak, the island’s Coptic name, means the isolated spot. The temple was dedicated to Isis, the Goddess of Love and Magic in ancient Egypt.
In the 1970s, due to the impact of the waters from the Aswan Dam and High Dam, workers dismantled the temple into 40,000 parts. They moved it to its current site on the Island of Agalika. During the Coptic period, the Island of Philae was converted into four churches, causing damage to the reliefs and leaving lots of graffiti from travelers to the island.
