Enjoy amazing excursions in Aswan to explore Philae Temple, Unfinished Obelisk, High Dam, and Abu Simbel Temple during your Aswan Excursions. Ride near the Nile waterfall, excursions from Aswan to Kom Ombo, Aswan Nile cruise, Aswan have a variety of beautiful tours. Aswan was known as “Sono” in Egyptian antiquity and meant the market place where it was a commercial center for convoys coming from Nubia. The city of Aswan and its surroundings are a tourist and archaeological area, where the number of foreign tourists is increasing, especially from Europe and East Asia.