2 Days / 1 Night
Daily Tour
6 people
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Two days Luxor tour from El Gouna by vehicle to visit sightseeing as Karnak temple and Luxor temple, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple and Colossi of Memnon. Lunch will be served during Luxor tour in good quality restaurant. Private guide and private vehicle in Luxor tour included.
Visit Karnak and Luxor temples (East Bank)
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 you will 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 trip 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 hotel for rest and overnight stay. You can attend the light and sound show in Karnak temple, as optional trip.
Visit Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut temple (West Bank)
After your breakfast at the hotel you will continue second day of your Luxor tour with your private 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 Luxor tour 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 temple you can see text and picture of an expedition to exotic country calls Land of Punt. Free time, and then you return back to El Gouna followed with direct transfer to your hotel in El Gouna.
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