Aswan First Time Highlights and Desert Tours

Hey all,

I will be travelling to Aswan from Luxor in the next few days and I would like to ask the better travelled here on what should be the highlights for a first-timer who wants to relax, see something 'exotic' to the west and an experience which will get me back as a better person.

Also interested in a 2-day Desert Tour just for to switch off from modern, fast-paced life.

Thanks all. :-)

"..experience which will get me back as a better person." You must be kidding?

For relaxation, try sun chair and gin tonic. For exoticism, try Karnak. For becoming a better person, try a therapist.

Aswan is a pretty quiet town.

Two things to do are take a felucca ride on the Nile and take a day trip (or stay overnight) to Abu Simbel.

Good luck.

Sail in a felucca down the Nile, stroll around Elephantine Island, ride a camel to the Monastery of St. Simeon (West Bank), make a day trip to the Temple of Isis at Philae (by boat), and perhaps visit Aswan Dam. But whatever you do don't miss Abu Simbel.

Edited by: beibolugo

Appreciate the number of options there.

Best of luck to you also. :)