From the Cairo desk
Tour Overview
Road to Aswan, Philae and the High Dam, a hotel night, then the early convoy to Abu Simbel. This itinerary is "Overnight Aswan and Abu Simbel from Luxor". Named stops: High Dam, Philae, Abu Simbel temples, Return to Luxor.
Two calendar days, one hotel night in Aswan. Abu Simbel is a pre-dawn start; we do not pretend otherwise.
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. Abu Simbel is the four seated kings of Ramses II, cut from the cliff and lifted above the lake, with Nefertari’s smaller temple beside them.
"Overnight Aswan and Abu Simbel from Luxor" is written for 1 Night / 2 Days. 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 "Overnight Aswan and Abu Simbel from Luxor". 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 High Dam
- 02 Philae
- 03 Abu Simbel temples
- 04 Return to Luxor




