Full Day Abu Simbel tour from Aswan

In the early morning, your private Desert Cruise Travel guide will collect you from your hotel in Aswan at 04:30 AM for a comfortable three-hour drive south to Abu Simbel in a private, air-conditioned vehicle. This exclusive tour allows you to travel at ease while enjoying the desert landscape on the way to one of Egypt’s most extraordinary archaeological sites.

Upon arrival, you will visit the spectacular Abu Simbel Temples, built during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century BC. Carved directly into the rock, these monumental temples are dedicated to Ramses II and his beloved wife Queen Nefertari and are considered masterpieces of New Kingdom architecture. When the construction of the Aswan High Dam threatened to submerge the temples, an international rescue operation led by UNESCO and the Egyptian government successfully relocated them stone by stone to their present location.

Your professional Egyptologist guide will escort you through the Great Temple of Ramses II (Sun Temple), dedicated to Ramses II and the gods Ra-Horakhty, Amun, and Ptah, as well as the Temple of Nefertari, also known as the Temple of Hathor. During the visit, your guide will explain the symbolism, carvings, statues, and the remarkable engineering behind the temples’ relocation.

After spending approximately two hours exploring the site, you will begin the return journey to Aswan, arriving back at your hotel around 12:30 PM.