An Epic Day Tour to Luxor Highlights from Aswan By Sitting Train

Description

Tour Availability: Daily

Pick up Time: 4:30 am (Available to change)

Tour Type: Private Tour

Tour Duration: 14 to 16 hours

Pick up Location: Aswan hotels/ Nile cruises.

Distance from Aswan To Luxor: 223 km

Tour Language: English, Arabic, Spanish (other languages available with extra charge upon your request).

Embark on an unforgettable journey from Aswan to Luxor, where you’ll witness the grandeur of the New Kingdom. This amazing day tour offers an effortless way to explore Luxor’s iconic highlights, starting with a scenic train ride that showcases the breathtaking landscapes of the Nile Valley. We handle all the logistics, from your morning train tickets to your private transport in Luxor, allowing you to focus entirely on the temples, tombs, and treasures that await. Discover the secrets of the West Bank and the monumental scale of the East Bank in one action-packed, stress-free day. This tour includes knowledgeable guide who will enhance your experience with fascinating insights and stories about ancient Egyptian civilization. Enjoy a lunch break at a local restaurant, savoring traditional Egyptian cuisine, before returning to Aswan, enriched with unforgettable memories.

Itinerary

Egypt Gift Tours representative will pick you up around 4:30 am at your east bank hotel or Nile Cruise in Aswan in a private air-conditioned car to take the 5:30 am sitting train from Aswan to Luxor, that takes approx. 3 to 4 hours. Enjoy the scenery and views of the countryside and Egyptian Nile Valley all the way to Luxor. Arrive at the Luxor train station to meet your guide who will be waiting for you, holding a sign with your name to visit Karnak Temple; the largest temple all over the world, built through 2000 years and covering an area of 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.

Drive from the east bank for about 30 minutes, to the Valley of the Kings; where you will enjoy the most preserved painted tombs of the pharaohs from the New Kingdom(1550-1080 B.C), who curved their tombs in the mountains aiming to hide their treasure and protect their mummies. Your tour guide will explain to you from outside about the secrets of the paintings, colors and how the ancient Egyptian workers succeeded to carve such impressive tombs, as no guiding inside the tombs. Then, visit the best 3 selected tombs from the open ones.

Proceed to visit the unique design Mortuary temple of the famous queen Hatshepsut at El Deir El Bahari, that was renewed and rebuilt by the Polish Mission in Egypt since 1960 up till these days. Listen to her exciting story with her nephew and know how she managed to rule as a pharaoh. Stop for Lunch in a local restaurant (water and drinks are not included).

Stop for some nice photos in front of the two 17 meters statues of Memnon, once decorating the entrance of the biggest Funeral Temple of king Amenhotep III from the New Kingdom in the West Bank.

Drive back to the east bank to explore the majestic Temple of Luxor, where you can admire its stunning architecture and learn about its rich history.

Later on, you will be transferred back to Luxor train station to catch the 6:45 pm train to Aswan. Once in Aswan, you will be met by our representative to be transferred to your hotel in Aswan east bank.

Meals included: Lunch.

Accommodation: Not included

Additional Information:

You will need to pay all the entrance fees by card.
You will need to carry Egyptian money cash for the water, drinks, Tipping to The guide and driver.
Passports copies, hotel name and room number are required for the government permission.
It is available to pick travelers at Aswan west bank hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
It is available to drop off travelers at Aswan airport with extra 15$ USD per person.
It is available to drop off travelers at their hotels in Aswan west bank with extra 10$ USD per person.
Other languages are available with extra charge 75$ USD per person upon your request.
Available to provide an Italian, French, German or Japanese tour guide with extra 75$ USD per person

Included:

Pickup service from your Aswan east bank hotel or Nile cruise and return.
All transfers by a private A/C. vehicle.
Round-trip sitting train tickets.
Professional English speaking Egyptology tour guide.
Bottle of water during the tour.
Lunch at a local restaurant.

Excluded:

Entrance fees to the mentioned sightseeing.
Any Extras not mentioned in the itinerary.
Tipping to the guide and driver.
Water or Beverages during the lunchtime at the restaurant.
It is available to pick travelers from Aswan west bank hotels with extra 10$ USD per person.
It is available to drop off travelers at Aswan airport with extra 15$ USD per person.
It is available to drop off travelers at their hotels in Aswan west bank with extra 10$ USD per person.

Tour Price:

Single: 400$ USD
2-15: 250$ USD

Children Policy:

0 – 04.99 Free of Charge.
5 – 11.99 pay 80% of the tour price.200$ USD
12+ pay full tour price as per adult person.

Prices:

Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip.

Additional information

Language	English, Spanish and Arabic
Transport	All transfers by an A.C vehicle, Round-trip sitting train tickets.
Accommodation	Not Included
Meals	Lunch at a local restaurant.
Group Size	1-15

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