Wake up early in Aswan, Breakfast on board, The Egyptologist Tour guide of Book Egypt Tours will pick you up from the Hotel / Nile Cruise at Aswan to hit the road to Abu Simbel City, After arriving at Abu Simbel you will start your private tour of the Abu Simbel Temples. The two temples were cut by king Ramses II (1279 B.C) where he dedicated the great temple to himself and the small one to his wife Nefertari. The first discovery of these temples was in 1813 A.D by Switzerland Burchard while the whole appearance was in 1917 A.D by Italian traveler Belzoni.

Ramses II’s Temple:

A rock-cut temple with four gigantic statues of the king Ramses who is represented seated on the throne of Egypt with his big family. It consists of two great colonnades, eight cavern rooms, and a great sanctuary with a solar phenomenon twice annually on 22 October & 22 February each year. The king carved the temple to commemorate his birthday and coronation day. The sun’s rays penetrated 180 feet deep to shine up the face of the king with his accompanied gods except for the god of darkness.

Nefetari’s Temple:

It is an amazing small temple dedicated by the king to his favorite Nubian wife. It consists of a quite big façade with 6 massive statues followed by a colonnade and sanctum. Colorfully decorated pillars show the association of the queen with her favorite goddess Hathor. Eventually, you will be transferred back to the airport of Abu Simble to fly to Cairo. then you will be transferred to your hotel.