With own mirobus
/ limousine including driver
from Aswan to Luxor or Luxor to Aswan with stops in Komombo and Edfu (Esna, Silsila)
At the moment there is no police escort with convois: you are free to choose your own time for departure between early morning and 5 pm!
On
the way: temples in Edfu and Komombo
• More informations if you want to visit Esna also
• More informations if you want to visit Silsila also
• (if you want to visit Komombo and Edfu as excursion from Aswan only - and not continue to Luxor but return to Aswan).
Edfu Temple is very impressing. The inside reminds of a cathedral with side chapels covered with frescos from floor to ceiling. But instead of paintings all is deeply carved to reliefs, sometimes colours still show. Its horrible to watch tourists who love to touch or even scrape the walls, probably there wont be much time until a lot will be destroyed. The Temple of Horus is one of the biggest ptolemaic tempels of Egypt. The building was started about 2250 years ago, but followed older architectural rules.
Komombo Temple is just aside the Nile. He has two entrances, two halls, two sanctuaries. Two deities were adored in this temple: the left half was for the Falcon God Horus, the right side for the Crocodile God Sobek. The temple is about 2200 years old.
A
warning:
At the entrance a lot of carriages are waiting for customers. As usual you
will be asked to change European coins as the bank does not take them:
A man was counting to me 20 Euros in little coins. Slowly. We were surrounded
by other carriage drivers. He asked me for 150 EGP which is okay. I gave him
a 100- plus 50-Egyptian Pound banknotes. He took them and gave them to another
man. He counted the Euros once more. Put them in my hand and became angry
in the same moment, complaining the 50-Pound-banknote would have been a 50-Piaster-banknote
and showed it to me. I knew this was not true, the other man had changed the
50-Pound to a 50-Piaster-banknote. I glared and shouted at them and walked
away, expecting they will try to stop me.
Instead another carriage
driver came after me to ask, if I would make a tour with him. I tried to get
rid of him. So he left. The other men had vanished too. And when I wanted
to put away the coins, I opened my hands to put away the coins and saw there
were only 20-Cent Pieces worth about 5 Euro, instead of the additional Euro
coins he had shown before.
I had been told before from other tourists not to change money. I have done
it a lot of times and made a lot of honest people happy with it. Do it please,
but be careful now you know the trick.
And: there are 1-Pound-coins which look almost like 1-Euro-Coins.
DOES NOT APPLY AT THE MOMENT FOR LUXOR - ASWAN OR ASWAN - LUXOR
Convoy Aswan to Luxor:
The first convoy leaves Aswan at 8 a.m., arives in KomOmbo 8.30, leaves at
9.30, arrives in Edfu at 11, leaves at 12, arrives in Luxor at 3 p.m.
The second convoy leaves Aswan at 2 p.m. But this one doesnt stop in KomOmbo
or Edfu! Arrival in Luxor: about 5.30 p.m.
Convoy Luxor to Aswan:
The first convoy leaves at 7 a.m., stops in Edfu at 10, stays until 11. Arrival
in Kombo at 12., leaving at 1, arrival in Aswan 1.30 p.m.
The second convoy leaves at 11 p.m. But this one doesnt stop in Edfu or KomOmbo!
Arrival in Aswan at about 2.30 p.m.
The third convoy leaves Luxor at 3 p.m.. But this one doesnt stop in Edfu
or KomOmbo! Arrival in Aswan: about 6.30 p.m.
Is there any possibility
to avoid participating the convois?
As a matter of principle: no. There are several checkpoints of the police
on the way, where tourists - who are not with the convoy - are asked to get
out and wait for the next convoy.
Sometimes it works: either the policemen are of good nature and caution you
not to do it again, or you help them with some bakshish. Or you clothe yourself
like an Egyptian (for women its more easy), and tell them in fluent arabic,
you are working in Egypt. After all, we dont recommend any of this. So: to
spare any trouble for everybody involved, Aswan-Individual refuses to bribe
drivers and ask them to transport tourists outside of convois. Dont forget:
the convois are not meant as impertinence, but as protective measures.
One car
Aswan - Luxor or Luxor - Aswan
(with aircondition)
for you only (no car sharing), of course including driver
one way
with stop in Komombo and Edfu:
580 EGP
The same with microbus
(up to 8 persons): 650 EGP
(Every more stop, f. ex. Esna, Daraw is 120 EGP more each.
Optional guide for temples in Komombo, Edfu: 230 EGP
Optional guide for temples in Komombo, Edfu, Esna: 300 EGP
Optional and special:
with extra stop in
Silsila 280 EGP more including boat and guide to be with you around Silsila
Tickets for the temples are
not included:
Komombo Temple: 30 EGP
Edfu Temple:
50 EGP
Esna Temple:
20 EGP
Silsila Temple:
20 EGP
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Prices for Aswan-Komombo-Edfu-Aswan (and not continue to Luxor), please see this website
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We have been asked for help in Luxor. So I started to add ideas for Luxor also ...
Riding bicycles, camels, horses, donkeys on the West Bank in Luxor
Brooke
Hospital in Luxor:
the animal charity that helps people too
Small Pictures:
Edfu from outside
Edfu Staircase
Edfu Entrance hall
Komombo Relief
Komombo Temple
Police with the convoy (not necessary anymore)
Be very careful if you change coins with Carriage drivers in Edfu (right)
