Kom Ombo, Egypt Travel Blogs

back on board
Dec 17, 2007 (9 photos)

... of a boat, as an excuse to stop whatever game they are playing, shouting and dancing and waving on the riverbank. Approaching Kom Ombo, appearing through the haze of late afternoon, Kom Ombo, hits you right between the eyes, perched on the riverside on a ...

Glowing Lantern
Apr 28, 2008

... nbsp; She spoke excellent English that she learned mostly on her own; clearly she was motivated and energetic and intelligent.  As Egypt passed by the windows, we talked about what it is to be a young woman in the Muslim world. When Glowing Lantern ...

Nile cruising - call of the donkey
Feb 11, 2006 (24 photos)

... which only added to the effect. Sometimes I really dig my timing. Late afternoon on the second day we stopped at Kom Ombo, a small riverside town with a worthy little temple to check out. Dedicated to Sobek and Haroeris (crocodile and falcon gods ...

Not much lucka in a felucca
Mar 21, 1998 (1 photos)

It was decided to take a felucca up to or as far as we could handle to Luxor. Before we went, we needed to order some beers. Egyptian Stella. That what does not kill us, only makes us stronger. We figured on an amount to get us through a couple of days ...

Dahabiya Nile Cruise - Day 4
Sep 24, 2009 (24 photos)

In the morning we had a leisurely breakfast and wandered along looking at the different shrines. We then came to a magnificent group of 3 shrines built by Merneptah, Rameses II and Seti I during the new kingdom. It has these great pillars on either side ...

Dahabiya on the Nile - Day 3
Sep 23, 2009 (22 photos)

We were woken by a big noisy party coming from the other side of the river at around 4am thereabouts maybe even earlier. Then the mosque started up. Then Pete got up and I looked outside my window on the water to see a fisherman right next to us going ...

Edfu and Komombo
Nov 17, 2005 (5 photos)

Today we saw Edfu temple in the morning and Komombo in the afternoon. Edfu was a temple to the god Horus, the falcon. The cool part about this temple though was how we got there. When we got of the boat, horse drawn carriages picked us up and drove us ...

Kom Ombo
Oct 25, 2007 (4 photos)

Plan: Quick stop off at the Temple of Kom Ombo. Another early morning... who planned this thing? We were up, and packed, and loading into a car to join up with a convoy, which is the only way you are allowed to travel from Aswan to Luxor by car.& ...

Temples Temples Temples
Aug 1, 2008 (33 photos)

Too many temples to think about.

Serenity
Apr 7, 2006 (5 photos)

... , jump on a minibus and head back to Luxor with a couple of temple visits thrown in for good measure. The first was at Kom Ombo itself and was dedicated to the crocodile headed God Sobek. They used to keep live crocodiles here in the temple pool and ...

Tempio di Kom Ombo
Aug 21, 2007 (26 photos)

... il Tempio di Edfu, abbiamo raggiunto in nave Kom Ombo dove nel tardo pomeriggio (prima fa troppo caldo...) abbiamo effettuato la visita. Kom Ombo è una città dell'Egitto posta sulla riva occidentale del Nilo. Si trova a circa 40 Km a nord di Aswan. ...

Day 5 - In De Nile
May 25, 2009 (6 photos)

... to hear. Their rhythms are so cool and loved it we had so much fun and I would highly recommend it to everyone if you go to Egypt to listen to the Nubian music! Well we looked at our watches and it was 1AM! Where did the night go, we quietly sneaked back ...

Day 18 (Felucca)
Feb 18, 2008 (6 photos)

Seems the wind is against us today, so we are struggling to make headway, a few km's downriver I can see the Temple of Kom Ombo, which we were due to see this afternoon   Turns out the captain realised the wind was turning, and cast off about 3am, ...

Dual temple of Sobek and Horus.
Nov 11, 2006 (8 photos)

... , you should see what they look like when they're 3000 years old. LOL. Besides that, the temple is very well preserved and showcases some of the most beautiful god and pharaoh depictions I've seen in Egypt. Kom Ombo, from the Nile to the sky. Andre.

Felucca to Kom Ombo
Jan 20, 2006 (5 photos)

After Abu Simbel, we hopped a felucca from Aswan to Kom Ombo temple and sailed down the Nile oh-so-slowly.

