El-amin Guest House

Location is very good! Right by the public ferry so very easy to get on and off the island, has a store below for water/snacks anything you need. The balcony is massive and has an amazing view, and we were 6 people and had a lot of space in the apartment. Host is very helpful for organising boat trips and a driver to Abu Simbel for us, so would really recommend. Lots of restaurants nearby, and the place has a little restaurant where we had some drinks and tea a few times during our stay. Host was also very flexible on us leaving as we had a late flight!

Sometimes it is a little noisy at night because of the ferry/people at the store - just a note for light sleepers maybe to bring ear plugs, but the front two rooms didn't have any issues.

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Some little noise some time

Very nice location on the island Elephantine without cars and with two small Nubian villages a ancient temple a good Restaurants. Very nice view to the river Nil

We made the payment through the app, and no additional charges were requested. The hotel was clean, and the bathroom and toilet were shared but always had hot water and were well-maintained. There was a terrace right next to our room with a view of the Nile River. We spent our evenings relaxing and watching the Nile from there. There were mosquitoes, so I recommend bringing repellent, but the windows in the rooms had screens, so there were no bugs inside.

There was a power outage, and we were without electricity for an hour. The hotel owner resolved the issue, and the power came back.

I’m sad that I have to write negative review. At the beginning all looked good, the place is well located, room was clean, there was a tasty nubian dinner… But then…

But then mr Amin sold us travel to Luxor by car with mr Mohamed Montasser (+20 102 511 1063). BEWARE Mohamed Montasser, whith whom he works. Mohamed Montasser is a FRAUD that resold aur travel to sone poor driver that didn’t have the permit to travel with tourist. It ended on a police control and official fine (5000egp) and polce escort (the other choices where getting back to aswan and loose money and time and things scheduled for following day, or leaving us on random train station with unknown schedule for next train and no tickets) None of them (Mr Amin, Mohamed ’fraud’ Montasser nor the driver) was in any way helpful nor thought about refund for messed and really stressful situation. So BEWARE not only Mohamed ’fraud’ Montasser but also mr Amin who legitimates this kind of behaviour.

People and location

Nice view of the nile, nice and friendly people working at the place, very close to the public ferry

Very good location. With a grocery store and the public ferry next door.

Amin was extremely nice and helpful all the time. Super patient and solved our transportation issues and tours in no time. Amazing view of the Nile. Lovely terrace and rooms.

The view of the balcony is fantastic!

The shower water need to be improved.