Travelogues Aswan

Arrival in Edfu around 05:30 AM. Edfu A little mo

Today we are starting at 08:00 AM. It's unusual for us to be able to sleep in this long. The felucca is already waiting next to our river cruise ship for the trip to Kitchener...

Today we're traveling from Aswan to Abu Simbel by bus. We had already booked this excursion in advance for €149 with our trip reservation. The alarm goes off at 03:45 AM. Yes,...

Since we arrived at Aswan around midnight and our cabin was facing the street, we were able to sleep quite peacefully, as we learned from other travelers at breakfast. There were...

First, ferry to the island

Today is the last day in Assuan. We visit the unfinished obelisk. Hatshepsut commissioned this mega obelisk, it would have been the largest obelisk ever built in Egypt....

Today we are driving further south, almost 4 hours by car, to Abu Simbel to visit the temple of Ramses II and his wife Nefertari. I think everyone knows these temples, which...

Today we are going back to Assuan - which means going through the same straight road that leads through the desert. This time we are staying on Elephantine Island in Assuan, an...

We have been longing for a day when we don't have to get up before 5 o'clock - today is the day. The only attraction on the agenda is the Kom Ombo Temple, which we will visit at...

The highlight of the Nile cruise: the temples of Abu Simbel and an adventurous journey back to the ship

And the journey continued, partly on a sailboat and in complete calm in the middle of the Nile. The temple complex on the island of Angilki was very worth seeing.

Continuing along the Nile to the double temple of Kom Ombo.

Continuing on the Nile, from Luxor to Edfu, to the Horus Temple.