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Explore Aswan and discover her most popular sites on this guided tour to the High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk and the alluring Temple of Philae, set on its own island in the Nile.

• Hotel Pick-up and Drop-Off from all Aswan hotels.
• Private air-conditioned transportation
• Private English-speaking guide
• Guided tour to the High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk and Temple of Philae.

Explore Aswan and discover her most popular sites on this guided tour to the High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk and the alluring Temple of Philae, set on its own island in the Nile.  

Your day starts with a visit to the magnificent Aswan High Dam. Although it was constructed several millennia after the majority of Egypt’s iconic landmarks, the High Dam is equally as impressive. A miracle of modern engineering, the dam is 364 feet high and spans for over two miles and contains eighteen times the material used to build the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Once, the largest rock-filled dam in the world, today the dam provides irrigation and electricity for the whole of Egypt.

From here, you continue to the Unfinished Obelisk. Much of the granite used for Egypt’s temples was quarried in Aswan and in the Northern Quarry you will find an unfinished obelisk that has remained in situ ever since a crack was discovered as it was hewn from the rock. Possibly intended as a companion to the Lateran Obelisk that once stood proud at Karnak, if completed the obelisk would have been the largest piece of stone ever handled.

Your tour concludes with a visit to the beautiful Temple of Philae. Dismantled and reassembled on higher ground after the completion of the Aswan High Dam threatened its existence, the temple is dedicated to the goddess Isis and is set on its own island. The temple is widely regarded as the prettiest in Egypt.

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• Optional Gratuities

Casual. Dress according to the weather for that day. A sunhat, sunglasses, sunscreen and a bottle of water are recommended. PLEASE NOTE: Price based on a minimum of two persons travelling. A single supplement of £19 applies for all single person bookings. In most temples and museums in Egypt, an additional fee for photo and video cameras is requested. In general you can expect approximately 5 - 10 Egyptian Pounds for photo cameras, and approximately 100 Egyptian Pounds for video cameras.

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