subject: Two Days Tour To Luxor From Sharm El Sheikh By Flight [print this page] Excursion for two days from Sharm El Sheikh to visit sightseeing of East bank and West bank of the Nile River in Luxor with private guide and private air-conditioned vehicle.
Tour itinerary:
Day 1: Visit Karnak and Luxor temples (East Bank)
Our Luxor tour will start with pick up service from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, where our REP will meet you with aboard reflecting your name, then 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 you will start your Luxor tour from visit 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. Next sightseeing of your Luxor tour will be Luxor temple built by Amenhotep III with grandeur intention and have great number of pillars. It was connected by 3 kilometers paved alley of sphinxes with Karnak Temple. Then you will be transferred to your hotel in Luxor for rest and overnight stay. You can attend the light and sound show in Karnak temple, as optional tour.
Day 2: Visit Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple (West Bank)
After your breakfast at the hotel in Luxor you will continue second day of your Luxor tour with your Egyptologist guide to West Bank of the Nile River. You will start Luxor tour by visiting the Colossi of Memnon, two colossal statues, was stayed guard at entrance of Amenhotep III temple in ancient times, and only remaining nowadays. Name means 'Ruler of the Dawn' and was probably given, because of 'singing' at dawn one of the statue. Next sightseeing of your visit in Luxor will be 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 the child king Tutankhamen tomb and its treasures, discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. Proceed your Luxor tour to 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. Free time in Luxor, and then you will be driven to Luxor airport to fly back to Sharm El Sheikh with following transfer to your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh.
Tour Includes:
-Pick up services from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
-Entrance fees to the sightseeing in Luxor as per itinerary
-Lunch meal during Luxor tour at a local restaurant in Luxor
-Egyptologist English speaking tour guide in Luxor
-All transfers by air-conditioned vehicle in Sharm El Sheikh and Luxor
-Accommodation in Five stars hotel in Luxor with breakfast
-Drop off services from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
