Drive to Luxor to see the highlights of Egypt’s ‘open-air museum’ in a one day tour from Aswan. Visit Karnak Temple, Hatshepsut Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Return to Aswan in the evening.
Highlights
10 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 5 Others
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
10 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 5 Others
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Pick up from your hotel in Aswan and back
Buffet lunch
Bottled water
Professional English-speaking tour guide
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Tipping
Personal expenses
Optional activities
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Drive to Luxor to see the highlights of Egypt’s ‘open-air museum’ in a one day tour from Aswan. Visit Karnak Temple, Hatshepsut Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Return to Aswan in the evening.
Highlights
10 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 5 Others
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
10 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 5 Others
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Pick up from your hotel in Aswan and back
Buffet lunch
Bottled water
Professional English-speaking tour guide
All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
Tipping
Personal expenses
Optional activities
Itinerary
1
Temple of Karnak
At 06:00 am your tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel or Nile cruise to enjoy a day trip from Aswan to Luxor. The drive from Aswan to Luxor by an air-conditioned vehicle takes about 4 hours. First, we will visit the famous Karnak Temple, it is the largest place of worship that was ever built. Its ancient name I pet-it means “the most sacred of places.” The temple or more correctly the complex of temples was built more than two thousand years ago by different generations of pharaohs. Within the complex is the great “Hypostyle Hall”, which is an incredible forest of giant pillars.
2 hours
2
Colossi of Memnon
Your Lunch will be served on the way to a local restaurant. Then we will move on to the West Bank of the River Nile and visit the two colossal statues of Amenhotep III (Colossi of Memnon).
1 hour
3
Valley of the Kings
After this, you will visit the Valley of the Kings, where magnificent tombs were discovered. Those tombs were carved deep into the desert rock, richly decorated, and filled with treasures for the afterlife of the pharaohs. You will visit 3 tombs.
2 hours
4
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari
Later on, you will visit the Hatshepsut Temple at El Deir El Bahary. This impressive temple is dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh. Then you will have the chance to enjoy some free time in Luxor for shopping at the original papyrus institutes and perfume places before returning to your hotel in Aswan.
