Tour Descreption

Ride a camel to St. Simeon’s Monastery on a private, 3.5-hour tour on Aswan’s Elephantine Island. Glimpse faint traces of fresco paintings as you explore the 7th-century site, and take in stark views from the fortified walls. Learn the story of the monks that used Elephantine Island as a basecamp for missionary trips into Nubia, and find graffiti left by Islamic pilgrims during their long journeys to Mecca.

What`s Includes:

Enjoy a Camel ride for one hour long.

Enjoy sailing by a motor boat around the island.

Visit the sixth century Monastery.

Experience a Private and an expert

Qualified Egyptologist guide.

Private transportation by air-conditioned minivans ;

pick up from hotel and drop off.

What`s Excluded:

Tipping

Entry fees To Sights

Itinerary:

Your Memphis Tours Of Egypt Tour guide will be waiting you. They will be holding a sign of Your Name atYour hotel Recpetion on the confirmed time ,

From the moment your tour starts, your guide will give you full attention. Once in the car, your guide will talk to you about all the things on the way as well as other aspects of your tour that will interest you. camel ride to monastery

You will be transferred from your hotel in Aswan to St. Simoen Monestery which is located opposing the southern tip of the Elephantine Island.

Firstly, it was called Anba Hatre Monastery. The principal church of the Monastery was built during the first half of the eleventh century ( or possibly earlier, in the tenth century ) and represents the oldest of its kind in Egypt.

Finally your Memphis Tours of egypt tour guide will escort you to your hotel in Aswan.

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