Abu Simbel Day Tour by Minivan

Tour Itinerary

You will be picked up from your hotel and today you will visit Abu Simbel temples which are two massive rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser. The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC.

The Great Temple
The Great Temple at Abu Simbel, which took about twenty years to build, was completed around year 24 of the reign of Rameses the Great (which corresponds to 1265 BCE). It was dedicated to the gods Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah, as well as to the deified Rameses himself. It is generally considered the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Rameses II, and one of the most beautiful in Egypt.

The Small Temple of Hathor
The temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple, was built about one hundred meters northeast of the temple of Ramesses II and was dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses II's chief consort, Nefertari. This was in fact the second time in ancient Egyptian history that a temple was dedicated to a queen.
You will be given free time to explore the inside part of those temples as wel.

Includes

• Pick up from your hotel in Aswan or Aswan port
• Qualified Egyptologist guide
• All entrance fees for all museums mentioned in the itinerary
• Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking private minivan
• Return transfer to hotel in Aswan or Aswan port

Excludes

• International flights
• Visas
• Drinks
• Unmentioned services

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