VIP Private Day Tour to Luxor from Sharm El Sheik
12 hours
- Free cancellation
- Hotel pickup
About this experience
A day Luxor tour from Sharm El Sheikh with a domestic flight to see the most famous sights in one day Visit Karnak Temple and the East Bank, and see the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut Temple on the West Bank. Luxor is often described as the world’s greatest open-air museum, but that comes nowhere near describing this extraordinary place. Visit the capital of the "New Kingdom Pharaohs" (1570–1090 BC), which has the largest wealth of ancient archeological sites in the Nile Valley. The most important sites are split between the East and West Banks of Luxor. On the East Bank, which is the City of the Living, we will visit the magnificent Temple of Karnak, and on the West Bank, where the City of the Dead is located, we will see the colossi of Memnon, the Valley of the Kings, and the breath-taking mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
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What’s included
- Food and drinks
- Flight tickets from Sharm to Luxor and Luxor to sharm
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Private transportation
- Egyptology guide
- Lunch
Not included
- Tips and gratuities
- Gratuities
- Intrance fee for the Sightseeing 49$ per person
Itinerary
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It is an amazing complex of beautiful temples. It is also matchless one .As, Karnak includes the temples of the god Amun, his wife, the goddess "Mut" and her son, the god "Khonsu". Its construction began at the Middle Kingdom (about 2000 BC). During the era of the modern state to which King "Tutankhamun" and King "Ramses II" belonged. A luxurious temple was erected on the ruins of this temple, befitting the greatness of the huge Egyptian empire. And every king would add something new to the temple so that to be closer to the Gods; for immortality, and to obtain great fame among the people.
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The Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs
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Obelisk of Queen Hapshetsut, The Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs
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Ramses III built it to house the sacred ships. This temple is considered a model of the complete Egyptian temple. It begins with a great edifice adorned with two magnificent statues of the king from the outside. It is followed from the inside by the open courtyard, which is bordered by the Bua'ik (plural weeping) to the east and west. The king appears on the pillars in the form of Osiris.
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Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. There you visit four royal tombs, including the Tomb of Ramses, the Tomb of Horemheb, the Tomb of Merenptah and of course the Tomb of King Tut. The tomb of Tutankhamen is the only tomb in Valley of the Kings that was discovered nearly intact in 1922. The discoverer of his tomb was Howard Carter. Tut's famous golden mask is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, but here you have the opportunity to be amazed at the royal mummy of the young king.
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Tomb of King Ramesses lX was the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. His name prior to assuming the crown was Amonhirkhopshef. He was the fifth son of Ramesses III and was appointed to the position of crown prince by the twenty-second year of his father's reign when all four of his elder brothers predeceased his promotion to crown prince . The tomb has so much colour and detail even the ceiling above the sarcophagi with its goddess Nut stretching across the space. The sarcophagus is one of the largest in the valley, even though some of the paintings have deteriorated this is one of the most decorated.
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The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers.
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The tomb of Ramesses III, designated as KV 11, is a complex system in the Valley of the Kings. It has been known since antiquity,the wonderful decorations include colourful painted sunken reliefs featuring the traditional ritual texts (Litany of Ra, Book of Gates etc) and Ramses before the gods. Unusual here are the secular scenes, in the small side rooms of the entrance corridor, showing foreign tributes, such as highly detailed pottery imported from the Aegean, the royal armoury, boats and, in the last of these side chambers, the blind harpists that gave the tomb one of its alternative names: ‘Tomb of the Harpers.
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After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Deir el Bahari), the only woman ever to reign over Egypt as Pharaoh. This queen was an ancestor of King Tutankhamen and belonged to the same dynasty.
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the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
Good to know
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Languages
- British English, German, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Croatian, Latvian, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Hungarian, Latin American Spanish, Chinese (Taiwan), Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China), Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Korean, Indonesian, Greek, English, Icelandic, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Czech, Arabic, American English, Japanese, Polish, Danish, Dutch, Turkish
- Start times
- 03:00 · 03:30 · 04:00 · 04:30 · 05:00 · 05:30 · 06:00 · 06:30 · 07:00 · 07:30 · 08:00 · 08:30
Know before you go
- Infants must sit on laps
- Passport required
Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.
- Cancel within 24h of the start time: 100% charge.
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