Private Tour: St Simeon's Monastery

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St Simeon's Monastery, Aswan — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Private Tour of St Simeon's Monastery by Camel — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Join a camel ride to the southern tip of Elephantine Island where you will find St Simeon's Monastery, an ancient, abandoned fortress monastery mostly built during the 7th century and located near Aswan.

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At a glance

Duration: 3 h 30 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–9
Guide: German, Russian, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Operated by: South Sinai Travel

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Children (3–11 years) · Adults (12–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Enjoy sailing by a motor boat around the island.
Included: Experience a Private and an expert Qualified Egyptologist guide.
Included: Enjoy a Camel ride for one hour long.
Included: Visit the sixth century Monastery.
Included: Private transportation by air-conditioned minivans ; pick up from hotel and drop off.

Not included

Not included: Gratuities
Not included: anding and/or facility fees: A supplement of 1000 L.E. applies to all languages except the English language guide.

Itinerary

Elephantine Island

30 min

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Monastery of St. Simeon

1 h 30 min Admission included

The monastery was given the name St Simeon by archaeologists and travelers, but earlier Arabic and Coptic sources called it Anba Hatre (Hidra, Hadri, Hadra), after an anchorite who was consecrated a bishop of Syene (now Aswan) by Patriarch Theophilus (385-412 AD).

Anba Hatre married at the age of eighteen. Tradition says that just after the wedding, he encountered a funeral procession which inspired him to preserve his chastity and later become a disciple of Saint Baiman.

After eight years of ascetic practices under the supervision of his teacher, he retired to the desert and applied himself to the study of the life of Saint Antony. He died during the time of Theodosius I.