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Philae sound and light show
An evening from your Aswan hotel: Boat to Philae, the temple lit at night and boat back.
- Length
- Evening
- Tour type
- Private transfers and guide
- Pickup
- Your hotel in Aswan
- Guide
- English-speaking Egyptologist
The tour journey
Your day, step by step
Times are estimates; traffic and your hotel's location change them. Drive times are from map routing without traffic.
- 18:00approx.Pickup
Pickup from your hotel.
- 19:00approx.1ActivityPhilae Temple: history, hours and tickets →
You walk among the lit temple columns while the legend of Isis, Osiris and Horus is told with lights and narration.
- 20:00approx.By boat
Return by boat from the island.
- 20:45approx.Drop-off
Transfer back to your hotel or Nile cruise in Aswan.
Included
- All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
- Pick up services from your hotel & return
- Private English Egyptologist guide
- Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites
- A bottle of water during your trip
- All taxes & service charge
- Boat to Philae Island and back
Not included
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tipping
Book this day
Request this tour
Send your date and group size for Philae sound and light show. We reply with the price for your day and confirm the pickup from your hotel.
Price on request
- Private transfers and guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Change or skip a stop: just ask
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Nothing to pay with the request. To book, a 25% deposit by card or PayPal; the rest in cash on the day. Payment and cancellation
Before you go
Guides for this day
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.
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.
