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Nile & Aswanthen Cairo & Gizathen Fayoum
4 nights · 5 days · As a couple
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- Day 2 Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam · About 4.5 hours
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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Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam
- Unfinished Obelisk
- Philae
- The High Dam
Add to day 2More about this tour
- In a vehicle
- Short drives within Aswan and a motorboat to Philae
- At the sites
- Most of the 4.5 hours
- Format
- Private
- Best time
- Morning; Aswan is the hottest stop on the Nile by midday
- Published departure window
- Morning pickup
- Philae Open 07:00–16:00 · checked 11 September 2026
Our tip Go in the morning, then take a felucca in the late afternoon: that is Aswan done well in a day.
The full tour pageCompatible tours for day 2 (1)
- Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical Garden
- Elephantine Island
- Kitchener's Island Botanical Garden
- A felucca at Aswan
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Cairo & Giza
Days 3–5 · 2 nightsWhat to know about Cairo & Giza
- How long
- 3 nights recommended. Give Giza and the museum a full day together, then a second day for historic Cairo's mosques, churches and bazaar.
- What deserves priority
- Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Grand Egyptian Museum.
- Al-Mu'izz Street
The main street of the Fatimid court city, where for eight centuries anyone with power built to be seen.
Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
The synagogue whose storeroom kept a medieval community's paperwork for centuries.
Open 09:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Cairo Citadel
A medieval fortress above the whole of Cairo, and the seat of Egypt's rulers for more than six centuries.
Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Dahshur
Where the Egyptians learned how to build a pyramid, by getting it wrong first.
Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Giza Plateau
Three generations of kings built here; the plateau asks who did the building, and how they lived.
Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026
- Grand Egyptian Museum
A museum whose greatest collections belong to places you can see on the same day.
- Day 3Travel to Cairo & GizaFlight option: about 1½ hours by air. Allow extra time for airports and transfers.See day
- Day 4Fayoum Oasis Day Trip from CairoSuggested · Full day · about 10 hoursFayoum is where the desert meets water: a lake the pharaohs knew, and new lakes made from the fields' own drainage.See day
- Day 5Departure dayPlanned around your flight
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- Cairo & Giza2 nights
- FayoumA visit from Cairo & Giza
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