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Full Day Tour to Best Monuments of Luxor from Hurghada

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Duration: 12 hours

Departs: Hurghada, Hurghada

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

Private full day tour from Hurghada to see the highlights of the ancient West Bank and East Bank monuments in Luxor. These highlights include Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Ramses III (Medinet Habu), the Colossi of Memnon and Karnak Temples. You will be guided by a licensed Egyptologist tour guide and transported to all the sites by a private air-conditioned vehicle.

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Lunch

Qualified Egyptologist guide

Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 4
CHILD: Age: 5 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Passport name, number, and country is required at time of booking for all participants

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Luxor Travels

In the morning your friendly driver will pick you up from your hotel in Hurghada by an air-conditioned vehicle for a private full day tour to Luxor. First you will be transported to Karnak in the East Bank of Luxor.
After Karnak, you will visit the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. After visiting the tombs you will be transported to the Temple of Ramses III (Medinet Habu). Afterwards, you will be taken to see the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
At every site you will get information from your Egyptologist tour guide and you will get free time to explore the ancient monuments by yourself. After touring the sites you will be transferred back to your hotel in Hurghada by an air-conditioned vehicle. This tour includes a qualified Egyptologist tour guide, transport by air-conditioned vehicle.

• Admission Ticket Free

Temple of Karnak

Temple of Amun, also known as Karnak Temples. You visit what is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces, namely the complex of Karnak Temples on the East Bank of Luxor. Karnak is a complex of temples built in different reigns, starting with the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Hypostyle Hall with its 134 gigantic columns, the Obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut and Tutomosis I, the Temple of Amon adorned with lotus and papyrus designs, the Granite Scarbeus of Amenophis III and the Sacred Lake. Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument: it is simply one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Valley of the Kings

First you will be transported to the Necropolis of Thebes, the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank of Luxor. This ancient necropolis is a must-see for Luxor travelers. It consists of tombs embedded in the mountain Thebes. Here, you visit 3 tombs of various dynasties. Your Egyptologist tour guide will be on hand to recommend and advise you as to which tombs to visit

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Tomb of Ramses III

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’

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tomb of Ramses IV

The tomb of Ramses IV (KV 2) in the Valley of the Kings is rather different than most other tombs built here. This tomb is by far the most spectacular of the other tombs you will see. The hieroglyphics on the wall depict scenes from the Litany of Ra, Book of the Dead, Book of Caverns, the Book of the Heavens, Book of Amduat, and the Book of the Night. The blue and white colors on the walls inside the burial chamber are very vibrant and you can see the king's sarcophagus made of rose-colored granite. There is also a beautiful scene of goddess Nut on the ceiling, where she is depicted swallowing the sun, and it traveling through her stomach, for Nut to give birth to it

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tomb of Merenptah

In Egyptian mythology, Ptah is the demiurge of Memphis, god of craftsmen and architects. In the or simply in its falcon form of the new deity, began to be placed in tombs to accompany and protect the dead on their journey to the West of Luxor .Tomb 8, which is located in the Valley of the Kings, was the burial place of the Pharaoh Merneptah and is the model of royal tombs Merneptah was a son of Ramesses II and Queen Isis-Nofret.the tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903. Of coursethere is a material decrease in the number of lateral rooms, and a dramatic increase in the height of the corridors and rooms. He did away with the jogged axis used since the time of Horemheb and instead built the entire tomb on a single axis. Also, for the first time, the entrance was made considerably wider than earlier tombs .

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut)

Entrance fees to the tomb of Tutankhamun300.00 EGP) (optional)
King Tutankhamun, the most famous king in the world. This young king from the New Kingdom was around 10 years old when he ascended the throne and died when he was only 19. You will get the chance to be face to face with his royal mummy in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Temple of Medinat Habu

Such as the Temple of Ramses III "Habu", one of the most important Pharaonic temples. Its establishment dates back to the era of the Twentieth Dynasty in ancient Egyptian history, and it had a special religious sanctity for the ancient Egyptians.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Colossi of Memnon

the Colossi of Memnon, the two largest ancient statues in Egypt, which date back to the era of King Amenhotep III.
two vast 60-foot (18-meter) seated statues

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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