Luxor Trip Overview
This 3 days package we offer will make you cover Luxor, Aswan and the 2 temples between the 2 cities (Edfu and Kom Ombo temples). If yout time is tight and you want to see everything without missing any of the main sites everyone visits, you are on the right page. Our guides will make sure that your experience will be unforgettable and stress free .
Why book with us?
Expert guides aim to make you feel like a local and introduce you to Egypt and it’s culture (modern and ancient), Accurate pickups always on time, no hidden fees, customized tours to fit your needs, we look after all small details.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
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 3 days package we offer will make you cover Luxor, Aswan and the 2 temples between the 2 cities (Edfu and Kom Ombo temples). If yout time is tight and you want to see everything without missing any of the main sites everyone visits, you are on the right page. Our guides will make sure that your experience will be unforgettable and stress free .
Why book with us?
Expert guides aim to make you feel like a local and introduce you to Egypt and it’s culture (modern and ancient), Accurate pickups always on time, no hidden fees, customized tours to fit your needs, we look after all small details.
Itinerary
Day 1: Luxor Full Day Tour With Lunch (Kings Valley, Hatshepsut, Memnon states, Karnak and Luxor Temples)
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Your private Egyptologist will pick you up from your hotel/Nile cruise or apartment in Luxor to discover the West bank of Luxor. Start your day visiting Valley of the Kings, take an excursion to the royal cemetery for 65 Pharaohs. You will get a full explanation of the place, why it was picked to be the royal cemetery and get an explanation of what you will be seeing inside the tombs. It is the place where the famous king TutAnkhAmun was buried and found with all of his treasures!
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Hatshepsut’s temple is one of the world’s most striking architectural masterpieces, but perhaps even more noteworthy is the woman who commissioned it. She was the first woman ever to rule Egypt. But how was she bale to do so? How come no one dared to refuse her or strike against? Well this is our story that we will tell once we get there.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Before finishing your west bank tour you will stop by the colossi of Memnon, the 2 singing statues. Sadly they stopped singing! How did solid statues use to sing or make a sound? And why did they stop? Our endless interesting stories about Egypt and the sites you will visit will keep impressing you.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Continue your day tour heading to Karnak temple. The largest religious building ever constructed. It’s massive size will really leave you with a big shock. Each statue and part of it has a story behind. Enjoy watching the massive hall of columns with a total number of 134 columns, it’s the largest one all over! continue seeing the gigantic scarab beetle, big obelisks and the sacred lake of the temple. Our guide will ensure that you know the story and the history of the place then leave you to enjoy the place in peace and take pictures.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Here you walk back in time the deeper you go into it. In front of the temple is the beginning of the Avenue of Sphinxes that ran all the way to the temples at Karnak 3km to the north, and is now almost entirely excavated. The outer part of this temple was built by Ramses the second while the inner part was done by Amenophes the third. Alexander the great as well added his own touch and reconstructed the altar and put deceptions of him on the walls of this temple
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Drive to Aswan and Visit Edfu and Kom Ombo Temples on the way
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Your private Egyptologist will pick you will pick you up from your hotel in Luxor to discover both of Edu and Kom Ombo temples. First drive south heading to Edfu temple dedicated to Horus which is considered by most to be the best preserved cult temple in Egypt. According to the Egyptian myths, it was the place where the falcon-headed god Horus fought his enemies to support god Ra Horakhty.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
Kom Ombo temple is standing on high grounds overlooking The Nile. It differs from other temples because of its double entrance, each one is dedicated to divinity: “Haroeris” with his falcon head and “Sobek” with his crocodile head. The Temple of Kom Ombo was built on the honor of two deities the crocodile-headed Sobek. Then head to the crocodile museum to see a few mummified crocodiles (ticket for the museum is included).
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Crocodile Museum, Nagoa Ash Shatb Markaz Deraw, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
Enjoy watching few mummified crocodiles at this amazing museum then continue driving to Aswan
Duration: 15 minutes
Meals included:
• Lunch: Lunch Box is included
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Aswan Tour (Philae Temple)
Stop At: Temple of Philae, Island of Agilika, Aswan Egypt
It is Egypt’s ancient center for the cult of Isis, the Temples of Philae were venerated from the Pharaonic era through the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods with each ruler making their own additions to the stones here. This sacred site has dazzled travelers since the first Nile cruises set off from Cairo and is one of Nubia’s most important monument sites.
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
