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Aswan Cruises, Egypt

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Aswan is Egypt’s southernmost city, and once acted as a gateway into Ancient Egypt. Along with well-preserved archaeological sites, Aswan’s also home to botanical gardens and museums dedicated to the history of the River Nile and Ancient Egypt. The gardens are pitched on an island that floats in the middle of the River Nile, so it’s the perfect place to go if you fancy escaping the city. For all things Ancient Egypt head to the Nubian Museum – it’s home to a haul of artefacts that will help you piece together thousands of years of Egyptian history. Or, if you fancy heading outside of the city, you can take off on a trip to the temples in Abu Simbel. Looking at its solid structure you’d never know it, but this temple complex once stood in Aswan. It was moved to higher ground after the Aswan High Dam was built, to save it from being flooded.

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Tombs of the Nobles and Kitchener’s Island with a felucca experience

You’ll visit a couple of Aswan’s best-known landmarks on this half-day trip, which starts with a ride on a felucca. These traditional wooden boats have been sailing up and down the Nile for centuries, and you’ll spend an hour floating around Aswan’s Nile islands on one before getting off at your first stop, the Tombs of the Nobles. These tombs mark the resting place for some of Ancient Egypt’s princes, governors, and other dignitaries, and they sit high up in the cliffs across the Nile from Aswan. After your visit here, you’ll hop back on the felucca and head to Kitchener’s Island – named after Lord Horatio Kitchener, the former consul-general of Egypt. Aswan’s botanical garden can be found here, and you’ll have some time to wander among the exotic plants before getting back on the felucca for one final time as you head back to base.

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