Aswan highlights
Aswan's highlights in one easy morning: the High Dam that created Lake Nasser, the giant Unfinished Obelisk still lying in its granite quarry, and a boat to Philae, the island temple of Isis.
From $79 per person
An early private drive north to Luxor for both banks: the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon, then Karnak, before the drive back to Aswan.
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Luxor
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An early private drive north from your hotel or ship in Aswan, about three and a half hours to Luxor, with your Egyptologist.
Three royal tombs with the standard ticket, their painted walls still bright after 3,000 years. Tutankhamun's tomb can be added.
The queen's terraced temple at Deir el-Bahari, set against the cliffs.
The two 18-metre seated statues of Amenhotep III, the last guardians of his vanished temple.
Lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Nile.
The forest of 134 columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall, the obelisks of Hatshepsut and the sacred lake of the largest temple complex ever built.
Drive back to Aswan, arriving in the evening.
From $195 per person
Request this tripAswan's highlights in one easy morning: the High Dam that created Lake Nasser, the giant Unfinished Obelisk still lying in its granite quarry, and a boat to Philae, the island temple of Isis.
From $79 per person
An early drive across the Nubian desert to the twin temples of Ramses II and Queen Nefertari, carved into the mountain 3,300 years ago and moved block by block to save them from Lake Nasser.
From $115 per person
Sail past Elephantine and the Botanical Island to Gharb Soheil, a painted Nubian village, for tea in a family home, henna and a walk to the river.
From $55 per person