Výlet z Makadi Bay do Aswánu a Abu Simbel

This 2-day private tour from Makadi Bay covers Aswan and Abu Simbel, with a first-class train connecting Luxor and Aswan and a private Egyptologist guide throughout. Day one travels by vehicle to Luxor and then by train to Aswan, where the itinerary covers the Aswan High Dam, an engineering project central to Egypt's water management, the Unfinished Obelisk still lying in its original quarry, and Philae Temple on Agilkia Island, moved stone by stone to save it from flooding.

After an overnight stay in an Aswan hotel, day two heads further south to Abu Simbel, a UNESCO World Heritage Site home to the colossal rock-cut temples built by Ramesses II for himself and Queen Nefertari, before the return journey to Makadi Bay.

Hotel pickup and drop-off, a private Egyptologist guide, two lunches, bottled water, all listed entrance fees, first-class round-trip train tickets between Luxor and Aswan, and one night in an Aswan hotel are included, with optional activities, personal expenses, and gratuities left out. Combining Aswan's dam-era engineering with the far older grandeur of Abu Simbel in a single two-day loop gives a sense of the distance, in both miles and millennia, that this stretch of Upper Egypt covers.

• Aswan High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, and Philae Temple
• Abu Simbel's rock-cut temples of Ramesses II
• First-class train between Luxor and Aswan
• One night in an Aswan hotel