Luxor & Aswan Travel
Discover the wonders of Egypt with our expertly crafted tour experience.
Enjoy your Day Trip to St. Simeon Monastery that is located opposite the southern tip of Elephantine Island. Originally known as Anba Hatre Monastery, this structure dates back to the 6th century.
Negotiating with camel drivers is a real Egypt low point—and the visitor never wins. Enjoy all the fun of a bumpy, humpy ride with none of the haggling as you steer your steed to St. Simeon Monastery, a fortress-like 7th-century monastery on Elephantine Island
Ride a camel from the boat landing to the southern tip of Elephantine Island
Explore the keep, courtyards, and church, still graced with partial frescoes
See the monks’ cells and original rock caves of the saints and Uncover the monastery’s 6th-century origins and 11th-century rebuilding from an Egyptologist guide
Very comfortable – Pickup and drop off from / to your location in Aswan
Suitable for all ages and genders.
Follow your day-by-day journey through Egypt's most magnificent destinations.
Join a camel ride to the southern tip of Elephantine Island where you will find St Simeon's Monastery, an ancient, abandoned fortress monastery mostly built during the 7th century and located near Aswan.
The monastery was given the name St Simeon by archaeologists and travelers, but earlier Arabic and Coptic sources called it Anba Hatre (Hidra, Hadri, Hadra), after an anchorite who was consecrated a bishop of Syene (now Aswan) by Patriarch Theophilus (385-412 AD).Anba Hatre married at the age of eighteen. Tradition says that just after the wedding, he encountered a funeral procession which inspired him to preserve his chastity and later become a disciple of Saint Baiman.After eight years of ascetic practices under the supervision of his teacher, he retired to the desert and applied himself to the study of the life of Saint Antony. He died during the time of Theodosius I.
Finally your Luxor and Aswan Travel tour guide will escort you to your hotel in Aswan.
Your comprehensive tour package includes everything needed for an extraordinary adventure.
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Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip except during Christmas, New Year & Easter holidays.
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