Aswan Nubian House

Location is quiet, perfect is you want to get away from loud and busy Aswan. The owner made us a take-away breakfast for our trip to Abu Simbel, which was nice. However, some downsides... If you want to take a trip to Abu Simbel, there are no public ferries at 3.30 AM. We therefore booked our trip with the hotel (private boat included), but it was much more expensive. We payed 850 EGP pp (thinking that entrances fees were included, they were not), whereas we found the trip also for 450 EGP pp. But are you are stuck on the island at night, we saw no other choice but to book the expensive trip. Also, we asked for a good price for an airport taxi, and the owner told us a ridiculously high price. It was our 2nd day in Egypt, we did not know better and paid... Looking back, we would not have stayed here/on the island.

If you want to get back to nature - stay within 5 meters of the Nile - then yes it's great - but there are NO frills - no AC - there's basic sanitation - it's on an island - it's mosquito heaven - host is friendly but charges for everything - including water - make sure you know where you are going and have active phone service because taxi driver's - guys in the ferry did not know where I was looking for - I did not have local SIM card though

We had a lovely stay at Aswan Nubian House and our hosts were extremely helpful, both before our visit and during. It is run by 3 brothers - Said is on site, Hamed popped in on our final day & Adel is actually based in Cairo as they run another guest house in Giza. I had asked Adel a number of general questions re Aswan before our trip and he was very responsive and made sure that we knew he was there to help. He also speaks English well so it was very easy for us to communicate. The guest house is located on Elephantine Island, so it requires a ferry to reach it. Logistically this takes a little bit more consideration, but we found it easy to navigate public/private ferries as advised by Adel. The public ferry takes only 2 minutes from the Aswan mainland (5 Egyptian pounds per person) and sets off fairly regularly (in our experience every 10 mins or so). When we first arrived Said greeted us on the Elephantine side once we got off the ferry, offered to wheel our bag for us and took us to the guest house (about an 8 minute walk). We had reserved the twin bedroom and therefore we shared the downstairs bathroom with another guest, but this did not present any issues. The guest house itself lends itself to people meeting eachother and chatting in the communal areas, in both the downstairs living room and the balcony with amazing views. The view from the rooftop is the real selling point, you can see the Nile and a monastery in the background and we enjoyed taking photos and relaxing in the shade there. There is also a dining table on the rooftop so if you choose to eat here you can enjoy amazing views while you eat. That evening, we decided to eat in so we ordered some food through Said - a chicken dish and a fish dish for 150 Egyptian pounds each. I think Said got this from a neighbour. The food was not great in all honesty (especially given it's fairly expensive for the area) - we'd recommend exploring the local area instead (although we did not get a chance to do this). Said was very hospitable and as we were due to go to Abu Simbel the morning after we arrived, we asked him to arrange a private ferry for us (as we were to be picked up from the mainland at 3.45am before public ferries were available). This was considerably more expensive at 75 Egyptian pounds per person. It should also be noted that "private" doesn't mean private exactly, we shared the ferry with at least 8 others but the increased price is due to the time in the morning. At 3.15am Said was up to take us to the island pier which was much appreciated. I asked Said to meet us and take us to the island pier in every instance as the route to the guest house is quite complicated and he obliged with no fuss. My only minor grievance was that the night before we went to Abu Simbel, Said had agreed to prepare and provide us each with a breakfast box to take with us given the very early morning start - the Abu Simbel trip involved a 3hr journey each way and 2hrs exploring the te

I visited Aswan in March and stayed at Aswan Nubian House. The owner of this place Saeed is extremely helpful and friendly and goes out of his way to make guests feel comfortable. Saeed has 2 brothers Hamed and Adil both amazing people . Adil helped me throughout my 2 week trip in Egypt in arranging tourist guides and taxis in all cities in Egypt at very reasonable rates. Aswan nubian house has some excellent views of the Nile River and the highlight of my trip was the amazing Fellucca boat ride that Saeed arranged . Overall wonderful experience and I am glad that I got to meet such warm and friendly guys like Saeed,Hamed and Adil . I look forward to visiting Aswan someday in future and meeting them again. I love Egypt 🇪🇬 ❤️

The owner was really helpful and the area was interesting. However, I hadn’t realized that it was a bit of a walk from the nearest available transportation (including car), which was difficult for my mother to manage.

Nous n’avons jamais mis un pied à Aswan Nubian House. Nous sommes arrivés avec une amie vers minuit trente le 30 décembre 2022 après une journée entière de voyage en avion épuisante, et le propriétaire nous a emmené dans un autre lieu sans nous expliquer pourquoi… le lieu était poussiéreux avec une petite lucarne en guise de fenêtre, sans eau chaude ni serviette avec un wifi de très mauvaise qualité… mon est amie asthmatique donc elle n’a pas pu dormir correctement. Nous avons réservé 3 nuit dans cet établissement du 30 décembre au 3 janvier 2023, et le lendemain, nous réalisions un peu plus où nous étions… au milieu de l’île et à 350m d’où nous devions normalement être logés où tout les alentours étaient en construction. Quand j’ai appelé le propriétaire pour avoir des explications, Et que nous voulions être remboursés, il n’a jamais voulu et nous a trouvé des raisons bidons pour ne pas le faire. Sois disant que sa guest house était en overbooking et qu’il nous a mis à un autre endroit encore mieux … mais sans nous tenir informés… une plaisanterie. Nous avons payé pour une chambre double au calme avec vu sur le Nil pour 90€ que nous n’avons jamais eu. Une vraie arnaque, surtout quand il a voulu nous faire un prix sur une excursion qui était en fait le même pour tout le monde, et qu’on est restés en panne à cause d’une crevaison dans le désert 3h en pleine nuit … Nous n’avions pas d’autre choix pour changer de chambre car c’était le nouvel an et que tout était pris à part les palaces. Nous étions dégoûtés de notre arrivée en Égypte. Quand nous avons trouvé un nouvel hébergement, les hôtes connaissaient bien cette famille de l’île d’éléphantine pour duper les touristes… je vous passe les détails . Je vous souhaite d’éviter cet établissement, car nous avons croisé un couple de touristes quelques jours plu tard à qui il était arrivé la même mésaventure. Cet établissement doit vraiment se former dans l’accueil des touristes et arrêter de prendre leurs clients pour des ******.

Le cadre du logement est génial. Mais on a été déçu par le fait que notre hôte ait oublié d'envoyer notre navette à l'aéroport. Bon finalement on a payé moins cher notre taxi en nous débrouillant. D'autre part on avait réservé une chambre triple, or on a eu une chambre double (pas grave) mais payée au prix de la chambre triple (en soi rien de grave mais décevant sur le principe) Les prestations de transport (balade sur le Nil et sur les autres îles) proposées par le fils de notre hôte étaient sans surprise également plus chères. On a donc préféré gérer cela de notre côté. Les prix des repas étaient corrects. Rien à dire. Malheureusement les repas, certes copieux et parfois très savoureux (mention speciale au poisson braisé) , n'étaient jamais assez chauds. Ce sont les fils de notre hôte qui géraient la guest house. Ils étaient polis et courtois.

Très bel hôtel sur l'ile Éléphantine avec vue depuis le toit terrasse sur les montagnes et les mausolées de l'autre rive. Chambre typique style nubien. Petit déjeuner et repas au top! Possibilité d'organiser le voyage jusqu'à Abu Simbel!