sharm el sheikh
17 hours

LUXOR (BY PLANE)

Overview

Luxor is home to a significant portion of Ancient Egypt's cultural heritage.

The construction of the Karnak Temple complex spanned over 2000 years. Each ruler added

new sanctuaries and tried to make them more luxurious than the previous ones.

The funerary temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, carved into the sheer cliffs in the form of three

terraced levels adorned with rows of statues and connected by ramps. Inside

the temple, colorful frescoes depicting gods and events from Hatshepsut's reign have been preserved.

The Valley of the Kings is the burial place of pharaohs on the left bank of the Nile. Here, between the hills,

dozens of tombs were excavated for rulers from different dynasties (from the XVIII to the XX dynasty – from the 16th

century BCE). The most famous tomb belongs to Tutankhamun, the last of the pharaohs in his dynasty.


Highlights
  • Flight time to Luxor:

  • Visit to the Karnak Temple

  • Colossi of Memnon

  • Temple of Queen Hatshepsut;

  • Valley of the Kings

  • Visit to Banana Island

  • Return to Luxor Airport.

Basic Information
Duration:
17 hours
Departure Time:
04:00
Return Time:
21:00
Included:
  • Transportation and round-trip flight tickets;

  • Lunch at a restaurant (buffet style);

  • Services of an english-speaking guide;

  • Entrance tickets to the temples as per the program.

Not Included:
  • Drinks during lunch;

  • Visit to Banana Island (optional, $10 per person).

Items To Bring
  • Passports with a visa, money for personal expenses,

  • Dry breakfasts (should be ordered in advance at the reception),

  • Headgear, comfortable shoes, sunglasses.

  • Do not bring water and liquids; they may be confiscated at the airport

Tour Program

  • Flight time to Luxor: 1.5 hours;

  • Visit to the Karnak Temple complex (the City of the Living);

  • Boat ride on the Nile River;

  • Colossi of Memnon (the Valley of the Dead);

  • Temple of Queen Hatshepsut;

  • Valley of the Kings, visiting three main pharaohs' tombs;

  • Optional visit to an alabaster factory and an oil factory;

  • Visit to Banana Island (optional);

  • Return to Luxor Airport.

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