subject: Day tour to Luxor and Karnak Temple from Dahab by flight [print this page] Overday trip to Luxor from Dahab by flight to the sightseeing in East bank of Nile River, West bank and Colossi of Memnon with free time in Luxor. Private vehicle and included during Luxor tour.
Tour Itinerary:
Our Luxor tour will start with pick up service from your hotel in Dahab, where our REP will meet you with aboard reflecting your name, then from Dahab you will be transferred by air-conditioned vehicle to Sharm El Sheikh airport for 1 hour flight to Luxor. In Luxor you will be accompanied by private Egyptologist guide and have first step of your Luxor tour to 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 visiting tour in Luxor will be Hatshepsut temple at El Deir Al Bahari, dedicated to the queen Hatshepsut - famous female pharaoh. Hatshepsut temple with three layered terraces connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens. Inside Hatshepsut temple you can see text and picture of an expedition to exotic country calls Land of Punt. Proceed Luxor tour to Colossi of Memnon, two colossal statues, was stayed guard at entrance of Amenhotep III temple in ancient times, and only remaining nowadays. Name 'Colossi of Memnon' means 'Ruler of the Dawn' and was probably given, because of 'singing' at dawn one of the statue. Lunch meal will be served during Luxor tour at a good quality restaurant in Luxor. Continue tour in Luxor to Karnak temple, dedicated to the God Amon-Ra, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. In Karnak temple each pharaoh tried to perpetuate his name. One of the famous area in Karnak temple - Hypostyle hall with 134 massive columns with over three meters in diameter. Free time in Luxor, then you will be driven to Luxor airport to fly to Sharm El Sheikh, with direct transfer to your hotel in Dahab.
Tour Includes:
- Pick up service from your hotel in Dahab
- Transfers by air-conditioned vehicle in Sharm and Luxor
- Airfare from Sharm to Luxor and back with Egypt Air
- Admission fees to the sightseeing during Luxor tour as per itinerary
- English speaking Egyptologist tour guide in Luxor
