Price: $550
Tour Availability: Daily
Pick up Time: 4:00 /4:30 am (depends upon the flight schedule)
Tour Type: Private
Tour Duration: 12 to 14 hours
Pick up Location: Cairo or Giza hotel
Site opening time: 6 am to 5 pm.
Tour Language: English, Arabic, Spanish (other languages available with extra charge upon your request).
While in Cairo, don’t miss this amazing opportunity to visit the world’s biggest open air museum. Discover the greatness of the ancient Pharaohs by visiting their legendary temples in Luxor on a full day private guided tour from Cairo by air. On this private tour, fly from Cairo to Luxor for the day, and visit its main attractions such as; the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, the Colossi of Memnon, and the Temple of Karnak as you learn their stories and secrets from your private Egyptology tour guide. Board a sailing felucca over the river Nile to the banana island and enjoy a delicious lunch, ride a camel and touch the real culture in luxor. Relax with private, door-to-door, round-trip airport transfers, banana island, lunch, Egyptology tour guide, felucca ride and camel ride included.
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Egypt Gift Tours representative will pick you up from 4:00 to 5:30 am (subject to flight schedule) at your hotel in Cairo or Giza in an air-conditioned car where you will head to Cairo Airport to take the one hour flight to Luxor. Upon your arrival, meet your guide who will be waiting for you with sign of your name to start you day tour by driving to the west bank to visit the magnificent Valley of the Kings, original burial site of the boy King Tutankhamun; where the royal tombs from the New Kingdom were discovered carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the Pharaohs. Here you will also have the option to explore the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
Proceed to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut; this is a mortuary temple with a unique design as it is the only temple in Egypt built in terrace formation into the cliff face. Hatshepsut was a famous female pharaoh who reigned for about 20 years as one of Egypt’s most successful rulers and wore a false beard and all the trappings of male pharaohs in order to claim the throne for herself. Listen to her exciting story and know how she succeeded to rule as a sole female pharaoh.
Next, make your way to the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III and end you tour in the west bank by a photo stop at the Colossi of Memnon which are two 17-meters gigantic sitting statues representing Amenophis III facing the Nile
Drive down to the Nile, board on a sailing felucca and enjoy the scenery of the Nile views all the way to the banana island; watch the real Egyptian life, pass by the farmer’s fields with the sugar cane as a major crop in Luxor Enjoy a delicious meal in the island restaurant ( drinks are not included), eat some sweet banana as a dessert, drink an Egyptian tea during the sailing. You can swim front of the island at the best place for swimming. In the way back we will visit camel island where we going to ride a camel for a while to have a look to the old houses and the people who live there and their real life. Enjoy the fabulous culture.
Finally head to Karnak temple the largest temple ever built, which is a series of temples, built in different reigns through out 2000 years and covering an area of about 63 acres. Hear the stories and legends of the ancient Egyptian goddess. Take memorial photos among its huge pillars and halls.
Around 21:00 pm ( subject to flight schedule ), you will be transferred to Luxor airport for your flight back to Cairo. Upon arrival, our local representative will meet you, then transfer you to your hotel in Cairo.
Patrick Kevin –
This tour is a must. It was easy and well planned. We got picked up from our Hotel on time to take an early morning flight to Luxor from Cairo. Our Guide Hatem picked us up from Luxor airport and took us to all the sites to visit that day. He was knowledgeable and very flexible. He personalized the tour to suit our needs. I would highly recommend the tour.