1 Day itinerary in Egypt, Africa
Day Tour High Dam, Philae Temple and unfinished Obelisk
Day Tour High Dam, Philae Temple and unfinished Obelisk
By Ibrahim and Amr
Overview
Physical Difficulty
Easy
Recommended Age
Everyone
Operated in
English
GUIDANCE
On Some Day Trips
starting point
Aswan
trip type
Private
trip attributes
Visit markets
Meet local people
Start/End
Night
Highlights
Visit Philae temple:
Visit The High Dam
Visit Unfinished Obelisk
visit Aswan
Visit Philae temple:
Visit The High Dam
Visit Unfinished Obelisk
visit Aswan
Itinerary
Day Tour High Dam, Philae Temple and unfinished Obelisk
Accommodation Categories
Day 1
Day Tour High Dam, Philae Temple And Unfinished Obelisk
In the morning, Egypt promotion Egyptologist tour guide will pick you up from the hotel or cruise and start to explorer Aswan by visiting: Philae temple: which dedicated to the goddess Isis and it’s a temple which tell one of the most famous Egyptian mythology of Isis and how she brought her beloved husband back to life, birth of her son Horus & mummifying Osiris after death. The temple was moved to a small island called Agilika after building the High Dam to preserve it from the flood & originally it was built during the reign of Ptolemy II (Egypt’s Greco-Roman Period). There was obelisks in front of the temple in the past which were removed by British Consul Henry Salt in 1918 and are now in a garden in Dorset, England. The High Dam: It’s a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan which considered an engineering miracle to protect Egypt from annual floods from the Nile as construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968. It was officially inaugurated in 1971 & its measures 111m in height, 3,830m in length, and has a base width of 980m. The spillway has a discharge capacity of 11,000m³ a second. Unfinished Obelisk: It’s a huge obelisk & it’s one of the most famous stones left behind and it’s taller than any known obelisk ever raised which abandoned when fractures appeared in its sides but still attached to bedrock. By discovering this obelisk; we have a good clue to how the ancient Egyptians quarried the hard granite with simple tools which used for building ancient temples & colossi status although it’s still a big mystery the method they brought this heavy stones to Cairo which is around 500 miles away from Aswan. Finish your tour & transfer back to your hotel or cruise.
What’s Included
Transport
- All transfers throughout the entire trip on private basis by A/C Deluxe Vehicle.
Extras
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Entrance fees to the mentioned historical place.
- Round trip transport by private Air condition vehicle
- Private Qualified Egyptologist guide (Other Language by request German, Chinese, Italian, Russian, a
- 02 small bottles of mineral water per person for the day.
- All Taxes & service charge.
Not Included
- Entry Fees of any sites didn’t mentioned in the itinerary.
- Food nor Beverage
- Tipping nor any extras not mentioned in the itinerary nor Personal expenses.
About Ibrahim
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I have been working in the tourism field for more than 14 years. I born in Luxor and now I live and work in Cairo. I established my own travel company in 2009, and we are now one of the leading tour operators in Egypt.
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