Entrance fee here is 160 EGP that includes the visit of the small Aswam Museum and the ruins of Ancient Aswam behind it. A guy met me at the Entrance Area and unlocked the Museum Doors for me. On display are an ancient Marriage Contract, small carvings, tools, spears, etc. Outside are three huge statues on display. Behind the Museum: I was surprised to see the ruins of the ancient Aswam being restored. Took some pictures here and left.

Stayed in Elephantine Island for 2 nights in Green Nubian House. This facility is more like a homestay with a room provided with 2 bedrooms, kitchen, balcony, and large living room. As for the island, it is away from the noise of Aswan city and is quiet and peaceful. There is a ferry boat which takes passengers to and fro from the island at EGP10 each way and is frequent. As for the island, it has many houses with narrow lanes, although it is a small island (1.2km long, 400m wide). Its walkway may not be as clean and can be a bit messy. You need Google maps to get around as there are many criss crossing lanes with no signages. There are nice views of sunrise and sunset on the island and you can just walk across the island easily. Overall, nice place for peace and quiet.

Stay on Elephantine island, not the mainland- it is so much nicer! We stayed at Mostafa Jamaica House just above King Jamaica restaurant and had the best time. The food, the people, the lifestyle- perfect. Ask for Mostafa from Nubian dreams to take you out on his felucca for a day trip (or multi day trip), you won’t be disappointed. His boat hand Nasir is also an amazing cook- some of the best food we’ve eaten our whole time in Egypt. Incredible duo.

This place is amazing when you learn the history of it. When the Aswan Dam was to be built an international effort to preserve temples that would soon be underwater came into play. What you see here was transported jigsaw fashion above the water level to be preserved.

Lovely little island. Visited the ruins of ancient Abu /khnum temples and ancient museums. Guides on site were ok. A little rushed ( especially the museum guide who literally went 100 miles an hour and wouldn’t wait for us to read all the plaques! Then turned his nose up at the tip we gave him and asked if we could give him dollars instead!! This was rude and left a bad taste in my mouth. Tips are always optional and should never be expected. We are typical English and feel compelled to tip even for the minimum of service so this was quite offensive to us. It was the only part of our trip here I was sad about