Aswan and Nubia Full Day Tour from Luxor

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In the morning you will be picked up from your Luxor hotel and you will drive to Aswan in about 4 hours, taking the road on the East Bank of the Nile. During the drive you can enjoy the sights of Egyptian villages, the Nile, farms and fields. When approaching Aswan you will have a light lunch on the way before starting your day tour. After finishing lunch and arrival in Aswan you will first visit the High Dam. After this visit you will take a boat trip to the Temple of Philae. After this visit you will go to a Nubian village called Gharb Soheil. At every site you will get information from your Egyptologist tour guide and you will get free time to explore the sites by yourself. After touring the sites you will be transferred to your hotel.

you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods.

the Temple of Philae, which was built in honour of goddess Isis. After this visit you will go to the High Dam, an engineering miracle used as an embankment dam situated across the Nile River, built in the 1960’s to protect Egypt from annual floods. You will be transferred back to the cruise ship for lunch, where you can also enjoy cruise activities and dinner in the evening. Spend the night on board in Aswan.

called Gharb Soheil. It used to be a fishing village and the locals thought of the idea of making their village into an open-air museum to display the traditional Nubian life and culture. Here you will see lots of bright colored houses and meet kind people. You also visit a family home to enjoy the Nubian hospitality and to have a closer look at the local life and culture.