Private Day Tour to Aswan Highlights and Nubian Village from Luxor by Train


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Duration: 14 hours

Departs: Cairo, Cairo

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Experience the morning train from Luxor to Aswan and enjoy one of the best Luxor day tours. Visit the most important sightseeing in Aswan; High Dam, Philae temple and the Unfinished Obelisk with a qualified Egyptology tour guide. Have a chance to visit one of the Nubian families on Soheil Island on a full day tour from Luxor. With door-to-door transport by a private A/C vehicle and rounded-trip sitting train from Luxor and return.
Note: the trains in Egypt never arrive on time, so we might have to wait at Luxor train station for some time to catch the first train arriving in the morning.


What's Included

All transfers/pickup service from your Hotel in Luxor and return by A/C vehicle.

First Class Sitting Train Ticket to Aswan round-trip.

Motorboat to the Nubian Village.

Professional English speaking Egyptologist Tour guide.

What's Not Included

Entrance fees to the mentioned sightseeing.

lunch is optional in this tour.

Motorboat to Philae temple.

Tipping to the guide and driver.


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
  • CHILD: Age: 6 - 11
  • ADULT: Age: 12 - 120

Additional Info

  • All Hotels, Rental Apartments or villas in Luxor East Bank.
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • All Hotels, Rental Apartments or villas in Luxor East Bank.
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Luxor
Egypt Gift Tours licensed expert tour guide will pick you up from your hotel around 6:00 am, by air-conditioned car to Luxor train station, take the first train heading to Aswan.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Aswan High Dam
Arrive at Aswan train after about 3 hours, to start your marvelous day by visiting the High Dam; an epic engineering accomplishment achieved between 1960 and 1970 to protect Egypt from the flood and generate electric. It was largely financed and supervised by the Soviet Union.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Temple of Philae
Proceed to visit the magnificent Greco Roman Temple of the goddess Isis; the chief deity of the island and know the love story between Isis and Osiris using a small motorboat to get there

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Unfinished Obelisk
Then, to Aswan's granite quarries to see the unfinished Obelisk, about 40 meters in length and 1000 tons, which is considered to be the longest and the heaviest obelisk ever cut in Egypt, most probably belongs to the famous queen Hatshepsut.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Nubian Village
Continue, down to the Nile to take a motorboat, sailing slowly to enjoy the scenery and views to the Nubian Village on Soheil Island and have a welcome drink in one of the Nubian families' house, talk to them, know about their customs, walk around the village with your guide.Then, back to the dock by sunset and take the evening train back to Luxor.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free






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