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Day tours from Aswan hotels and Nile cruises
Aswan day tours
Philae by boat, a Nubian village on the Nile, the High Dam, and long day trips to Abu Simbel, Edfu and Luxor. Every tour shows its full plan, stop by stop, before you book.
- Day tours
- 11
- Pickup
- Aswan hotels, some Nile cruises
- Every tour
- Private car and guide
Showing all 11 day tours
Abu Simbel temples
Great Temple of Ramesses II · Temple of Nefertari
- Private car
- Egyptologist guide
High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk and Philae
High Dam · Unfinished Obelisk · boat to Philae Temple
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
High Dam and Philae Temple
Aswan High Dam · motorboat to Philae Island · Philae Temple
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
Nubian village by boat
Motorboat on the Nile · Gharb Soheil village · a Nubian home
- Hotel or Nile cruise pickup
- Private car
Nubian Museum
The museum's galleries and Nubian house rooms
- Private car
- Egyptologist guide
Philae sound and light show
Boat to Philae · the temple lit at night · boat back
- Private transfers
- Show ticket included
Kom Ombo and Edfu from Aswan
Temple of Horus at Edfu · Kom Ombo double temple
- Private car
- Shopping stop only if you ask
Luxor in a day from Aswan
Valley of the Kings · Hatshepsut Temple · Colossi of Memnon · Karnak · Luxor Temple
- Private
- Egyptologist guide
Book a guide only in Aswan
Your own plan · licensed guide · English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian
- Guide only
- Car on request
Philae Temple by boat
Motorboat · Philae Temple
- Private
- Boat included
Felucca sail in Aswan
Elephantine Island · Kitchener's Island garden
- Private boat
- Hotel pickup
Before you go
Good to know in Aswan
Philae and the Nubian village are reached by motorboat. Bring a hat; there's little shade on the water.
Some Aswan tours also pick up from Nile cruise boats. Each tour page says which.
On these tours, tips for the guide and driver are not part of the price.
Places to visit
The sites on these tours
- West bank of the Nile, south of AswanAbu Simbel TemplesRamses II's Great Temple and the Temple of Nefertari: history, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 6:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 750 or EGP 822
- Agilkia Island, between the two Aswan damsPhilae TempleThe temple of Isis on its island near Aswan: history, the boat out, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 7:00 am · last entry 3:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 550
The Nile south of Aswan and the city's granite quarriesAswan High Dam and Unfinished ObeliskThe dam that holds back Lake Nasser and the obelisk left in Aswan's granite quarry.Obelisk hours: 7:00 am · last entry 3:00 pmObelisk ticket, foreign adult: EGP 220- West bank of the Nile, AswanNubian Villages in AswanWho the Nubians are, why they moved, and the village of Gharb Soheil by boat.
- Aswan city, East Bank of the NileNubian MuseumAswan's museum of Nubian history, opened in 1997: galleries, garden, hours and tickets.Opening hours: 9:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEntry ticket, foreign adult: EGP 400
Nile Valley between Aswan and LuxorEdfu and Kom Ombo TemplesEdfu's temple of Horus and Kom Ombo's double temple: history, hours and tickets.Edfu hours: 7:00 am · last entry 4:00 pmEdfu ticket, foreign adult: EGP 550
Plan your day
Aswan guides
- Abu Simbel from Aswan: what the day looks likeA long road day from Aswan: the drive, the two temples, and the site's hours and tickets.
- Philae Temple from Aswan: the boat, the hours and the ticketsThe boat to the island, our Philae tours by day and by night, two sets of official hours, and the tickets.
- Edfu and Kom Ombo from Aswan: the temples on the road northEdfu first, Kom Ombo on the way back: the drives, the two temples, their hours and the tickets.
Abu Simbel or Philae: which day from Aswan?A long road day to Abu Simbel or a short boat ride to Philae: how the two Aswan days compare.- Philae by day or at the sound and light show?Daytime visit or evening show at Philae: what each covers and how they combine.
- Aswan in one day: Philae, the High Dam and a Nubian villageThe High Dam, Philae, a Nubian village and the Philae show: what a day in Aswan can hold.
- Best things to do in AswanPhilae, the High Dam, a Nubian village, a felucca on the Nile and the long day to Abu Simbel.
Valley of the Kings: tickets and tombs for a day visitThe general ticket, the tomb tickets our tours leave out, and where the valley falls in each day.