This morning, our Egyptology tour guide will pick you up from your Aswan hotel, airport or train station to visit the highlights of Aswan.

Start your day with the High Dam to see a modern achievement of the Egyptians which took them 10 year to be built, from 1960 to 1970, see the second largest artificial lake in the world, lake Naser and cross over the friendship emblem.

Continue to Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis. Take a short motorboat ride to the island where your guide will take you on a walking tour through the temple before allowing you free time to explore further on your own. Philae Temple was carefully moved to its current location (around 500 meters from the original site) when the construction of the High Dam caused surrounding Nile waters to rise. It has a beautiful setting on an island in the river which has been landscaped to match its original site. It's various shrines and sanctuaries celebrate the deities involved in the myth of Isis and Osiris.

Then transfer to your hotel in Aswan for overnight. Free afternoon at your leisure (optional tour to the Nubian Village with extra cost).