Day 01
Flight to Aswan and Philae Island Exploration
- Get picked up from your accommodation in Sharm el-Sheikh and transferred to Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport for your domestic flight to Aswan International Airport, where your tour guide will meet you and begin the itinerary.
- Your first stop will be the Aswan High Dam, a modern wonder of technology built in the 1950s. It brought the Nile's devastating floods to an end, reclaimed more than 100,000 acres of desert land for agriculture, and made further crops possible on an additional 800,000 acres.
- After lunch at a good local restaurant, board a motorboat to Philae Island.
- As a result of the construction of the Aswan Low Dam, Philae Island was completely submerged in the Nile. With the help of UNESCO, it found a new home on Agilkia Island. The first structure that greets visitors is the iconic Trajan's Kiosk, built in the 2nd century AD by the Roman Emperor Trajan. The main structure on the island is the Temple of Isis, the goddess of health, marriage, motherhood, and wisdom. You will visit the temples and the ancient Nilometer.
- At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to your Aswan hotel for an overnight stay on a bed-and-breakfast basis.
