3-day Luxor, Aswan & Abu Simbel tour from Sahel Hasheesh

Early morning, we will pick you up at 05:00 am from your hotel in Sahel Hashesh by a private A.C. Car to be transferred to Luxor . Upon arrival you will meet your private tour guide who will join you to visit: Karnak Temple: No site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak . It is the largest temple complex ever built by man and represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders and pharaohs. The Temple of Karnak is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples situated on 247 acres of land. Luxor Temple: The Temple of Luxor was the center of the most important festival, the festival of Opet. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Rameses II, the temple's purpose was as a setting for the rituals of the festival. The festival was to reconcile the human aspect of the ruler with the divine office. Lunch in Local Restaurant, After the Lunch, You will Visit the valley of the Kings Valley of the Kings: The final resting place of Egypt's rulers from the 18th to the 20th dynasty is home to tombs including the great pharaoh Ramses II and boy pharaoh Tutankhamen. The tombs were well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world. Most of the decoration inside the tombs is still well preserved. Hatshepsut Temple: It is one of the most beautiful & best preserved of all of the temples of Ancient Egypt. The temple was built on three levels with two wide ramps in a central position joining the levels together. Colossi of Memnon: Two massive stone statues of king Amenhotep III are the only remains of a complete mortuary temple. The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which exist in Cairo then moved 700 KM to Luxor
Drive to Aswan from Luxor over Night in Basma Hotel

Pick up time from your hotel in Aswan and Drive to Abu Simbel, start at 04:00 am, arrival in Abu Simbel at 07: 00, Visit the two great temples of Ramses the second and his Wife Queen Nefertari, Find out how they were displaced in 1960 with the help of the Egyptian government and UNESCO to avoid rising waters of the Nile. See the mural depicting the famous victory of Ramses II at the Battle of Qadesh and admire the small temple he built for his favorite wife, Queen Nefertari. Marvel at the rock sanctuary and its incredible bas-reliefs Lunch on board of the Nile Felucca Visits of Aswan including the Temple of Philae and tour by Felucca around Elephantine, the High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk Phiala temple: Built to honor the goddess Isis, this was the last temple built in the classical Egyptian style. Construction began around 690 BC, and it was one of the last outposts where the goddess was worshipped. The High Dam: Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968. It was officially inaugurated in 1971. The Unfinished Obelisk : Aswan was the source of ancient Egypt’s finest granite, used to make statues and embellish temples, pyramids, and obelisks. The large unfinished obelisk in the Northern Quarries has provided valuable insight into how these monuments were created, although the full construction process is still not entirely clear. Three sides of the shaft, nearly 42m long, were completed except for the inscriptions. At 1168 tonnes, the completed obelisk would have been the single heaviest piece of stone the Egyptians ever fashioned. .Overnight in Aswan in Basma Hotel

After Breakfast, Drive to Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo Kom Ombo temple: Kom Ombo Locates 50 K.m North Of Aswan. From all the ancient Temples in Egypt, this is the only one which is divided into two, to reflect its dedication to two Gods: Sobek, the Crocodile God of fertility; and the falcon-headed Horus, God of the sky. Kom Ombo is also famous for the depictions of surgeon's instruments, giving us an early record of medicine and surgery in Ancient Egypt. Lunch in Local Restaurant, Then Visit Edfu Edfu temple : Edfu temple is a very huge Ptolemaic Temple of Horus, The Falcon the most complete and best-preserved of the Egyptian Temples, consisting of many columns, halls, chambers, and chapels. Two statues of Horus flank the twin-towered entrance gate and inside, an interesting inscription lists the titles of books (scrolls) held in the library. Then Drive to Sahel Hashesh