Luxor Trip Overview
Take a 1-week Nile River cruise from Luxor and discover southern Egypt
See the Abu Simbel Temples, Valley of the Kings, Aswan, and more
Learn about the history of ancient Egypt and enjoy a hot air balloon ride
Your lodging, transport, meals and tour guide are included
Additional Info
Duration: 8 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
Take a 1-week Nile River cruise from Luxor and discover southern Egypt
See the Abu Simbel Temples, Valley of the Kings, Aswan, and more
Learn about the history of ancient Egypt and enjoy a hot air balloon ride
Your lodging, transport, meals and tour guide are included
Itinerary
Day 1: Pickup and Visit Temple Of Karnak and Luxor Temple
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Ride a hot air balloon,enjoy the kings valley,the amazing Abu simbel temples,listen to the Nile whispers all by sailing Nile cruise. our Egyptology tour guide will pick you up on time where we going to start our amazing tour. down to the Nile where we going to take traditional motor boat to get to west bank of Luxor, visit the most ancient temples in the whole world valley of the kings. drive over to visit the famous queen Hatsheput temple. it is great chance to be at the west bank to visit carter house the famous English man who discovered tut ankh amun treasures. back to the east and check in cruise. after some rest it is good chance to be in Luxor to visit the old market of Luxor. over night cruise.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
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 the modern era), his wife the goddess Mut and their son the god Khonsu; And each of them has a temple belonging to the Karnak Temples Complex. The temple was named with this name in relation to the city of Karnak, and it is a modern name that is distorted from the Arabic word Khurang, meaning the fortified village, which was given to many temples in the area during this period. While the temple was known in the beginning as “Bar Amun”, meaning the temple of Amun or Betamun, and during the Middle Kingdom it was called the name Ibt Sut, which means the most chosen of places (sometimes translated as the chosen spot)
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: over night cruise
Day 2: Hot Air Balloon. Valley Of The Kings. Temple Of Queen Hatshepsut and Colossi Of Memnon
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. And with the discovery of the last burial chamber in 2006, known as (Cemetery 63), in addition to the discovery of two other entrances to the same chamber during 2008.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
The Temple of Hatshepsut or the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a temple from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and the best remaining temples were built about 3500 years ago in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile opposite to Thebes (the capital of ancient Egypt and the seat of the Amun worship) (Luxor today). The Temple of Hatshepsut is distinguished by its unique architectural design, in comparison to the Egyptian temples that were built on the eastern bank of the Nile at Thebes. The temple consists of three successive floors with open terraces. The temple was built of limestone, and in front of the second floor columns were erected limestone statues of the god Osiris and Queen Hatshepsut in a beautiful distribution. Originally, those statues were colored, and now only some monuments remain of the colors, and some statues are in very good condition, indicating the elegance and beauty of the temple’s design.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Colossus of Memnon, known locally as (Al-Kulsat or Salamat), is two huge statues, built around the year 1350 BC, which are all that remains of a temple built in memory of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who ruled Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty, located in the funeral city of Thebes Located west of the Nile in the present-day city of Luxor, the two identical statues depict Amenhotep III (14th century BC) seated, hands spread on his knees and looking eastward (in fact toward the southeast in modern directions) toward the river. Two short figures are carved on the front of the throne, along with his legs: his wife Tiye and his mother Death M and Ya. The side panels depict the Nile god Habi.
The statues were made from blocks of quartzite sandstone that were quarried from Jabal al-Ahmar (near present-day Cairo) and transported 675 km (420 mi) overland to Thebes (Luxor).
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: over night cruise
Day 3: Edfu Temple and Kom Ombo Temple
Stop At: Temple of Horus, Adfo, Edfu Egypt
Early morning the cruise will stop at edfu city. touch the culture and ride traditional horse and carriage to reach to edfu temple. back to cruise and sail over towards komombo city. enjoy your drink on cruise sun deck during sailing. cruise will stop around sun set time for visit komombo temple. back and over night cruise.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Kom Ombo, Nagoa Ash Shatb, Kom Ombo 81611 Egypt
Kom Ombo Temple is located in Kom Ombo in the Aswan Governorate, southern Egypt. The temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI to worship the gods Sobek and Horus. The temple area has recently been restored and renewed. This temple was established during the reign of Ptolemy VI Philomator, but its decoration was only completed in the Roman era during the time of Emperor Tiberius, and we see in this temple also the same features that we find in other Ptolemaic Egyptian temples in terms of design, architecture and decoration. However, this temple has a special feature that resulted in local worship in the place, where people worshiped two local deities, namely Sobek and Horus with the head of a falcon, and despite the difference between these two deities in origin and character, they lived side by side for long centuries without mixing or pairing us Together
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: over night cruise
Day 4: Aswan –
Stop At: Aswan High Dam, Manteqet As Sad Al Aali, Aswan Egypt
We arrive to Aswan city which is famous by nubian culture.
after breakfast we going to start our amazing tour down to the Nile where we will take a motor boat to visit philae island temple. drive over and visit the famous Aswan high dam. back to cruise and get some rest. it is a great chance to be in Aswan to visit the old market of Aswan. over night cruise.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: lunch.dinner
Accommodation included: over night cruise
Day 5: abu simbel
Stop At: Abu Simbel Temple Complex, Abu Simbel, Abu Simbel Egypt
Around 5 am this is time to visit one of the most important temples in whole the world abu simbel temples. back and over night cruise.
Duration: 8 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast: lunch.dinner
Accommodation included: over night cruise
Day 6: Aswan
Stop At: Aswan Market, Aswan Egypt
Cruise will start to sail again towards luxor. enjoy both Nubian and Egyptian culture during sailing. the Nubian islands,villages,green lands all over the way during sailing. over night cruise.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: lunch.dinner
Accommodation included: over night cruise
Day 7: Nile cruise
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Day at leisure and over night cruise.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: lunch.dinner
Accommodation included: over night cruise
Day 8: east bank of luxor
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
After breakfast be ready for east bank tour of Luxor.
Our tour will start by visit the biggest temple in whole the world karnak temple. continue our fabulous tour by visit the beautiful Luxor temple.
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Duration: 5 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
