Overnight Private Guided Tour to Abu Simbel Temples From Aswan By Car

Tour Availability: Daily

Pick up Time: 4 am, 5 am, 6 am, 7am, 8 am, 9 am, 9:30 am(Available to change)

Tour Type: Private

Tour Duration: Overnight

Pick up Location: Aswan hotels/ Nile cruises.

Tour Language: English, Arabic, Spanish (other languages available with extra charge upon your request). 

Discover the UNISCO World Heritage Site of Abu Simel Temples on this overnight tour from Aswan. It is a more relaxed and less rushed way to see the famous Abu Simbel temples at ease. Visit the rock temples of Abu Simbel with an Egyptologist guide meeting you at Abu Simbel. Relax with a pleasant three to four hours’ one way drive to reach Abu Simbel from Aswan with the time to attend the most brilliant Sound and Light Show at Abu Simbel. Enjoy ample time to explore the temples on your own, before heading back to Aswan. Take it easy with door-to-door transfer by an air-conditioned vehicle.

itinerary:

Egypt Gift Tours representative will pick you up from your Aswan airport, train station, Aswan East bank hotels, or Nile cruise in Aswan from (pick up time starts with the earliest at 4 am and latest at 9:30 am) by air-conditioned car to hit the road to Abu Simbel to start your tour to the fascinate colorful temples of Abu Simbel. Drive for about 280 kilometers, approx. 3 to 4 hours through the Egyptian desert and watch the sunrise over the mountains.

Upon arrival, get to your hotel to check in and refresh then, drive to the temples of Abu Simbel to meet your Egyptology tour guide, buy your tickets, then take a short walk to the temple entrance. Your Egyptology guide will explain the history of the site. Hear details of the UNESCO-led relocation of the entire cliff face to higher ground, and how the temples were only discovered by accident in 1813.

Due to the large number of visitors, guides are not permitted inside the Great Temple of Ramses II or the smaller Temple of Hathor. However, by using photos and illustrations your guide will explain the structures and their interior artworks before giving you the free time to enter the temples and explore at leisure. As one of the few Ancient Egyptian sites that largely escaped damage from past invaders, the interiors of the Abu Simbel temples are astounding. The scale of the buildings and their detailed decorations leave most visitors in awe. The experience is further enhanced by the scenic location on the edge of Lake Nasser in the orange sands of the desert. After visiting the temples, benefit from the time for a visit to the small visitor’s center to see documents relating to the UNESCO relocation project.

Transfer to your hotel and have time to relax for a few hours before being transferred and escorted by a Guide in the evening to see the renowned Sound and Light Show at Abu Simbel Temples, considered the best Sound and Light Show in Egypt. Once it has finished, you will be transferred back to your Hotel for an overnight.

An early start after breakfast before getting crowdy with visitors, then you will be transferred to the temples to enable you to see the Temples at Abu Simbel on your own in their glory with the sun rising in their unique style and considered to be the masterpieces of ancient Egypt reflecting the glory and grandeur of the New Kingdom.

Finally, drive back in comfort to your Aswan hotel or Nile Cruise.

Included:

• Pickup service from your Hotel/ Nile cruise and return.
• All transfers by a private A/C. vehicle.
• Professional English speaking Egyptologist Tour guide.
• bottle of water during the tour.

Excluded:

• Hotel Accommodation.
• Entrance fees to the above-mentioned sightseeing.
• Any Extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
• Tipping to the guide and driver.
• lunch is optional in this tour.
• It is available to pick Travelers from Aswan west bank hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
• It is available to transfer Travelers to their Hotels in Aswan west bank hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.

Tour Price:

• Single: 260$ USD
• 2-15: 180$ USD

Prices:

Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip.

Children Policy:

• 0 – 04.99 Free of Charge.
• 5 – 11.99 pay 50% of the tour price.
• 12+ pay full tour price as per adult person.