Lovely historical place with somehow well preserved ruins of ancient part of Luxor. The Elephantine Island Pyramid is for sure one of the highlights while in the city. I somehow came into the complex from the other side, but was accompanied by a security guy into the office to buy my entrance ticket.

A beautiful and tranquil place. Make sure you try to get a breakfast or dinner here. Also, sunrise from the island is really special and you can just sit on the beach and watch it at no expense.

Great and rich island of nature, history and nubian culture

This island contains the Aswan museum, a Nubian village, animalia house and nileometer. One of the biggest and most interesting islands in Aswan.

The security guard on the northern entry will take you around for 20 egp everything is closed for archeology reasons.Just look from the outside it will be the same dont waste money

Very nice place for madetaion

The pyramid is nothing but a pile of rocks with a hole in the middle. The temples look nice though, but I still feel is too much to pay 50 pound ticket to just get in

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Very informative...i only had one hour to do the island..far too short.....you need at least 2 to 3 hours to do it properly.....

An amazing place! Well worth a visit. Make sure to go early.

Beautiful and some breathtaking scenery but requires a guide or some studying before you go

Not much left. But the nearby archeological site is wonderful. The restoration efforts are also amazing.

A guide is a must. Do not go without a guide. There are barely any directional signs. No descriptions are posted.

Have to visit when in Aswan. A nice boat trip with locals

Very peacful place

Wonderful place

Nice place to spind sun set time

Such a great place to visit

A hidden treasure in Egypt, worthy to visit and spend a half day on it with a guide...

Interesting, very hot after 9 am

Great place& perfect view

It is more a pile of stones rather than a pyramid...very dissapointing.

Gorgeous place

Bad place

So beautiful ❤

Below expectations

So relaxing

Very beautiful

Ancient temple and ruins

It was great

Very primitive

Magic

Movenpick island

Amazing historic place

Bad

Wonderful islet. Quiet and peaceful. The ideal place to stay in Aswan.

Quite interesting, ... the area has about 5 entrances and only one is chargeable ...

Wonderful island with all opposites -top!A must for every vacationer!Unfortunately, a trip to the island of Elephantine in Aswan is not part of the program of a Nile cruise.Even though you can see and experience the life of the Nubians, the ancient Egyptians and todays tourists in the smallest of spaces.The Nubian settlement is very worth seeing.With school, harbor, coffee shop and many more, the daily life of the people who were resettled by the construction of the dam runs there.Dwelling house after dwelling house, old and new, painted and unpainted and in addition the Nubians, who told us in a friendly and carefree way.It is best to take a boat from the locals near the cruise ships, negotiate the payment and be brought to the island in 5 minutes.A ship also runs as a shuttle with a box office of trust, which then costs 25 cents per person and route.The jetty can be found directly opposite the island.We were approached by a teacher from the girls school - Badry Fandy - and immediately invited to school. There we could look around, get in touch with children and learned a lot about the way of life of the Nubians, who live quite poorly.To do this, they paint their houses beautifully, raise crocodiles in their houses until they are two years old.Then there is a Mövenpick Resort on Elephantine with a fantastic view of the Nile.You can also visit a Nilometer there, where the ancient Egyptians could read the height of the Nile flood and thus calculated the tax for the farmers.If you want, you can also visit archaeological sites on the island that provide insight into the life of the pharaohs.Time flies by and you can easily spend a whole day there.So just do something on your own, leave the ship and take a look at real life.On a tour with a guide to a Nubian settlement, you only see what they think is right and often do not reflect peoples lives.Have fun!

On the small island in the Nile, the ancient sites have probably been partially reconstructed after major destruction, which a tourist can hardly judge. Definitely worth seeing and well marketed, a trip with a traditional dhow is also worthwhile.

The place is super cool and nature and the place have a special charm

Very beautiful landscapes ..detente and beauty all along majestic river

Our Hotel was on the Elephantine island but the beauty of the place is highlighted above all by turning around in felucca. There are archaeological remains of the temple of Khnum, creator of humanity and god of the flood of the Nile. At the center of the island Nubian villages.

A beautiful island with very kind people ... close to the city center..it was a great adventure

Authentic place. A must to visit if everyone has looked in Aswan

A more than wonderful place.... monuments, nature and good peopleناس

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Entrance £ 100. A small museum and then the territory of the ancient city. Walking around the ruins is very interesting.

A fantastic place of great history and beauty!

If you do not visit Elephantine Island and especially if you do not spend the night there for at least two nights, you will not experience the spirit of Nubia. Unique island with two authentic Nubian villages where real life is lived. Not just an attraction for tourists.

A great view awaits you.

Attractions nature reserve. Black-and-white kingfishers ... wild botany and elephant rocks.

One of the most beautiful and important tourist places on the island of the middle of the Nile

The local ferry will take you here for 2 LE, its suddenly like another world, nobody bothers you here, nobody offers anything, just nobody forces themselves. Walking through the streets of the village and greeting the locals who are sitting here or doing other (un) useful activities is an experience in itself. The Aswan Museum is certainly interesting, but at present (December 2018) the oldest and most interesting pavilion is closed.

I found the closest experience I could have with Black Africa in Egypt.In Aswan, you can see blacks more often.The Nubians were the original people of the region. And the Elephantine Island has marks of this occupation, with colorful houses and paintings that go back to the fauna and other things of the place.It is nothing shocking, compared to the temples of Luxor, but I found the cultural tour necessary.The temple of the Pyramid is not so well preserved.

The place is less than satisfactory, in contrast to the photos on Google, I dont recommend this place

Elephantine is the Greek name of an island located in the center of the Nile shortly after the first cataract in front of Aswan, the ancient Syene.In Egyptian times, I dynasty had the name of Abw or Yebu, or City of the Elephant.The site, already inhabited during the pre-dynastic era, had Satet as its main divinity, to whom Khnum and Anuqet later joined.The island preserves numerous and important archaeological remains such as the divine temple dedicated to the god Khnum, an important nilometer, a small pyramid dating back to the Old Kingdom and a calendar called Elephantine Calendar dating back to the reign of Thutmose III. so named for the characteristic shape of its rocks. In 230 BC from this island, the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes of Cyrene, calculated for the first time the circumference of the Earth.

You cant help but see her from afar

Very interesting site although little known.

I passed by sailing in Falluja, the guide told me a lot of history regarding the place, it is more interesting to read the route of the Nile and locate it there along with its history

New museum with detailed explanations in English on the objects. Tour of temples and excavations, Nilometer. Guide on request

Tourism is there hardSeven-star transaction and service

Stunning nature by all the landscapes of water, mountains, desert and green space Hallelujah from the collection of these things this place Zou picturesque nature

Currently closed, but the place is very beautiful

They have a night show with lights in several languages, but the schedules vary and in Spanish there are almost no schedules available.

One of the most beautiful places in Egypt, free running monkeys, cats and dogs.Great view of the mainland and the feluccas. 😍

Simple town

A place to enjoy nature and its beauty I love Aswan

Beautiful, interesting is the surroundings. Completely different from Aswan itself.

A wonderful place that carries the fragrant Egyptian history

Beautiful place and charming nature

It is a really cool place

Quiet place to relax

Very cute landscape

A beautiful and peaceful place.

Very beautiful and with a lot of history

Beautiful nature and quiet

Nice trip

Place and not the coolest

Tourist place

Beautiful landscape

Quiet place

Amazing place

Very cool

Nice

My beautiful

Worth seeing 👍👍👍

More than wonderful

Beautiful

Ancient Pharaonic Antiquities

Beautiful

So so...

Beautiful!

Wonderful

Beautiful

Well

Lovely

Gorgeous