Aswan Attractions and Sightseeing
In your one day tour in Aswan, explore three of the most well known Aswan attractions like Aswan High Dam, the unfinished obelisk and Philae temple.
High Dam, Aswan
One of the greatest engineering projects ever executed is the Aswan High Dam, across the Nile River in southern Egypt.
Philae Temple
Before the entrance of the great pylon and to the East and West there are a colonnade of columns with different capitals. Here is the Western colonnade which had 31 columns.
Kiosk of the Emperor Trajan (Pharaoh's Bed)
The Kiosk of Trajan on Philae island and now on Agilika island.
Hatshepsut unfinished Obelisk
One of the most popular sites in Aswan which provides immense in formations into the stone work and methods employed by the ancient Egyptians.
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Aswan Sightseeing – Best Aswan Sites
Aswan attractions day tour is one of the best things to do in Aswan while you are there. It begins with pick up time from your hotel or Nile Cruise then you will start your tour with your guide to Aswan High Dam which is far 15 km from Aswan. On the way, you will pass by the old dam which made by the British 1902.
Aswan High Dam
Aswan Dam is a rock-fill dam, 300 kilometers to the north of the Sudanese borders. The dam started in 1960 and it was officially inaugurated in 1971. Aswan dan was considered an engineering miracle because it has 18 times stone materials used in the great pyramid in Cairo. The dam-controlled the annual floods and stopped the damage which used to occur along the floodplain meanwhile supply half of Egypt’s power supply.
Philae Temple – Isis Temple
Philae temple south of the Aswan old dam is considered the center of the cult of the goddess Isis and one of the last remaining places where the ancient religion and language survived after the arrival of Christianity. The temple was converted into a church which explains the defacement of many of the god’s figures. To reach the site of the temple on Agilika island in the middle of the Nile, you will get a motorboat.
Hear the history of your professional guide and admire the romantic Philae Temple on Philae Island that rocky island in the middle of the River Nile. The temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis and it’s considered one of the greatest Egyptian temples built in the Greco-Roman era. Many of the Ptolemaic kings added parts to the temple starting from PtolemyII, IV, V, VI, VII and Ptolemy XI. The temple was moved from its original place on Philae island to its present location on Egilika island after Egypt built the Aswan high dam.
Unfinished Obelisk
The unfinished Obelisk supposed to be the largest obelisk ever constructed but the project was uncompleted. Queen Hatshepsut ordered to cut the Obelisk during the New Kingdom to be erected at Karnak temple.
The Unfinished Obelisk located in Aswan granite quarries and it supposed to be the heaviest Obelisk ever constructed weighing 1200 tons and the tallest one measures 42 meters.
The unfinished Obelisk shows the techniques the ancients used to free the blocks from the bedrock. They made small holes or cavities around the four sides of the chosen size then they filled the holes with wooden logs. They then water the wooden logs made them expand causing detaching the Obelisk from the base.
Aswan unfinished Obelisk is between 8 other Obelsiks still in Egypt like those of Karnak temple, Luxor temple, Luxor Museum, Cairo international airport, Gezira Island, and Heliopolis Obelisk. At the end of the tour, your guide will take you back to your hotel or Nile cruise.
Important Notice
One of the Aswan attractions is the Sound and Light show at Philae temple every night in different languages.
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Our goal is to provide extensive tours and excursion services and innovative travel products for our guests to ensure they enjoy the best of what Egypt has to offer as a holiday destination but we understand things happen in life and sometimes you have to cancel or change your tour plan. We want to make it as easy as possible to do so we try to make our cancellation policy as good as we can and we divided the cancellation policy into Individual Travelers, groups depending on the high and peak period of the season.
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Cancellation requests should be sent via fax or emailed to provide the Company with written confirmation that your reservation should be cancelled.
In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied.
- For daily excursions no cancellation fee ( 0 % cancellation fee ) is charged and a full refund is given if the cancellation is received 12 hours before trip starts.
- Less than 12 hours before the trip starts a 50% will be charged as a cancellation fee.
- Additionally, there are cancellation fees on all domestic flights within Egypt. If you cancel a tour at any time, you will be subject to any fees according to airline’s cancellation policy.
Cancellation by Golavita
We reserve the right to cancel a tour at any circumstances but will not cancel a tour less than 45 days before departure, except for Force Majeure, Low Bookings or clients’ failure to pay the final balance, the Company will, upon cancellation, return all monies paid excluding payment for travel insurance or offer an alternative tour of comparable standard. No compensation will be paid to the Client if cancellation is because of Force Majeure or Low Bookings.
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Cancellation by the clients
Cancellation requests should be sent via fax or emailed to provide the Company with written confirmation that your reservation should be cancelled.
In case you cancel your trip, the following scale of charges will be applied.
Individual Travelers
- Up to 20 days before arrival date 5% cancellation fee
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Groups (10 persons or more)
- Up to 30 days before arrival date 5% cancellation fee
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- 30 days before arrival date 25% cancellation fee
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- 15 days before arrival date 100% cancellation fee
Cancellation by Golavita
We reserve the right to cancel a tour at any circumstances but will not cancel a tour less than 45 days before departure, except for Force Majeure, Low Bookings or clients’ failure to pay the final balance, the Company will, upon cancellation, return all monies paid excluding payment for travel insurance or offer an alternative tour of comparable standard. No compensation will be paid to the Client if cancellation is because of Force Majeure or Low Bookings.
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Is it allowed for non-Muslims to enter historical mosques in Egypt?
• Non-Catholics can enter the Vatican and non-Christians are welcomed at churches around the world. While not all the holy mosques of Egypt are off-limits to non-Muslims. All the historical mosques are open for the visit of Muslims/non-Muslims alike like Mohamed Ali Mosque within the Citadel, Amr Ibn El Ass mosque, Ibn Tulun mosque, El Refae mosque, Madrassa of Sultan Hassan and Al Azhar mosque. However, there are protocols which must be followed. Always remember a mosque is a place of prayer and worship for Muslims. It is not a museum.
Can I take pictures while visiting the monuments in Egypt
The answer is between yes and no. in most of the sightseeing it is allowed to take photos and make your trip memorable but there are other places in which you can not take even your camera with you for example Egyptian Museum, Valley of the kings, inside any of the Pyramid, inside the tombs in Sakkara, tombs of noblemen in Luxor, valley of the queens in Luxor.
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