The site is located 280 kilometers south of Aswan, there are two amazing temples in this area, the greater of the two is for Ramses the second and the smaller one was dedicated to his favorite woman Nefertari. Both temples were sculpted in two mountains, but the greater temple experiences a rare solar alignment caused the sun to shine on the face of King Ramses II inside Abu Simbel temple for 20 minutes, This unique phenomenon takes place just twice a year—once on October 22 to mark the king’s birthday and the beginning of the growing season, and again on February 22 to celebrate his coronation and the start of harvest season. We go to Abu-Simbel area by car/ bus, it’s two and half hours ride and the same to go back, or you can go by plane.
The site is located 280 kilometers south of Aswan, there are two amazing temples in this area, the greater of the two is for Ramses the second and the smaller one was dedicated to his favorite woman Nefertari. Both temples were sculpted in two mountains, but the greater temple experiences a rare solar alignment caused the sun to shine on the face of King Ramses II inside Abu Simbel temple for 20 minutes, This unique phenomenon takes place just twice a year—once on October 22 to mark the king’s birthday and the beginning of the growing season, and again on February 22 to celebrate his coronation and the start of harvest season.
We go to Abu-Simbel area by car/ bus, it’s two and half hours ride and the same to go back, or you can go by plane.
