See considerably more of Upper Egypt in a single day with our private Luxor Aswan Day Tour, travelling south from Luxor through Edfu and Kom Ombo before continuing to Aswan and returning to Luxor by first-class seated train.
The journey begins with an early departure from your Luxor hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle accompanied by your English-speaking Egyptologist guide. Your first major visit is the Temple of Horus at Edfu, followed by Kom Ombo Temple and the nearby Crocodile Museum.
Once you reach Aswan, the itinerary continues with the High Dam and the Unfinished Obelisk before taking a motorboat to Agilkia Island to explore Philae Temple.
Lunch is included during the day. Instead of making the same long road journey back to Luxor, we transfer you to Aswan railway station for the return journey by first-class seated train. On arrival in Luxor, your final transfer returns you to your hotel.
This is an approximately 16-hour private tour, making it a substantial full-day journey designed for travelers who want to combine Edfu, Kom Ombo and some of Aswan’s principal sights without adding an overnight stay.
A major feature of this Luxor to Aswan day tour is the combination of transportation.
You travel south by road, allowing stops at Edfu and Kom Ombo before reaching Aswan. After completing the Aswan visits, you return by train instead of covering the same road again.
The itinerary also keeps the same Egyptologist guide across the main touring programme, helping connect the different sites rather than treating each visit as an isolated stop.
It is important, however, to understand the pace. At approximately 16 hours from departure to return, this is a long sightseeing day. It is designed for travelers who prefer to fit Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan into one intensive private excursion.
If you want to combine Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan in one private journey from Luxor, this tour brings the route together with private road transportation, an English-speaking Egyptologist guide, included entrance fees, Philae by motorboat, lunch and a first-class train journey back to Luxor.
The programme is intensive, with approximately 16 hours of travel and sightseeing, but it allows you to experience several very different sites within one carefully connected route.
Fill out the enquiry form to get more information about the Luxor Aswan Day Tour, check the available details for your travel date, and discuss the journey with the Egypt Luxury Trips team.
Your day begins with pickup from your hotel in Luxor and departure south in a private air-conditioned vehicle. Together with your Egyptologist guide, you travel through the Nile Valley toward Edfu. This opening road journey begins a full day linking several important archaeological and cultural sites between Luxor and Aswan. Because the itinerary covers considerable ground before your evening return by train, the departure takes place early in the day. Your first major sightseeing stop is Edfu.
At Edfu, visit the Temple of Horus, one of the best-preserved ancient Egyptian temples included in the itinerary. Walk through its monumental pylon and continue into its courts, columned halls and sanctuary as your Egyptologist guide introduces the temple and helps explain the sequence of its different spaces. The visit provides a detailed archaeological start to the journey before you continue farther south. After exploring Edfu, return to your private vehicle and continue toward Kom Ombo.
The next stop on your Luxor Aswan Day Tour is Kom Ombo. Here you explore the distinctive double temple associated with Sobek and Haroeris. The temple is notable for its symmetrical arrangement and its two sets of religious associations. Its carved reliefs and riverside position create a very different experience from the earlier visit to Edfu. The itinerary also includes the nearby Crocodile Museum, adding another element to the Kom Ombo visit before the journey continues south toward Aswan.
On arrival in Aswan, your sightseeing programme continues with the Aswan High Dam. This stop introduces a modern element to a day otherwise dominated by ancient monuments and allows you to see one of the major engineering projects connected with the Nile at Aswan. You then continue to the Unfinished Obelisk, where the enormous monument remains in its ancient quarry. Together, these two visits present two very different aspects of Aswan: modern Nile engineering and evidence of ancient Egyptian stone-working.
One of the defining experiences of the tour comes with your visit to Philae Temple. You travel by motorboat to Agilkia Island, where the temple complex now stands. Primarily associated with the goddess Isis, Philae adds an island setting and a boat journey to a day that has already taken you through several contrasting archaeological landscapes. Your return motorboat ride is included in the tour.
Lunch at a local restaurant is included during the tour. After a long day of sightseeing between Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan, this provides time to pause before beginning the return journey. Bottled water is also included as part of the tour arrangements.
Rather than driving back along the same route, we transfer you to Aswan railway station for your journey back to Luxor. Your first-class seated train ticket is included. The train journey takes approximately three hours according to the tour programme, giving you a different way to complete the route after travelling south by road. When you arrive back in Luxor, your final transfer takes you from the station to your hotel, completing an approximately 16-hour day.
You travel south in a private air-conditioned vehicle rather than following the timetable and pace of a shared group excursion. This creates a more personal experience throughout the road journey and sightseeing programme.
Your private English-speaking Egyptologist guide accompanies the journey and provides context at the archaeological sites, helping connect Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan as part of one continuous experience.
The itinerary has been designed so you do not simply retrace the same road at the end of the day. You travel south through the Nile Valley by private vehicle and return from Aswan to Luxor aboard a first-class seated train.
Hotel transfers, private road transportation, the first-class train journey, the motorboat to Philae, admission to the listed sites, lunch and bottled water are all included in the tour.
This is not a short excursion. The complete programme takes approximately 16 hours from departure to return. We make that clear so you know what to expect before choosing the tour.
The complete tour is approximately 16 hours. It is a substantial full-day excursion covering the journey from Luxor through Edfu and Kom Ombo to Aswan before returning to Luxor by first-class seated train. Your exact pickup time should be confirmed when arranging the tour.
Yes. The source itinerary specifies this experience as a private tour. Private air-conditioned road transportation and a private English-speaking Egyptologist guide are included.
The itinerary includes the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Kom Ombo Temple, the Crocodile Museum, the Aswan High Dam, the Unfinished Obelisk and Philae Temple on Agilkia Island.
You travel south from Luxor by private air-conditioned road transportation. The route allows you to stop at Edfu and Kom Ombo before continuing to Aswan.
For the return journey, you travel from Aswan to Luxor by first-class seated train rather than driving back along the same road.
Yes. Philae Temple is included in the itinerary, together with the return motorboat ride required to reach the temple complex on Agilkia Island, and admission fees to the listed sites.
Lunch is also included in the tour, along with bottled water. Additional services or attractions, personal expenses and tipping are excluded.
Yes. Luxor hotel pickup and return are listed among the tour inclusions. After travelling back from Aswan by first-class seated train, you receive the final transfer back to your hotel in Luxor.
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