Luxor Trip Overview
This full day tour covers the highlights of Luxor as: the valley of the kings, the temple of Hathshepsut, colossi of Memnon, Karnak temple, and Luxor temple.
Hotel pick up and drop off, and entrance fees of the sites are included.
Professional licensed tour guide.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Luxor, Nile River Valley, Egypt
This full day tour covers the highlights of Luxor as: the valley of the kings, the temple of Hathshepsut, colossi of Memnon, Karnak temple, and Luxor temple.
Hotel pick up and drop off, and entrance fees of the sites are included.
Professional licensed tour guide.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Discover the beauty of the tombs of the valley of the kings, and see how the afterlife was great thing for everyone, when everyone made their best to secure a safe journey to the afterlife, through caring about his body and tomb.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The unique Mortuary Temple Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari is the only temple in Egypt which was built with three terraces. Hatshepsut was the daughter of Thutmose I, the sister-wife of Thutmose II , and the mother- in- law of Thutmose III. She built the temple to confirm her status as the pharaoh of Egypt. Hatshepsut’s famous expedition to the land of Punt (Somalia) is depicted in the second terrace.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon are two impressive statues measuring 18 meters high. The statues originally guarded the entrance to pharaoh Amenhotep III’s mortuary temple. Excavations are taking place at present at this site to reveal as much as possible of this temple. We will start or end this tour at the Colossi of Memnon where you will be able to take photographs of these magnificent statues.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
The impressive Karnak Temple is the largest religious complex ever built to date. Comprising of a vast mix of temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings dating from the Middle Kingdom through to the Ptolemaic period. Thirty Pharaohs contributed to the building of this complex dedicated to the God Amun (The Hidden One). Originally an avenue of Sphinxes connected Karnak Temple to Luxor Temple.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Luxor temple is situated in the downtown of Luxor, it was dedicated to the Theban Triad of the cult of the Royal Ka, Amun, Mut, and Khonsu and was built during the New Kingdom, the focus of the annual Opet Festival, in which a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile from nearby Karnak Temple to stay there for a while, with his consort Mut, in a celebration of fertility. Alexander the Great claimed he was crowned here and at the rear of the temple is his shrine. There is evidence that a part of the temple was used as a Coptic church with Coptic (Christian) scenes depicted on the wall. The active mosque of Abu el Hagag is situated in the first open court of the temple standing on the ancient columns themselves.
Duration: 1 hour
