Culture Sightseeing
Aswan and around, Abu Simbel,
from Aswan to Luxor (Komombo, Edfu, Esna)
Luxor and more: tell us your wishes …
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- Welcome!
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- Approaching Philae
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- Monastery of Simeon
Nefertari (right) and Abu Simbel (left) temples
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- Kalabsha Temple
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- Tombs of the Nobles
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- Nile Cruise Boats in Aswan
Sightseeing around Aswan and Abu Simbel
- Abu Simbel
- Philae Temple (during the day)
- Unfinished obelisk
- Highdam
- Kalabsha temple
- Aswan Museum: Excavation site on Elephantine
- Animalia: Nubia Life, History, Culture and Environment
- Nubia Museum
- Tombs of the Nobles and Qubbet El Hawa
- Monastery of Simeon
- Inscriptions at Seheyl Island
- Aswan Sculpture Park / El Shellal
- Philae Sound and Light Show (in the evening)
Cruises on the Nile
Moses toured already on the River Nile in a basket. But its a lot more luxurious to travel the distance of 220 km between Aswan and Luxor with a 4- or 5-stars Nile Cruise Boat.
Between Aswan and Luxor, in Luxor and around, Red Sea and Cairo
- Transfer from Aswan to Luxor / Luxor to Aswan
with stops at the temples in Komombo and Edfu
(It is also possible to stop at El Kab, Esna and / or Silsila and during each the weekend there is also camelmarket in Daraw).
Or you use this service to get picked up from the felucca somewhere between Aswan and Edfu and drive to Luxor. - Camel market in Daraw (only at weekends, transfer by car.
You can also sail with the felucca to Daraw and be picked up by car) - Sightseeing in Luxor: eastbank / westbank side:
Karnak and Luxor Temple, Valley of the Kings, Hatchepsut, Medinat Habu, Deir al Medina and many more tombs / temples - Hot Air Balloon in Luxor
- Temples in Abydoss and Dendara (north from Luxor)
- Transfers from Red Sea to Luxor or Aswan (or vice versa)
- Sightseeing in and around Cairo
Temple in Abydoss: Isis and Pharao Sethos I.
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- Camel Market in Daraw
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- Edfu Temple inside
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- Luxor Temple
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- Elephantine
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- Brooke Hospital
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- Aswan Souk
Excavation site on Elephantine
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- Famine Stela
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- Seheyl Island
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- Ibis at Seheyl
Lively vibrant Aswan
The suq is not only a typical „tourist bazar“ but also the place where inhabitants go for shopping. The Botanical Garden is an island for Aswan families and lovers to chill out. Be our guest and visit the places we love.
- Brooke Hospital for Animals: A charity helping working horses, donkeys and mules
- Souk: the market to shop in Aswan Botanical Garden on Kitchener Island
Nubian Life, villages and islands
„Nubia“. Nubia is the old word for gold and this was reason enough for the pharaos to conquer this country. Nubia begins south of Aswan and goes right down into Sudan. Because of the construction of the Highdam a lot of Nubian villages were flooded and the residents had to be resettled in Aswan, Luxor, Qena, a lot of them as far north as Cairo. Even more Nubians moved to Sudan. The Nubian people treasure their own culture, their own language, their traditions, their music. The Nubian villages are completly different than „Egyptian“ towns: they are quiet and time seems to tick more slowly. There are a lot of Nubian villages all around Aswan.
- Elephantine-Island (the island across from Aswan with 2 Nubian villages)
- Seheyl Island (opposite Old Dam)
- Gharb Seheyl Village (at the westbanks – south of Aswan)
- Gharb Aswan (at the westbanks – north of Aswan)
Aswan Map
