2 Days Tour to Abu Simbel and Aswan from Luxor

On the second day of your enthralling tour, you will continue your travels to one of the most magnificent historical sites of Egypt: the Abu Simbel Temples. A full breakfast box awaits you at your Aswan hotel, providing sustenance for the day, slated for a tour to an awe-inspiring place with your English-speaking guide and driver. This journey is a highlight of any Luxor to Abu Simbel day trip and an essential part of many trips from Luxor.

Standing from the grand era of Ramessid kingship and the New Kingdom, having been constructed under the authority of the mighty Ramesses II, these twin temples of Abu Simbel epitomize would-be greatness and grandeur of the New Kingdom era. These splendid temples would almost have been obscured below the rising waters of the Aswan High Dam without an international salvage operation undertaken by the Egyptian Government alongside UNESCO for their salvation.

Nubia, in the minds of the Ancient Egyptians, was an important land, being a rich source of gold and other precious trade items. Ramesses II built these grand temples in an attempt to convey the might of the Egyptian Empire to the Nubian people and to bind together the region into the Egyptian cultural sphere. This is a key highlight on Luxor and Aswan tours and fits perfectly into any Luxor Aswan itinerary.

The larger of the two temples is dedicated to the four world gods: Ptah, Re-Horakhty, Amun-Re, and Ramesses II, who is deified. The smaller temple honors Ramesses II's wife, Queen Nefertari, and the goddess Hathor, wife of the sun god. Therefore, in the symbolic sense, the duo of temples puts together Ramesses II, Nefertari, Hathor, and Amun, the god of the sun, as one.

After you have had an experience with these wonders, journey back to Aswan before returning to Luxor on your Luxor to Aswan route, completing arguably one of the best day tours and activity experiences throughout the whole area.