Kom - ombo
Feb 10, 2007 (3 photos)

Kom - ombo

Midnight At The Oasis
Oct 29, 2009 (3 photos)

... and merriment.  Rose wins the prize for best female costume.  We continue dancing and drinking under the moon and stars in Kom Ombo, listening to music from a wedding close by.  We are staying here for the night and there are no early ...

Kom ombo
Aug 14, 2008

... afin qu’elles passent à la postérité et qu’elles participent à l’élévation de l'humanité.   Navigation pour arriver a Kom Ombo au coucher du soleil. Nous visitons le temple de Kom Ombo de nuit : le spectacle est grandiose. Le site est ...

The Temple of Kom Ombo
Jul 14, 2004 (3 photos)

Kom Ombo is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for its temple. It was originally a Greek settlement called Ombos, from the Egyptian 'nubt', meaning City of Gold (not to be confused with the city north of Naqada that was also called Nubt/Ombos). The town ...

Kom Ombo
Jan 11, 2006 (3 photos)

Kom Ombo was the first stop on our Nile Cruise. We arrived in the middle of the night and visited the temple just after sun up. A fascinating way to begin a day.

Esna to Kom Ombo
Jul 26, 2008 (5 photos)

G'day all, Well this is another fine pickle you have gotten me in ollie said nancy when i informed her i was not going to go on the tour this morning so she and the other intrepid travellers took off and left me to wallow in my misery alone (yeah right ...

The Felucca Trip - Aswan to Kom Ombo
Aug 12, 2006 (2 photos)

... jam and cheese triangles. Indescribably better than I've described it!!! After breakfast we continued our 30km journey (from Aswan to Kom Ombo). Again, the day was very relaxing with more games (I spy and backgammon popular today), good food and a couple ...

Temples, Temples, and more Temples
Nov 23, 2005 (18 photos)

... captains and then loaded them straight away onto an awaiting minivan. We were given 30 minutes to look around the temple...Kom Ombo's cool, but pretty similar to the other temples, the two biggest exceptions being that it has many depictions of Sobek, ...

On the Nile
Feb 3, 2005 (8 photos)

... ; From Thursday to Saturday we cruised the Nile, visiting Kom Ombo and Edfu on the way to Luxor. Both temples were fascinating: Kom Ombo because it is dedicated to two gods and Edfu because it is so wonderfully preserved. We did not have enough time in ...

Kom Ombo
Mar 7, 2007

After sailing up the Nile from Edfu, we arrived at Kom Ombo in the afternoon. Here we toured the temple dedicated to Sobek (the crocodile-headed goddess) built by Cleopatra VII. Cleopatra VII is the famous Cleopatra who loved Mark Antony and ...

Floating The Nile To Kom Ombo - In Denial
Nov 12, 2005

... form of celebrity group that attracted kids from everywhere. Back on the boat and Mohammed pulls in for the night within sight of Kom Ombo. Afternoon beers are served (warm and illegal) while Lentil Soup is prepared by Allah. I am still sketchy on the ...

The Temple of Kom Ombo
Feb 24, 2007 (5 photos)

... time to mingle with the other team mates because we were stuck with each other on the boat until it arrived Kom Ombo. Some prefer to have some light chats, while we were more aggresive with our card game which resulted an inevitable attention ...

Nile Cruise
Sep 6, 2008 (19 photos)

... , and we knew to take extra care out in the sun.  In the late afternoon, thankfully, we visited the Temple of Kom Ombo.  This is a Ptolemaic temple, and as such was a perfectly symmetrical temple, which was built for 2 gods, Horus the Elder (the ...

Kom Obo
Jan 27, 2009 (6 photos)

The Temple of Kom Obo is dedicated to the crocodile god Sadek and Horus the Elder.  It has cool views of the Nile.  It also had mummified crocodiles in one sanctuary.  It had a secret passageway between the two altars that some think was ...

Temples and more temples
Apr 1, 2006 (13 photos)

... no chance of a sleep in, especially after a wake up call, banging on the door and my alarm. At 6.15am we got of the boat at Kom Ombo to see a temple of Sobek- a Greco-Roman temple of a local crocodile god. Got back on board for a sun deck breakfast as we ...