Elephantine Island

Elephantine Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Elephantine Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Elephantine Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 24.08917, 32.88873. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Elephantine Island

• Aswan Botanical Garden · sanctuary · Aswan · ~1 km · Must-see
• Aswan Museum · museum · Aswan · ~1 km · Must-see
• Pyramid of Elefantine · attraction · Aswan · ~1 km · Must-see
• Archangel Michael Cathedral for Coptic Orthodox · church · Aswan · ~1 km · Must-see
• Aga Khan Mausoleum · fort · Aswan · ~1 km · Must-see
• Al-Tabia Mosque · dargah · Aswan · ~1 km · Must-see
• Qubbet el-Hawa · viewpoint · Aswan · ~2 km · Must-see
• Saluga and Ghazal Protectorate · sanctuary · Aswan · ~3 km · Must-see
• Seheil Island · river spot · Aswan · ~4 km · Must-see
• Famine Stela · attraction · Aswan · ~5 km · Must-see
• Aswan Low Dam (Khazzan Aswan) · lake · Aswan · ~8 km · Must-see
• Agilkia Island · sanctuary · Aswan · ~9 km · Must-see
• Aswan High Dam · lake · Aswan · ~17 km · Must-see
• Temple of Kom Ombo · fort · Aswan · ~51 km · Must-see
• Satet Temple of Monthuhotep II · fort · Aswan · ~1 km
• Temple of Domitian · fort · Aswan · ~1 km
• Ruins of town of Elephantine · fort · Aswan · ~1 km
• Temple of Khnum · temple · Aswan · ~1 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Elephantine Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Elephantine Island

• Seheil Island · river spot · Aswan · ~4 km · Must-see
• Jazīrat ‘Awwāḑ · river spot · Aswan · ~9 km
• Biga Island · river spot · Aswan · ~9 km
• Philae · river spot · Aswan · ~9 km
• Bigeh · river spot · Aswan · ~10 km
• Heisa Island · river spot · Aswan · ~11 km
• Geziret al Farisiyam · river spot · Aswan · ~66 km
• Essa Island · river spot · Aswan · ~1 km
• Geziret Saluga · river spot · Aswan · ~4 km
• Sunken Island of Konosso · river spot · Aswan · ~9 km

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