Picked up at 3.40 a.m. from the hotel, after a pleasant company with 6 guys for 4 hours we arrive in front of this crazy archaeological site. But I was very stoned. Beautiful but. Go Taiwan. Prelevato alle 3.40 a.m. dall'hotel, dopo una gradevole compagnia con 6 ragazzi per 4 ore arriviamo di fronte a questo sito archeologico pazzesco. Ma ero molto stanco. Bellissimo ma. Forza Taiwan.

Abu Simbel is by far the best attraction in Egypt, forget the Pyramids of Giza this place is just as good. There are 2 temples here one for Rameses II and his wife and Queen Nefertary. The Rameses II Temple is beyond fantastic and impressive inside and out. From the 4 huge statues of Rameses II to the many decorative walls, this temple is just incredible. The smaller temple of Nefertary has 6 statues and a smaller interior. The 2 temples were all moved as well and the mountain they sit under is all man made. This attraction is famous for historical engineering and modern engineering. I came here from a Nile Cruise excursion which was an optional tour from Aswan which costed £100. Even though the cost was ridiculously over-priced it was damn worth it and it just cannot be simply missed. Its 3 hours and 30 minutes from Aswan and the tour started at 4:30am for the coach journey. You get about 2 hours at Abu Simbel. Also, the shopping bazaar is ridiculous its overly long and the staff there are waiting to harass you, there must’ve been like 20 members of staff there all harassing you to buy something. Overall a well worth place to visit and I am so glad I paid the overly priced excursion to see Abu Simbel.

Abu Simbel for me is the 2nd best in Egypt, after the Gizé pyramids. All very well preserved, a masterpiece of the Egyptian civilization. Also an incredible work to relocate the temple. We took a bus from Aswan to Abu Simbel. 3hs each way. Later I discovered there flights from Aswan that took 30 min.

My wife and I flew from Aswan to Abu Simbel as part of our two week Egypt tour thus past December. It is mind blowing how Abu Simbel was originally built, but also how it was so precisely moved in the 1960s to avoid being flooded by the Aswan Dam. I remember seeing the photos in Life magazine when the move was taking place. What I didn’t realize was that the tunnels were built into the hillside at the same angles as the original. This temple complex was one of the highlights of our Egypt tour. Our tour operator was genius in flying us into the site as the early tour buses (which started their bus drives at 4:00 a.m.) were completing their tours. Do not engage any of the vendors as you walk through the “Valley of the Vultures” or they will follow you back to your tour bus trying to sell you something.

In our visit to Abu Simbel, we had to leave Aswan extremely early and witness the sunrise over the Sahara and it was a nice sight to see. As for the temple itself, turns out every tour leaves early in the morning too, and so the lineups to the entrance are massive. But close to the end of the alloted time in the temples, the lines thin out, and it is the best time to take a look at the temples. But I would recommend going to the smaller one first before the big one. Because most of the crowds the day of our visit went to the big one first, then to the small one. Luckily we stayed long enough to see the crowds thin out and was able to get decent pictures. Hard to believe all of these were relocated piece by piece, it just looks pretty much like the original!

We visited here during our stay in Egypt and found it to be an amazing place. The two huge temples had some of the best decoration we saw in Egypt and the scale was massive. We are so fortunate that these temples were saved when the Aswan Dam was constructed. Seeing them in person really helps you understand the work involved in preserving them for us to see today.

Next best experience after the Giza Pyramids, with views of Lake Nassar and accessible temples. Never mind the engineering, or the Sound and Light show. Thankfully we chose a tour that inckuded an overnight stay in Abu Simbel and this made all the difference to our visit, giving us an arrival time outside of the day visitors and the evening Sound and Light. Very much enjoyed this location, though I recogthe high prices for snacks mentioned by other reviewers.

We started our trip at this site and it was amazing! Learning the history about the site was mind blowing that they moved the entire structure to save it from being flooded by the creation of the Aswan dam. Both temple sites were beautiful and majestic, and being inside felt like you were stepping back in time. If you can make it down to Abu Simbel it's definitely worth the trip.

Woke up early at dawn to drive to Abu Simbel. It was a long drive - 3.5 hours through the desert. But it was all worth it. This is an amazing complex of Ramsese II and next to it is his most favoured wife. This is not the original site which is submerged in the lake. It is amazing that it took 4 years to move the temple from original site to higher ground (current site) and maintain as much as possible to original structure and wondrous. This is a must see when in Egypt.

Absolutely incredible complex and is a MUST-DO IN EGYPT! Highly recommend flying from Aswan instead of driving the 6+ hours return as we only spent 1.5 hours max at Abu Simbel. Also not a lot of shade outside the temples so make sure to bring a hat and lots of water! Genuinely the highlight of the trip for us even over the Pyramids of Giza!!!! The workmanship of relocating the temples in 1964 piece by piece is mind blowing and left us speechless as photos do not do it justice!