Among the famous visits in Aswan is to see the botanical
gardens of Aswan , you can sail in a local felucca boat or take a motor boat to
the eastern bank of the Nile to reach this island. where this botanical island
is located opposite the city of Aswan and the elephantine island.
other names of the island
is Kitchener island because in 1899 lord Kitchener during his military
campaigns in the Sudan made the island his head-quarter for his army, it was
then known as the lords house.
Soon after the lord left the island it was given back to the
ministry of irrigation and was then known as the kings island.
Ever since 1928 and the
ministry of irrigation has transferred the island into natural part full of
trees from the 5 continents.