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Discover Abu Simbel Sun Festival Event - October 2026

Event – October 2026 & witness the greatness of such a unique phenomenon. This phenomenon occurs twice a year, the first on the 22nd of February while the…

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Abu Simbel Sun Festival

Event – October 2026 & witness the greatness of such a unique phenomenon. This phenomenon occurs twice a year, the first on the 22nd of February while the second in the 22nd of October after exactly 8 months. It is among the best activities and festivals that you can attend while being in Egypt . This amazing event is considered the perfect marriage of human Endeavour and natural phenomena because of its majestic way of construction and purely breathtaking measurements that needed to be put into extensive consideration when it came to Abu Simbel relocation .

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What's Included & Excluded

Pick up service from your hotel and return. Professional Egyptologist tour guides during the event. Entrance fees to the mentioned historical places. All transfers are by a modern air-conditioned vehicles.

Mineral water on board your vehicle. Lunch meal. All Service Charges and Taxes. Any Extras not mentioned in the Itinerary.

International Airfare. Egypt entry visa. Gratuities

Abu Simbel Sun Festival Event - October 2026

Itinerary

Upon your arrival, you will find a number of domestic tourists, locals, and international visitors who will come to be among the ones who will witness such an astonishing celebration. You will stand face to face with its imposing façade of colossal statues after crossing through its imaginative entrance then you will find a grand hall bordered by two treasury rooms then to the Hypostyle Hall with decorated pillars and bas-reliefs adorning the walls. After crossing a second pillared hall, you will find the sanctuary room which includes the four colossal statues of king Ramesses II with the rest of the ancient deities. The whole of your tour will be with a private Egyptologist tour guide who is going to explain every single detail for you and is going to let you have the adventure which you have always imagined.

Finally, when the celebration ends, visitors will get out of the temple to attend the spectacular traditional Nubian shows that features dancing on live music.

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