Among the famous visits in Aswan are the
Botanical Gardens. To reach them you can sail in a local felucca boat or take a
motor boat to the East Bank of the Nile where they are located. These botanical
gardens are located on an island (the Botanical Island) opposite the city of
Aswan and Elephantine Island.
The island is also called Kitchener Island
because in 1899 lord Kitchener, during his military campaigns in Sudan, made
the island his head-quarter for his army, it was then known as the Lord’s 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, the Ministry of Irrigation
has transformed the island into a natural part full of trees from the 5
continents.