Decided was too old to fall off a camel, so walked up from the boat landing and it took no more than 10 - 15 minutes up steep path. Monastery picturesque and very interesting, lots to look at inside, with the help of young guide, whose English wasn't great. Could also look inside Coptic school area and gaze at Aga... More

this monastery is fascinating, you can go by car or cross the nile and have a camel ride, this is a much preserved monastery from the seventh century that can give you a good idea about the monastic life in this era, you can see the church, monks' cells and other monastery facilities for everyday life in a very interesting... More

i felt like we were living "the prince of Egypt" . My wife and I road camel under the desert sky, we have never seen such a beautiful sunset and moon rise. The site itself is amazing. We love this place.

From the boat jetty it was a short walk up a sandy hill (lots of camel poop in the sand) and just when you might break down and ask for a camel, the hilly sand becomes a bath to the monastery. We were the only ones there.

One of the fun things to do in Aswan. Hire a felucca and sail across the Nile to the 'camel' station. Hire a camel and trek up to the abandoned Monastery of St. Simeon, once one of the largesti Christian monasteries in the world, housing at its peak, more than a thousand monks. Now being given much needed attention from... More

Loved the tour of the monastery, you pay 50 Le each to get in great, the trouble starts with the boat men that have to take you to it, they were after 200Le to take me and my husband there, in there dreams, we paid 80 Le for the both of us, BUT it is worth a visit.

I recommend you take the ferry over to the tombs on the west side (Its right in front of the main drag that leads from the train station to the river. 1 pound.. don't pay more), then start walking or camel riding up the mountain for a spectacular view and then along the ridge beside the river. When the ridge... More