16 Hours
Daily Tour
14 people
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One day Luxor tour from El Gouna to visit Hatshepsut temple, Colossi of Memnon, Karnak temple and Valley of the Kings. Private vehicle and private guide included. Lunch will be served during Luxor tour.
Our Luxor tour will start with pick up service from your hotel in El Gouna, where our REP will meet you with aboard reflecting your name, then from El Gouna you will be transferred to Luxor by private air-conditioned vehicle with your private Egyptologist guide. The way takes 3,5 hours driving with majestic view of mountains of the western desert. In arrival your first stop of your Luxor tour 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 sightseeing of your visitting Luxor tour 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 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 nowdays. 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. Continue Luxor tour 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, and then you return back to El Gouna with direct transfer to your hotel in El Gouna.
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