Start your day with our Egyptologist guide who will be waiting you in Safaga Port holding a sign showing your names .Traveling in the comfort of a private mini van for 3-hour journey to Luxor.
On arrival , you will start your tour on the West Bank . Visit the UNESCO-listed Valley of the Kings (Necropolis of Thebes) . Once called the Great Necropolis of Millions of Years of Pharaoh, or the Place of Truth . It has 63 magnificent royal tombs from the New Kingdom period (1550–1069 BC) . A few tombs have been discovered there only in the past hundred years ; the most famous one is Tutankhamen's tomb (extra cost)
Continue your tour with exploring the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari , the Colossi of Memnon and Temple of Ramses III . Then you will have Egyptian Lunch at a Felucca in The Nile River. Then you will have a tour to the Karnak Temple highlights as Wadjet Hall avenue of small sphinxes , Karnak's pylons and the Great Hypostyle Hall. Then you will be back to the port .
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Egyptologist Guide
✔ private tour
✔ In-vehicle air conditioning
✔ pick up and drop off
✔ Lunch
✔ Snacks
✔ Entry Fees
✖ Gratuities
✖ drinks
Pickup Locations
1. Festival Shedwan Golden Beach Resort
2. Diana Hotel
3. SeaGull Beach Resort
4. Kite Lodging
5. King House Hotel
6. Sheraton Plaza
7. Gravity Hotel & Aqua Park Hurghada
8. Jasmine Palace Resort & Spa
9. Shellghada Hotel & Beach
10. Magawish Village & Resort
11. Hawaii Le Jardin Aqua Resort
12. The Bay Hotel Hurghada Marina
13. Dexon Roma Hotel
14. Titanic Royal
15. Luxor Hotel, Hurghada
16. Elaria Hotel
17. Swiss Wellness Dive Resort
18. Nefertiti Bella Rose Aqua Park Beach Resort
19. Pickalbatros White Beach Resort Hurghada
Additional Info: we pick up all our travellers from Safaga Port & Hotels , Hurghada airport & hotels .
Itinerary
1
Valley of the Kings
Start your day with our Guide picking you up from Safaga Port , or any another pick up location , holding a sign showing your names and transfer to Luxor by a modern A.C. Car . Your first destination is Valley of the Kings where you will see The most famed collection of such elaborate tombs . It lies on the Nile's west bank near Luxor.
During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and other elites of the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties.
The underground tombs were also well stocked with all the material goods a ruler might need in the next world. Treasures—like the golden masks found with King Tut—are dazzling, but the tombs also contained the more mundane
Duration: 2 hours
2
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Then visit Temple of Hatshepsut . Hatshepsut was the Egyptian King Thutmose I and his wife queen Ahmose only child, she was one of the greatest queens and the second who ruled ancient Egypt. Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. She was the second confirmed female pharaoh who ruled Egypt, the first one was sobekneferu. Hatshepsut take over the rule of Egypt in 1478 BC.
She built hundreds of buildings throughout the Nile Valley and there was a huge amount of statuary produced with her likeness. By far the most famous building attributed to Hatshepsut is her mortuary temple, known as Deir Al-Bahiri or Hatshepsut Temple.
She built the temple to tell the story of her life, whose construction took about fifteen years. The temple was designed by Hatshepsut’s organizer; Senenmut. He designed it carefully based on the Temple of Mentuhotep II but he made every single aspect larger.
Duration: 60 minutes
3
Colossi of Memnon
Colossi of Memnon are two massive monumental stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (1386-1353 BCE) from the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. They depict the seated king on a throne ornamented with imagery of his mother, his wife, the god Hapy, and other symbolic engravings. They are made of quartzite stones, which were quarried at el-Gabal el-Ahmar since 1350 B.C. They were built as guardians for Amenhotep’s mortuary complex. This large complex was destroyed and turned out to be ruined because of the earthquakes and floods in Egypt.
Duration: 60 minutes
4
Temple of Karnak
The Karnak Temple was built between 2055 BC and around 100 AD. It was built as a cult temple and was dedicated to the gods Amun, Mut, and khonsu. Being the largest building for religious purposes ever to be constructed, the Karnak Temple was known as “most select of places” by ancient Egyptians.
karnak is the biggest temple complex in the world, covering an area of 100 hectares and there is nowhere more impressive to the first-time visitor.
Duration: 2 hours
Additional info
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
