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Abu Simbelthen Nile & Aswanthen Fayoum
5 nights · 6 days · As a couple
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Nile & Aswan
Days 1–2 · 2 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 1Arrival in Nile & AswanTime reserved for arrivalSee day
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Abu Simbel Day Trip from Aswan
- Abu Simbel
Add to day 2More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- About 3.5 hours each way by road
- At the sites
- Ask us: time at the temples depends on your departure slot
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- A later departure for fewer people; the earliest one for the morning light
- Published departure window
- Daily, between 5:00 am and 9:00 am
- Abu Simbel Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
Our tip Choose an early departure if cooler sightseeing matters most, or request a later, gentler start. Allow about 3.5 hours to reach the temples; an early pickup is not a promise of sunrise on site.
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Fayoum
Days 3–6 · 3 nightsWhat to know about Fayoum
- How long
- A day from Cairo, or a night. About two hours from Cairo each way. A day covers Wadi El Rayan or the Valley of the Whales; a night by Lake Qarun lets you see both without rushing.
- What deserves priority
- Wadi El Rayan's lakes and waterfalls, and the whale fossils of Wadi El Hitan.
- Wadi el-Hitan
A desert valley of fossil whales with legs, from a sea that covered Egypt forty million years ago.
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- Abu SimbelA visit from Nile & Aswan
- Nile & Aswan2 nights
- Fayoum3 nights
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- 5 nights · 6 days
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- As a couple
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