Tour overview
The Aswan Day Tour is a private guided 4-6 hour tour covering Aswan’s three flagship sites — Philae Temple (on Agilkia Island, reached by motorboat), the Aswan High Dam, and the Unfinished Obelisk in the ancient granite quarry. Includes licensed Egyptologist, private transport, motorboat to Philae, and all entrance fees. From $77 per person.
Aswan sits at the first cataract of the Nile, the southern border of ancient Egypt. Three sites tell three stories: Philae Temple (Ptolemaic-era, dedicated to Isis, moved stone by stone to Agilkia Island in the 1970s to save it from Lake Nasser); the Aswan High Dam (Nasser’s 1960s engineering feat that created Lake Nasser and displaced 100,000 Nubians); and the Unfinished Obelisk (a 41-meter granite obelisk abandoned in its quarry when it cracked, giving us a rare view of ancient stone-cutting technique). Marvel packages the three into a private morning or afternoon.
The Aswan Day Tour is a private guided 4-6 hour tour covering Aswan’s three flagship sites — Philae Temple (on Agilkia Island, reached by motorboat), the Aswan High Dam, and the Unfinished Obelisk in the ancient granite quarry. Includes licensed Egyptologist, private transport, motorboat to Philae, and all entrance fees. From $77 per person.
Aswan sits at the first cataract of the Nile, the southern border of ancient Egypt. Three sites tell three stories: Philae Temple (Ptolemaic-era, dedicated to Isis, moved stone by stone to Agilkia Island in the 1970s to save it from Lake Nasser); the Aswan High Dam (Nasser’s 1960s engineering feat that created Lake Nasser and displaced 100,000 Nubians); and the Unfinished Obelisk (a 41-meter granite obelisk abandoned in its quarry when it cracked, giving us a rare view of ancient stone-cutting technique). Marvel packages the three into a private morning or afternoon.
Highlights
- Philae Temple — the beautifully preserved Ptolemaic temple of Isis, on Agilkia Island (motorboat access)
- Aswan High Dam — the 1960s-70s Soviet-Egyptian engineering project that created Lake Nasser
- Unfinished Obelisk — the 41-meter granite obelisk still lying in its ancient quarry, showing pharaonic stone-cutting technique
- Motorboat to Philae included — the temple is on an island in the Nile reservoir
- Private Egyptologist — Philae’s mythology (Isis-Osiris cult) explained on-site
