Kom Ombo Temple Tour from Aswan

Kom Ombo Tour from Aswan

Your friendly and knowledgable Egypt Excursions tour guide will pick you up around 9am from your hotel in Aswan ready in a comfortable air-conditioned mini bus and take you 50km north of Aswan to Kom Ombo.

Famous for it's magnicient temple built over 4,000 years ago in the 2nd century BC, Kom Ombo is now a agricultural town growing sugar cane and corn along the fertile banks of the Nile.

Our Kom Ombo tour from Aswan will take us to the Temple of Kom Ombo, unusual for its double design, Kom Ombo Temple has duplicated of each room (entrances, courts, halls, and sanctuaries) for the crocodile god Sobek and the god of fertility and creator of the world Hathor.

On your tour around this well-preserved temple you'll see colourful and intricate carvings on the walls, including carvings of ancient surgical intruments and hieroglyphics of the Ancient Egyptian calander. You'll also see clues to Egypt's rich history in the Temple, with additions built during Egypt's Roman Period as well as ancient graffiti from when the temple was used as a church by Copts around (400-800 A.D).

Being one-half dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, 300 mummified crocodiles were found in the area, which are now shown in the crocodile museum which we'll also visit on our Kom Ombo tour from Aswan.

After visiting the crocodile museum well return to your hotel in Aswan in time for dinner.

Lunch

We'll break aroun mid-day for a delicious lunch at a local resturant.

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• A Friendly and Knowledgable Egypt Excursions Tour Guide
• Transfer to Kom Ombo from Aswan and Back
• Entrance to Kom Ombo Temple
• A Delicious Lunch

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As with all our excursions, you will be picked-up from your hotel, and returned back to your hotel after the trip.

Runs On: Every Day Hotel Pickup: 09:00 Hotel Return: 15:00

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