Hurghada Trip Overview
Aladin Tours is a family-run tour operator in Luxor Egypt offering group and private tours for all sizes, ages, and budgets. Operating for ten years, we have become widely recommended by many renowned travel resources. With a personal touch, the customized tours suit the desires of every visitor and offer a genuine Egyptian experience.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Hurghada, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Aladin Tours is a family-run tour operator in Luxor Egypt offering group and private tours for all sizes, ages, and budgets. Operating for ten years, we have become widely recommended by many renowned travel resources. With a personal touch, the customized tours suit the desires of every visitor and offer a genuine Egyptian experience.
Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Luxor from Hurghada and visit East bank
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Early morning at 7:00 AM, You will be picked up from your place in Hurghada by our car and driver, Then drive to Luxor around 4 hours.
Upon arrival to Luxor, Our guide will meet you to start your trip by visiting the Highlights of the East bank to see
Karnak Temples and Luxor Temple
Then go to Check in our hotel and stay Overnight
Duration: 8 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Get into Karnak temple : the vastest Ancient temple dedicated to the Theban triad Amun, Mut and their son Khonsu. Karnak temple was connected to Luxor temple by an alley of sphinx which was used during the Opet Festival : the statues of the Theban triad were carried in procession from Karnak Temple to Luxor Temple so that Amun-Ra (the solar shape of god Amun) meets Amun-Min (the shape of Amun in Luxor Temple). Make your way through the papyrus field of the hypostyle hall. The 134 columns shaped like papyrus will not miss to impress you. The walls will captivate you with their colored engravings and hieroglyphs. At the back of Amun-Ra precinct : a charming sacred lake of natural spring water that was used by the priests to purify themselves before entering the temple. Developed during more than 2000 years, about thirty Pharaohs have contributed to the construction of the building, making it unique by its size, its degree of elaboration and the diversity of styles.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in Our Hotel Nefertiti
Day 2: Sunrise Hot air Balloon with West Bank Trip and Felucca ride/Back to Hurghada
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Early morning, The balloon company car will pick you up from the hotel to have one of the best activities in Luxor The HOT AIR BALLOON to witness the glory and beauty of Luxor.
After landing, Our guide will meet you to start your trip to visit
Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut Temple and The Colossi of Memnun.
After that, Enjoy One Hour Felucca Ride around in The River Nile.
After finishing this amazing Day, Our driver will escort you back to Your hotel in Hurghada.
End of Trip
Duration: 10 hours
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, Kings Valley Rd Deir el-Bahari, Luxor 23512 Egypt
Continue your excursion with the Memorial Temple of Hatchepsut. Arriving to the site, the impressive cliff will not miss to captivate your eyes. But it’s at the foot of this masterpiece of nature that remains the real wonder : Hatshepsut temple. The external architecture match perfectly with the refined cliff, the building seems to have been sculpted into the rock. Once inside the temple, you are able to examine on the walls, scenes that tell the story of the female pharaohs that has made Egypt strong and wealthy under her reign. You can notice that many figures have their face damaged, these are representations of Hatshepsut that Tutmosis III wanted to get rid of. Indeed after her death Tutmosis III became king and finally took revenge on his stepmother that had stolen the power from him. Actually, he did everything to erase the name of Hatshepsut from history : he ruined the face of some of her statues, destroyed her cartouches or removed them.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Luxor Egypt
Last site in the West bank : the colossi of Memnon. Massive, proudly standing, and the gaze fixed toward the Nile, the two colossi of Memnon were the guardians of Amenhotep’s memorial temple. This complex was the vastest and the most sumptuous in Egypt, here Amenhotep was venerated as a god. After an earthquake of 27 BC, the remaining part of one of the colossi was believed to sing at the time of sunrise. But this sound disappeared after the renovations. The several earthquakes and floods took away this prodigious temple. Today the area is a vast archaeological research site, still guarded by the two great colossi.
Duration: 20 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
