Luxor Trip Overview
Visit the best of Luxor’s East and West Bank attractions with this private guided tour. Highlights include the Temple of Karnak, the Theban Necropolis, the Valley of the Kings, the Colossi of Memnon, and the Temple of Ramses III, all of which you’ll experience with a local guide by your side.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
Explore Luxor Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Luxor, Nile River Valley, Egypt
Visit the best of Luxor’s East and West Bank attractions with this private guided tour. Highlights include the Temple of Karnak, the Theban Necropolis, the Valley of the Kings, the Colossi of Memnon, and the Temple of Ramses III, all of which you’ll experience with a local guide by your side.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Our Egyptology tour guide will pick you up at your Luxor hotel, train station or airport. Drive in nature for about 35 to 40 minutes to the West Bank to start by visiting the Valley of the Kings, where the pharaohs from the New kingdom carved their tombs in the mountains aiming to hide their treasure and protect their mummies. Your tour guide will explain everything from outside as no guiding inside the tombs. Then, explore the best 3 selected tombs from the open ones.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Temple of Medinat Habu, Al Bairat, Luxor Egypt
Porceed to Medinat 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.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
End your tour in the West Bank by a photo stop in front of the gigantic statues of Memnon. Lunch in a local restaurant(optional).
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Back to the East Bank to see the largest temple ever; Karnak temple built through 2000 years, covering an area of about 63 acres. Enjoy the stories and legends of the ancient Egyptian Gods among its enormous Halls and pillars.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Your tour will be ended by visiting Luxor temple, with its beautiful obelisk and statues built first by king Amonhotep III from the 18th dynasty and completed by the great pharaoh Ramesses II during the 19th dynasty, where ancient Egyptian, Christian and Islamic features are exhibited. Finally, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Luxor or Luxor Airport or train station
Duration: 1 hour
