Aswan High Dam

Dam Markaz Aswan, Aswan, Egypt

What to expect

The Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt, completed in 1970. It provides water for irrigation, controls flooding, generates power, and improves navigation across the Nile

Plan your family visit to the Aswan High Dam with these blog insights 👇

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the dam on our way into Aswan from Abu Simbel

Highlights: Our boys enjoyed the engineering lesson and the stray dogs ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We stopped for a few minutes and looked out over both sides of the dam

Highlights: The girls favourite effect was about the now almost non-existent presence of Nile crocodiles downstream ✨