Three of Aswan’s main sights in one private day. Your guide collects you from your hotel and takes you first to the High Dam, the 1960s project that tamed the Nile’s annual flood, then to the Unfinished Obelisk in the ancient granite quarry, which shows how the pharaohs’ stoneworkers cut their monuments. The tour ends with a short boat ride to Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis and rebuilt on its island after the dam was built. Hotel pickup, transport and guiding are included, from $60.
Your guide collects you from your hotel in Aswan for a private day at three of the city’s main sights.
The High Dam. Built in the 1960s, the dam ended the Nile’s yearly flood and created Lake Nasser, one of the largest artificial lakes in the world.
The Unfinished Obelisk. In the ancient granite quarry lies a huge obelisk, probably ordered by Queen Hatshepsut, that cracked before it could be finished. It shows exactly how the ancient Egyptians cut their monuments from the rock.
Philae Temple. The day ends with a short boat ride to Philae, the island temple of the goddess Isis, which was moved stone by stone to its present island to save it from the rising water.
You are then driven back to your hotel.
