A Luxor-only tour package allows you to visit the East Bank monuments, such as the Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple, in one day.
On the second day, you’ll visit the West Bank monuments, such as the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut Temple. On the third day, you’ll visit the temples of Abydos and Dendera, located north of Luxor.
This is an excellent tour package, packed with knowledge and history, and will meet your needs.
A beautiful, compact tour package full of excitement, thrills, and fun.
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In the morning. Your tour guide will be pick you up from your hotel to start your tour and We will head to the first stop in our tour
Valley of the kings
There is the Valley of the Kings, which was the final residence of the great kings who were buried with their valuables, which were unfortunately stolen in successive eras.
The royal tombs still contained many secrets and writings that accompanied the pharaoh on his last journey to the underworld to be sanctified after his death.
The tombs of the Valley of the Kings were decorated with amazing writings and drawings in colors that are still in very good condition.
It contained many rooms that were designated for storing things and tools that the pharaoh would need in eternal life, as well as the burial chamber that was designated for the coffin and mummy of the pharaoh.
Hatshepsut Temple
The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is located on the outskirts of the Green Valley, behind which lies the Western Desert. The temple was built in the heart of the mountain and consists of three floors, each floor representing a period of Queen Hatshepsut’s rule over Egypt.
The temple was built on the ruins of the temple of King Mentuhotep II the Great, who united the northern and southern parts of the Egyptian kingdom under the rule of one pharaoh.
Current excavations are still revealing many beautiful monuments and tombs, as well as the famous cache found next to this temple, which contained many mummies of the pharaohs of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties. This cache was found by the Abdul Rasoul family, famous for excavating antiquities.
Colossi of Memnon
You will meet the famous two huge statues for the pharaoh Amenhotep III in the way to the Valley of the kings.
In this area, there was a great temple belong to this great pharaoh but unfortunately was destroyed because of an earthquake took place in Egypt.
A very nice place to take amazing and memorable photos
After finishing your day tour, You will be transferred back to your hor hotel in Luxor.
Your tour guide will be waiting for you at your hotel and whenever you are ready to start your tour, We will head to the first stop and you will visit
The Temple of Karnak
This temple is considered as the biggest temple in the planet as it was built over 245 acres and many of the Egyptian Pharaohs shared their love to the triangle gods Amun with his wife Mut and their son Khonsu bu building their shrines and pylons there.
Huge amount of information that you will hear from your tour guide and so many interesting stories about the legends of this temple.
The Luxor Museum
That will be our next stop where you will see vast collection with a very organized presentation of the beautiful masterpieces from different eras of the old Egyptian temples and tombs.
The Mummification Museum
Definitely you heard a lot about the secrets of the mummification processes of the dead bodies of the old Egyptians kings and nobles. Now you will see it live and you will enjoy watching the tools and the materials such as Oils and Salts, that have been used in this process from A to Z.
The Temple of Luxor is our last sightseeing
This temple was mainly used for the new pharaohs have been crowned and to proved their right to be the legal king of the kingdom. Many kings built their own shrines in this temple such as Tutankhamun. Luxor temple at night is very charming especially during the sunset and highly recommended to visit during this time of the day.
After finishing your day tour, You will be transferred back to your hor hotel in Luxor.
In the morning. Your tour guide will be pick you up from your hotel to start your tour and you will travel to the north of Luxor city to visit.
The temple of Dendera.
In a relatively isolated location on the edge of the desert, about 2.5 km southwest of the modern town, there is a Greco-Roman temple, known in ancient Egypt as “Lonit” or “Tentra”. The site of the modern town was the capital of the Upper Egyptian region.
Dendera dates back to the pre-dynastic period in Egypt. This is evidenced by the ancient tombs near the wall of the Temple of Hathor. Dendera was the capital of the Sixth Khor of Upper Egypt, and Hathor was its main deity. The system of the Temple of Hathor dates back to the reign of Khufu, and it was later restored by Pepi I.
Then, go to visit the temple of Abydos.
The temple is considered as one of the most impressive and important archaeological sites in Egypt and the sacred city of Abydos was the site of many ancient temples, including Umm el-Qa’ab which is a royal necropolis where early pharaohs were entombed.
These tombs began to be seen as extremely significant burials and in later times it became desirable to be buried in the area, leading to the growth of the town’s importance as a cult site.
After finishing your day tour, You will be transferred back to your hor hotel in Luxor.
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