Luxor Highlights From Cairo By Flight – Code TTNLX – 1

In the morning. Your  tour guide will be pick you up from your hotel in Cairo and you will be transferred to Cairo airport to take your flight to Luxor.

Upon arrival in Luxor airport and outside of the exit ate, Your tour guide will be waiting for you with a sign with your name, Then, You will go directly 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.

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 Temple of Luxor is our last stop

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 Luxor airport to take your flight back to Cairo.

Upon arrival in Cairo airport, Our driver will pick you up form Cairo airport and you will be transferred to you hotel in Cairo