Marsa Alam Trip Overview
Join our fantastic day tours from Marsa Alam to Luxor and have the chance to see Luxor’s best attractions in two days with a qualified Egyptologist tour guide. Spend wonderful 2-days in Luxor to enjoy your holiday and fantastic excursions to the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Luxor Temple, Karnak Temples and more. Enjoy a convenient private rounded transfer at your Marsa Alam hotel. Cruise along the majestic river Nile and make your way to the banana island “an Island covered with banana plantations”, and have your lunch at the island restaurant. Book your proper hotel in Luxor and get ready for the magical tours.
– Explore the most famous sites around Luxor on both sides of the river in two days
– Private guide for a more personalized experience
– Sail over the majestic River Nile and visit the Banana Island with lunch included
– Travel comfortably by a private rounded transportation
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Marsa Alam, Egypt
Trip Category: Air, Helicopter & Balloon Tours >> Balloon Rides
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Join our fantastic day tours from Marsa Alam to Luxor and have the chance to see Luxor’s best attractions in two days with a qualified Egyptologist tour guide. Spend wonderful 2-days in Luxor to enjoy your holiday and fantastic excursions to the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple, Luxor Temple, Karnak Temples and more. Enjoy a convenient private rounded transfer at your Marsa Alam hotel. Cruise along the majestic river Nile and make your way to the banana island “an Island covered with banana plantations”, and have your lunch at the island restaurant. Book your proper hotel in Luxor and get ready for the magical tours.
– Explore the most famous sites around Luxor on both sides of the river in two days
– Private guide for a more personalized experience
– Sail over the majestic River Nile and visit the Banana Island with lunch included
– Travel comfortably by a private rounded transportation
Itinerary
Day 1: Marsa Alam Transfer and Luxor East Bank Tour
Stop At: Marsa Alam, Marsa Alam, Red Sea and Sinai
This amazing tour will start with a pick up from your hotel in Marsa Alam at 7:00 am (available to change) by our English speaking driver in an air conditioned vehicle, then begins the 4-5 hour journey towards Luxor. Upon arrival in Luxor around 11:30 am, check in your hotel in Luxor (book it yourself) and relax for couple of hours before the tour to the east bank.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Temple of Karnak, Karnak, Luxor Egypt
Then, meet your guide for the tour at 3:00 pm and head to the first stop of the day, Karnak Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Listed site built through 2000 years, covering an area of about 63 acres. Listen carefully to the stories and legends to be told by your tour guide. Marvel at the sheer size of the Great Hypo-style Hall, take photos between the huge columns and obelisks. Excavation of this temple only began in the 19th century and it is still ongoing.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Luxor Temple, Luxor 23512 Egypt
In your way to Luxor Temple, stop to see the avenue of sphinxes, once linked the two temples together for the ancient Egyptians New Year Festival.
Proceed to Luxor Temple, which is among the most beautiful temples in Egypt, and was built by king Amonhotep III from the 18th. dynasty and completed by the great king Ramses II during the 19th dynasty, where ancient Egyptian, Christian and Islamic features are exhibited. Admire its obelisk and well preserved statues. Then, transfer back to your hotel for overnight.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Luxor West Bank tour, Banana Island and Departure transfer to Marsa Alam
Stop At: Valley of the Kings, Luxor City, Luxor 85511 Egypt
Have your breakfast and check out with your luggage and be ready for the west bank tour. Your Egyptology tour guide will pick you up from your hotel at 8:00 am. 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 18th to 20th dynasty carved their tombs in the mountains aiming to hide their treasure and protect their mummies. With your expert guide, learn about the rulers who are entombed here such as the Great Pharaoh Ramses II and Pharaoh Tutankhamun. 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: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Hatshepsut, King Valley Road, Luxor Egypt
Continue, to Hatshepsut Temple, one of the most beautiful and well-preserved temples of Ancient Egypt. Listen to her interesting story from your Egyptology guide and know how she managed to rule the country for 22 years as a sole Pharaoh. End your tour in the West Bank by a photo stop in front of the gigantic 17 meters statues of Memnon once depicted King Amenhotep III. Marvel at these fascinating sculptures and listen to incredible stories about the rulers and times through which they have lasted.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Banana Island (Gezira el-Mozh), Luxor Egypt
Finally, drive down to the Nile and board a traditional felucca boat, relax, enjoy the scenery of the Nile views all the way, watch the real Egyptian life, pass by the farmer’s fields with the sugar cane as a major crop in Luxor. Disembark at the Banana Island, where your felucca captain will take you on a walk around the island, covered by the banana, mango, and guava trees. See the pigeon tower and the old irrigation wheel. Enjoy a delicious meal at the island restaurant, eat some sweet banana as a dessert.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Marsa Alam, Marsa Alam, Red Sea and Sinai
Sail back to the Nile side to be transferred back to your hotel in Marsa Alam .
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
