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Abu Simbelthen Nile & Aswanthen Luxor
8 nights · 9 days · as a couple
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Abu Simbel
Days 1–2 · 2 nightsWhat to know about Abu Simbel
- How long
- From an Aswan base. Ramses II's colossal temple on Lake Nasser, reached from Aswan by an early road trip of about six hours there and back, or by a short flight.
- What deserves priority
- The temples of Ramses II and Nefertari.
- Abu Simbel
Two temples cut into a cliff above the Nile, taken apart and rebuilt higher to save them.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
Nile & Aswan
Days 3–7 · 5 nightsWhat to know about Nile & Aswan
- How long
- 4–5 nights recommended. Temples by day and the river between them: choose a boat by its name and its hours ashore, and the Nile does the rest.
- What deserves priority
- A cruise or dahabiya, Philae and time in Aswan.
- Aswan High Dam
The monument that ended ancient Egypt's calendar.
- Edfu Temple
The temple of Horus, whose walls are a library turned outwards.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Elephantine
A granite island at the first cataract, where Egypt used to end.
Open 08:00–16:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Kom Ombo Temple
A temple built twice over, side by side, for the crocodile and the falcon.
Open 07:00–21:00, checked 15 September 2026
- Lake Nasser
An archive of ancient Nubia that nobody can visit.
- Nubian Village
A living Nubian village on the west bank at Aswan, facing the island of Sehel.
- Day 3Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical GardenTravel day · Our suggestion · About 2 hoursSee day
- Day 4Nile Cruise from Aswan to LuxorOur suggestion · 4 days · 3 nightsSee day
- Day 5Kom Ombo and EdfuOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 2 of 4See day
- Day 6Luxor: both banksOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 3 of 4See day
- Day 7Disembark in LuxorOur suggestion · Nile cruise, day 4 of 4See day
Luxor
Days 8–9 · 1 nightWhat to know about Luxor
- How long
- 2–3 nights recommended. Stay in Luxor and you reach the West Bank tombs in the cool of the morning, with Karnak in the afternoon light.
- What deserves priority
- Valley of the Kings, West Bank and Karnak.
- Colossi of Memnon
Two seated colossi of Amenhotep III, the gatekeepers of a temple the flood once filled.
- Karnak
Not a temple. A temple city.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
- Luxor Temple
The temple the god came to visit.
Open 06:00–20:00, checked 15 September 2026
- Medinet Habu
Ramesses III's temple and fortress, where the builders of the royal tombs came to demand their pay.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 29 September 2026
- Temple of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut's terraced temple against the cliffs, facing Karnak across the river.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 3 September 2026
- The Ramesseum
The temple and grain store of Ramesses II, where the fallen colossus of Ozymandias lies.
Open 06:00–17:00, checked 17 October 2026
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- Luxor1 night
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