Elephantine Island

It is an island in the Nile opposite Aswan city, There the 18th- and 19th-dynasty pharaohs built a large temple to that traid of Elephantine island  which consists of  Khnum, Sati and Anuket .There are numerous outstanding rock tombs and shrine of the Old and Middle Kingdom nobles of the city ,It has also Aswan Museum and an ancient nilometer in the form of ancient stairs leading into the water cut into the rock , In the middle of the island palm groves hide two Nubian  villages  that  regularly  host  tourists and beautiful scenery along the river. There is also a luxurious hotel, the Movenopick Aswan, located at its northern end.
You can reach Elephantine Island by motor boat  or on a felucca that can be rented from the east bank of the river in Aswan.