Luxor Trip Overview
Explore the highlights of the Theban Necropolis on the West Bank of Luxor on a private full day tour led by a qualified Egytologist. Have the opportunity to visit the amazing Valley of the Kings, the Majestic Queen Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon. Then, to the fascinating temple of Madient Habu, The Nobles tombs, the Valley of the Artisans and the the fabulous Valley of the Queens. This private tour includes pickup and drop-off by an air-conditioned vehicle at your Luxor hotel or cruise ship, and can be customized to your schedule with a variety of start times, including early departures that take advantage of cooler morning temperatures.
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Duration: 8 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
Explore the highlights of the Theban Necropolis on the West Bank of Luxor on a private full day tour led by a qualified Egytologist. Have the opportunity to visit the amazing Valley of the Kings, the Majestic Queen Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Memnon. Then, to the fascinating temple of Madient Habu, The Nobles tombs, the Valley of the Artisans and the the fabulous Valley of the Queens. This private tour includes pickup and drop-off by an air-conditioned vehicle at your Luxor hotel or cruise ship, and can be customized to your schedule with a variety of start times, including early departures that take advantage of cooler morning temperatures.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Egyptology tour guide will pick you up from Hotel / Nile Cruise at 7:30 am, to start your remarkable day in the West Bank Of Luxor. Drive to the west bank for about 40 minutes in a private air-conditioned car, enjoy the scenery and views of the green farms and the countryside of Luxor.
Arrive at the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs from the new kingdom curved their tombs in the mountains aiming to hide their treasure and protect their mummies.
Your tour guide will explain to you from outside about the secrets of the paintings, colors and how the ancient Egyptian workers succeeded to curve such impressive tombs, as no guiding inside the tombs. Then, visit the best 3 selected tombs from the open ones.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut, King Valley Road, Luxor Egypt
Proceed to visit the unique design Mortuary temple of the famous queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari, that was renewed and rebuilt by the Polish mission in Egypt since 1960 up till these days. Listen to the queen’s interesting story from your Egyptology guide and know how she managed to rule as a sole Pharaoh.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Valley of the Nobles, West Bank near Ramesseum Gurna, Luxor Egypt
Drive over to visit tombs of the Nobles of the New Kingdom with their relief carving of outstanding quality. Enjoy the daily life scenes and see the owners of the tombs in charge of their careers as officials at the court of their Pharaohs.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Valley of the Artisans (Deir el-Medina), Deir el-Medina, Luxor Egypt
Then, continue to Deir El Madina known as the Valley of the Workers at the northern end of the Theban Necropolis. It is an ancient village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th dynasties of the New Kingdom period(1550-1080B.C). Enjoy the colorful workers family tombs with their vivid and impressive paintings.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Valley of the Queens, Luxor Egypt
Then, to the Valley of the Queens, also known as Wadi el-Melikat, where the wives and children of the Kings of Egypt dating primarily from the 18th Dynasty – 20th Dynasty were buried. It was known then as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning “the place of beauty”, more than 90 tombs are stylish and lavishly decorated. An example is the resting place carved out of the rock for Queen Nefertari (QV66) of the 19th Dynasty wife and favorite queen of Ramses II. The reliefs in her tomb are still intact and it is the largest and most spectacular in the valley of the queens.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Medinat Habu, Al Bairat, Luxor Egypt
Madinat Habu, located at the southern end of the Theban Necropolis, where the first labor strike in history against their king Ramesses III was launched. This memorial temple of Ramesses III is one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt and surrounded by a massive mud-brick enclosure wall, which may have been fortified. Marvel at a royal palace, temples, and a series of wall carvings that depict memorial scenes and Ramesses III’s defeat of the Sea Peoples.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Stop for some nice photos in front of the two 17 meters statues of Memnon, once decorating the entrance of the biggest Funeral Temple of king AmonhotepIII from the New kingdom in the West Bank.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Luxor, Luxor, Nile River Valley
Later on, you will be transferred to your hotel or Nile cruise in Luxor.
Duration: 40 minutes
