Ramses II’s great temple and Nefertari’s beside it, reached before dawn so you see the sun enter the sanctuary.
- Best time
- 22 February and 22 October for the Sun Festival
- Rami's tip
- The Sun Festival add-on is $125; book months ahead.
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Tours that go here
Tours through Abu Simbel
13 nights
Nile to Red Sea
Two weeks: Cairo, Upper Egypt and the Sinai coast
GizaCairoSaqqara, DahshurAswan
from$2,660per person
15 nights
Grand Egypt
Cairo, a Nile cruise, a Nubian village and a week by the Red Sea
GizaCairoSaqqara, DahshurAswan
from$2,705per person
16 nights Spiritual
Sacred Egypt
Seventeen days through the temples, with a night under the stars at Abusir
GizaCairoSaqqara, DahshurAswan
from$3,155per person
20 nights
The Complete Egypt
Three weeks, from the Nile to the Red Sea to the White Desert
GizaCairoSaqqara, DahshurAswan
from$3,280per person
6 nights Honeymoon
Honeymoon under the Pyramids
A five-star hotel, a private Bedouin tent and three nights on your own felucca
GizaCairoAswanAbu Simbel
$4,530per couple