Your trip
Western Desertthen Nile & Aswan
19 nights · 20 days · As a couple
Your itinerary
See how the days fit together. Keep the draft, change a day or leave it open for us.
Balanced draft
Timing is indicative. We confirm connections and availability in your quote.
See a lighter itinerary
The same interests with fewer full or active days. Your choices stay in place.
- Day 11 Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical Garden · About 2 hours
- Day 12 Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam · About 4.5 hours
Western Desert
Days 1–8 · 8 nightsWhat to know about Western Desert
- How long
- 1–2 nights recommended. Stay the night: the chalk towers glow at sunset and sunrise, and we arrange the camp and permits for you.
- What deserves priority
- White Desert landscapes and a night under the stars.
- White Desert
Chalk towers in the desert north of Farafra, best seen at the low light of dawn and dusk.
- Day 1Arrival in Western DesertTime reserved for arrivalSee day
- Day 2A free day in Western DesertOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 3Another free day in Western DesertOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 4Another free day in Western DesertOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 5Another free day in Western DesertOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 6Another free day in Western DesertOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 7Another free day in Western DesertOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 8Another free day in Western DesertOpen for us to plan with youSee day
Nile & Aswan
Days 9–20 · 11 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 9Travel to Nile & AswanTransfer time reservedSee day
- Day 10A free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 11Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical GardenSuggested · About 2 hoursA slow afternoon on the river at the first cataract, where Egypt used to end.See day
- Day 12Kom Ombo and Edfu Day Tour from AswanSuggested · Full day · about 8 hoursTwo temples the Ptolemies built in the old Egyptian way, part of how Egypt kept reimagining eternity under Greek rule: Kom Ombo for a crocodile and a falcon, and Edfu for Horus, joined each year by Hathor sailing south from Dendera.See day
Our suggestion for this day
Philae Temple, the Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam
- Unfinished Obelisk
- Philae
- The High Dam
Add to day 13More 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 13 (1)
- Aswan Felucca to Elephantine and the Botanical Garden
- Elephantine Island
- Kitchener's Island Botanical Garden
- A felucca at Aswan
Add something extra (1)
Make this day better
- Day 14Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 15Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 16Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 17Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 18Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 19Another free day in Nile & AswanOpen for us to plan with youSee day
- Day 20Departure dayPlanned around your flight
Show the trip so far
- Western Desert8 nights
- Nile & Aswan11 nights
0 of 19 days chosen · the rest we plan with you
PricePriced in your quote
- Length
- 19 nights · 20 days
- Travelling
- As a couple
- When
- Not set yet