39-From Marsa Alam or Qussiar :Full Day Trip to Edfu And Aswan
Duration
1 day
Max People
26
Min Age
2+
Pickup
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Overview
This full-day trip from Marsa Alam to Edfu and Aswan allows you to experience two of the most important archaeological sites in Upper Egypt. You will visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu, one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt, and the Temple of Kom Ombo, a unique double temple dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and the falcon-headed god Horus.
The tour typically begins with an early morning pickup from your hotel in Marsa Alam. You will then travel by private air-conditioned vehicle to Edfu, a town located on the west bank of the Nile River. The journey takes approximately 4 hours.
Once in Edfu, you will visit the Temple of Horus, a massive Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus. The temple is one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt, and its walls are covered with hieroglyphs and reliefs depicting the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt.
Tour Plan
which dedicated to the falcon-headed God, Horus and his wife Hathor the Goddess of beauty, music and love.
the temple of the world-wide worshipped goddess ISIS.
The Aswan High Dam : is an embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan old dam initially completed in 1902 downstream. Based on the success of the old dam, then at its maximum utilization, construction of the High Dam became a key objective of the government following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952; with its ability to better control flooding, provide increased water storage for irrigation and generate hydroelectricity, the dam was seen as pivotal to Egypt’s planned industrialization. Like the earlier implementation, the High Dam has had a significant effect on the economy and culture of Egypt.
There is a possibility to visit the Nubian village and to meet the African Egyptians Nubian people it is completely different atmosphere than the resort where you stay and the ancient site you visit.
Included/Excluded
- All transfer in an air-conditioned private vehicle.
- Entrance fees for all the sites mentioned.
- Professional Egyptology tour guide.
- Lunch in the west bank of Luxor.
- Any supplement not mentioned in the program.
- The tour of banana island.
- Tipping
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