EgyptJoy Egyptologist guide will pick you up from the Hotel, Nile Cruise or Aswan Airport for a half- day tour of the stunning Nile-side city of Aswan. You'll travel by air-conditioned vehicle to view the Aswan High Dam, an engineering miracle built during the times of the Egyptian president Nasser to control the flooding of the Nile and also to generate electricity which is essential for the Egyptian industrial renaissance.

Next on your itinerary is the Unfinished Obelisk, a part-carved obelisk abandoned in its quarry by ancient quarrymen: your guide will explain the techniques used by craftsmen to create these classic monuments. Most likely this obelisk was created for Queen Hatshepsut.

After the Unfinished Obelisk, you'll transfer by road and boat to the green and beautiful island of Philae at the heart of the Nile. Here you'll explore the pylons, columns and courtyards of the stunning temple of Isis, the Egyptian fertility goddess whose cult spread from Egypt across the Roman Empire.

Then you will return back to the hotel around 1 p.m