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4-Hour Aswan High Dam & Philae Temple Tour
  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Archeology, History, Sightseeing

  • Duration

    4 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English

Description

Visit the High Dam, built across the River Nile and learn how it was constructed in the 1960s to control Egypt's floodwaters. Ride a motorboat to the island to visit the Philae Temple in Aswan. Learn how it was painstakingly rebuilt on higher ground on this four hours tour. 

Highlights
  • Aswan High Dam & Philae Temple
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    • Pick up from the hotel and enjoy your ride in an air-conditioned vehicle to the High Dam. 
    • Marvel at the High Dam, which was built across the River Nile during the 1960s to control Egypt's annual floods.
    • Continue towards the ancient Philae Temple, located on an island by riding a motorboat.

    • Explore the temple, dedicated to Goddess Isis, one of the greatest goddesses of ancient Egypt.

    • Admire the courts, colonnades and halls of the temple. 

    • Stroll around the chambers, courtyards and learn from your Egyptologist guide about how the temple was moved to its present site to prevent submersion in Lake Nasser.  
      Drive back to your hotel.

What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

  • Transport by air-conditioned coach

  • Qualified Egyptologist tour guide

  • Entrance fee

  • Boat ride fare

What's Excluded
  • Gratuities

  • Entrance fee

  • Food and drinks

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Adult
1 To 1 USD 60 Per Person
Child
1 To 1 USD 40 Per Person

This is a private tour

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USD 60 / person