Tour Details
Highlights
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Leave the tourist trail behind at El-Kab
Enjoy the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt
Tour Riverside fortifications that span thousands of years
Visit the oldest temple built during the ruling period of the New Kingdom.
See well-preserved Ptolemaic carvings
Choose to go back to Aswan or a drop off in Luxor
Included
Transportation in A/C new model comfortable car
Professional guiding in your preferred language
Entrance fees for all attractions mentioned in the itinerary
Lunch at local restaurant
One bottle of mineral water
Refreshing towels
All taxes and service charges
Excluded
- Personal expenses like drinks, souvenirs, etc....
Tipping to guide and driver
Travel insurance
Please Note
- Comfortable shoes
- Sunglasses
- Hat
Hotel Pickup
* Your guide will be waiting for you at the hotel lobby 15 minutes before departure time
Itinerary
* Our first visit we drive about 35KM to the south till we reach El-Kab, a rock-cut tombs of the early 18th Dynasty (1550–1295 BC), located on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of Wadi Hillal, you will visit the tomb of Ahmose, son of Ibana, contain important biographical accounts regarding the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt by the early kings of the 18th dynasty. The tombs of note are those of Pahery and Renni, which date to the reign of Thutmose III. The decoration of the tombs is amongst the most beautiful at the site. Discover the ruins and the mud bricks outer wall of the ancient Nekhen, the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of the Predynastic period (c. 3200 – 3100 BC).
* Later on, will be heading to the Temple of Khnum in Esna, one of the remarkable Greco Roman temples in Upper Egypt. Constructed in the 1st century AD during the Greco-Roman reign in Egypt, it resembles a much older temple built during the ruling period of the New Kingdom.
* By the end of your tour we stop by a local restaurant for lunch then drive back to Aswan.