The breakfast meal will be served today on board the MS Jaz Jubilee Nile cruise. Afterward, we will visit the Aswan High Dam. The dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan. Next, we will tour the Unfinished Obelisk. The obelisk is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan. We will then return to the Nile cruise for lunch. In fact, lunch will be served on board the cruise as well. Later in the afternoon, we will sail on the Nile by traditional Nile boat along the shores of Elephantine. In fact, we will visit the Philae temple there. The temple is located at Philae Island which was a rocky island in the middle of the Nile river.
The island known as Apo in Hieroglyphic, meaning Ivory, was an important center of trade due to its abundance of ivory. The Ancient Egyptians built a beautiful temple on the island in honor of the goddess Isis. However, the temple became submerged after the construction of the first dam in 1906. You will return to the Nile cruise board for dinner and spend the night.