3-Day Aswan and Abu Simbel Tour with UNESCO Temples

• Meet your tour guide upon arrival at Aswan International Airport, where a representative will assist you with the arrival procedures and take you to your hotel. At the hotel, the tour manager will help with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm the pick-up times for each tour.

Overnight in Aswan.

(Welcome drinks)

• Have breakfast and visit the world-famous High Dam, an engineering miracle constructed between 1960 and 1970. It was built to increase economic production by further regulating the annual river flooding and providing water storage for agriculture, and later to generate hydroelectricity. The dam had a significant impact on the economy and culture of Egypt.
• Continue to the Unfinished Obelisk. This obelisk is believed to belong to Queen Hatshepsut, one of the rulers of the 18th dynasty and the royal wife of King Tuthmosis II. The Unfinished Obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan. It is unknown which pharaoh created this structure. It is nearly one-third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected. If finished, it would have measured around 42 m and weighed nearly 1,200 tons.
• Go on a trip to the fabulous sound and light show at Philae Temple. (Optional)

Overnight in Aswan.
(Meal: lunch)

• Have breakfast, and at 3:30 a.m., start your trip to Abu Simbel Temples. It takes about 3 and a half hours to drive one way from Aswan to Abu Simbel by private air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival, enjoy the impressive Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, dedicated to the four universal gods - Ptah, Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re, and Ramesses II. Then enjoy your lunch box during the drive back to Aswan. These temples are considered masterpieces of ancient Egypt and reflect the glory and grandeur of the New Kingdom. The Egyptian government and UNESCO decided to cooperate to save these temples from the flood. (You will be provided with a lunch box at the hotel.)
• Continue to explore the Temple of Queen Nefertari, also called the Temple of Hathor, dedicated to the wife of the Sun God. Symbolically, the two Temples of Ramesses II and Nefertari bring Ramesses II, Nefertari, Hathor, and the Sun God together.
• Enjoy a delicious lunch at a local restaurant and head to Aswan Airport. (Note: the departure time should be in the afternoon.)

(Meals: Breakfast, lunch)