subject: Luxor Sights Tour From Hurghada [print this page] Tour Itinerary Tour Itinerary
Our trip will start with pick up service from your hotel in Hurghada, where our REP will meet you with aboard reflecting your name, then you will be transferred to Luxor by air-conditioned vehicle with your private Egyptologist guide. The way to Luxor takes 3,5 hours driving with majestic view of mountains of the western desert. In arrival at Luxor, your first stop will be at the Valley of the Kings - burial place of pharaohs, hidden in the rocks, decorated with scences and funerary rituals of the period for afterlife of pharaohs. Valley of Kings is famous for Tutankhamen tomb and its treasures, discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. Next sight of your visit in Luxor will be Hatshepsut temple at El Deir Al Bahari, dedicated to the queen Hatshepsut - famous female pharaoh, the temple with three layered terraces connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens. Inside temple you can see text and picture of an expedidion to exotic country calls Land of Punt. Proceed tour to Colossi of Memnon, two colossal statues, was stayed guard at entrance of Amenhotep III temple in ancient times, and only remaining nowdays. Name means 'Ruler of the Dawn' and was probably given, because of 'singing' at dawn one of the statue. Lunch meal will be served at a good quality restaurant in Luxor. Continue tour to Karnak temple, dedicated to the God Amon-Ra, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu, where each pharaoh tried to perpetuate his name. One of the famous area in Karnak - Hypostyle hall with 134 massive columns with over three meters in diameter. Free time in Luxor, and then you return back to Hurghada.
Tour Includes: -Pick up service from your hotel in Hurghada by our REP
-All transportation by air-conditioned vehicle in Hurghada and Luxor
-Admission fees to the sights in Luxor as per itinerary
-Lunch during the tour at a local restaurant in Luxor
-Professional Egyptologist English speaking tour guide
