Luxor Trip Overview
Take the sights at your own pace with your personal Egyptologist over this 2-day private door-to-door tour. Day 1 is devoted to the East Bank: the Temple of Karnak and Luxor Temple. Day 2 covers the West Bank: the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon.
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Cruises, Sailing & Water Tours >> Sailing Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Luxor, Nile River Valley, Egypt
Take the sights at your own pace with your personal Egyptologist over this 2-day private door-to-door tour. Day 1 is devoted to the East Bank: the Temple of Karnak and Luxor Temple. Day 2 covers the West Bank: the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, the Temple of Hatshepsut, and the Colossi of Memnon.
Itinerary
Day 1: Luxor 2 Museums – Sound and Light Show
Stop At: Luxor Museum, Center Corniche Ave, Luxor Egypt
Luxor Museum is located on the Nile Corniche in the center of Luxor, southern Egypt, which was known in the past as Thebes.
It was inaugurated by former President Mohamed Anwar Sadat with his guest, the President of the Republic of France at the time, Valery Gascard de Stan in the year 1975. However, his assets were not comparable in any way to the exhibits of the Cairo Museum of Antiquities, which contains the most wonderful treasures of ancient Egyptian civilization inside Egypt.
Among the museum’s most impressive exhibits today is a collection of artifacts that were within the tomb of King Tutankhamun, as well as statues representing the New Kingdom era that were found hidden near the Luxor Temple in 1989 AD. Also find the royal mummies of the pharaohs Ahmose the First and Ramesses the First
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mummification Museum, Corniche El Nil St. Opposite Mina Palace Hotel, Luxor Egypt
The Mummification Museum in Luxor is located on the Nile Corniche, north of the Luxor Temple, and this museum aims to highlight the techniques of the ancient Pharaonic mummification art that the ancient Egyptians applied to many creatures and not only to humans. That was used in that process.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Luxor Sound and Light Show, Karnak Temple, Luxor 0095 Egypt
Visit the world’s largest open air museum, and attend the Sound and Light Show at Karnak Museum. Through the presentation, you will get a lot of information about the ancient city of “Thebes”, which contains the most important monuments in the world, and you will know why it was called by that name in ancient times. You cannot miss seeing the place where many important historical achievements took place that will surprise you when hearing its story. Through sound and light shows of Karnak Temple, you can also choose from 10 languages to listen to historical stories
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Over Night Hotel In Luxor ( 4 Stars ) Can Be Upgrade To 5 Stars
Day 2: Valley of the Kings – Hatshbsut temple – Memnon – Karnak Temple – Luxor Temple ( HighLights )
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Then journey onto the magnificent Temple of Queen Hatshepsut also known as Deir el Bahari. Queen Hatchepsut meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies was thought to have started the first Trading routes.
2 hours , Admission included
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon are huge twin Statues made from blocks of quartzite sandstone. The Colossi was thought to have been guarding the entrance to Amenhotep Memorial Temple. The Colossi is one of the best places to take some fabulous photos. After this fantastic tour transfer back to your starting point.
30 minutes, Admission included
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
The Valley of the Kings, also known as “The Valley of the Kings”, is a valley in Egypt that was used for 500 years during the period between the sixteenth and eleventh centuries BC to construct tombs for the pharaohs and nobles of the modern state extending during the eighteenth dynasties to the twentieth dynasty in ancient Egypt. The valley on the west bank of the Nile River facing Thebes (Luxor now) in the heart of the ancient funerary city of Thebes. The Valley of the Kings is divided into two valleys; The Eastern Valley (where most of the royal tombs are located) and the Western Valley.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Karnak, or the Karnak Temple Complex, which is known as the Karnak Temple, is a group of temples, buildings and columns, where the expansion and construction processes continued since the Pharaonic era, specifically the kings of the Middle Kingdom, until the Roman era in Luxor in Egypt on the eastern coast. The temple was built for the divine triad Amun (Amun Ra in modern times), his wife the goddess Mut and their son the god Khonsu; And each of them has a temple belonging to the Karnak Temples Complex. Sometimes tourists and non-specialists mean only Karnak Temple, the temple belonging to Amun Amun Ra.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Luxor Temple is a large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the eastern bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor today known as (Thebes ancient). Founded in 1400 BC. The Luxor Temple was built to worship Amun-Ra, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu. They are the gods, which are also called the Theban Triad (Theban Triad). Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important buildings in the temple are those that were built by Kings Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC) (who added to the temple the open courtyard, the edifice, and the obelisks).
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
