From the Cairo desk
Tour Overview
Aswan’s classic trio: modern dam, Isis temple on the island, and the granite quarry. This itinerary is "High Dam, Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk". Named stops: Aswan High Dam, Philae temple of Isis, Unfinished obelisk.
One private car, a boat to Philae, and enough time that the quarry is not a five-minute photo.
The High Dam is the modern counterweight: the lake that forced Philae and Abu Simbel to move. Philae is an island temple of Isis, moved above the new lake after the High Dam — reached by a short boat, not a parking-lot walk. The unfinished obelisk still lies in the Aswan granite quarry — a single stone that never left the bedrock.
"High Dam, Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk" is written for Approx. 5 Hrs. Pickup is from the hotel you name; the first stop is the first site on this page, not a coach timetable.
Private means your party only. Empty seats are not filled with strangers, and shops not named on this page are not added at the gate.
There is no online checkout for "High Dam, Philae and the Unfinished Obelisk". Send dates, hotel or ship, and party size; we reply from Downtown Cairo with an outline and a quote for this itinerary.
Pickup is from your Cairo or Giza hotel. Send the inquiry form and we confirm the hour from our Downtown Cairo office. There is no online checkout.
On this outline
- 01 Aswan High Dam
- 02 Philae temple of Isis
- 03 Unfinished obelisk




