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Abu Simbel Temples from Aswan

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 9 hours

Departs: Egypt, Egypt

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

See the magnificent temples of Abu Simbel on a private day trip from Aswan. Explore ancient sanctuaries carved out of the sandstone mountainside, the UNESCO-listed Abu Simbel temples are among Nubia's most spectacular, with monumental statues and elaborate carvings, but the sites are located far from the beaten path, near the Sudanese border. Visit Abu Simbel as a hassle-free day trip from Aswan, on a 9-hour private tour that includes entrance fees and transport by air-conditioned vehicle. Choose from several departure options at time of booking.

What's Included

All service charges and taxes

All transfers by private air-conditioned vehicle

Bottled water during the tours

Entry fees to Abu Simbel two temples

Pick up services from your hotel in Aswan and return

Qualified Egyptologist tour guide

What's Not Included

Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary

Entrance fees

Gratuities

Tipping

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 6 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Pick-up and drop-off at Aswan airport is subject to an additional fee of US$10 per person
Pick-up location in Aswan: name and address - Max. 48 hours before travel date
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Tour Guides are not allowed inside the Abu Simbel temples. Tour Guide will explain all the important information outside before you enter.

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Pick-up and drop-off at Aswan airport is subject to an additional fee of US$10 per person
Pick-up location in Aswan: name and address - Max. 48 hours before travel date
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Tour Guides are not allowed inside the Abu Simbel temples. Tour Guide will explain all the important information outside before you enter.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Aswan

Begin with pickup at your hotel or Nile cruise boat in Aswan, and then make the trip to Abu Simbel in a private Car (almost 3 hours’ drive). Upon arrival your guide will show you the world renowned twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC, during the 19th Dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II.

• Admission Ticket Free

Abu Simbel Temple Complex

The Great Temple at Abu Simbel is generally considered the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Ramesses II, and one of the most beautiful in Egypt. The great temple of Amon Re and Ra-Harakhte where the four famous colossal statues of Ramses II sit majestically over 20 meters high, staring out across the desert. Enjoy a fantastic lecture from your personal guide outside the temples, and then free time to look inside the temple interior, which sinks 200 feet (60 mt) into the mountain, with statues and carvings that depict Ramses II’s military victories and captives. On the back wall of the temple you will see the statues dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified Ramesses himself.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Abu Simbel

Later on, walk to the small temple of Hathor dedicated to the cow-headed goddess of love, happiness, joy and music built in honor of Ramses favorite wife Queen Nefertari, Six massive standing statues front the temple each 10 meters high.
Between 1964 and 1968, the entire site was carefully cut into large blocks (up to 30 tons, averaging 20 tons), dismantled, lifted and reassembled in a new location 65 metres higher and 200 metres back from the river, in one of the greatest challenges of archaeological engineering in history. Some structures were even saved from under the waters of Lake Nasser.
After visiting the temple complex, make the return trip to Aswan, where this tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel or cruise ship.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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