| Schedule | Duration | Pickup Time |
| Everyday | Approx. 3-4 hours | 9:00 am – we can change the time to suit you |
Tour Highlights:
- St. Simeon Monastery on Aswan’s West Bank
- Desert landscapes and quiet exploration
- Early Christian history in Egypt
Tour Prices:
| Single | 2- 3 Persons | 4-6 Persons | 7-10 Persons |
| 110 $ | 75 $ | 65 $ | 55 $ |
Included:
- Pick up services from your hotel or Nile Cruise and return.
- all transfers by Motorboat and a Camel ride.
- Private Egyptologist Guide.
- Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites.
- All Service charges & taxes.
Excluded:
- Tipping
- any extra not mentioned.
Your WOW TOURS EGYPT Egyptologist guide meets you at your hotel or Nile cruise in Aswan and escorts you across the Nile to the West Bank. As the city slips away, the landscape opens into golden sand, rocky hills, and wide desert silence, a powerful contrast to the river life you’ve just left behind.
Ahead, rising from the dunes, stands the ruins of St. Simeon Monastery, one of the largest and most important Christian monasteries ever built in southern Egypt.
From the riverbank, the adventure continues either by camel ride or walking, following ancient desert paths once used by monks, pilgrims, and traders. The pace slows, allowing you to absorb the stillness, the same quiet that once drew early Christian monks seeking solitude, prayer, and devotion.
St. Simeon Monastery – Faith Carved in Stone, built in the 6th century, the monastery once housed hundreds of monks who chose isolation over comfort. As you walk through its massive stone walls, churches, courtyards, and living quarters, your WOW TOURS EGYPT guide brings clarity to what remains, explaining daily monastic life, spiritual discipline, and the challenges of surviving in the desert.
Faded wall paintings, quiet chapels, and crumbling towers speak softly but powerfully of belief, endurance, and sacrifice.
Unlike crowded temples, St. Simeon offers something rare: space to think. The desert wind, the open sky, and the absence of noise. it’s a moment of connection with a different chapter of Egypt’s spiritual history.
After time to explore, reflect, and photograph the dramatic setting, you retrace your path back across the desert and Nile. As Aswan comes back into view, St. Simeon Monastery remains behind, quiet, timeless, and unforgettable.
Drop-off at your hotel or Nile cruise concludes a tour that feels meaningful, peaceful, and deeply human.
Optional:
- Enjoy the spectacular Sound and Light Show at Philae temple.
- Enjoy Felucca ride on the Nile.
- Enjoy a City tour in Aswan by a horse carriage.
- Enjoy a Camel Ride in the west Bank of Aswan.
- Enjoy a tour to Abu Simbel temples by flight.
- Enjoy a tour to Abu Simbel temples by car.
- Enjoy a tour to Edfu temple & Kom Ombo temple.
- Enjoy a tour to Kalabsha Temple & Nubian Museum.
- Enjoy a tour to Kitchener’s Island “Botanical Gardens”.
- Enjoy a tour to the Nubian village “Soheil Island”.
- Enjoy a tour to Aswan Museum & Elephantine Island.
- Enjoy a tour to the tombs of the nobles “Qubbet el-Hawa”.
Notes:
- Comfortable walking shoes and sun hat are recommended.
- sunglasses.
- Expert Egyptologist guide with cultural depth
- Flexible pace and private touring
- Unique blend of history, adventure, and spirituality
- Ideal for families, couples, and thoughtful travelers
