A visit to Kom Ombo Temple on the Nile, just North of Aswan is a special experience & one usually included on Nile Cruise tours. Kom Ombo Temple is quite special because it’s a duplex Temple - dedicated to two Egyptian gods: Horus / Hawk...More

Definitely a cool temple and is a stop on the G Adventures tour. It is thought to be one of the original hospitals or medicine centres. It has some very interesting hieroglyphs (they studied fertility here). The old calendar and ornate coloured ceilings are amazing

The Temple of Kom Ombo is located in the town of Kom Ombo in the Governate of Aswan. Set dramatically on the east bank of the Nile, 47 kilometers north of Aswan and 168 kilometers south of Luxor, The Temple of Kom Ombo is a...More

We visited in the evening, similar to Karak and Luxor, but different. Different Gods. More Greek than the former two. Get a guide.

THIS site just a stone’s throw from the Nile is very unusual because it is not one temple but two. We visited it as night was beginning to fall and were told that the temple had been dedicated to Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus...More

Situated right next to the river it would be easy to pay the small entrance fee and go and see it by yourself ... but paying that bit extra to have the explanations from an egyptologist is well woth it. Our first stop on our...More

We visited the Temple of Kom Ombo dedicated to Horus, the Sky God, and Sobek, the Crocodile God. There are detailed reliefs in the walls. This was the only temple we visited at night so we had a different perspective with the lights shining on...More