Where You’ll Go
Enjoy a guided trip to explore St. Simeon monastery on this Day Tour from Aswan, the unique Anba Hatre Monastery, a construction dateing back to the 6th century. Also enjoy a camel ride while you are here.
What You’ll See / Experience
Board your motor boat to the Nile side and unwind on the soft cushions to the west bank contrary the southern tip of the Elephantine Island, close to the tomb of the Aga Khan. Enjoy a 25 minute camel ride to get to the Monastery, situated on a mount on the west bank close to the Aga Khan Mausoleum in Aswan and was formerly populated by thousands of inhabitants. The creation of the monastery begun in the 6th century, but it’s assumed that it was not finished until the 7th century. Progress to visit the Coptic Monastery of St Simeon is one of the biggest Coptic monasteries in the earth. Its original name was “Anba Hatre Monastery”, and as a result of a water scarcity a century after it was built, it was deserted and left unscathed for many years.
When You’ll Go
This 4-hour Day Tour from Aswan normally heads off at 8.00 am from Aswan Hotels. Driver or guide also drops you in hotel at the end of the trip.
What’s include