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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.

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