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Private Day Tour to Aswan Highlights and Nubian Village from Luxor by Train

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Description

Tour Availability: Daily

Pick up Time: 5:30 am (Available to change)

Tour Type: Private

Tour Duration: 12 to 14 hours

Pick up Location: Luxor east bank hotel or Nile Cruise.

Site opening time: 8 am to 5 pm.

Distance from Luxor to Aswan: 223 km

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

Experience the morning train from Luxor to Aswan and enjoy one of the best Luxor day tours. Visit the most important sightseeing in Aswan; High Dam, Philae temple and The Unfinished Obelisk with a qualified Egyptology tour guide. Have a chance to visit one of the Nubian families in Soheil Island on a full day tour from Luxor. With door-to-door transport by a private A/C vehicle and rounded-trip sitting train from Luxor and return.

  • Upon booking, it is very important to provide us with your hotel name and address as well as passports copies required for the government permission.

Itinerary:

Egypt Gift Tours representative will pick you up from Hotel in Luxor east bank on time, by air-conditioned car to Luxor train station, take the first train heading to Aswan.

Arrive at Aswan train after about 3 hours, meet your guide who will be waiting for you at Aswan train station to start your marvelous day by visiting the High Dam; an epic engineering accomplishment achieved between 1960 and 1970 to protect Egypt from the flood and generate electric. It was largely financed and supervised by the Soviet Union.

Proceed to visit the magnificent Greco Roman Temple of the goddess Isis; the chief deity of the Island and know the love story between Isis and Osiris using a small motorboat to get there.

then, to Aswan’s granite quarries to see the unfinished Obelisk, about 40 meters in length and 1000 tons, which is considered to be the longest and the heaviest obelisk ever cut in Egypt, most probably belongs to the famous queen Hatshepsut.

Continue, down to the Nile to take a motorboat, sailing slowly to enjoy the scenery and views to the Nubian Village on Soheil Island and have a welcome drink in one of the Nubian families’ house, talk to them, know about their customs, walk around the village with your guide.

Then, back to the dock by sunset and take the evening train back to Luxor, to be transferred to your hotel in Luxor east bank.

Meals included: No meals Included

Accommodation: Not included

Additional Information:

  • You will need to pay the entrance fees to the sightseeing by card except the High Dam and motorboat to Philae temple in Egyptian money cash.
  • You will need to carry Egyptian money cash for the water, drinks, Tipping to The guide and driver.
  • It is available to pick travelers at Luxor west bank hotels with extra 10$ USD per adult or child.
  • It is available to drop off travelers at Luxor west bank hotels with extra 10$ USD per adult or child.
  • It is available to pick travelers at Luxor local ferry boat (city side) without extra charge.
  • It is available to drop off travelers at Luxor airport with extra 15$ USD per person.
  • Upon booking, it is very important to provide us with your hotel name and address as well as passports copies required for the government permission.
  • If the Nubian village cancelled due to bad weather, you will be refunded with 25$USD per person
  • Other languages are available with extra charge 100$ USD per person upon your request.
  • Available to provide an Italian, French, German or Japanese tour guide with extra 100$ USD per person

Included:

  • Pickup service from your Hotel in Luxor east bank and return.
  • Train ticket to Aswan and return one to Luxor.
  • All transfers by a private A/C. vehicle.
  • Motorboat to the Nubian Village.
  • Professional English speaking Egyptologist Tour guide.

Excluded:

  • Entrance fees to the above-mentioned sightseeing.
  • Motorboat to Philae temple.
  • Any Extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
  • Tipping to the guide and driver.
  • lunch is optional in this tour.

Tour Price:

  • Single: 400$ USD
  • 2-15: 250$ USD

Children Policy:

  • 0 – 01.99 Free of charge.(no train seat)
  • 3 – 11.99 pay 80% of the tour price.
  • 12+ pay full tour price as per adult person.

Prices:

Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip. 

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