Venture into Aswan's most important sites on this tailor-made tour designed uniquely to your preferences. Enjoy a scenic motorboat trip on the Nile, explore the Temple of Philae dedicated to the Goddess Isis, see the largest obelisk known on earth, and marvel at the Aswan High Dam.

Your tour begins with a walk across the High Dam, which was constructed between 1960 and 1970 to separate Lake Nasser from the Nile River. Hear why this powerful embankment dam became a key objective of the Egyptian government in 1952, mainly to control the floods that used to happen every year during late summer.

Next, board a motorboat and enjoy a scenic ride on the river Nile to Lake Nasser and Agilkia Island, which has been shaped to match the size of the magnificent Philae Temple. Your guide explains how a UNESCO project in 1960 saved the Temple of Philae from flooding and moved it to the nearby island of Agilkia, where it still stands today.

Visit this ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Isis. Stroll through its vast site, occupying about a quarter of the island, and explore its many other treasures, including the first Chapel of Isis, the Chapel of Osiris, and the Temple of Horus.

Your tour ends with a visit to a quarry holding the largest known ancient obelisk—if completed, it would have measured 137 feet (42 meters) tall. It remains unknown which pharaoh ordered its construction, but it lies unfinished and is a third taller than any complete obelisk to this day.